Rebecca Hendry - Editor
Gibsons, Canada
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Overview
I began my career seventeen years ago working for Amazon as a copy editor and proofreader for BookSurge, their self-publishing company, editing everything from memoirs to cookbooks to literary novels. I am now a contract editor for FriesenPress and well as for private clients and was a marketing coordinator at Caitlin Press, an award-winning publishing house. I am a literary fiction writer and have published a novel (Grace River, Brindle and Glass, 2009) as well as numerous short stories in literary journals. My new novel, One Good Thing, was released by Touchwood Editions in April 2018.
Languages
English (CAN)
English (UK)
English (US)
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Fiction
Cultural & Ethnic Themes
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Humor & Comedy
Literature
Science Fiction
Short Story
Women's Fiction
Young Adult & Teen
Work experience
Freelance editing and manuscript evaluations
FriesenPress
December, 2015
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Present
(about 3 years)
Marketing Coordinator
Caitlin Press
June, 2012
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October, 2014
(over 2 years)
Editor and proofreader
BookSurge/Amazon
January, 2002
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April, 2005
(about 3 years)
Edited non-fiction, fiction and poetry manuscripts for Amazon's self-publishing company
Portfolio (25 selected works)
Sometimes tragic, sometimes uproariously funny, This Place a Stranger is a diverse collection of Canadian women writing about their experiences of travelling alone. From the deceptiveness of the everyday to the extremes of geography, weather and violence, these stories go beyond the usual tales of intrepid male explorers and reveal the varied and unique circumstances in which women travellers ... read more
Wherever I Find Myself: Stories by Canadian Immigrant Women
Miriam Matejova
An anthology of Canadian immigrant women and their experiences of being caught between the world of their past and the world of their future. Edited by Miriam Matejova, WHEREVER I FIND MYSELF is a diverse collection of stories about the joys and struggles of immigrant women living in Canada. Often bringing with them the shadow of war and the guilt of leaving, the women in this new anthology ex... read more
The Thunderbird Poems
Armand Garnet Ruffo
Norval Morrisseau's revered work has been honoured, copied and recognized throughout the art world and beyond. Less widely known but equally captivating is the artist's personal life story, which poet and biographer Armand Garnet Ruffo related in his powerful narrative biography, Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird (Douglas & McIntyre, 2014). Ruffo immersed himself in the life and... read more
Spacewalking is a physically exhausting, mentally rigorous endeavor. It is so difficult, only three Canadians have ever succeeded: Chris Hadfield, Steve MacLean, and Dave Williams. Hadfield completed the first Canadian spacewalk and installed the Canadarm 2 on the International Space Station, while Williams holds the record for the longest spacewalk by a Canadian. And Steve MacLean, former hea... read more
When 25-year-old Jo climbed down the ramp of the freighter Canadian Star to set foot in Vancouver, BC, in the summer of 1967, she'd never heard of log salvaging. But within two-and-a-half years, the immigrant from England would quit her teaching job and join forces with one of the most enigmatic salvagers of the Sunshine Coast. Dick and Jo Hammond spent a life together chasing logs, rescuing b... read more
Black Liquor: Poems
Dennis E. Bolen
Dennis E. Bolens forthcoming volume of poetry, Black Liquor, continues his exploration of modern disconnection and the disparate paths taken by those railing against the austere landscape of their lives. Imbued with lyrical evocations of lost childhood, mature love and deep friendship contrasted against brutal depictions of grueling labour, industrial mishap, historical misfortune and often hi... read more
Accidental Eden: Hippie Days on Lasqueti Island
Douglas Hamilton, Darlene Kay Olesko
Corky Williams: Cowboy Poet of the Cariboo Chilcotin
Sage Birchwater, Corky Williams
A diminutive cowboy with a full beard and a Texas drawl stands onstage at Expo 86 in Vancouver telling wild and woolly stories of life in the Chilcotin backcountry. The audience is mesmerized by his poetic ballad of an alcoholic dog that rode on the back of his saddle in Anahim Lake. The performer is Luther Corky Williams. Originally from Texas, Corky and his wife, Jeanine, moved from Los Ange... read more
A Place Called Sorry
Donna Milner
In this much-anticipated second volume in the Extraordinary Women Anthology series, Diana French follows up on Gumption and Grit with more stories of the women who have contributed, or who are still contributing, to the vibrant mosaic that is the Cariboo Chilcotin. The area has more than its share of remarkable women, from educators to rodeo stars, doctors to playwrights, administrators to env... read more
Mantis Dreams: The Journal of Dr. Dexter Ripley
Adam Pottle
Mantis Dreams: The Journal of Dr. Dexter Ripley is a crackling, searing satire that ridicules both political correctness and the restrictive world of academia. But Adam Pottle's first novel is also a poignant and difficult glance into the world of a man battling a rare and debilitating disease. A wheelchair user living voluntarily in a care home, Dexter Ripley lashes out at all those around hi... read more
In a follow-up to his well-received Voices of British Columbia, Robert Budd returns with more captivating tales of the province's pioneering past in the very words of the people who lived them.Between 1959 and 1966, the late CBC Radio journalist Imbert Orchard travelled across British Columbia with recording engineer Ian Stephen, conducting interviews with some of the province's most remarkabl... read more
Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names
Andrew Scott
Winner of the 2010 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional BC Book PrizeWinner of the 2009 Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for Historical WritingIn 1909 Captain John T. Walbran published one of the most beloved and enduring of all BC books, British Columbia Coast Names. Harbour Publishing celebrates the hundredth anniversary of that landmark work by presenting the first book to update Walbran's classic, Andr... read more
