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…
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…
Some months ago, an unexpected and flattering invitation came my way: to be the keynote speaker at the Association of Canadian Publishers’ 2020 Mid-Winter Meeting, January 28–29, in Toronto. The ACP organizers asked me to talk about the value of…
We at West Coast Editorial Associates regularly edit and proofread books created in Canada. And, yes, some of us write them too. Immersed as we are, it’s easy to assume that everyone reads Canadian books. But a 2018 report by…
It’s a tiny mark that spawns immense confusion. The beleaguered apostrophe has been in the spotlight since December, following the announcement by John Richards, founder of the Apostrophe Protection Society, that after 18 years of defending the mark, he was…
Almost two years ago, when our partner Georgina Montgomery retired, we said: When she wasn’t meeting writing and editing deadlines, teaching, or parenting, she was dancing around the edges of art, dabbling in things like stained glass and collage. In…
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…
Congratulations to WCEA partner Merrie-Ellen Wilcox, whose new non-fiction book, After Life: Ways We Think About Death (Orca Book Publishers), is launching in Victoria on September 8 (see time and place details below). Books will be available for sale, and a…
Like most of you, I’m sure, I’ve been a life-long reader. I like almost nothing better than curling up in a comfy spot and reading A Good Book. But recently, I’ve come to realize that I’m out of the loop…
As BC editors, we’re always excited when the BC Book Prize finalists are announced. The shortlisted authors for 2018 include Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read, for Wolf Island (Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize), proofread by partner Audrey McClellan; poet,…