The story of a gene hunter
My Life, My Science: Pursuing a Cure for Huntington’s Disease is a beautifully written memoir of secrets and revelations, of hopes and frustrations, of loves and losses, of scientific discoveries and beautiful lives.
Written Treasures: Medieval manuscripts and bookmaking
Last fall, I had the opportunity to work on a fascinating book about medieval manuscripts, Written Treasures, featuring 50 manuscripts from Leiden University Libraries’ Western Medieval Manuscripts collection.
Fitting reward for a story of labour equality
Congratulations to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) on winning a Canadian Association of Labour Media award for their book Road to Equality! WCEA helped the union produce the book in 2024 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of rural…
Recognizing communications excellence for an important publication
Our warm congratulations go to Legal Aid BC on their recent receipt of a Communicator Award of Excellence for the booklet Keeping Aboriginal Kids Safe: Your Family’s Rights, published in 2019. Judged and curated by the New York–based Academy of…
Celebrating beautiful cookbooks
The Alcuin Society recently announced the winners of its 36th annual design awards, and we were delighted to see on the list a number of cookbooks copy edited or proofread by partner Lana Okerlund—in fact, all four of the titles…
BC bestsellers
We're always thrilled to see a book we have worked on appear on the BC Bestseller List, and especially when it hits the number-one spot. That is the case with A Matter of Confidence, by Richard Zussman and Rob Shaw, which…
Praise for “a seething record of human passions and frailties”
Congratulations to author and naval historian Barry Gough for the glowing Times Literary Supplement review of his book Churchill and Fisher: Titans at the Admiralty, edited by WCEA partner Audrey McClellan and published by Lorimer in 2017. "This enthralling book...is a work…
Invaluable from stem to stern
Earlier this week, BC's Office of the Ombudsperson released Special Report No. 39, Stem to Stern: Crown Land Allocation and the Victoria International Marina. Providing what the report calls "invaluable" editorial assistance was WCEA partner Georgina Montgomery, who completed her work on…
The stories that bind us
As West Coast Editorial Associates celebrates our 25th anniversary this year, we’ve been talking a lot about the partnership’s history. Past and current partners have shared stories and photos that have made us laugh (a lot), sometimes groan, and occasionally…
Canadian songbook
What better time than Canada’s 150th to celebrate our country’s musical legacy? That’s the idea behind vocalist Eleanor McCain’s True North: The Canadian Songbook. This years-long project features recordings of 32 iconic Canadian songs, a concert tour, a forthcoming documentary…