Your 2023 guide to conferences on editing
In-person editing conferences are happening again! While the pandemic is not quite behind us, we have once again started to travel, regularly gather in person, and attend in-person events. The benefits of attending conferences are many. Conferences are a chance…
The best bits and bites of 2022
Awarding plain language
Celebrating fall literary festivals and awards
BC and Yukon Book Prizes shortlists announced
Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators, and publishers shortlisted for the 2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes! Our partners had a hand in three of the finalists: Merrie-Ellen Wilcox proofread Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines, by Dr.…
And the award goes to…
We always love hearing the results of book awards, and we’re proud that WCEA partners have worked on some of the books recognized this fall. Baking Day with Anna Olson: Recipes to Bake Together, by Anna Olson (Appetite by…
Unravelling in the park: Update
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Sylvia Olsen wasn’t able to read in Brentwood Bay’s Pioneer Park on July 6 as scheduled. Instead, she will take part in Sidney LitFest’s final 2021 Authors in the Park event on Friday, August 27, at…
Unravelling in the park
If you live on southern Vancouver Island, may we suggest starting this weekend off early with a literary afternoon in the park? On July 16, author Sylvia Olsen is giving an outdoor reading from her bestselling book Unravelling Canada: A…
Brilliant BC and Yukon books
Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators, and publishers shortlisted for the 2020 BC and Yukon Book Prizes! Our partners had a hand in five of the finalists: Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize The Great Bear Rainforest: A Giant-Screen Adventure in the…