THE EDITORS' WEEKLY

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Marianne Grier

Home Is Where the Bagel Is

June 27, 2017 by Marianne Grier | 9 Comments on Home Is Where the Bagel Is

What do you mean when you say the word “home”? Amongst other definitions, the Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2nd ed.) defines “home” as “the place where one lives,” “a house or dwelling place” or “the place where a thing originates or is native or most common.”  As someone with nomadic tendencies, these definitions have often clashed […]

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Rosemary Shipton

Editing Is Lifelong Learning

June 20, 2017 by Rosemary Shipton | 6 Comments on Editing Is Lifelong Learning

Editors enjoy their careers for various reasons — the opportunity to work in the exciting literary world or the more lucrative realms of government or business, or to specialize in particular areas of expertise. For me the major attraction is the simple fact that every project is different — I learn new things every day. […]

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Christian Bergeron

NuqneH!, dit le Klingon

June 13, 2017 by Christian Bergeron | 3 Comments on NuqneH!, dit le Klingon

L’an dernier, le Musée de l’aviation et de l’espace du Canada m’a confié le mandat de traduire les textes de l’exposition « Star Trek : L’expérience Académie de Starfleet ». Moi qui adore découvrir de nouveaux univers, j’étais servi! J’ai donc couru à la Grande Bibliothèque emprunter l’un des rares ouvrages de référence disponibles en français sur la […]

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Frances Peck

Editing and Empathy

June 6, 2017 by Frances Peck | 7 Comments on Editing and Empathy

I’m thinking more about empathy these days. So are other editors — witness last week’s post on the editor-author relationship. So are Canadians in general, judging by Google searches over the past decade.                     Source: Google Trends. Y-axis shows interest over time, defined as follows: “Numbers […]

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Paul Buckingham

Stepping Into the Arena

May 30, 2017 by Paul Buckingham | 13 Comments on Stepping Into the Arena

We’ve all as editors had the odd grumble over something an author has written. Maybe a string of noun clusters has pushed us to the limit of our patience, or we’ve broken down over a text awash with comma splices. It’s easy to criticize when we’re on the sidelines, though. Our problems are not the […]

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Marion Soubliere

How to Market Your Services to the Feds

May 23, 2017 by Marion Soublière | 4 Comments on How to Market Your Services to the Feds

The Government of Canada, one of this country’s biggest markets, is eager to do business with the tiniest of firms. Its Office of Small and Medium Enterprises launched in 2005 to help small companies land contracts. And, after many attempts to simplify procurement, a new e-commerce web portal is planned that would feature catalogues of goods […]

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Suzanne Purkis

Interview with Cherie Dimaline

May 16, 2017 by Suzanne Purkis | 3 Comments on Interview with Cherie Dimaline

On Saturday, June 10, Métis writer and editor Cherie Dimaline will kick off the 2017 Editors Canada conference with a keynote address. Conference co-chair Suzanne Purkis interviewed Cherie about writing, editing and some of the challenges facing Indigenous writers in Canada. 1. Does your experience as an editor influence your approach to writing? If so, how? […]

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Suzanne Purkis

Entrevue avec Cherie Dimaline

May 16, 2017 by Suzanne Purkis | Leave a Comment

Le samedi 10 juin, Cherie Dimaline, écrivaine et réviseure autochtone, prononcera le discours d’ouverture du congrès 2017 de Réviseurs Canada. La coprésidente du congrès, Suzanne Purkis, s’est entretenue avec Cherie sur la rédaction, la révision et certains des défis que doivent surmonter les écrivains autochtones au Canada. 1. Votre expérience de réviseure se transpose-t-elle dans votre méthode […]

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Sue Archer

Confessions d’un copain du congrès (coordonnatrice)

May 9, 2017 by Sue Archer | Leave a Comment

Je me souviens de ma toute première inscription au congrès de Réviseurs Canada, en 2014. À ce moment, je n’avais jamais porté le titre de « réviseur », mais, après plusieurs années à jongler avec les mots dans le cadre de divers postes, j’ai réalisé que c’était là ce que je faisais réellement depuis tout ce temps. J’étais […]

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Sue Archer

Confessions of a Conference Buddy (Coordinator)

May 9, 2017 by Sue Archer | 2 Comments on Confessions of a Conference Buddy (Coordinator)

I remember when I signed up for my first Editors Canada conference back in 2014. At the time, I’d never held the job title of “editor,” but after years of working in jobs where I’d managed to feed my need to wrangle with words, I’d come to realize it was the role I’d been living […]

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