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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 Copy-Editing

  • Full day: four x 1.5-hour sessions, split across two half days

    A course that focuses on the more complex issues of the craft.

Advanced Proofreading

  • Full day: four x 1.5-hour sessions, split across two half days

    • A masterclass for those who want to apply their existing proofreading skills to challenging texts and learn advanced decision-making strategies.

Building a Successful Online Content Strategy

  • Full day: six x 60-minute sessions, split across two half days

    A practical course that will ensure that the content on your website works effectively and efficiently.

Copyright – the Basics

  • Half day: two x 1.5-hour sessions

    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

  • Full day: four x 1.5-hour sessions, split across two half days

    Explore when, where and how smart copywriting can boost the performance of your book marketing projects.

Developing Effective Management Skills in Publishing

  • Learn the most effective behaviours you can use when you are in charge at any level.

    Full day: four x 1.5-hour sessions, split across two half days

Editorial Project Management

  • One and a half-days: three x 3-hour sessions, split across three half days

    Learn how to complete editorial projects on time and on budget.

Editorial Skills for All

  • Full day: four x 1.5-hour sessions plus breaks, split across two half days

    This practical course introduces the role of editing and proofreading content in any business.

Grammar and Punctuation – the Basics

  • Half day: two x 1.5-hour sessions, split across one morning

    This short course will look at some of the core issues relating to grammar and punctuation.

How to Mark Up PDFs with Adobe Acrobat

  • Half day: two x 1.5-hour sessions

    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: Copy-Editing and Proofreading

  • Six x 2.25-hour sessions incuding breaks, split across three long half day sessions on three days

    This entry-level course offers a thorough introduction to the key publishing skills of copy-editing and proofreading.

Line-Editing Workshop (Fiction or Non-Fiction)

  • Half day, 3 hours including a break

    This workshop is for editors who have to undertake a stylistic line edit of a manuscript or text.

Progress in Editorial Skills: Copy-Editing and Proofreading

  • Six x 2.25-hour sessions incuding breaks, split across three long half day sessions on three days

    Take your copy-editing and proofreading skills to the next level and learn how to deal with the trickiest editorial challenges.

Publishing Strategy Toolkit

  • One and a half-days: three x 3-hour sessions, split across three half days

    An intensive course on competitive strategy for commissioning editors with at least two years' experience.

Rewriting and Substantive Editing (Non-Fiction)

  • Full day: four x 1.5-hour sessions, split across two half days

    A course that helps editors rewrite text and restructure pieces of writing, while retaining the author's voice and key messages.