Proofreading, copyediting and developmental editing, especially of academic writing.

* Academic and non-fiction writing.
* Arts and humanities subjects, particularly (but not only!) in the fields of music / musicology, Buddhism / meditation / Buddhist studies, history and German studies.
* Working with speakers of English as a foreign language (EFL / ESL).

* PhD in musicology - I have worked with musicians and musicologists for all of my career.
* Postgraduate certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
* I worked as an academic for over 20 years, during which time I helped many students to develop their writing, and carried out editing and proofreading of their scripts; I am familiar with academic style sheets such as APA, MLA and CMoS.

PTC Essential Proofreading, completed February 2021.

I am currently in the freelance proofreader and copyeditor pools for:
Carnegie Publishing
Windhorse Publications
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Ethnomusicology Forum
Journal of African Law
Newgen (for titles by Taylor & Francis and Routledge)
Integra (for titles by Cambridge University Press)
and others.
I have also helped a range of private clients with proofreading, copyediting and developmental editing.

Intermediate-level member of the Chartered Institute of Editors and Proofreaders.