I have a Bachelor of Arts, with majors in
History and English Literature, from Sydney's Macquarie
University.
In each of the years of my editorship of the colour magazine Simply Living (circulation 35,000),
it was awarded the
United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award.
The late Petra Kelly,
co-founder of Germany's Die Grunen (Greens Party), member of
parliament and winner of the
Right Livelihood Award (also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize), wrote that Simply Living was her favourite alternative magazine in the world and added: "Simply smashing!".
Eric Utne, owner and founder of the prestigious
Utne Reader (America's and the
world's 'alternative Reader's Digest'), called Simply Living
under my editorship "the best alternative magazine in the world".
My career has included positions in refugee aid NGOs (Information
Officer/PR Manager for Austcare), hospitals
(including managing public relations for Sydney Children's Hospital for three
years), the Internet, research, journalism and publishing. I have provided
content and editing consultancy for Reader's Digest Books, Telstra, The Earth
Repair Foundation and many other
businesses, publishers and web developers. I have written a technical manual
for MBF, one of Australia's largest insurance companies. References
available on request.
In 2008 I was the
founding editor of the printing industry website,
www.proprint.com.au/, and its
email newsletter. Also News Editor of ProPrint magazine and
currently sub-editor for The Diplomat.
I
am the author of the Book of Days,
an online educational compendium of more than 3.9 million words covering 366
days of the year in folklore, history and more. I believe it is the largest
'On This Day' website in the world. The Book of Days is broadcast
daily on WNMC-FM, Traverse
City, Michigan, USA and 2BBB-FM,
Australia. I have been awarded membership
of the prestigious Phenomenal Men Of The Web for my work.
I
am trained to work in both Apple and PC with a variety of computer software, including Flash MX,
Word, FrontPage, Photoshop CS2, PaintShop Pro,
DREAMmail,
CMS, Animation Shop (scroll
down for animations), etc. My skills
with html are quite good, and with CSS and javascript "cut and paste
only".
Wilson's Almanac
is the home of my daily illustrated ezine, which I founded with one
subscriber on January 1, 2001. Now, there are more than 3,500 members
worldwide,
and with more than 4,000 web pages online. At time of writing, the
Wilson's Almanac
daily ezine
is Yahoo! Groups' third largest email list in the
Mythology and Folklore category,
out of 7,361 ezines
worldwide. See readers'
opinions of the ezine.
More than 450
websites have chosen to recommend the Almanac to their readers. "WilsonsAlmanac"
returns approximately 11,900 references on Google. I have compiled a
database of nearly nine million words and several thousand
images on subjects covered in Wilson's Almanac, such as folklore,
mythology, social justice and history.
Since January 1, 2001,
I have published more than 200 original feature articles on the
Almanac site.
I have worked as a
sub-editor on more than 15 Australian magazines, including Australian
Equestrian; Handy Fishing
Guide; 4WD Off-Road Australia; Gold, Gem and Treasure; ProPrint; Modern Boating; Australian
Golf Digest; Hot 4s; Street Commodores; Australian
Country Craft & Decorating; Volkswagen Australia and Camping
Life and Leisure.
I have had my articles
published in many periodicals, including
No Limits;
The Sydney Morning Herald,
The Bulletin with Newsweek, and two cover stories in
Good
Weekend.
I have worked as a
freelance researcher for the advertising industry and other clients. Two colleagues and I
consulted under the name 'Walking Encyclopaedia' and developed a strong client base,
including dozens of advertising agencies.
My writing has been
published in a school textbook by the eminent Longman's publishing house,
Canada. Likewise, some has been
translated into Portuguese on the WWW.
I write feature articles for
1stPlace
Design, Australia's largest search engine optimization design
company, and WaratahWeb
(website and content-management system).
Photos of mine
have been selected for inclusion in
Schmap Australia.
I
also co-founded and I co-publish Almost
Prophetic Quotes, a daily ezine with 1,500+ members. I founded and
moderated an email discussion group (eight topics of discussion) with more
than 170 members, for more than two years.
