An experienced copy editor, based in beautiful New Brunswick, with 28 years of service to Canada's thinkers and writers. Economic and social policy, political science, and general non-fiction are my specialties. Senior business people, labour leaders, federal and provincial politicians, civil servants, the national media, international scholars, and informed people everywhere read the publications I edit.



A few of my editing projects


Toward Improving Canada's Skilled Immigration Policy: An Evaluation Approach,
by Charles M. Beach, Alan G. Green, and Christopher Worswick (C.D. Howe Institute, 2011)

Shortlisted, Donner Prize for the best book on
Canadian public policy published in 2011–12

 
 Canadians At War: A Guide to the Battlefields of World War I,
by Susan Evans Shaw (Goose Lane Editions, 2011)
Ottawa Citizen Top Ten Travel Books, 2011


The Top 100 Canadian Singles
,
edited by Bob Mersereau (Goose Lane Editions, 2010)
Silver Medal for Performing Arts, Independent Publishers Book Awards, 2011


Gravity Shift: How Asia’s New Economic Powerhouses Will Shape the Twenty-First Century,
by Wendy Dobson (University of Toronto Press, 2009)
Nominated, 2010 National Business Book Award


“Once on the Lips, Forever on the Hips:
 A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Fiscal Stimulus in OECD Countries,”
by Bev Dahlby (C.D. Howe Institute, 2009)
Winner, 2010 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize


SS Atlantic: The White Star Line’s First Disaster at Sea,
by Greg Cochkanoff and Bob Chaulk (Goose Lane Editions, 2009)
Winner, Dartmouth Book Award (Non-fiction), 2010
Winner, Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing, 2010
Winner, Historical Non-fiction, 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards


The Top 100 Canadian Albums,
 edited by Bob Mersereau (Goose Lane Editions, 2007)
Finalist, Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, 2008


A Camera on the Banks,
by M. Brook Taylor (Goose Lane Editions, 2006)
Finalist, Dartmouth Book Award (Non-fiction), 2007
Finalist, Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, 2007


Signposts of Success: Interpreting Ontario's Elementary School Test Scores,
by David Johnson (C.D. Howe Institute, 2005)
Runner-Up, Donner Prize for the best book on
Canadian public policy published in 2005–06


The Right Fight: Bernard Lord and the Conservative Dilemma,
by Jacques Poitras (Goose Lane Editions, 2004)
Finalist, Atlantic Booksellers' Choice Award, 2005


Two Percent Target: Canadian Monetary Policy since 1991,
by David E.W. Laidler and William B.P. Robson (C.D. Howe Institute, 2004)
Winner, Donner Prize for the best book on
Canadian public policy published in 2004–05


Most Favoured Nation: Building a Framework for Smart Economic Policy,
by Jack M. Mintz (C.D. Howe Institute, 2001)
Winner, 2002 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize
Runner-Up, Donner Prize for the best book on
Canadian public policy published in 2001


Social Canada in the Millennium: Reform Imperatives and Restructuring Principles,
by Thomas J. Courchene (C.D. Howe Institute, 1994)
Winner, 1995 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize


The Great Canadian Disinflation:
 The Economics and Politics of Monetary Policy in Canada, 1988–93
,
by David E.W. Laidler and William B.P. Robson (C.D. Howe Institute, 1994)
Winner, 1994 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize



What they’re saying about recent books I’ve edited

Which Way Latin America? Hemispheric Politics Meets Globalization,
edited by Andrew F. Cooper and Jorge Heine (United Nations University Press, 2009)

 “An accessible compilation of 17 lively essays”
 — Foreign Affairs


“A sharp, up-to-date analysis of the new sources of political power and
 allegiances in the region today”

— Brookings Institution

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Gravity Shift: How Asia’s New Economic Powerhouses Will Shape the Twenty-First Century,
by Wendy Dobson (University of Toronto Press, 2009)

 “[A] well-written analysis of Chindia‘s path thus far....
It‘s a refreshing read as to where the world is headed”
— Diane Francis, The National Post

“Well-researched, insightful and data-rich…
an important contribution to the literature
 on the global shift of economic power and influence and a good read for anyone
 interested in doing business in [China and India]

— Michael Kelly, Ottawa Business Journal

 

 



Do you have a manuscript that could use some fine-tuning? Do you need to communicate the results of your research in a readable way that will get the attention of decisionmakers?


As the in-house editor at an influential and respected Canadian think tank for 18 years, I helped thinkers and writers turn their manuscripts into polished, published reports that made a significant contribution to debates on public policy issues. As a freelancer, I have added popular non-fiction to my specialties. 
My clients and authors trust me to give their work the sympathetic but thorough going-over that will help them reach their intended audience.


Services


  • Structural editing
  • Stylistic editing
  • Mechanical copy editing
  • Proofreading
  • Fact checking
  • On-screen or traditional hard copy mark-up
  • Familiar with Word, QuarkXPress, QuattroPro, Excel

 

Contact me;
I look forward to
working with you!

 


Barry A. Norris
13 Brock Street
Lower Kingsclear, New Brunswick
Canada E3E 1M4
telephone; (506) 363-2912
e-mail: ban@nb.sympatico.ca

 


 

Also please have a look at the
websites devoted to:


  • The Furys, a 1960s Quebec rock group
    whose lead guitarist was my brother Steve

    www.furys.ca

 
 

 

Love to Laurie