Training for Editors & Other Publishing Professionals

On-demand training and multimedia self-study workbooks are available now.

Want to start further back to understand how to become an editor or even if it’s for you? Start with this post and this live demo.

Also see the self-study workbooks in the next section.

Upcoming 2026 Sessions

Jan 14 — Structural & Stylistic Editing, live course in 15 sessions @ GBC Editorial Skills Certificate

Jan 21 — Structural Editing in 5 self-paced sessions @ SFU Editing Certificate

Feb 5 — Ethics and Legal Issues in Writing and Publishing in 4 self-paced sessions @ SFU Editing Certificate

Feb 8 — Indian Copyeditor’s Society, live in New Delhi

Feb 16 — Copyediting in 7 Queen’s U self-paced sessions for the Professional Editing Standards Certificate

Feb 19 — Proofreading, live course in 8 sessions, @ GBC Editorial Skills Certificate

TBA — Live “AI in Publishing” panel for students of SFU Editing Certificate

Training On Demand

**Intro to Proofreading** — COMING BACK SOON! It’s so much more than spotting typos! You can start now and study on your own or wait for the spring to take it along with peers. Keep the course for reference!

PDF Markup for Proofreaders — COMING BACK SOON! Onscreen quality control for all products containing words, and even for those that don’t! You can start now and study on your own or wait for the spring to take it along with peers. Keep the course for reference!

Try one of our free talks! We are migrating to a new training platform and appreciate your patience.

Open start!

screenshot of Word courses — Check out the Word courses! More being added regularly.

Self-study

Editing in Word 365

Find a better way through Word with this multimedia instructional guide specifically for publishing pros.

Getting the Numbers Right

A reference/guide to spotting errors in anything numeric or geometric, without doing math!

Marketing Action Plan for Freelancers

Create your marketing plan with this workbook full of specific examples from successful freelance editors.

University Credit Courses in Editing/Publishing

Find me teaching these accredited courses.

Structural (Developmental) Editing

A 5-week graded course on substantive and structural editing of fiction and non-fiction, available every semester via Simon Fraser University‘s Editing Certificate.

For live instruction with weekly workshop/lectures on video call, Structural & Stylistic Editing in 15 sessions @ GBC Editorial Skills Certificate gives the best value for your money!

Stylistic (Line) Editing

This 4-week graded course on topics of style and voice — sometimes called line editing — is offered every semester via Simon Fraser University‘s publishing program.

For live instruction with weekly workshop/lectures on video call, Structural & Stylistic Editing in 15 sessions @ GBC Editorial Skills Certificate gives the best value for your money!

Ethics & Legal Issues in Writing & Publishing

A 4-week graded course in copyright and other legal issues affecting publishing in Canada. Tied to the Editors Canada Professional Editorial Standards, you’ll learn what you need for the legal standards in Fundamentals. Available every semester via Simon Fraser University‘s publishing program.

Copyediting

Queen’s U Copyediting course in 7 self-paced sessions for the Professional Editing Standards Certificate. Offered about every two months.

Proofreading

For live instruction with weekly workshop/lectures on video call, the Proofreading course in 8 sessions @ GBC Editorial Skills Certificate gives the best value for your money!

From the traditional code for marking up corrections on page proofs to the modern electronic tools for onscreen page markup, this 7-week graded course is about far more than catching typos! Enroll via Toronto Metropolitan University‘s publishing certificate program.