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New knowledge is great, but international connections are priceless. Left to right: British editors Joanna Chisholm, Linsay MacLean and (in back) Lesley Ellen, U.S. editor Laura Poole (centre front) and Canadian editor Marion Soublière at Edinburgh’s historic Ensign Ewart Pub. Ellen, the mini-conference’s gracious and talented organizer, arranged for those still in Edinburgh post-conference to take part in the Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour, an evening of great fun. As tour-goers drifted between drinking establishments in Old and New Town, two skilled actors entertained with stories and antics — some in the musical Scots language of Robert Burns.

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Frances Peck

Vocation, Avocation: Margery Fee and Canadian Usage

Tuesday July 9, 2019

We editors have our own celebrities. At the March meeting of Editors BC, which featured Stefan Dollinger, editor-in-chief of the DCHP-2 (A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles, second edition), a name on the guest list caught my eye. Could it be? Really? It was. In the audience was Margery Fee, associate editor of the […]

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Letitia Henville

How I’m Hiring a Student to Support My Freelance Editing Business

Tuesday December 8, 2020

I’ve never been happy with the look of my website, shortishard.ca. Yet, I’ve never needed to update it, because I get all my work through referrals, word of mouth or my monthly column, Ask Dr Editor. In 2021, though, things are going to change: I’m hiring an undergraduate student to make my website finally look […]

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Lucy Payette

Developing the Next Generation of Canadian Readers

Tuesday February 16, 2021

My son’s middle-school language arts teacher initiated a reading project earlier this year. The task was simple: choose a book to read with an adult and talk about it. I’m on board with the assignment. Despite my efforts, there are a few entertainment systems vying for my son’s attention. When he chose me as the […]

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Madeleine Vasaly

An Introduction to Proofreading Comics

Thursday May 16, 2024

If you proofread prose books or magazines, working on your first comic book or graphic novel can be intimidating. A lot of your skills are transferable and will serve you well across media types, but some editorial elements are handled differently. Reading comics from a range of genres and publishers will help you get familiar […]

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Lisa Hislop

Seven Ways to Connect with New Authors without Social Media

Thursday November 13, 2025

It’s a tale as old as Twitter. Social media’s promise of a direct connection with hundreds of writers waiting to hire me seemed like an ideal marketing strategy for a newly minted (and introverted) editor. But, in keeping with the too-good-to-be-true genre, what I got was a distraction. The busy-work of posting and the comfortable […]

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Letitia Henville

A Case Study in Content Marketing

Thursday April 9, 2026

I’m a big believer in content marketing. Done well, content marketing can support both your own business and our shared profession, because it shows potential clients what editors do and the wealth of knowledge we hold. When I’ve spoken with other editors about content marketing, I regularly encounter misconceptions: some folks assume it means they […]

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