West Coast Editor is available in Portable Document Format (PDF) and is sent by email monthly to members. To view the journal, you require Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free software program which can be downloaded from the Adobe site.

The following issues are available for download from the year 2001:

December 2001:

• Getting to know your reader
• Editing techniques for the web
• Communications mega-mixer planned for February
• News from national
• Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge devices

November 2001:

• What is rhetoric? And why does an editor need to know about it?
• Networking tips
• Editing that works-and plays
• After Word (on the Street)

October 2001:

• News of executive changes
• Helpful advice on getting started or changing directions as an editor
• Winnifred's report from the national association
• A preview of October's meeting program, featuring networking expert Moe Somani

September 2001:

• The EAC-BC forum on how editors get started and change direction
• Winnifred's news from National
• A preview of our exciting fall programs
• Great tips from two organizing pros on how to manage all those pieces of paper that make it into our homes and offices

June 2001:

• "Eight Step Editing" -- Jim Taylor's tips for increasing readability, making it simpler, not simple
• Well-worn shoes to fill: Ann-Marie Metten puts out a call to experienced members interested in serving as BC Branch Chair for the next year
• An insider's view of fiction publishing, for writers and editors alike
• Winners of the BC Book Prizes, Red Cedar Book Awards, and our own 2000 Tom Fairley Award
• Profiles of our new Executive

May 2001:

• Tips and information on plain language editing and writing
• Answer to the question "Can an editor be sued for defamation?"
• Preview of workshops at this year's Editing That Works national conference
• List of new executive members for EAC-BC

April 2001:

• Editing humour
• Writing a successful query letter,
• Serving on next year's BC executive
• Editing related events in both Vancouver and Victoria

March 2001:

• Betsy Brierly's notes on editing the BC bestseller Don't Turn Your Back in the Barn
• Carmel Thomson's writeup of an annual event to build communication among editors, graphic artists and public relations writers in Victoria
• Loads of news about national executive activities following the meeting here in February
• A call for nominations for next year's executive

February 2001:

• Daniel Francis on editing the Encyclopedia of British Columbia
• Spring 2001 Professional Development Workshops
• A call for volunteers
• Vancouver in Print: an exhibition highlighting 100 books from the city's past 100 years
• Freedom to Read Week, February 25 to March 3, 2001

January 2001:

• Ways to keep your tax filing up-to-date and manageable
• Dates for professional development workshops this spring
• Plans for meetings with both the general membership and the association's national executive

The following issues are also available for download from this site:

West Coast Editor 2000

West Coast Editor 1999