Elizabeth McLachlan

  Lethbridge AB / T1J 3G1

  Email: elizabeth.m@live.ca

 

Education

  • Simon Fraser University, January 2013 – present, Editing Certificate

  • Athabasca University, 1986 –1992, BA program, Psychology

  • Lakeland College, Lloydminster AB, 1988 – 1989, University Transfer Program

 

Publications:

Books

  • Herbert Has Lots For A Buck: How 12 Small Prairie Communities Reinvented Themselves For The 21st Century. NeWest Press, 2012

  • Gone But Not Forgotten: Tales of the Disappearing Grain Elevators. NeWest Press, 2004

  • With Unfailing Dedication: Rural Teachers in the War Years. NeWest Press, 2001

  • With Unshakeable Persistence: Rural Teachers of the Depression Era. NeWest Press, 1999

 

Periodicals (list of more than 60 articles provided upon request)

  • The Legacy (University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education alumni magazine: 2009 – present)

  • Wider Horizons (Lethbridge College: 2011)

  • Canadian Cowboy Country (1999)

  • Western People (1996)

  • The ATA Magazine (1995)

  • Alberta Farm and Ranch Magazine (1993)

 

Creative non-fiction

  • “Badly Shaken Up” (under the pseudonym Emma Allan), Haunted Encounters: Ghost Stories from Around the World. Dallas: Atriad Press, 2004

 

Fiction

  • Popcorn. (Short story adapted to film.) Produced by KSM Productions, Louie Koutis & Wayne Bernier, Calgary AB, 2000

 

Special Projects

  • Curator: Acosmisms: Paintings & Drawings by Wilder Hoxie, McCain Gallery, Coaldale AB, June 2014

  • Editor: Confidential program evaluation authored by multiple researchers, compiled by Intellimedia Inc., Edmonton, 2013

  • Co-author: The Adventures of Willie Brown: true tales of a prairie boyhood (book-length memoir with Lance Baxter), 2010

  • Author: University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education research statement, 2009

 

Freelance Editing

Publishing companies 2009 – present

  • TouchWood Editions

  • Brindle & Glass Publishing

  • Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.

Individual (confidential) clients 2007 – present

  • Writers / authors

  • Professors

  • Post-secondary students

Books (novels, chapter book, memoir, non-fiction), articles, term papers, master’s thesis, research study  


 

Books Edited

Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.

  • The Cowboy Cavalry: The Story of the Rocky Mountain Rangers, Gordon E. Tolton (2011) [co-editor Melva McLean]

TouchWood Editions

  • The Discovery of a Northwest Passage, Sir Robert McClure (Foreword by Anthony Dalton) (2013) [OCR copyedit]

  • The Arctic Journals of John Rae, Ken McGoogan (2012) [OCR copyedit]

  • Peter O’Reilly: The Rise of a Reluctant Immigrant, Lynne Stonier-Newman (2010) [copyediting]

  • The Chief Factor’s Daughter, Vanessa Winn (2009) [copyediting]

  • Bright Seas, Pioneer Spirits: A History of the Sunshine Coast, Betty Keller and Rosella Leslie (2009) [copyediting]

Brindle & Glass Publishing

  • Roadtripping: On the move with the Buffalo Gals, Conni Massing (2010) [copyediting]

 

Juries, Residencies

  • Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Literary Arts Grant Assessor, 2011

  • Shortgrass Library System Writer-in-Residence, Spring 2008

  • High Plains Book Award Finalist Judge, 2008

  • Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-fiction, Judge, 2007

  • Wallace Stegner House Artist-in-Residence, Spring 2006

 

Grants, Scholarships

  • Alberta Foundation for the Arts literary arts project grant, 2009

  • Athabasca University (highest marks for a second year BA student, GPA 4/4)

  • Lakeland College (highest marks for a University Transfer student, GPA 9/9)

 

Presentations, Course Instruction (selected)

  • Writing Wrongs: An Introduction to Editing, creator and instructor, County of Lethbridge Community Learning Council (upcoming)

  • Write that Book and Get it Published, creator and instructor, County of Lethbridge Community Learning Council, 2014

  • Southern Alberta Library Conference, 2014

  • County of Lethbridge Community Learning Council Women’s Conference, 2014

  • Children’s Literary Arts Festival, Young Alberta Book Society, 1999 – present

  • Storytelling for Non-Profit Organizations, Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta, 2013

  • Edmonton LitFest, 2013

  • Galt Museum & Archives, 2013

  • Word on the Street, Lethbridge AB, 2012, 2013

  • Revitalizing the Rural West, Claresholm Public Affairs Forum Keynote Speaker, 2006

  • Provincial Archives of Alberta Panel Discussion, 2005

  • Weaving Words Conference, Lethbridge AB, 2003

  • Curb that Writer’s Block, course creator and instructor, County of Lethbridge Community Learning Council, 2002

  • North Central Teachers Association Convention, Edmonton AB, 2001

  • Readings and interviews across western Canada, 1999 – present

 

Work History

  • Freelance Writer: 1993 – present

  • Freelance Editor: 1999 – present

  • Writing Coach & Mentor: 1992 – present, secondary and post-secondary students, aspiring writers

  • Executive Director, Coaldale & District Chamber of Commerce: 2007 –  2008  

  • Library Clerk: 1997 – 2006, Provost AB School Library, Provost AB Public Library, Coaldale AB Public Library, Claresholm AB Public Library  

 

Volunteer Activities (selected)

  • Editors’ Association of Canada, 2012 – present

  • Adult Literacy Tutor, 1995 – 1997

  • Libraries: Coaldale AB; Tofield, AB; Falher, AB; Provost, AB, Coronation, AB, 1969 – 2001

  • History Book Committee, Claresholm AB, 2006

  • Oral History Project, Gem of the West Museum, Coaldale AB, 2002

  • Toastmasters International: club and area leadership positions, 2002 – 2013

 

Professional Associations

  • Editors’ Association of Canada, 2007 – present

  • Writers Guild of Alberta, 2001 – present

  • Young Alberta Book Society, 1999 – present

  • Toastmasters International, 2002 – present, ACB, ALS (advanced communicator and leader)