The Daily Grind is an ongoing mini-feature that highlights the best cafés in Toronto for freelance editors looking for a caffeine fix and a temporary office away from home. By Laura Edlund Crema Coffee Co. on the Danforth, near Logan Avenue, is a small café on the sunny, northern side of the street. The café … Continue reading The Daily Grind: Toronto café Crema Coffee Co.
Want a sneak peek at the guest speaker for EAC’s Toronto branch’s November members’ meeting? Meet Bob Hambly, creative director for the Toronto design firm Hambly & Woolley and the vice-president of communications for the Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD). Hambly’s artwork and illustrations have been published in the New York Times Magazine, Time … Continue reading November speaker Q&A: Creative director Bob Hambly
Wordplay is a regular column by editor and language writer James Harbeck in which he tastes and plays with English words and usages. You have probably encountered, every now and then, people who will aver that none can take only a singular conjugation, never a plural: never none are, always none is. The argument they present … Continue reading Wordplay: None of these people are right
By Ana Trask In Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language, Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman take readers on an exciting tour of a mythological etymological landscape. Prepare to have your illusions shattered. “You may kick and scream...when you find that many of your most cherished beliefs about English are … Continue reading Book review: Origins of the Specious by Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman
By Carol Harrison How do you make a small fortune in publishing? Start with a big fortune. Pretty gloomy, huh? Well, when stalwarts such as Key Porter Books (2010) and Douglas and McIntyre (2012) go bankrupt or must sell off their assets, it sends shivers up the spines of not only established authors but also … Continue reading Crowdfunding for authors: Spread the love…and the risk
Speaker: Gabriele Lundeen Report Writer: Laura Peetoom I always wondered how those 18th-century pamphleteers managed to publish whole sermons in a little bi- or tri-fold brochure. Well, it turns out a pamphlet is actually a one-signature book, and making a pamphlet is Step One of learning the art of bookbinding. So we learned from Gabriele … Continue reading Recap of Introduction to Bookmaking
Speaker: Janice Dyer Report Writer: Gillian Urbankiewicz At the May branch meeting, Janice Dyer outlined EAC’s certification process, provided an update on new developments in certification, and offered tips for preparing for the tests. There are four areas of certification: proofreading, copy editing, stylistic editing, and structural editing. If you pass all four tests, you … Continue reading Recap of Everything You Wanted to Know About Certification – And More!
Speaker: Douglas Gibson Report Writer: Tina Dealwis Since beginning his career in 1968 at Doubleday, famed editor and publisher Doug Gibson has met and worked with some of Canada’s greatest writers. On April 25, 2011, EAC members were treated to an exciting evening of “Stories about Storytellers,” Gibson’s one-man show based on his memoirs, to … Continue reading Recap of Stories About Storytellers: An Evening with Doug Gibson and Dozens of Famous Canadian Authors
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