Proofreading and editing services

A multi-skilled and empathetic editor/proofreader /indexer with experience in a wide range of subject areas, passionate about helping writers produce the best text of which they are capable.

My expertise as a proofreader and editor is enhanced by experience gained both as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art (2008–2011) where I worked with students at all levels on a wide variety of art-historical topics, and as a local councillor in the City of London (2011–2017) where I developed particular knowledge of urban design, open-space management and local government reporting.

Clients/projects in 2023 have included:

• Newgen Publishing UK: copy-editing of monograph for Manchester University Press on contemporary capitalism in Iran; copy-editing of monograph for Routledge on L2 spoken discourse.
• Newgen Digital Works: copy-editing of monograph for Routledge on work, health and wellbeing in the construction industry; copy-editing of monograph for Peter Lang on Julian of Norwich.
• Integra Software Services: copy-editing of five-volume co-authored series for Bloomsbury Academic on the Bible and Western Christian Literature; copy-editing of monograph for Bloomsbury Visual Arts on the business of publishing; copy-editing of monograph for Bloomsbury Academic on Spanish meta-art and contemporary cinema; copy-editing of monograph for Bloomsbury Academic on new venture creation.
• Straive: embedded indexing for Cambridge University Press of co-authored volume on the conceptualising of concepts in Greek philosophy; indexing of co-authored volume for CRC Press (Taylor & Francis) on oncology and COVID-19; embedded indexing for Cambridge University Press of monograph on the censorship of eighteenth-century theatre; indexing of co-authored volume for Routledge on racism and antiracism in Sweden.
• proofreading and preparation for publication of monograph on regionalism by professor of Comparative Politics at London School of Economics; proofreading of PhD thesis (University of Greenwich) on the digital documentation of heritage buildings; proofreading of PhD thesis (Bartlett School of Architecture) on the emerging practices of the pedagogic architect.

I have combined my work as a freelance proofreader/editor with my work as an author, my most recent published work being The Burning Time: Henry VIII, Bloody Mary, and the Protestant Martyrs of London (St Martin’s Press/Macmillan, 2017) and previous works having focused on Russian and French history, including biographies of Catherine the Great and Tsar Nicholas II.

I received a first-class degree in Russian Language and Literature from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, and have undertaken courses in editing with the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, which I joined as an Intermediate Member in 2014, being upgraded to Professional Member in 2020.

A service I offer particularly to students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, is Proofreading Plus (conducted electronically).

Please complete the contact form below if you would like more details and/or you have a document you would like me to proofread.

Comments from previous and existing clients:

Thank you. This is great! My texts get so much better and still my “voice” is there. [A Portuguese Ph.D student]

You did an excellent job. Your comments and style sheet were very useful. I will definitely continue to use your services in the future and of course I will also recommend you to my colleagues. [A post-doctoral research fellow, finalising a journal submission]

I think this is a brilliant service and I would be happy to recommend it to others in whichever way I can. [An MSc student at the LSE]

Thank you for your help unravelling my spaghetti sentences. [A final-year undergraduate]

Thank you very much for your proofreading and feedback, I believe that it will be very helpful to improve my writing skills and my English. [A student mental health nurse from Brazil]

I have to thank you for all your fantastic help and support, the text looked perfect when I sent it off yesterday night at 2am. [A German student, writing up her Ph.D thesis]

You are a star! Thank you very much for the very fast return and great help with the entire thesis. [A Spanish Ph.D student]

All went very well – I submitted my thesis in June and passed my Viva in August. Thank you for all your help! I cannot begin to express my gratitude. [Another Portuguese Ph.D student]