The Alberta Magazines Publishers Association, in partnership with the Editors’ Association of Canada—Prairie Provinces, presents Grammar Boot Camp (webinar) and Sentences with Style (seminars) with renowned editor, author and speaker Frances Peck:

Grammar Boot Camp

Grammar by instinct—we’re all guilty. Good instincts will get you far, but they’ll also lead you into traps now and then. This webinar runs through the top five grammar and punctuation errors in Canadian publications, teaching you to spot the gaffes and banish them from your publications. Warm up with a grammar exercise (provided in advance) and get ready to retrain your instincts.

February 14, 10:00-11:00am, online

$22 members/students; $32 non-members

Sentences with Style

We all know rearranging a sentence can make it sharper and stronger. Here’s a chance to brush up on that skill. The study of classic syntax (word order) may have gone the way of foolscap and fountain pens, but it has a lot to teach us about clarity, emphasis and rhythm. In this seminar, we’ll dust off the most intriguing old-school syntax techniques and explore how they can punch up your copy.

Calgary
February 14, 1:30-3:00pm
Memorial Park Library, 1221 2nd St. SW

Edmonton
February 15, 9:30-11:00am
Stanley Milner Library (6th floor, Room 7), 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square

$12 members/students; $22 non-members

Frances Peck, a partner with West Coast Editorial Associates, has been an editor, writer and instructor for over 20 years. She has taught sold-out workshops for editors’ associations, magazine publishers, translator groups and other organizations across Canada, and she teaches editing at Simon Fraser University and Douglas College in Vancouver. Frances prepared the Canadian edition of The St. Martin’s Workbook, co-authored the popular HyperGrammar website, wrote the e-book Peck’s English Pointers, and is a regular columnist for the journal Language Update.