Editors British Columbia

06/24/2024

An enormous and heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make the Editors/Réviseurs Canada conference such a memorable—and playful!—experience. An extra portion of thanks to Adrienne Montgomerie and Amber Riaz for their thoughtful and thought-provoking keynotes. I loved every session I was able to sit in on, and I look forward to catching up on the others when the recordings are available. This conference was a prodigious labour of love that wouldn’t have been possible without all the volunteers (including the best committee a chair could ask for!).

Much love and many thanks to all!

Yours in exhaustion (but also enthusiasm!),
Tara ❤️
PS: See you at the Editors Canada AGM on Thursday?

06/06/2024

If anyone has a couple of hours to donate over the June 21-23 weekend, the Editors Canada conference is looking for volunteers! (You don’t have to be a member. You don’t even have to be an editor. You can be editing curious. Haha.) Info below:

As you may know, Editors Canada is a volunteer-run organization and our conferences are similarly volunteer-powered!

We'd love to have you fill one or more volunteer spots for this year's Editors Canada Conference, which runs from Friday 21 June through Sunday 23 June at the SFU Harbour Centre (515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC). Please follow https://signup.com/go/argGneR to view and sign up for your spots! Then, please share this link, https://signup.com/go/argGneR, with your networks and get your friends to volunteer with you--it's always more fun with friends!

Do you need a little more convincing? We're thrilled to offer you one complementary conference session of your choice in thanks for each volunteer shift that you complete during the conference!

SignUp.com makes it easy to coordinate school events & classroom activities, fundraisers, snack schedules, potlucks & more!

09/15/2022

Emerging writers — this is your opportunity to submit writing samples that professional editors will edit during one-on-one sessions. You’ll receive feedback on your work and get an insider view on the editing process. This is brought to you by Editors British Columbia Spots are limited! Please register in advance here: https://calendly.com/wordvancouver/blue-pencil-sessions?month=2022-09

09/15/2022

The zombie rules of grade school stole marks for every sentence-ending preposition or split infinitive. Bloodstained pages, slashed by a cruel red pen, fill you with dread. Internet typo trolls try to invalidate your words. Fear not! A good editor is your ally, helping ensure your intent comes across to readers — only (a little bit) evil when it’s called for. Join us as we travel the dark and often misunderstood path of the author–editor relationship. With Editors British Columbia, Host Kyle Hawke welcomes Panelists Maureen McGuigan, Frances Peck, and Tara Avery. Find out more about EDITORS AREN’T (ALWAYS) EVIL on our website: https://www.wordvancouver.ca/in-person-events/2022/7/19/opening-of-word-vancouver-meet-our-curators-l7xhc-f53bk-nwxyz-f7ztr-lmet2-wpay7-zn7bh-wb7a9-d5ta7-rys5x-lr9bz

06/20/2022

BC Bestsellers | Week ending June 18, 2022
https://www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestsellers/

No. 1
Return to Solitude: More Desolation Sound Adventures with the Cougar Lady, Russell the Hermit, the Spaghetti Bandit and Others
by Grant Lawrence
Harbour Publishing

No. 2
Mushrooms of British Columbia
by Andy MacKinnon & Kem Luther
Royal BC Museum

No. 3
Be a Good Ancestor
by Leona Prince & Gabrielle Prince
Orca Book Publishers

No. 4
Best Hikes and Nature Walks with Kids in and Around Southwestern British Columbia
by Stephen Hui
Greystone Books

No. 5
Framed in Fire: A Lane Winslow Mystery
by Iona Whishaw
TouchWood Editions

No. 6
Ben the Sea Lion
by Roy Henry Vickers
Harbour Publishing

No. 7
Whitewater Cooks Together Again
by Shelley Adams
Alicon Holdings

No. 8
Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes from Spirit
by Richard Wagamese
Douglas & McIntyre

No. 9
The Rooming House: The West Coast in the Seventies
by Michael Kluckner
Midtown Press

No. 10
Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines
by Luschiim Arvid Charlie & Nancy J. Turner
Harbour Publishing

No. 11
Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America
by Peter Wohlleben & Jane Billinghurst
Greystone Books

No. 12
Noonday Dark: A Doctor Annick Boudreau Mystery #2
by Charles Demers
Douglas & McIntyre

