Note: This session will take place during the Editors Canada Virtual Training Day and will be available at a discounted rate as part of the Training Day package. Visit the Training Day webpage for the full schedule and package rate.
Are you struggling to find work in the current job market? Join us for a four-part roundtable about finding freelance, in-house and government work as an editor.
- Finding freelance work (20 mins): Letitia Henville will present her tips and tricks for finding freelance editing work, focusing on new and established freelancers seeking work in the short, medium and long terms.
- Finding in-house work (20 mins): Lara Hinchberger will present no tricks, but a few tips for finding in-house work! This will include some resources for making contacts, building skills and investigating publishing adjacent experience.
- Winning Government of Canada contracts (20 mins): Marion Soublière will explain how sole proprietors can sell directly to the Government of Canada—no matter where they are in Canada or whether they offer bilingual services.
- Audience Q&A (30 mins): All three presenters will take questions from the audience.
Presenters
Lara Hinchberger was a graduate student in Medieval History before realizing she wanted to work in publishing. She has been an editor for over twenty years, primarily in-house at what is now Penguin Random House Canada, most recently with Penguin Canada since 2017. She publishes mostly fiction, both literary and genre, and narrative non-fiction that blends the personal with larger issues.
Letitia Henville (she/her) is a book nerd, bad swimmer and the author of the monthly academic writing advice column « Ask Dr. Editor.” She specializes in editing for faculty members in the health sciences, education, social sciences and humanities, with a special focus on grant applications and tenure and promotion dossiers. She won an Editors Canada President’s Award for Volunteer Service in 2020 and 2025. Learn more about Letitia at shortishard.ca
Ottawa writer and editor Marion Soublière has worked in journalism, public relations and communications over the years. Her one-woman shop, M.E.S. Editing and Writing Services, began landing Government of Canada contracts in 2008. Clients have included Global Affairs Canada, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Health Canada, Justice Canada, Natural Resources Canada, the Library of Parliament and others. In 2010, she published a book on federal procurement and more recently has blogged about procurement developments at The Editors’ Weekly.