Upcoming Webinars

The book editing industry is highly competitive, whether you’re aiming to work in-house or as a freelancer. Most editors come from similar backgrounds: a degree, advanced studies in editing or publishing, and literary experience through writing or working with festivals and magazines. With the rise of AI, the editing skills you’ve spent years honing might […]

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Many editors are already seeing a drop in the amount of editing and proofreading work available because clients are turning to AI tools instead of human editors. This session will help editors explore other kinds of work that build on their existing skills and experience—work that AI can’t do. Editors at all stages of their […]

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A developmental editor offers a writer a valuable outside perspective on their writing. One key skill a developmental editor of fiction should have is the ability to read a draft and identify its emerging themes. Knowing what themes underpin the different elements of a story can help a writer to decide what belongs and what […]

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For editors who are looking to start freelancing part-time or to shift into a full-time career as a freelancer, this webinar provides an overview of the basics of setting up a business, identifying a niche and reaching out to clients. Based on Sue’s new book The Feisty Freelancer, this webinar covers the first year of […]

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Are you worried about AI’s impact on your editing career? You’re not alone. But while many editors either avoid AI entirely or wonder if they should use it for editing work, there’s a third path that’s both ethical and profitable. In this practical session, award-winning editor and business owner Erin Brenner reveals how to leverage […]

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If you love art, storytelling and wearing many hats, comic editing might be for you! And comic anthologies in particular offer editors the opportunity to collaborate with writers, artists, colorists, letterers and more—all while using editorial and project management skills. In this webinar, we’ll discuss the steps of editing a comic anthology from story curation […]

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Ce webinaire de 90 minutes présente un survol clair et pratique des meilleures approches en  accessibilité numérique et communicationnelle.   En continuité avec le webinaire « Rendre les documents accessibles et inclusifs », il met l’accent  sur l’application concrète des principes d’accessibilité dans la rédaction, la structuration et la  diffusion de contenus. Les participant·es apprendront comment […]

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Editing poetry requires a whole different toolkit and often a subtler, more generative and expansive approach than when editing other genres.  While it may seem like there are fewer rules and conventions when it comes to poetry, or that poems’ inner workings are too mysterious to confidently edit, the fact remains that there are good […]

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Content marketing is a long-term marketing strategy that enables freelance editors to foster potential clients’ awareness of, understanding of, and trust in their skills. In this session, Letitia will draw on her experience writing the advice column “Ask Dr. Editor” for the magazine University Affairs to support academic editors to develop compelling pieces of content […]

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Creative non-fiction (CNF) borrows techniques from fiction to tell true stories in a captivating way. But writing fact-based stories poses challenges that writing invented stories doesn’t pose. Lynne Melcombe covers perhaps the biggest and most important of these challenges, finding the narrative arc, in another Editors Canada webinar. But narrative arc is not the only […]

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Working with survivors of trauma requires sensitivity and understanding. As an editor guiding authors through their trauma-laden writing, it’s important to create a safe and supportive environment and to lead with compassion. This webinar draws from firsthand experience and trauma-informed principles to help editors understand the personal impacts of trauma and learn how to foster […]

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