No. 13
Drum from the Heart
by Ren Louie, illustrated by Karlene Harvey
Medicine Wheel Education

No. 14
Dempsey Bob: In His Own Voice
by Dempsey Bob
Figure 1 Publishing

No. 15
Granville Island ABC: A Family Adventure
by Alison Kelly, illustrated by Linda Sharp
Heritage House

06/13/2022

BC Bestsellers | Week ending June 11, 2022
https://www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestsellers/

No. 1
Return to Solitude: More Desolation Sound Adventures with the Cougar Lady, Russell the Hermit, the Spaghetti Bandit and Others
by Grant Lawrence
Harbour Publishing

No. 2
Mushrooms of British Columbia
by Andy MacKinnon & Kem Luther
Royal BC Museum

No. 3
Framed in Fire: A Lane Winslow Mystery
by Iona Whishaw
TouchWood Editions

No. 4
Best Hikes and Nature Walks with Kids in and Around Southwestern British Columbia
by Stephen Hui
Greystone Books

No. 5
Be a Good Ancestor
by Leona Prince & Gabrielle Prince
Orca Book Publishers

No. 6
Ben the Sea Lion
by Roy Henry Vickers
Harbour Publishing

No. 7
Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America
by Peter Wohlleben & Jane Billinghurst
Greystone Books

No. 8
Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes from Spirit
by Richard Wagamese
Douglas & McIntyre

No. 9
The Rooming House: The West Coast in the Seventies
by Michael Kluckner
Midtown Press

No. 10
Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines
by Luschiim Arvid Charlie & Nancy J. Turner
Harbour Publishing

No. 11
Whitewater Cooks Together Again
by Shelley Adams
Alicon Holdings

No. 12
Noonday Dark: A Doctor Annick Boudreau Mystery #2
by Charles Demers
Douglas & McIntyre

No. 13
Dempsey Bob: In His Own Voice
by Dempsey Bob
Figure 1 Publishing

No. 14
Wilson Duff: Coming Back, a Life
by Robin Fisher
Harbour Publishing

No. 15
Drum from the Heart
by Ren Louie, illustrated by Karlene Harvey
Medicine Wheel Education

06/06/2022

BC Bestsellers | Week ending June 4, 2022
https://www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestsellers/

No. 1
Framed in Fire: A Lane Winslow Mystery
by Iona Whishaw
TouchWood Editions

No. 2
Return to Solitude: More Desolation Sound Adventures with the Cougar Lady, Russell the Hermit, the Spaghetti Bandit and Others
by Grant Lawrence
Harbour Publishing

No. 3
Mushrooms of British Columbia
by Andy MacKinnon & Kem Luther
Royal BC Museum

No. 4
Ben the Sea Lion
by Roy Henry Vickers
Harbour Publishing

No. 5
Best Hikes and Nature Walks with Kids in and Around Southwestern British Columbia
by Stephen Hui
Greystone Books

No. 6
Be a Good Ancestor
by Leona Prince & Gabrielle Prince
Orca Book Publishers

No. 7
The Rooming House: The West Coast in the Seventies
by Michael Kluckner
Midtown Press

No. 8
Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America
by Peter Wohlleben & Jane Billinghurst
Greystone Books

No. 9
Whitewater Cooks Together Again
by Shelley Adams
Alicon Holdings

No. 10
The Quiet in Me
by Patrick Lane
Harbour Publishing

No. 11
Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines
by Luschiim Arvid Charlie & Nancy J. Turner
Harbour Publishing

No. 12
Drum from the Heart
by Ren Louie, illustrated by Karlene Harvey
Medicine Wheel Education

No. 13
Never Say P*g: The Book of Sailors' Superstitions
by R. Bruce Macdonald
Harbour Publishing

No. 14
Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes from Spirit
by Richard Wagamese
Douglas & McIntyre

No. 15
Wilson Duff: Coming Back, a Life
by Robin Fisher
Harbour Publishing

06/02/2022

Congratulations to Janis Cleugh, Jesse Marchand, and Maureen Nicholson, who have earned new professional certifications from Editors Canada! Janis and Jesse are now certified proofreaders, and Maureen, who is also an Editors Canada honorary life member, is now a certified structural editor. Well done!