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The Editors’ Weekly is the official English-language blog of Editors Canada. Editors Canada promotes professional editing for print and online communications. Our members include salaried and freelance editors who work...

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Poetry Moment: Dear Trees (Part Two)

Thursday February 26, 2026

...in business. And given how poorly books sell in Canada, who can blame them? So, as with many other issues in life, I can articulate the problem but don’t have a...

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editing poetry Susan Glickman

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E. Alex Crawley

Why Academic Editors Should Read The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors

Thursday July 10, 2025

...Academic Editing Special Interest Group, a collaboration of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). During my University of Washington Certificate in Editing, my digital hand was raised, oh,...

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academic editing E. Alex Crawley freelance editors

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Why Academic Editors Should Read Thing Explainer

Thursday September 4, 2025

...Academic Editing and Editors Canada newsletters and posted on social media. Keep an eye out for more! ___ The Editors’ Weekly is the official blog of Editors Canada. Contact us....

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academic editing publishing Shane Mulligan

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Get to Know Your New Blog Team: Aalap Trivedi

Thursday August 14, 2025

...I love. Especially with short sentences. What quirky convention would you want added to a style guide of your choice? Proposed entry in the fictitious Canadian Manual of Style (CanMoS):...

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Aalap Trivedi blog management editorial team

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Emily Distefano

Emily Distefano: What’s on My Desk?

Thursday January 29, 2026

...laptop so I can customize the appropriate list for each project or school assignment before printing. Mandatory pile(s) of books Besides standard reference tomes including The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, The...

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editing tools editors editors at work Emily Distefano

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Multilingual Editing: Hybridity, Non-Normativity and Resistance

Thursday February 5, 2026

...through Indigenous languages, waves of immigration and migration, subversion of and resistance to British/US/Canadian-English language dominance. And are further deconstructed through disability justice, plain language, conscious language, reclaimed slurs —...

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linguistics multilingual editing Natalie Iwanek

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Maintaining Your Joy as a Copy Editor

Thursday January 15, 2026

...to be an exhilarating conversation. You can purchase this book online and RSVP here to join us! The Editors’ Weekly is the official blog of Editors Canada. Contact us. ______...

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Academic Book Club Copy editors Jamie Banks

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Marlies Gabriele Prinzl

Thinking About Grant Editing Services? This Book Could Help

Thursday March 12, 2026

...up Betty Lai’s The Grant Writing Guide, hoping to get some answers. Who is it for? The first thing to know about Betty Lai’s The Grant Writing Guide is that...

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academic editing grants Marlies Gabriele Prinzl

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WASTED WORDS: The Editor as Analyst

Saturday November 24, 2012

Wasted Words is a series of musings on language and usage by editor emeritus Wilf Popoff. I find it hard to edit without playing amateur psychologist. Why did the writer...

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