Scribes
Maureen Foss
Maureen Foss's off-beat and darkly funny third novel begins when four quirky and mismatched women answer an ad to join a writing group. Unlikely friendships and wild adventures ensue as their lives start to unravel around them. Bunny, the wife of a calculating, cheating husband, is writing a novel about the best way to carry out spousal disposal and get away with it. Mariah, a closet lesbian, ... read more
On September 27, 1986, pilot Theresa Bond and five passengers took off on a routine flight from Atlin, BC, in her beloved de Havilland Beaver. The Taku Air passenger list that day included local politician Al Passarell, his wife, and three of Atlins most prominent citizensincluding larger-than-life Atlin Inn owner Joe Florence. After an uneventful eighty minutes, the plane crossed the edge of ... read more
Journeywoman: A Carpenter's Story
Kate Braid
Since women started working in the trades in the 1970s, very little has been published about their experiences. In this provocative and important book, Kate Braid tells the story of how she became a carpenter in the face of skepticism and discouragement. In 1977 when Braid was broke and out of work, her male friends encouraged her to apply as a labourer on a construction site on Pender Island,... read more
The Royal Fjord: Memories of Jervis Inlet
Ray Phillips
The most accessible and popular of British Columbia's great scenic fjords, Jervis Inlet punches 60 kilometres into the Coast Mountains a day's cruising north of Vancouver. It deserves to be called the "Royal Fjord" on two counts: the long zigzagging watercourse is comprised of four segments all with "royal" names—Prince of Wales Reach, Princess Royal Reach, Queen's Reach and Princess Louisa In... read more
Cold Land, Warm Hearts: More Memories of an Arctic Medical Outpost
Keith Billington
In 2008 Keith Billington's surprise bestseller, House Calls by Dogsled: Six Years in an Arctic Medical Outpost, vividly described Billington and his wife Muriel's experiences providing medical care to a string of isolated First Nations settlements in the Northwest Territories during the 1960s. In Cold Land, Warm Hearts: More Memories of an Arctic Medical Outpost, Billington dishes up more of t... read more
Tears of Mehndi
Raminder Sidhu
A courageous and timely novel, Tears of Mehndi explores the rich, complex and often heartbreaking lives of a tight-knit community in Vancouver’s Little India. Through the perspectives of several women whose lives intertwine over a generation, Raminder Sidhu deftly exposes the shrouded violence within the Indo-Canadian community, a difficult and often dissembled subject. Sidhu’s characters are ... read more
GERRY, GET YOUR GUN packs the wallop of a .30-30 rifle. Legendary hunting guide Gerry Bracewell recounts tales of extraordinary toughness and perseverance in the untamed Chilcotin. Born in 1922, in Northern Alberta, Gerry Bracewell spent much of her early life on the family farm. But Gerry's dream was to live in the mountains of BC, and when she left home at sixteen she had little understandin... read more
The Legendary Betty Frank: The Cariboo's Alpine Queen
Sage Birchwater, Betty Frank
She grew up playing on log booms and living in float houses, and at nine years old she learned to shoot a rifle and hunt game. Strong-willed and independent, Betty Frank always had a difficult time following the rules laid down by others. Rather than sit in a classroom and learn the times tables, she preferred to be out roaming the hills with her .22 rifle and bagging grouse. At an early age s... read more
At turns heartbreaking and hilarious, BOOBS is a diverse collection of stories about the burdens, expectations and pleasures of having breasts. From the agony of puberty and angst of adolescence to the anxiety of aging, these stories and poems go beyond the usual images of breasts found in fashion magazines and movie posters, instead offering dynamic and honest portraits of desire, acceptance ... read more
The Federov Legacy
Rosella Leslie
Surgei Galipova, a Russian immigrant and a rancher in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, owes his life to the Countess Catherine Stanislavovna Federov. When the Countess asks Surgei to send his eighteen-year-old daughter, Alice, to help her in a private hospital she is establishing in St. Petersburg, Alice adamantly refuses. But when her father threatens to disown her, she reluctantly agr... read more
Rebecca has 9 reviews
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I asked Rebecca to review a short story of mine where I was at a crossroads at what would make the best plot decisions. She offered me an awesome editorial review that was detailed and supported what she viewed as best. That to me gave me confidence to proceed in the a better direction, which I did. I value her input.
Read moreRoxana Hasanat, October 2018
Rebecca's substantive edit went beyond the page. With her insightful comments and questions, I was able to get a clear view of what impression new readers might have--a valuable view for someone like me who gets lost in her own stories. She especially helped to target the weak parts of my manuscript, e.g. lighting logistics in one scene and parts that were not clearly formulated. I loved workin...
Read moreMira Kanehl, July 2018
Rebecca was wonderful to work with. This was my first experience working with an editor and Rebecca was professional, knowledgeable, and ready to answer any questions I had. Her work and insight brought my story to life. I have no hesitation in recommending her services to any author.
Read moreLisa King, June 2018
Rebecca did an excellent job and gave additional suggestions that were immensely helpful. Will definitely work with her again! :)
Read moreMira Kanehl, June 2018
I love the ideas and constructive criticism that she input into my manuscript and the time and passion for my work. I would love to work with you on my next books. I really appreciate your time and effort to make my book amazing. Thank you so much.
Read moreAngel Santee, April 2018
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