Good times, gin and tonics, and gossip in the graveyard
Last month, WCEA partners gathered for a long-overdue celebration of former partner Frances Peck’s retirement.
Misappropriating the language of mental illness
We’ve come a long way in understanding the importance of mental health and reducing stigma around mental illness.
An energizing week with young readers
Since 1977, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre has organized and hosted an annual book tour for children’s authors, illustrators, and storytellers.
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…
A welcome new resource: Demystifying Disability
Every once in a while, a new resource, or a new edition of an old resource, comes along that gets those of us who work with words very excited (think Chicago Manual of Style, Publication Manual of the American Psychological…
New novel by a WCEA alumna
Congratulations to WCEA partner alumna Frances Peck on the publication of her debut novel, The Broken Places, officially out in April 2022 from NeWest Press and available for preorder in bookstores now. Frances is part of the lineup at the…
The everyday practice of plain language
At the beginning of plain language workshops for workplace writers, I like to show a photo of an outdoor water feature located near a busy retail corner in Vancouver. In particular, I want people to see the sign on the…
Editing, writing, training for 30 years
May 2022 marks 30 years since Nancy Flight, Anne Norman, Claudette Reed Upton, Lois Richardson, John Ricker, Barbara Tomlin, and Yvonne Van Ruskenveld formed West Coast Editorial Associates (WCEA). What do you give a partnership on its 30th anniversary? Pearls?…
A bundle of bestsellers
If you want a reading list for 2022, look no further than the top 20 BC bestsellers of 2021, announced earlier this month by Read Local BC. We’re delighted to have edited or proofread several of the non-fiction titles on…