Editorial
Editorial courses are the mainstay of the PTC’s offering, our bestselling and most popular courses. They are designed for editors and freelancers at all stages of their editorial journey, from those new to the industry to more experienced staff.
Along with core editorial skills training, we also offer copyright, marketing, project-management, and strategy courses, reflecting the varied role of editors working in publishing today.
For more information about any of these courses, or if you have a suggestion for a course that you don’t see listed here, please email .
Advanced Negotiation Skills
Gain the tools, techniques and confidence needed to excel in any negotiation setting. Ideal for more senior or experienced negotiators with several years' experience.
Advanced Proofreading
A masterclass for those who want to apply their existing proofreading skills to challenging texts and learn advanced decision-making strategies.
Applying AI: Tools, Ethics and Practical First Steps
This half-day course looks at the issues surrounding generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
Copyright – the Basics
The ideal course for anyone who needs to know about rights and licensing: in the digital environment it’s more important than ever to know who has the rights to content and who can exploit it.
Copywriting for Publishers
Explore when, where and how smart copywriting can boost the performance of your book marketing projects.
Editorial Project Management
Learn how to complete editorial projects on time and on budget.
Editorial Skills for All
This practical course introduces the role of editing and proofreading content in any business.
Grammar and Punctuation - the Basics
This short course will look at some of the core issues relating to grammar and punctuation.
How to Mark up PDFs with Adobe Acrobat
This course demonstrates the full potential of Adobe Acrobat’s mark-up tools and provides tips to instantly improve your working practices
Introduction to Editorial Skills
This entry-level course offers a thorough introduction to the key publishing skills of copy-editing and proofreading.
Line-Editing Workshop
This workshop is for editors who have to undertake a stylistic line edit of a manuscript or text.
Master the Art of Publishing Graphic Novels
This one-day course covers all aspects of producing graphic novels, from ideas and concepts through to quality control and sensitivity reads.
Progress in Editorial Skills
Take your copy-editing and proofreading skills to the next level and learn how to deal with the trickiest editorial challenges.
Publishing Strategy Toolkit
An intensive course on competitive strategy for commissioning editors with at least two years' experience.
Rewriting and Substantive Editing
A course that helps editors rewrite text and restructure pieces of writing, while retaining the author's voice and key messages.
Working with Authors
Discover vital ways to make digital content more readable, searchable and findable, using up-to-the-minute research.
Writing for Online Audiences
Discover vital ways to make digital content more readable, searchable and findable, using up-to-the-minute research.