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Accredited Editor Experience: In-house experience with HarperEducational (HarperCollins, 1991-95) as production editor and then editorial manager; and with McGraw-Hill UK as commissioning editor for business and economics from 1987-90. Freelance editor in Australia and Singapore since 1995, for a variety of publishers including McGraw-Hill, Wiley Asia, Allen & Unwin, Pearson Education/Prentice-Hall, Harcourt and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Past projects include editing Basic Marketing 2nd Australasian Edition (McCarthy et al.) which won the ABPA Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing. Qualifications: BA Hons English Literature, Sheffield University, UK. Postgraduate Diploma in Printing and Publishing Studies, London College of Printing. Computer capability: PC with MS Word; broadband access. Services offered: Copy editing, manuscript assessment, manuscript development, plain English rewriting, proofreading, structural/substantive editing. Type of material: Academic, biography, business & professional, educational texts (secondary and tertiary), general non-fiction, manuals and general documentation, training materials. Subject specialities: Asian studies, business studies/management, current affairs, economics, gender studies, literary criticism, philosophy & religion, social sciences. Special skills/interests: Special interest in Southeast Asian Studies (I lived in Singapore for 5½ years); and in women’s issues, including feminist theory and linguistics. Member of the Board of Governors, Anti-Slavery Society of Australia. |
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