Upcoming Webinars

Generative AI for editors: Friend, foe, or flunky?
Presenter: Catie Phares
Webinar begins: March 27, 2025 1:00 pm

It’s increasingly clear that generative AI can’t replace gifted human editors. But can it help us with our work? If so, how—and at what cost? Join academic editor Catie Phares as she endeavours to answer these questions. This webinar covers Catie’s experiences of trying out various generative AI tools in…

Managing “Squirrel” Edits: Avoid Losing Your Way Chasing Global Edits
Presenter: Claire Fossey
Webinar begins: April 2, 2025 1:00 pm

In a single document, a copy editor may encounter a combination of errors that are one-offs and errors that are likely to occur in multiple places. It may be tempting to pause a read-through to go check for other places where the same error occurs, and sometimes this can be…

Peeking through Your Fingers: An Introduction to Editing Horror
Presenter: Molly Cernik
Webinar begins: April 10, 2025 1:00 pm

Whatever else their concerns may be, horror authors care dearly about readers’ feelings. The genre is bigger than frightening tales, though; in fact, the presence (or absence) of fear is often the least interesting part of the story. Horror instead finds strength in what its many emotions teach us about…

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Editorial Teams
Presenter: Berna Ozunal

The new Professional Editorial Standards introduces section A1, Editorial teams, for the first time. How do editors work with other editors? How should we work with each other?  The Standards has categorized this as a Fundamental of Editing — meaning all professional editors should have an understanding of the expectations…

Creating Accessible Documents
Presenter: Suzanne Schaan

Editors are often responsible for creating final documents for users. This session explores how we can make Microsoft Office documents more accessible.

Concordances: Character and Plot
Presenter: Julie Kay-Wallace

Two years and many books are between Book One and Book Two. You pick up the second book’s manuscript to edit it — and you freeze. Who was that minor character, again? What were we doing? When did Main Character get that scar? That’s one scenario where a good concordance…

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