Here are some highlights from my freelance proofreading work. Not all projects can be listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Academic books
Brassington, Thomas, Dany Girard and Debra Ferreday (eds), New Queer Television: From Marginalization to Mainstreamification (2025) (for Intellect Books, via Westchester Publishing Services UK)
Chao, Sophie, Land of Famished Beings: West Papuan Theories of Hunger (forthcoming) (for the publisher, Duke University Press)
Cox, Virginia, and Lisa Sampson with a translation by Anna Wainwright, Drama, Poetry and Music in Late-Renaissance Italy: The life and works of Leonora Bernardi (2023) (for UCL Press, via Bourchier)
de Almeida, Lucila, and Josephine van Zeben (eds), Law in the EU’s Circular Energy System (2023) (for the publisher, Edward Elgar Publishing)
Dines, Mike, Shara Rambarran and Gareth Dylan Smith (eds), The Intellect Handbook of Popular Music Methodologies (forthcoming) (for Intellect Books, via Westchester Publishing Services UK)
Dyer, Nat, Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray (2024) (for Bristol University Press, via Bourchier)
Hammond, Adam (ed), Technology and Literature (2024) (for Cambridge University Press, via Bourchier)
Jun, Grace, Fashion, Disability and Co-Design: A Human-Centered Design Approach (2024) (for Bloomsbury, via Typo•glyphix)
Linton, Charlotte, Dyeing with the Earth: Textiles, Tradition, and Sustainability in Contemporary Japan (forthcoming) (for the publisher, Duke University Press)
Majewska Güde, Karolina, Ewa Partum’s Artistic Practice: An Atlas of Continuity in Different Locations (transcript, 2021) (selected chapters, for the author)
Martínez, Miguel A. (ed), Research Handbook on Urban Sociology (2024) (for the publisher, Edward Elgar Publishing)
Martins, Leda Maria, Performances of Spiral Time (forthcoming) (for the publisher, Duke University Press)
Mawdsley, Evan, Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory (2024) (for Yale University Press, via Bourchier)
Nash, Kate, and Deane Williams (eds), The Intellect Handbook of Documentary (2025) (for Intellect Books, via Westchester Publishing Services UK)
Negrón, Marisol, Made in NuYoRico: Fania Records, Latin Music, and Salsa’s Nuyorican Meanings (2024) (for the publisher, Duke University Press)
Sassòli, Marco, International Humanitarian Law: Rules, Controversies, and Solutions to Problems Arising in Warfare, (2nd edition) (2024) (for the publisher, Edward Elgar Publishing)
Spreadbury, Kate, and Rachel Hubbard, The Adult Safeguarding Practice Handbook (2nd edition) (2024) (for Policy Press, via Bourchier)
Vermeeren, Laura, Inquiries on Ink (forthcoming) (for National University of Singapore Press, via Westchester Publishing Services UK)
Watson, Kenjus, Nora Cisneros, Lindsay Pérez Huber and Verónica Vélez (eds), Handbook of Race and Refusal in Higher Education: Like a Path in Tall Grasses (2024) (for the publisher, Edward Elgar Publishing)
Whelan, Joe, Critical Theory for Social Work: A Simple Introduction (2025) (for Policy Press, via Bourchier)
Non-fiction books
Barakat, Joanna, Narrative Threads: Palestinian Embroidery in Contemporary Art (forthcoming) (for Saqi Books, via Bourchier)
Campbell, Beatrix, Secrets and Silence: Uncovering the Legacy of the Cleveland Child Sexual Abuse Case (2023) (for Policy Press, via Bourchier)
David, Dharshini, Environomics: How the Green Economy is Transforming Your World (2024) (for the publisher, Elliott & Thompson)
Nagel, Julie, From Girls with Swords and Men with Wooden Legs: Taiji in Chenjiagou (2021) (for the author)
Rhodes, Carl, Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire (2025) (for Bristol University Press, via Bourchier)
Simmons, Cécile, Ctrl Hate Delete: The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It (2025) (for Policy Press, via Bourchier)
Sykes, Tom, The Little Book of Ancient Rome (forthcoming) (for the publisher, Summersdale)
Waterworth, Lizzie, How To Talk So People Will Listen (2023) (for the publisher, DK Children)
Travel guides
Evans, Thammy, and Rudolf Abraham, Istria (3rd edition) (2023) (for the publisher, Bradt Guides)
Gloyer, Gillian, Albania (7th edition) (2022) (for the publisher, Bradt Guides)
Matthews, Helen, and Neil Matthews, Heritage Weekends (2022) (for the publisher, Bradt Guides)
Pritchard-Jones, Siân, and Bob Gibbons, Africa Overland (7th edition) (2022) (for the publisher, Bradt Guides)
Richmond, Simon, Kent (Slow Travel) (2022) (for the publisher, Bradt Guides)
Clients
Bourchier: academic and non-fiction books
Bradt Guides: travel guides
Clean Copy: corporate reporting
Dorling Kindersley: children’s non-fiction
Duke University Press: academic books
Edward Elgar Publishing: academic books
Elliott & Thompson: non-fiction books
Flag Communications: corporate reporting
Heidelberg University Press: academic books
Straive: academic books
Summersdale: non-fiction books
Sunrise Setting: academic journals
Typo•glyphix: academic books
Westchester Publishing Services UK: academic books
Whole New Chapter: corporate reporting
Write Business Results: business books
In-house at the LEGO Group
Before becoming a freelancer, I worked on children’s books and magazines as part of the LEGO Group’s publishing team. Here are some of my favourite projects from that time:
LEGO FRIENDS magazine 2018 reboot
LEGO: Make Your Own Movie: The 100% Official LEGO Guide to Stop-Motion Animation
The LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE Junior Novel
Jonathan Fenske, I’m Fun, Too!
Max Brallier (author) and Alessandro Valdrighi (illustrator), The Forbidden Power (LEGO NEXO KNIGHTS: Knights Academy #1)
Penelope Arlon, Factastic (LEGO Nonfiction): A LEGO Adventure in the Real World
Penelope Arlon, Science (LEGO Nonfiction): A LEGO Adventure in the Real World
Tracey West, Rogue City (The LEGO Batman Movie: Build Your Own Story)
In-house at Cambridge University Press
I was Production Editor for a list of academic journals. I particularly enjoyed working on HSS journals in the classics and archaeology.