I’m still coming to grips with the sudden turn of events on Alone: The Arctic last Thursday. The woman I was pulling for, Nikki van Schyndel, appeared to be doing well after early injuries and misadventures. She had sewed herself…
I don’t watch a lot of television. And though I’ve seen numerous clips from America/Britain/Canada/Outer Slobovia’s Got Talent! circulated by friends on email, I’ve studiously avoided getting hooked on reality TV shows . . . until this summer. Over the…
Ah, summer. The longer days, relaxed (or fewer) deadlines, and well-earned vacation time make this the perfect season to catch up on our reading. One of our go-to blogs for keeping up with the editorial scene is The Editors’ Weekly.…
We editors are perfectionists, so it may seem odd to introduce the topic of lowering standards. After all, it’s our job to uphold the very highest of standards as articulated in Professional Editorial Standards, a publication of Editors Canada. But…
Our warm congratulations go to the recipients of this year’s Editors Canada awards: Jennifer Croll, Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence Iva Cheung, Karen Virag Award Margo LaPierre, Claudette Upton Scholarship (an annual prize established by WCEA in honour of…
At the beginning of May, I donned my children’s book author hat and attended the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ Marvellous Midwest conference in Chicago. I attended many informative sessions, but particularly thought-provoking was a panel discussion titled…
May 11 was a night to celebrate as the 35th annual BC Book Prizes were awarded. What a treat it was to be at the gala to watch as nominees were announced, envelopes were opened, and winners were named. Our…
West Coast Editorial Associates recently included an Indigenous territorial acknowledgement on the Contact page of our website: We are grateful to the Indigenous keepers of the traditional and unceded lands on which we live and work: the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh,…
One of the great pleasures of working on cookbooks is spending time in the midst of outstanding book design. One example is The Last Schmaltz, published by WCEA client Appetite by Random House. Our hearty congratulations to CS Richardson and…
A 2018 article in the New Yorker describes actor Daniel Radcliffe going undercover as a fact-checker to prepare for his role in the Broadway show The Lifespan of a Fact. Peter Canby, head of fact-checking at the New Yorker, tells…