On
June 2, 2003, I was awarded
Geek of the
Week on the Internet. My blog was awarded Blog
of the Day.
Omniparticle is an example of a website
I built from scratch for a client and I am happy to build more. My client in
Washington writes "I would like to introduce my webdesigner, Pip Wilson, to you. I am extremely happy with his magic. His service, his price and his mind
are one of the finest on planet earth at this time."
I wrote
The FeelGood Manual to show simple ways that people can feel better and happier
in a short time (see unsolicited
testimonials). This book was published in Australia and Asia in June,
2008 by Inkstone Press.
I also have a background in youth work, having been a CYSS (Community
Youth Support Scheme) officer in NSW, and manager of an inner-city street kids youth centre
in Perth.
I do all the writing, design and promotion of the Wilson's Almanac daily
e-zine. (Unsolicited opinions of subscribers may be read at this
page.) I also designed the website
www.wilsonsalmanac.com. which contains 9 million words.
ABC Radio, Australia's national State-run broadcaster (2BL, Sydney), for a long time featured me regularly in popular
Wilson's Almanac segments, presented by Lisa Forrest and others. A
similar program is currently
broadcast daily on 2BBB-FM, and I appeared each week on
ABC Mid North Coast Radio in a program called 'Blogging
Around', for seven months in 2005.
In 1978 I was a foundation member of Sydney Permaculture, probably the
first Permaculture
association in the world.
I initiated, in the foremost library of Australiana (Sydney's Mitchell Library, part of the State Library of New South Wales), the Rainbow Archives, now the biggest collection of alternative Australiana in
the world. I have been Honorary Field Librarian since 1986, and have references from the Mitchell Head Librarian and Manuscripts Librarian.
My professional references are numerous and include Australian Member of
Parliament Senator Dr Bob Brown, former science educator the late
Prof. Julius Sumner
Miller, prominent academic, writer and broadcaster, Dr
Keith Suter,
and author, journalist and broadcaster,
Richard
Neville.
Mr H Besodi, President of the Australian-Afghan Association, has
kindly written a reference for my 12 years
of voluntary work as the Honorary Director of Refugee Resettlement for
that association. Over that time, my position involved the resettlement of
several hundred women and children at risk. For some months I worked voluntarily for Meals on Wheels in my local neighbourhood
(Woolgoolga, NSW) until I moved from the area. I work in an honorary capacity
as a sub-editor for the
African Aids
Foundation.
I
was a foundation committee member of the Australian National
Refugee Week Committee and managed PR for its first public awareness campaigns.
I was a foundation committee member of
The Bellingen Institute.
Recent projects include founding the Blogmanac (about 400 readers
daily), Sandy Beach Almanac and Yellow
Pages. In October, 2003,
I founded Tell
J-9 You've Read It!, an online information program about IBC (Inflammatory
Breast Cancer). I am founder of CounterCulture
Wikia, and co-founder and co-designer of the Free Speech Australia
website. I founded and designed
Synchronicity Central, which has approximately 500 members. I
founded and administer two Flickr groups:
Uncaged! Birds in our homes
and Rainbow Region.
I have recently written
Faces in the Street, an
historical novel about Henry and Louisa Lawson and their political and
artistic associates. As of July 13, 2008, it is the
third bestseller by its publisher. I also published the 100,000-word
Louisa Lawson and Henry Lawson Chronology (free online).
On
Bellingen Poetry Nights (last Friday night of each month at
the BellaBooKafe), I regularly perform my own poetry.
I am the playwright and lyricist of the satirical full-length musical
comedy, BRAND
BELLINGEN,
performed in 2008 to a sold-out house with an estimated 300 people
unfortunately unable to get unavailable tickets.
I am available for
consultation on worthwhile projects.
All good wishes,
PO Box 1246,
Coffs Harbour, NSW, 2450
Australia
Editor 
