What: Editors BC monthly meeting
When: Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 7:30 to 8:30 pm PDT
Where: Online through Zoom
Cost: Free for Editors Canada members
$10 for non-members
$5 for student non-members
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Editors BC at Word Vancouver 2015
by Roma Ilnyckyj
On September 27, Editors BC made our annual appearance at Word Vancouver, joining local literary organizations, publishers, writers, and other word lovers in a celebration of all things written.
Luckily it was sunny, although chilly, for our volunteers outside at the Editors BC booth. We handed out information about the organization and chatted to people about what editors do. Our booth was next to the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia, which provided a great opportunity to meet some people we’ve only ever communicated with through email and to strengthen our ties with like-minded organizations. I got some good ideas for promotional materials to think about for the future and picked up the adorable postcard pictured above (far right).
EAC-BC at Word Vancouver 2014
Written by Alexandra Bogdanovic; copy edited by Tanya Procyshyn
On Sunday, September 28, EAC-BC participated in Word Vancouver, a free reading and writing festival. It is also part of Cultural Days, a national celebration of the arts. The festival began on Wednesday, September 24, and was held over the course of five days. Events took place at several venues, including The Paper Hound, Banyen Books & Sound, The Cottage Bistro, Christianne’s Lyceum, Historic Joy Kogawa House, and SFU Harbour Centre. The main event was held on Sunday, September 28, at the Vancouver Public Library’s Central Branch.
Bookshelf: More Mini Book Reviews
More three- to five-word book reviews of Christmas gift–worthy books.
A few gift-worthy books. Photo by John Hannah.
Skipping Christmas, John Grisham, 2001.
Seasonal stress. Strategies. Stuff.
Canada’s Stonehenge, Gordon R. Freeman, 2009.
Archaeology. Antiquities. Alberta.
The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer, 2011.
Children’s classic. Collaboration. Commentary.
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage, 1994.
Understandable. Useful. Usable.
The Canadian Press Caps and Spelling, 20th edition, James McCarten, ed., 2012.
Canadianisms. Clear. Concise.
British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas, Derek Hayes, 2012.
Explorers. Engineers. Exhaustive. Entertaining.
The Journals of George M. Dawson: British Columbia, 1875–1878; Volume I, 1875–1876, Douglas Cole and Bradley Lockner, eds., 1989. The Journals of George M. Dawson: British Columbia, 1875–1878; Volume II, 1877–1878, Douglas Cole and Bradley Lockner, eds., 1989.
Geology. Geology. Geology.
Above Stairs: Social Life in Upper-Class Victoria 1843–1918, Valerie Green, 2011.
Aristocracy. Attitudes. Affectations. Artifice. Aegis.
Letters of E.B. White, originally collected and edited by Dorothy Lobrano Guth, revised and updated by Martha White, 2007.
Private. Poetic. Perfect.
Bookshelf: Mini Book Reviews
Three- to five-word book reviews of Christmas-gift-worthy books.
Juan de Fuca’s Strait: Voyages in the Waterway of Forgotten Dreams, Barry Gough, 2012.
Mariners. Myths. Mystery.
The First World War: Volume I: To Arms, Hew Strachan, 2001.
Monumental. Might. Mayhem.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, Anne Fadiman, 1998.
Personal. Pleasures. Passions.
Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (CBC Massey Lecture series), Margaret Atwood, 2008.
Timely. Thought-provoking. Treasure trove.
Photo by John Hannah.
An Essay on Typography, Eric Gill, 1936.
Craftsmanship. Common sense. Composition.
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, 1951.
Disturbing. Dark. Dystopian.
The Canadian Press Stylebook, 16th Edition, Patti Tasko, ed., 2010.
Policies. Procedures. Packaging. Pointers. Pitfalls.
Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories, Dorothy L. Sayers, 1972.
Period piece. Peerage. Police. Pursuit. Proof.
The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt, 2011.
Bizarre. Brawls. Bloodshed.
The Keeper of Lost Causes, Jussi Adler-Olsen, 2011.
Denmark. Detection. Department Q.
Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel, 2012.
Reformation. Rogues. Royals. Retribution. Redux.
TEST: Are you a hopeless bookworm?
Editors are bookworms. Hopeless bookworms. Take this 13-question self-diagnostic test, created by hopeless—but happy—bookworm Frank Karabotsos, to determine exactly how “hopeless” your book-loving condition is.
You know how it is. You approach a bookstore and resolutely tell yourself, I’ll only go in for five minutes, buy the book I want, and make my escape. Yeah, right. When does it ever happen that way? I used to feel guilty about this, but my only worry now is, how bookish am I, really? Perhaps you’ve asked yourself the same question. Well, you’re about to find out.
If you answer Yes to more than 11 of the following statements, you’re a Bibliolater: you’d sell your house for a first edition; between 6 and 10, you’re a Bibliomaniac: you’d read a book while skydiving; between 1 and 5, you’re a Bibliophile: you probably carry reading material with you into the bath.
Only if you answer No to all of the questions are you truly safe, able to resist the temptation of books when circumstances warrant.
Take the test to find out how “hopeless” your book-loving condition is.
| DOES THIS DESCRIBE YOU? |
| You judge a book by its spine, that is, by how well it will look sandwiched between other books on your shelves. |
| You change the arrangement of the books on your shelves to give them a refreshing new look, the same way others rearrange their furniture. |
| You wince when you hear a crack after someone bends a hardback more than 180 degrees. |
| You have at least three copies of War and Peace (or another famous work) in three different translations. |
| You know the difference between bibliophily, bibliomania, and bibliolatry. |
| You have an urge to remove the dust covers from your books and display them as posters in your office. |
| You use a steam iron to smooth out the wrinkles in the satin ribbon markers of your books. |
| You purchase two copies of the same book: a paperback for reading on the beach, and a hardback for reading at home. |
| To avoid your spouse’s cry of “Not another book!” when a parcel arrives, you have your orders sent to your work address or to a sympathetic non-bookish friend (someone who won’t be tempted to open the box). |
| You have multiple copies of a favourite novel, one with a cool cover, one with illustrations, and one with scholarly notes. |
| You buy Brodart plastic covers to protect your books, just as libraries do. |
| You start reading a paperback in the store, but then order the hardback since you want a copy with nicer paper and wider margins for notes. |
| You wish you had never heard of The Folio Society. |
Now it’s your turn. What other symptoms of obsessive bookishness do you (or others you know) exhibit?
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