I’m a Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading and I offer editorial services for publishers and authors.

I have seven years in-house experience in the publishing industry: I worked on academic journals at Royal Chemistry Society and Cambridge University Press, and then on children’s books for the LEGO Group.

I have worked with publishers, packagers, communications agencies and authors on a freelance basis for several years.

Born in the UK, I have lived in Denmark and Germany and now live in Valencia, Spain.

Services offered

Proofreading, proof/corrections collation and copyediting.

I work on texts written in UK or US English.

Style guides

UK English: Butcher’s Copyediting, New Oxford Style Guide
US English: Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition

Qualifications

Lancaster University, UK: BA (Hons) English Literature with Creative Writing [1]

CELTA Teaching English as a Foreign Language Qualification

Continuing professional development

Professional Membership of the CIEP

To meet the requirements for this membership grade I have:

  • completed high-quality training from recognised bodies,
  • gained editorial work experience that’s substantial in quality and over time (500+ hours’ work),
  • demonstrated competence with a satisfactory reference from a publishing industry client covering at least 50 hours’ editorial work.

Training courses

  • Publishing Training Centre: An editor’s guide to working with typesetters
  • Publishing Training Centre: Proofreading PDFs
  • CIEP: The Art of Querying
  • Publishing Training Centre: Essential Proofreading – Pass with Merit
  • 2022 CIEP conference

Publishing experience

The LEGO Group, Denmark: Editorial Coordinator (2016–2018)

Cambridge University Press, UK: Production Editor (2012–2016)

Royal Society of Chemistry, UK: Publishing Assistant (2011–2012)

Testimonials

“Peter Moorby, the proofreader, deserves a special mention for his unrivalled diligence, consistency, understanding for the substance and respect for the author”

Marco Sassòli, Professor of International Law, University of Geneva, in the acknowledgements of International Humanitarian Law: Rules, Controversies, and Solutions to Problems Arising in Warfare, 2nd edition (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024).

Code of practice

As a member of the CIEP I follow the standards set out in its Code of Practice.