Come Discuss “Every Day I Write the Book,” a Must-Read for Academic Editors
March 7, 2024
by Letitia Henville On April 12, the Academic Editing Chapter of the Editorial Freelancers’ Association and...
If you are involved or interested in academic editing, the Academic Editing (AE) Chapter will allow you to build your professional network, share information, and discuss relevant topics. Our regular programming includes quarterly virtual informational meetings, hosted alternately by the EFA and Editors Canada, and more frequent, small-group meetings like the EFA / Editors Canada Joint Academic Editing Book Club (JAEBC) and our monthly Coffee Chats.
The chapter is a collaboration between the EFA and Editors Canada, which was formed in early summer 2022. After conducting focus groups in 2021, the EFA formed an academic editing working group that reached out to colleagues in Editors Canada to propose creating a partnership. The virtual launch event in September 2022 was attended by nearly 250 people from around the globe, and the chapter was born! We currently have over 900 members in the chapter.
The Chapter’s efforts are run by volunteers who are members of either organization, and both organizations market the chapter events and provide support. Presently, the EFA hosts the AE Chapter’s website and email, and the EFA has granted the chapter funds to support administrative costs and to provide honorariums for guest speakers. We invite anyone who performs academic editing in any capacity to participate in the activities and events free of charge, and you do not have to be a member to participate.
The AE Chapter is organized into working groups with a leadership team overseeing all efforts. The Organizational Chart is a living and changing document that shows the solid team of dedicated volunteers who are building and running chapter activities and events.
Interested in joining our mailing list and receiving our newsletter? Sign up for our mailing list here. And to read past issues, visit here.
Have questions or want to volunteer? Email the co-coordinators at chap_academic@the-efa.org. Our team at Editors Canada can be reached at academic.editing@editors.ca.
December Coffee Chat: Continuing Education & Professional Development
Friday, December 20 | 4 p.m. PDT / 7 p.m. EDT | Register
One nifty part of academic editing is that you never stop learning. Whether you’re working on a developmental edit on a paper on biomimetic interfaces or copyediting a chapter of a book on eighteenth-century West African textiles, you’ll pick up a little knowledge you didn’t have before. It’s just part of the job. Another part of the job is continuous editorial education—but to advance your current skills or pick up new ones, you have to do some legwork to find the right course for your learning style, goals, and budget.
Join us on Friday, December 20, to talk about how we editors go about learning new tricks. You can share your experiences—maybe you’ve taken a university-based copyediting course or a few EFA ones that you can describe. Or maybe you’ve decided 2025 is your year to pick up legal editing or medical editing. Here’s your chance to get advice and hear from others about what they’ve tried.
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Recordings of past events are available to watch on our YouTube channel.
March 7, 2024
by Letitia Henville On April 12, the Academic Editing Chapter of the Editorial Freelancers’ Association and...
December 19, 2023
Becoming—and then being—an academic editor is not an easy task. It can be isolating to work alone through a pile of journal articles or a seemingly endless dissertation. If you are interested advancing your skills, advocating for the profession, supporting emerging editors, or connecting with like-minded people, then volunteering might be a good option for you.
April 9, 2023
Organizers of the EFA’s Academic Editing Chapter (a partnership with Editors Canada) are pleased to be...
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