In this column, members of the editing community share what’s on their (physical) bookshelves and highlight a few notable titles. In our previous instalment, editors shared such treasures as Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses and Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. If you’d like to show us your bookshelf, or part of it, … Continue reading What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf? (#5)
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What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf? (#4)
In this column, members of the editing community share what’s on their bookshelves and mention some titles that are noteworthy to them. Books by Ursula K. Le Guin, Cheryl Stephens, and Sally Foster Wallace were highlighted in our previous instalment. In this, our fourth "Bookshelf" post, editors in Brampton, Vancouver, and Toronto share their favourites. … Continue reading What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf? (#4)
What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf? (#3)
In this column, members of the editing community share what’s on their (physical) bookshelves and highlight a few notable titles. In the past, our editors have shared such treasures as Storycraft, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, and an entire shelf of Haruki Murakami titles. In this, our third instalment, editors in Vancouver, … Continue reading What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf? (#3)
Beyond Editing: From Medical Editor to Graphic Novelist
by Indu Singh and Ann Nam-Tran Le Editors Canada member Dr. Paul Ling certainly has taken the road less travelled. After a successful career in medicine as a surgeon and clinical professor, Dr. Ling detoured into health science editing, and then following his passion for nineteenth-century gothic adventures, took a turn into the world of art … Continue reading Beyond Editing: From Medical Editor to Graphic Novelist
Book Review: Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer
by Indu Singh In the first chapter of Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style, the author poses a challenge to his readers: go a week without writing any of the words out of a list of what he considers pointless adverbs, including very, rather, really, quite, just, so, surely, of course, … Continue reading Book Review: Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer
Recap of Screen to Page and Back: In Conversation with Zoe Whittall and Wiebke von Carolsfeld
by B.A. Tanner Editors Toronto and Canadian Authors – Toronto (CA-T) were thrilled to co-present their first event of the fall season, in partnership with the Creative Writing Program at the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto, on Tuesday, September 24. The evening brought together award-winning, medium-crossing writers Zoe Whittall and Wiebke … Continue reading Recap of Screen to Page and Back: In Conversation with Zoe Whittall and Wiebke von Carolsfeld
From Screen to Page and Back: In Conversation with Zoe Whittall and Wiebke von Carolsfeld
Tuesday, September 24, 7:30–9:30 pm Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building, 144 College St., Room B150, Toronto Map: http://map.utoronto.ca/building/161 Co-presented by Editors Toronto, Canadian Authors–Toronto, and the Creative Writing Program at the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto (UofT). Our first joint program meeting of the 2019–20 season will feature a conversation about books and … Continue reading From Screen to Page and Back: In Conversation with Zoe Whittall and Wiebke von Carolsfeld
Winning Two Gillers: A Conversation with Esi Edugyan and Her Editors
When: Tuesday, January 22, 7–9 pm Where: University of Toronto, Sidney Smith Hall (amphitheatre), 100 St. George St., (Room 2102) Co-presented by Editors Toronto, Canadian Authors–Toronto, and the Creative Writing Program at the School of Continuing Studies (SCS), University of Toronto This special event will bring acclaimed novelist Esi Edugyan together with four of her editors — Patrick Crean, Marie-Lynn … Continue reading Winning Two Gillers: A Conversation with Esi Edugyan and Her Editors
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