Overview
Recent and past publishers and organizations I've freelanced for include: HarperCollins, Penguin, Pearson Education, Anansi, Groundwood, Report on Business magazine, the Internet Advertising Bureau of Canada, the CBC, TVOntario, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. In addition to freelancing, I have worked in-house for Stoddart and Infoculture, the CBC’s first arts website, where I served as the Books Editor.
I also write and have contributed features to the Globe and Mail, the National Post, as well as several magazines. Some writing samples appear on my website. (My favourite is a Thurberesque piece called "The Love That Dared Wag Its Tail.")
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Awards
- Nominated for the Rosemary Shipton Award for Excellence in Book Editing
Work experience
Self-employed
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Adapted CBC Radio/TV arts and literary programming for the website. Worked with the producers of Writers and Company, The Arts Today, and Hot Type to give their shows an online presence. Wrote original arts news items. Interviewed Canadian novelists, such as Alistair MacLeod and Elizabeth Hay. Commissioned book reviews from freelancers.
Self-employed
Performed a range of editorial tasks for different organizations and publishers, including TVOntario's Communications Department, the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, NOW Magazine, Madison Press Books, Key Porter, Douglas & McIntyre, Stoddart Publishing, and Prentice Hall.
Stoddart Publishing
Copy edited and proofread manuscripts as well as supervising freelance proofreaders. Wrote copy for book jackets and catalogues. Presented books at sales conference.