TWIG NEWS We’re pleased to welcome our newest member, Jenna Nelson, who lives in Ellsworth, Maine.CONGRATULATIONS to Twig member Claire Wilkshire of St. John’s, NL, who has been nominated for an Atlantic Book Award for her collection of stories The Love Olympics. She...
Monthly update for members of Editors Atlantic.
TWIG NEWS • A warm welcome to our newest members, Kim Doucet Boyer in Bathurst, NB, Sharon Gareau in Gander, NL, Camille Croteau in PEI, and Sherry Leclerc in Sydney, NS. We hope to see you face-to-face in the near future. • Twig website update: Our wonderful website...
TWIG NEWS A warm welcome to our newest members, Lesley Carson in Hubbards, NS, and Stephanie Moise, who has transferred to Halifax from the Ottawa-Gatineau branch. A warm and very appreciative welcome to our new twig co-chair, Heather White. Heather is also a recent...
REPORT TO ATLANTIC TWIG MEMBERS • NOVEMBER 2021 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TODAY—November 29—is the last day to take advantage of Editors Canada’s half-price sale on recorded webinars. Act now! Something Wikid This Way Came: On November 17, Jenny Higgins...
REPORT TO ATLANTIC TWIG MEMBERS • OCTOBER 2021 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Our September presentation by Alan Sheppard, production editor at Goose Lane Editions in Fredericton, was a resounding success. Our October event with Deirdre Greene-Lono was totally...
REPORT TO ATLANTIC TWIG MEMBERS • SEPTEMBER 2021 We hope everyone had a wonderful summer. After our own hiatus we’re back on track with planned events and online presentations for our members. A warm welcome to our new members Claire Bennet and Amber...
WHAT’S NEW The merger between the Newfoundland & Labrador twig and the Nova Scotia twig is a fait accompli! We’re now the Atlantic twig or Editors Atlantic. Our new email address is atlantic@editors.ca. On Twitter we’re @EditorsAtlantic and you can find us on...
WHAT’S NEW First of all, a warm welcome to our newest members, all in Nova Scotia: Karen Crouse in Sydney, Andrew Wetmore in Smiths Cove, and Heather White in Halifax. BIG NEWS is our merger with the Newfoundland & Labrador twig! We polled our respective...
WHAT’S NEW Update on Editors Canada server issues. As a consequence of this, we’ve set up a new twig email address: editors.maritimes@gmail.com. Registration is open for the Editors Canada 2021 national conference, Editors 21: Editors Transform, scheduled for June 12...
WHAT’S NEW • We extend a warm welcome to our newest members, Jennifer MacLeod, in Lunenburg, and Katherine McDougall, in Greenfield, NS. • On February 27, Editors Canada had a major server problem that took all association websites and email offline, which is why our...
WHAT'S NEW • We extend a warm welcome to our newest member, Catharine Lailson, in Halifax. • Registration is now open for the Editors Canada 2021 national conference, Editors 21: Editors Transform, scheduled for June 12 & 13. This is Editors Canada’s first...
WHAT'S NEW We extend a warm welcome to our newest member, Nora Adshade, in Halifax. This brings us to 44 members in all three Maritime provinces. We averaged 10 more members in 2020 over 2019. We are all looking forward to the day when we can meet in person! On...
Congratulations to Antigonish twig member Nicola Aquino on being Editors Canada’s featured volunteer for December! Nicola co-administers the Editors’ Vine that meets online monthly. Find out more about Nicola from our December 16 Facebook posting. A warm welcome to...
Local news • Welcome to our newest members, Tere Mullin in Halifax, and Dominique Paquet in Dieppe, NB. • On Wednesday, November 25, CRA representative Charbel Saab gave an online presentation on preparing for tax season, which we opened to other branches and twigs....
Local news • Welcome to our newest member, Heddy Johannesen. Check out Heddy’s bio here. National news • The 2021 Editors Canada conference will now be held completely online rather than in Edmonton as originally planned. The Editors Canada Facebook group will reflect...
The Editors’ Vine/La vigne As previously mentioned in Twig Talk, The Editors’ Vine is a new initiative by Editors Canada to connect members who face barriers in attending twig or branch meetings. Two meetings with the same theme are held each month (on the first...
CELEBRATE • July’s new members hail from Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. A hearty welcome goes to Maureen Duffy Cobb, Joan Allaby, and Jocelyn Pletz! • August’s Kahoot online trivia night was a hoot, and Georgia Atkin won The Little Book of...
There’s not much to report these days! New regional director • Our new regional director of branches and twigs is Anne Godlewski of the Kitchener-Waterloo-Guelph twig. She’ll be taking over from both Anne Curry (east) and Shauna Babiuk (west). The Editors’ Vine/La...
Editors Canada AGM • This meeting was held on Saturday, June 20. It was conducted as a webinar and approximately 80 people attended. Minutes of the meeting will be posted on the Editors Canada website once they’re approved. Treasurer Michelle Weitzman’s slides may be...
Halifax-area editors met virtually via Zoom on May 11, while the Wolfville Editors’ Bunch held their regular monthly lunch (via Zoom) on Wednesday, May 20. We held our twig annual general meeting via Zoom on Saturday, May 30. It was attended by 12 members, including...
Inexplicably, given the lack of activity, April seems to have flown by! • Halifax-area editors met virtually via Zoom on April 6, while the Wolfville Editors’ Bunch held their regular monthly lunch (via Zoom) on Wednesday, April 15. • Branches and twigs met online on...
Here’s an update on twig activities for the past month. Sorry it’s a bit late! Lunches • The Wolfville Editors’ Bunch had to cancel their March meeting due to the coronavirus pandemic. A Zoom meeting is planned for Wednesday April 15. • Halifax-area editors met...
Here’s an update on twig activities for the past month: Lunches • The Wolfville Editors’ Bunch continues to meet monthly for lunch. Many thanks to Julie Cochrane for organizing those. • Halifax-area editors have been meeting monthly since October 2019 — we might be on...