All of us at West Coast Editorial Associates (WCEA) are looking forward to the Editors Canada conference “Present Progressive: Passion, Precision and Purpose,” which will be held June 21 to 23, 2024, in Vancouver. The annual conference is always a…
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…
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…
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…
At an October 2017 seminar in Vancouver, Greg Younging treated editors and other publishing folk to a sneak peek at his forthcoming book, Elements of Indigenous Style. Since the book hit stores in February 2018, it’s been sailing off the…
Three WCEA partners—Barb Johnston, Audrey McClellan, and Rowena Rae—recently attended Book Publishing Boot Camp in Vancouver. Organized by publisher Maggie Langrick of LifeTree Media and business coach Pamela Chatry, the event introduced a roomful of entrepreneurs and professionals to the…
As is so often the case, the 2017 Editors Canada conference flew by, a veritable freeway of zippy presentations and cross-country editors. A highlight for us: seeing Nancy Flight, a founding member of our partnership, receive not only the inaugural Karen…
