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Amanda Goldrick-Jones

The Student Affiliate Book Club Gets Subversive

Tuesday December 7, 2021

The brand-new student affiliate book club chose Carol Fisher Saller’s The Subversive Copy Editor (2nd edition, 2016) as its first book for discussion. We were intensely curious — especially those in the club who are early-career editors — about what “subversive” editing meant. In October, we met online to review “Part 1: Working with the […]

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Stephanie Watterson

From Editing to Writing: An Interview with Stephanie Watterson

Thursday October 16, 2025

This week, we interview Stephanie Watterson about writing and publishing her children’s book, Septopus. Want to be interviewed about your editing work? Contact us. What is your editing background? Back in 2020, during the pandemic, I took a digital and print publications program and from there I did some freelancing. My hopes were to get […]

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About the Blog

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 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 […]

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Anne Louise Mahoney

Giving It Up for the Editing Community

Tuesday November 26, 2019

In anticipation of GivingTuesday, Anne Louise Mahoney talks about the Editors Canada awards program and the ways in which it recognizes outstanding editors. Who doesn’t love awards? They offer us a moment to pause and recognize out-of-the-ordinary accomplishments and bask in the reflected glow as colleagues, friends or fans. As editors, many of us work […]

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Marlies Gabriele Prinzl

Thinking About Grant Editing Services? This Book Could Help

Thursday March 12, 2026

In April, the academic editing book club will meet online to discuss The Grant Writing Guide by Betty Lai. This book club is run by the Academic Editing Special Interest Group (SIG), a collaboration of Editors Canada and the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). Picking up The Grant Writing Guide At a time when freelancers compete […]

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Jessica de Bruyn

Carving Out Your Place in Editing

Thursday April 16, 2026

I think we have all heard the adage that every writer’s path to publishing is unique. But the more I work as an editor, and the more I meet fellow editors, the more I realize that we are similarly singular in how we all found our way into the world of words. There are those […]

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Editing Niches: Grant Applications in Scientific Research

Tuesday January 31, 2017

Cynics call it science fiction — the planned research that is described in applications for scientific grants. But I love good science fiction, and I love reading the amazing research stories of these scientists. Luckily, more researchers are appreciating good editing in the increasingly fierce competition for research funding. What kinds of editing do researchers […]

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Happy Holidays and Year in Review

Tuesday December 18, 2018

It’s time for our Year in Review! Check out our list of posts from 2018 and tell us your favourites in the comments. Have you ever thought of writing an article for the Editors’ Weekly? We’re looking for articles on the following topics: How you got started as an editor Events you’ve attended, such as […]

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Editor Career Builder

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Virginia St-Denis

Career Builder: An Action Plan for New Editors

Tuesday May 12, 2020

A new free resource is available to help you build your new editing career. Experienced editors can use it for giving advice to would-be editors. Launching a successful career just became a little easier for would-be editors, students and novice editors. The Career Builder provides valuable information to guide you through creating your personalized action […]

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Reflections on Mentorship

Tuesday August 16, 2022

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. — Lao Tzu The mentor role is ancient and storied. Mentor, in Homer’s Odyssey, is the friend of Odysseus who tutors Telemachus, Odysseus’s son. Athena, disguised as Mentor, steers young Telemachus’s search for his father. Those ancient Greeks did spin good yarns. Here I explore the […]

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