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Editors BC AGM and Guest Presentation

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When:  May 21, 2025, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PST

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

This month, Editors BC is proud to host presenter Nara Monteiro, who will discuss the role of freelance editors in the publishing industry as it continues to “gigify.” In addition to this presentation, members are warmly invited to our annual general meeting, where we will hold elections to fill some co-chair vacancies on the 2025–2026 Editors BC branch executive. More details below!

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Adding Plain Language Services to Your Business

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Here are the highlights from an Editors BC presentation and discussion on March 19, 2025, with guests Lana Okerlund and Rowena Rae, partners of West Coast Editorial Associates (WCEA). Lana and Rowena are active members of Plain Language Association International (PLAIN), Plain Canada, the Center for Plain Language, Clarity, and Editors Canada.

Learn more below about adding plain language services to your editing business. You’ll also find some helpful resources.

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Springing forward: Let’s cultivate a new crop of Editors BC programming ideas!

EDITORS BC GENERAL MEETING: MEMBERS ONLY

WHEN ​​             April 16, 2025, 7:00–8:00 pm PDT

WHERE ​​           Online through Zoom

COST  ​             Free for Editors Canada members

Group work sessions on Zoom? In-person social time? Guest speakers from editing niches you didn’t know existed? Just like the flowers blooming around us, Editors BC is looking to spring into a new season of connected community and fresh learning. This April, let us know what YOU would like Editors BC programs to look like in the future. 

We’re hosting an informal brainstorming session where all members are invited to bring their seeds of creativity to the community garden. What is it you want to see more of at monthly meetings? What is it you want to see less of? This is your chance to voice a little bit of what you’d like to receive as an Editors BC member. 

So bring your budding ideas (and even more spring metaphors) to the cross-pollination conversation with editing friends and colleagues and help our community flourish.

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Adding Plain Language Services to Your Business

When:  March 19, 2025, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PST

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

For the past few years, plain language has been gaining momentum. Standards bodies like Editors Canada are publishing guidelines based on a growing mass of evidence about how people read and process information. Readers are increasingly demanding the right to understand the material they need for various purposes. Communicators are seeing the benefits of using plain language to reach their target audiences. And organizations of all kinds are looking for more plain language support.

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Calling editors and other word nerds!

Inquiring minds want to know . . . what’s on your bookshelf? Or in that pile of books on your desk or floor, or your stash of online links or files? 

In the spirit of sharing resources and supporting each other’s professional lives, Editors BC and Editors Canada members are invited to submit a short piece about their “bookshelf” for posting in West Coast Editor, Editors BC’s official blog. 

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Streaming on YouTube! Book Launch for Elements of Indigenous Style, 2nd ed. with Warren Cariou & Lorena Fontaine 

Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 7:00 pm CST/5 pm PST.

This event, live at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg, celebrates the launch of the second edition of Elements of Indigenous Style, an essential guide for culturally appropriate and ethical writing, editing, and publishing involving Indigenous Peoples. The evening will feature two of the second edition’s editors, Warren Cariou and Lorena Fontaine, in conversation as they discuss the creation of the second edition.

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Join a conversation with Caroline Adderson, author of A Way to Be Happy, longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize.

When:  February 19, 2025, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PST

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

A storytelling powerhouse, Caroline Adderson writes literary fiction, short stories, and children’s literature; teaches creative writing; and mentors newcomer women to share their stories via The Shoe Project. Join us for a discussion with Caroline about the relationship between writers and editors. How does editing differ between genres? How can editors help authors write better books? Do you need to be a good writer to be a good editor? Find out more about how Caroline blends the craft of writing and editing. 

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Transitioning and Connecting: An Emerging Editor’s Journey (Part 2)

By Dana Sorensen

In On the Right Path, Dana described how editing “snuck up” on her as a second career and the value of being mentored by experienced editors. Previously an equity trader, Dana now shares how she’s building on her professional experience to transition into and structure her freelance practice. She also stresses the importance of connecting with other editors by attending editing and writing events—the more, the better!

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Travels with the Grammar Table: Q&A with Ellen Jovin

We had the pleasure of interviewing Ellen Jovin, proprietor of the Grammar Table, the star of Rebel with a Clause—a new documentary filmthat premiered January 10—and the author of the US national bestseller Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian (HarperCollins, 2022). 

We invite you to join Editors BC and Ellen for “Winter Grammarfest!”

When: Saturday, January 18, 2025, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm PST
Where: Online via Zoom. Registration is open until January 17.

Enjoy the Q&A below!

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