Stuart Ross Email & Phone Number

I have worked as a freelance editor and/or proofreader for Anvil Press, Biblioasis, Book*hug, Brockwell IT Consulting, Canadian Business, Coach House Books, Doris McCarthy Gallery, ECW Press, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Harcourt Canada, Harlequin Enterprises, House of Anansi, Insomniac Press, InterAccess, Invisible Publishing, McClelland & Stewart, The Mercury.

I work one-on-one with writers of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, helping them develop their writing chops and complete manuscripts. I have also run scores of workshops in poetry, fiction, memoir, editing, and self-publishing.

I am winner of the 2023 Trillium Book Award for my memoir, The Book of Grief and Hamburgers (ECW Press, 2022). This prize is given to the author of the best book published in Ontario each year, in English and in French.I am the author of twelve full-length poetry collections, and dozens of chapbooks. You Exist. Details Follow. (Anvil Press, 2012) won the.

I acquire and edit two poetry books each year for A Feed Dog Book, an imprint I've launched under the Anvil Press umbrella.

Toronto, Canada Area

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Met with students to discuss their writing. Visited classes and gave readings. Created and taught a fourth-year writing workshop focusing on experimental fiction.

I acquired four to six poetry, fiction, and non-fiction titles per year and saw them through the press.

At This Magazine, I chose the fiction and poetry component for each issue, soliciting work directly from established and emerging writers, and editing these works for the magazine.

Kingston, Ontario

Approx. 100 one-on-one meetings with students and community members. Organized six-part reading series. Ran several workshops. Did class visits as well as visits into the community. Made progress on several of my own manuscripts.

Along with Kate Sutherland, I curated and co-hosted this monthly reading series that featured two writers presenting their work, followed by an onstage interview.

At Eye Weekly, I shepherded all the articles through the editing and design process. I copy-edited all the editorial content and worked with the designers to see that the newspaper got to the press on time and in great shape.

At NOW, I proofread editorial content and assembled the 7-Day listings each week.

At Harlequin, I copy-edited over 100 titles in the romance and action-adventure genres.

Co-founded the fair with Nicholas Power, with whom I was responsible for finding venue, inviting and liaising with presses, coordinating promotion for the event, supervising on the day of the fair, analyzing feedback after the fair.

English

Activities and Societies: Excalibur (student newspaper), CHRY-FM (DJ'd a gospel/doo-wop show)

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