Professional Development
- Associate producer, CBC Books (December 2015)
- Marketing & communications, Artscape (March – July 2015)
- Marketing & communications, BookNet Canada (November 2012 – November 2014)
- Program coordinator, Book and Periodical Council (November 2011 – December 2012)
- Projects include Freedom to Read Week educational program, Book Summit conference, Idea Exchange series, employee benefits program, freight and distribution program.
- Online production assistant, Canadian Art magazine, 2011
- Executive editor, On the Danforth magazine, Spring 2011 issue
- Contributing reporter/photographer for The Westmount Independent (2008 – 2010)
- Magazines Canada, March 2012, “State of the Magazine Nation: The Page is Changing”; October 2010, “State of the Magazine Nation: The Future of Magazines”
- Word on the Street festival, Freedom to Read Week staff (Sept 2012), Spacing magazine volunteer (Sept 2011), Sony Digital Drive tent volunteer (Sept 2010)
- BookCampTO, August 2011 “The Future is Now”
- Book Summit, June 2011 “Book Summit 2011: All You Can Eat: Reading, Writing and Publishing with the New Creative Content”
Education
Graduate certificate in Book and Magazine Publishing (2011)
Centennial College, Toronto
BA in Linguistics and Humanistic Studies (2005)
McGill University, Montreal
Diploma of Hispanic Studies (2001)
University of Salamanca, Spain
Book Projects
- The American Book of the Dead, Part II, by Henry Baum. Literary Fiction, 2012
- Teenage Rewrite, by Brandon Williams. Young adult, 2012
- Lesser, by M.T. Murphy. Paranormal, horror, 2011
- “Blackmail” and “Spider Bag”, by M.T. Murphy. From Here Be Monsters – An Anthology of Monster Tales, 2011
- Agony Hill, by Roger Saltsman. Second edition. Fiction, sports, 2011
- Blood and Ashes, by Mark Loeffelholz. Mystery, 2010
- Top 100 Amazon Kindle bestseller: Historical Mystery & Hardboiled Mystery
- Evermore: Call of the Nocturne, by Scott Blurton. Science fiction, 2010
- Lucifera’s Pet, by M.T. Murphy. Paranormal, horror, 2009–10.
- The Throw-Down, by S.Loye. Fiction, sports, 2009
- Alien Summer, by Rob Bayley. Literary fiction, science fiction, 2009
- Moon Ring, by S. Loye. Young adult, romance, 2009
- Movie version produced by Shoefly Productions, 2011
- The American Book of the Dead, by Henry Baum. Literary fiction, 2009
- Winner of the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award for Visionary Fiction
- Winner of the 2009 Best Fiction award in the DIY Book Festival
- Midwest, by Glenn Edwardson. Literary fiction, 2009
- OutSystem, by Michael Cooper. Science fiction, 2009
- Dream Slayer, by Jill Cooper. Young adult, fantasy, 2009
- The Treatise on the Court, trans. Chris Cooper. (Nonfiction, Business, Management) Published: Orgpax Publications, 2008. Project assistant: Research, translation, proofreading, copywriting. 2006–2008
- Shoreline Press. Intern: Developmental editor, 2005. Sam’s Will, by Arleen Solomon Rotchin (Memoir, Women’s Interest)
- Seven weeks on the bestseller list in Palm Beach
- Amrad Center Publications. Editorial Assistant/Administrative Assistant, 2005
Other Activities and interests
- Volunteer Committee of the National Ballet of Canada (2011–2016)
- Secretary (Board of Directors) 2013–present
- Canadian Screen Awards volunteer (2015)
- Toronto International Film Festival volunteer (2011-2015)
- Book reviews for the The Self-Publishing Review (2009–2010)
- Literacy tutor at Reclaim Literacy (2009)
- Editorial blog at kallisti.blogspot.ca
Erin Stropes 