» Writers on Editors

We look into the symbiotic relationship between writers and their editors.

Kate Cassaday: Not in those words  »

Gail Vaz-Oxlade’s editor on working with Canada’s most hard-hitting financial guru.

Gail Vaz-Oxlade: You want me to do what?  »

The financial guru waxes poetic about her exacting editor.





Carmine Starnino: The power of a light touch  »

Richard Greene: Striking gold in the kitchen sink  »

The GG Award-winning poet pays tribute to his editor, Carmine Starnino.





Martha Sharpe: Every book needs a good nap  »

The former head of House of Anansi divulges her secret weapon in the demanding work of editing literary fiction.

Alayna Munce: The Editing Conversation   »

For this poetry editor at Brick Books, the best editing happens in the glow of a good conversation.





Camilla Gibb: Indulgence (or the lack thereof)  »

The award-winning author of The Beauty of Humanity Movement recalls the toughest criticism an editor ever gave her.

Mark Kingwell: "Good editors save you from yourself"  »

Writer & philosopher Mark Kingwell on the editors who’ve set him up, paid him well, paid him terribly, and gifted him with better writin

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