Elizabeth d’Anjou wasn’t sure what she wanted to be when she grew up, but one thing was certain: she didn’t want to be a freelance editor. As her profile in the Editors Canada Online Directory of Editors says, “Who wants to go into the same profession as their mom?” Elizabeth’s Read more…
I was born and grew up in South Africa and I’ve been a journalist for most of my life. Since moving to Canada nine years ago, I’ve been involved in a number of different freelance writing and editing projects. I’m currently completing the Editing Certificate program through Simon Fraser University. Read more…
To mark Editors Canada’s 40th anniversary celebrations, an interview with a representative from the up-and-coming editing professionals seemed in order. I had the great pleasure of chatting with Vancouver-based Letitia Henville about her perspectives on editing-related subjects. She had just moved, so internet connection was not guaranteed leading up to Read more…
Musings from an editor who several years ago relocated to Halifax, home to the 2019 Editors Canada conference… As a native Ontarian who grew up in Ottawa and lived in Toronto for 14 years, the East Coast was never on my radar. But after finding the love of my life Read more…
Congratulations, Editors Canada, on achieving 40 years of operation. We know what a journey it has been—we’ve been with you along the way. After all, we have two common goals: the success of our client-authors and publishers, and the satisfaction of readers everywhere. We’re family—we would even say we’re siblings, Read more…
In 2017, I was privileged to be one of eight Indigenous editors invited to the Indigenous Editors’ Circle at Humber College, Toronto. We spent five days with four renowned writers and scholars from across Canada. Over 30 representatives from publishing houses joined us and committed to changing the ways they Read more…
“kimiwan has taken on a life of its own. the idea formed as I prepared to move back to the prairies from rainy vancouver. to move back home. the idea of moving home frightened me a little—a lot. i remember sharing the idea of this zine with carla—a friend, mentor Read more…
I was recently invited to provide a session at the Editors’ Association of Canada annual conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I titled the session “Voice, Agency and Worldview: Editing Indigenous Manuscripts.” I did my best to provide a short description and then set to work on what to include in the Read more…
On May 29, 2018, Deanna Reder (Cree/Métis) and I published an article titled “’I write this for all of you’: Recovering the Unpublished RCMP ‘Incident’ in Maria Campbell’s Halfbreed (1973)” in the scholarly journal Canadian Literature. This article, published digitally, tells several stories. The first is about how at the age of Read more…
Off the top of your head, name an Indigenous writer of crime fiction. Not someone who writes crime fiction with Indigenous characters, but an actual Indigenous writer who pens crime/mystery novels. If you want to Google “Native American mysteries,” go ahead. Even though millions of books have been sold in Read more…
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