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Happy Holidays 2022

December 22, 2022 | Filed under: Beau Brock, General EAC

Dear readers, With winter officially upon us and the holiday season in full swing, the Editors’ Weekly blog will be taking a hiatus until Thursday, January 12. Thank you to all of you who contributed posts to the blog this year. There were some really interesting topics, and I thoroughly …

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Letter From the Editor: A Change to the Blog Schedule

October 18, 2022 | Filed under: Beau Brock, General EAC

Dear readers, Beginning this week, The Editors’ Weekly will be releasing posts on Thursdays instead of Tuesdays. Stay tuned for the next new post on Thursday, October 20. If you have an idea for a blog post or have any questions, comments or feedback, please let us know! Beau Brock

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Letter From the Editor

July 12, 2022 | Filed under: General EAC, Lucy Payette

Dear readers, We are on a summer break at The Editors’ Weekly and plan to return to publishing in August. In the meantime, please let us know if there are topics you’d like to see featured or if you would like to contribute. If you have an idea for a blog …

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Support for Editing and Publishing on Giving Tuesday

November 30, 2021 | Filed under: General EAC, Lucy Payette, Zofia Laubitz

Written with files from Zofia Laubitz, Editors Canada awards coordinator. Today is Giving Tuesday. Described as the “opening day of the giving season,” it is a time when charities, companies and individuals rally for their favourite causes. It’s a perfect time to consider supporting the editing community. Ways to support …

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Letter From the Editor

August 24, 2021 | Filed under: General EAC, Lucy Payette

Dear Readers, The Editors’ Weekly is on hiatus this week. In the meantime, we hope this post finds you healthy and well this summer. Please let us know if there are topics you’d like to see featured or if you would like to contribute. We are always looking for articles …

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Summer Reading/Listening Series 2021: Part 2

July 20, 2021 | Filed under: General EAC

Some of the best book and podcast recommendations come from fellow editors. In a continuation of our summer series, we’ve asked two more members of our blog committee to share their latest picks. Sue Bowness Sue is the director of communications for Editors Canada, a freelance writer and editor at Codeword …

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Summer Reading/Listening Series 2021: Part 1

July 6, 2021 | Filed under: General EAC

Some of the best book and podcast recommendations come from fellow editors. It’s no surprise — we learn and refine our skills by reading and listening to content. We also read and listen for pleasure (or to make use of those long periods in lockdown). In the spirit of learning, …

Covid-19 Life

My COVID-19 Life Edit

May 19, 2020 | Filed under: General EAC, Marianne Grier

Since COVID-19 came to B.C., I’ve gone through an involuntary life edit. Things have proceeded like any full edit (though let’s skip the proofread for now, shall we?). The first changes were sweeping, dramatic and structural as we paused daycare, moved to working mostly from home and navigating meetings around …

Editorial Comments

Notes on Notes

January 14, 2020 | Filed under: Aaron Dalton, General EAC

I had occasion recently to teach someone how to write effective editorial comments. It was an interesting exercise as it forced me to articulate principles I had absorbed over many years, some learned from painful experience. Here’s what came to mind: Know your place. My job is to help the …

Words We Love

Words We Love Irrationally Much

December 3, 2019 | Filed under: General EAC, James Harbeck

I asked people on Twitter about words they love irrationally much. I got quite a few responses. Actually, I got so many that when I tried to retweet them all, Twitter finally told me I had reached my daily tweet limit. And did again the next day. The words that …

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