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Going Out of Style

Tuesday June 18, 2013

It’s house style. I don’t think I fully appreciated the power of that sentence until I could no longer use it. As editors we’re constantly striving to balance the needs of the publisher, author and reader, but with the growth of self- and custom publishing, the needs of the publisher are becoming irrelevant in more […]

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Virginia St-Denis

Understanding My Reading Communities

Tuesday September 3, 2019

While the communities changed, the need to connect with newspaper, magazine, journal, and website readers remains. However, how that’s done has changed.

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Virginia Durksen

Myth: Editors Read With Their Eyes

Tuesday April 7, 2015

If there’s a cliché image for our profession, it’s eyeglasses. Editors and librarians, it seems, should always have a pair handy, preferably hanging from a chain around the neck. We earn this image, as we earn our reputation, when we limit editing to what the eye sees. Editing is not just an eye thing. It’s […]

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Virginia Durksen

Interview With Dr. Suzanne M. Steele

Tuesday November 27, 2018

Part 3: Suzanne Steele, Librettist and Multimedia Artist In 2012, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and One Yellow Rabbit theatre company commissioned Suzanne Steele to write the libretto for Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation. Suzanne’s work with composer Jeffrey Ryan is one example of the collaboration she has pursued in her career, between artists and across […]

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Chantelle Behrens

An Interview with Jen Campbell, Editors Canada Conference Keynote Speaker

Tuesday May 17, 2022

Jen Campbell is a bestselling author, award-winning poet and disability advocate. She has written 10 books for children and adults, spanning nonfiction, poetry, short stories and picture books. She reviews books on BBC Radio, is the books editor for TOAST Magazine, has an iTunes top 100 podcast called BOOKS WITH JEN and runs a YouTube […]

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Kimmy Beach

An Intricate Relief Carving on an Eggshell: Working With Peter Midgley on The Last Temptation of Bond

Tuesday July 22, 2014

This is the first in our new “Editors in the Spotlight” series, spotlighting editors who have won awards or participated in award-winning projects. In this post, Kimmy Beach interviews Peter Midgley, who won the Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence for editing her book, The Last Temptation of Bond. ~~~ Peter and I meet at […]

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The Lucky Ones

Tuesday August 26, 2014

How often have I heard the comment that editors are failed writers — or, in the scholarly environment in which I work, failed academics. Even when said in jest, the underlying suggestion is that one way of interacting with words and ideas — the editor’s — is somehow inferior. Such statements also hint at a […]

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Brendan O’Brien

The Reluctant Editor

Tuesday November 7, 2017

I started editing in 1988, when I was 28, with a free Dublin newspaper that never got off the ground. A stint in London followed, working first on metallurgy journals and then on civil engineering books and journals. In these two jobs I learned a great deal about editorial and production work, often under pressure. […]

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Tracey Anderson

Why Do So Many Teachers Become Editors?

Tuesday March 13, 2018

Someone recently asked me that question at a networking event. As an editor who came to this profession via a teaching career, I’d pondered this before, and wondered if and how my experience as a teacher shapes my approach as an editor. The Connection My teaching approach centred around two key beliefs, which I still […]

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Rosemary Shipton

The Editor’s Letter

Tuesday July 14, 2020

The editor’s letter — the first substantive communication you have with a client — is the most important task in any editorial project. It provides the opportunity to give your assessment, raise questions and establish a relationship. If this exchange is successful, the myriad other tasks should follow seamlessly. In this scenario, you’ve been hired […]

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