The Wandering Bibliophile

I nearly completed a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (before deciding to pursue a career in publishing), and have an M.A. in Comparative Literature, and a B.A. in Celtic Studies. I daylighted as an adjunct (sessional) literature instructor at several universities for 12 years, where I taught undergrads to learn to love reading (or at least fake loving it). I have spent a decade moonlighting on heritage projects. In between, I read as much as I possibly can. In 2013, I worked as an unpaid intern at Dalkey Archive Press in the Irish office, where I copyedited 10 Korean novels in 10 weeks (I gargantuan task that I am super proud of), and after returning to Canada I continued to work for for Dalkey Archive and for Archipelago Books as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader until Fall 2015 when I enrolled in the Master of Publishing course at Simon Fraser University. I was lucky enough to intern at Biblioasis in the spring of 2016 which turned into a position as a publicist which very quickly turned into a promotion to Director of Marketing. I had to return to the Prairies for personal reasons in Fall 2017 and am currently working as a university instructor again, but I’m looking to return to publishing full-time in any capacity, and dream of working for a press that features literature in translation. So, if you have a hot tip for me, please get in touch. I’m happy to do freelance work and am ready to move for the right full-time gig!

I have a bookish Twitter account (@bookishwanderer) with over 1400 followers from around the world. I was under the illusion that tweeting is the key to success. However, it appears more likely that it is the key to procrastination, and I am fine with that.

I spent 10 years as a bookmonger at the recently defunct, but eternally adored, Greenwoods’ Bookshoppe. I will never have enough shelves to house all of the books I own. I often buy multiples of books I love so I can pass them on to friends without the worry of getting them back.