The Editors’ Weekly is the official English-language blog of Editors Canada.
Editors Canada promotes professional editing for print and online communications. Our 1,300 members include salaried and freelance editors who work in the corporate, technical, government, not-for-profit, education and publishing sectors.
Authors contributing to this blog include many recognized professional Canadian editors as well as some new voices. We also invite guest writers who are not Editors Canada members (or even Canadian) to contribute thought-provoking ideas to stimulate or continue discussions about editing, language, meaning and context in today’s world. Look for new posts every week.
Views and opinions expressed in The Editors’ Weekly are solely those of the author writing the article and are not the views of Editors Canada or its managing editor. For Editors Canada’s French-language blog site, please visit l’Hebdomadaire des réviseurs.
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Blog Staff
Managing Editor
Laura Bontje is a freelance editor in London, Ontario. She specializes in fiction editing, with a particular focus on children’s literature. She is the author of the palindrome-packed picture book Was It a Cat I Saw? (Amicus Ink, 2024), the forthcoming cicada-inspired story When the Air Sang (Annick Press, 2025) and more to come.
Proofreader, Social Media Coordinator
Kay Pettigrew is a freelance writer and editor. She is especially interested in work that merges the arts, disability, queerness and social justice. In addition to her publishing career, Kay has variously been employed as a live captioner, a musician, a fine dining server, a sexual health educator, a grassroots fundraiser, and even a boat detailer. She works from her home in Tio’tia:ke/Montreal.