Resources
If You Need a Substantive Editor or Sensitivity Reader
- To hire an Indigenous editor or sensitivity reader: Indigenous Editors Association
- To hire an editor or sensitivity reader of colour: Editors of Color Database
- For substantive editing of fiction and nonfiction, including sensitivity reading for Indigenous themes: Rhonda Kronyk, Lisa Frenette, Kaitlin Littlechild
- For sensitivity reading of Jewish themes: Rookwood Editing
- For substantive editing, design, and project management: Michelle Boulton at
3c publications - For book coaching and substantive editing of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books: Sarah Harvey at Verbatim Edits
- For substantive editing and indexing: West Coast Editorial Associates
- For substantive editing of poetry: Barbara Colebrook Peace
- Online directory of Editors Canada
If You Need an Indexer
- Indexing Society of Canada’s Find an Indexer registry
For Writers: Self-Publishing or Seeking a Publisher
- The Writers’ Union of Canada’s Guide to Getting Published
- An Agent Explains the Ins and Outs of Book Deals by Kate McKean at Electric Lit
- Looking for an agent? Check out QueryTracker
- The pros and cons of self-publishing: Getting Published: A Smorgasbord of Choices by Audrey McClellan of West Coast Editorial Associates
- Writing a Non-Fiction Book Proposal by Rowena Rae of West Coast Editorial Associates
- Definitions of Editorial Skills (the different levels of editing) by Editors Canada
- What’s the Point of an Editor? by Georgina Montgomery of West Coast Editorial Associates
- Five Reasons Why Self-Publishing Authors Need an Editor by Dick Margulis
- The Comprehensive Guide to Finding, Hiring, and Working with an Editor by Jane Friedman (along with other excellent resources for writers and publishers on her website)
- Does Your Novel Need a Copyeditor before Submission? by Carol Saller for CMOS Shop Talk (her advice applies equally to nonfiction books)
- So You Wrote a Children’s Book—What’s Next? by Carol Saller
So You Think You Can Edit (for Aspiring Editors)
- So You Want to Be an Editor, a free publication of Editors Canada
- Career Builder, Editors Canada’s free three-step plan for building an editing career
- So You Want to Be an Editor? resources from the Editorial Freelancers Association
- On the Basics: So You Want to Be an Editor (or Proofreader), blog post by Ruth Thaler-Carter
- Meeting Professional Editorial Standards, a self-training series produced by Editors Canada
- The Copyeditor’s Handbook, by the late Amy Einsohn and co-authored in the fourth edition by Marilyn Schwartz; an accompanying workbook is also available
- Editorial Arts Academy, courses and resources for those interested specifically in trade book editing
- Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University
- Simon Fraser University workshops in editing and other aspects of publishing
- Queen’s University Professional Editing Standards Certificate
For Editing Professionals and Other Word Nerds
- Louise Harnby’s blog and resources for editors, a treasure trove of editing-related material
- KOK Edit’s Copyeditors’ Knowledge Base, a list of resources on education and certification, editing tools, networking, and much more
- Business of Editing, a series of articles on the Intelligent Editing blog
- Editors’ Show and Tell: Time-Saving Tips and Tricks, and other postings on Iva Cheung’s blog
- Arrant Pedantry, a blog by linguist and editor Jonathon Owen (who also sells cool t-shirts!)
- Words / Myth / Ampers & Virgule, a blog by editor and designer Dick Margulis, along with his Resources for Colleagues, which include a fantastic book production flowchart
- Sesquiotica, a blog by “word taster” extraordinaire James Harbeck