| ARMSTRONG,
Jennifer,
MA |
| |
Editor, proofreader |
|
Contact
details:
|
Dublin 12 m.
086 060 0544 e.
w. www.edit365.com |
| Special
interests: |
English literature, theatre, social
affairs, public administration, politics,
travel |
| Experience: |
In-house editor at the Institute of Public
Administration for eight years, including role
as project manager of Administration
Yearbook & Diary; freelance since 2006
working for publishers, public bodies,
private companies and NGOs. Copy-editing
skills training with the Society for Editors
and Proofreaders and the Publishing
Training Centre at Bookhouse |
| Work
undertaken: |
Copy-editing, proofreading,
writing/rewriting and managing publishing
projects |
| Examples: |
Slattery et al., New Discovery Poetry
Anthology 2013, Edco 2011; Whelan et al.,
The National Asset Management Agency Act
2009, Gill & Macmillan, 2011; O Duibhir,
Donegal & the Civil War, Mercier 2011; Health
and Safety Authority, Programme of Work
2011; Clifford and Coleman, Scandal Nation,
Hachette 2010; Share and Corcoran, Ireland
of the Illusions, IPA 2010; International Harm
Reduction Association, Global State of Harm
Reduction 2010; An Post, Postnews, various;
FEANTSA, European Journal of
Homelessness, various |
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| ARMSTRONG,
Joe, BA, BD,
BPhil |
| |
Editor,
researcher, writer, columnist, author,
proofreader |
|
Contact
details:
|
Cortown
Glebe, Cortown, Kells, Co Meath t.
046 924 9285 f. 046 924 9166
e.
w. www.joearmstrong.ie |
| Special
interests: |
Health,
workplace, self-help, business, money,
education, spirituality, mythology,
religion, parenting, relationships,
journals, diaries |
| Experience: |
Managing
Editor, Ireland, Peter Lang (Oxford) Ltd,
international academic publisher; Columnist
with Reality and Face Up
magazines. Former columnist with the
Irish Times; former editor of
Safety and Health at Work,
Ireland; part edited and contributed to
magazine of EU Agency for Safety and
Health at Work; author of ICTU
publication. Workplace Stress in
Ireland; contributor to national and
international publications; former
secondary school teacher (London: English
and Religion) |
| Work
undertaken: |
Editing,
writing, rewriting, manuscript evaluation,
readers’ reports, reviews, project
management, research, proofreading
(on-screen and hard
copy) |
| Clients
include: |
the European
Foundation for the Improvement of Living
and Working Conditions, the Pensions Board,
National Educational Welfare Board, the
Ulster Historical Foundation, the Irish
Congress of Trade Unions and the Health
Service Executive |
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| BARRETT, Aoife, BA
(Hons), MPhil |
| |
Editor,
project manager, copy-editor, writer,
proof-reader and reader |
|
Contact
details:
|
Barrett
Editing, Rialto,
Dublin 8 t. 01 445 8542
m. 086 020 8945
e.
w. www.barrettediting.ie |
| Special
interests: |
True
crime, autobiography, biography,
history, lifestyle, food, fiction,
education, directories, corporate
communications |
| Experience: |
Over
fourteen years’ in-house
experience in Ireland and the UK,
Editorial Director with Merlin
Publishing/Wolfhound Press, Managing
Editor with Folens Publishers,
Lafferty Publications, The Spotlight
Directories (London), Dorling
Kindersley; freelance for the
Irish Independent, OUP and
various authors |
| Work
undertaken: |
All
aspects of editing, specialising in
structural edits/rewrites to tight
deadlines; copy-editing, project
management, proofreading, fact
checking, photo editing, ghost
writing, author consultations, public
speaking and lecturing |
| Examples: |
Paul
Williams, Crime Lords/Crime
Wars/The Untouchables; Eamon
Dillon, The Outsiders/The
Fraudsters; Gerry Maguire,
Walk Away & Forget Him;
Barbara Naughton, Daddy, Please
Don’t; Mick McCaffrey,
The Irish Scissor Sisters;
Tina Dunne, Colour for
Living; Michael Slavin, The
Ancient Books of Ireland; Mary
Kennedy, Paper Tigers; (all
Merlin/Wolfhound 2002-09); Joyce
Hannam, The Vesuvius Mosaic
(OUP 2010); GP Gill, Amalfi
Close (Andrews UK 2010) (see
www.barrettediting.ie
for more examples) |
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|
BEGLEY, Geraldine, BSc,
HDipEd
|
| |
Indexer, proofreader |
|
Contact
details:
|
Ballydevitt Beg, Donegal Town, Co
Donegal t. 074 972 3348 e.
w. www.gbindexing.net |
| Special
interests: |
Science, education |
| Experience: |
Accredited indexer (Society of
Indexers), freelance indexer since 2000;
proofreading: I completed the Publishing
Training Centre at Book House Basic
Proofreading course in 2005. Clients
include the IPA, Oxford University Press,
Veritas and John Wiley &
Sons |
| Work
undertaken: |
Indexing and
proofreading |
| Examples: |
Vincent, Aerosol Sampling: Science,
Standards, Instrumentation and
Application, Wiley 2007; Moroney,
National Teachers’ Salaries and
Pensions 1831-2000, IPA 2007; Zajicek,
Freeman and Porter, Multiple Sclerosis
Care, Oxford University Press
2007 |
| |
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| BELL,
Amanda, BA Mod (Hons), Dip.
L.I.S. |
| |
Editor, proofreader,
writer |
|
Contact
details:
|
10 Leinster Road West, Rathmines,
Dublin 6 e.
t./f. 01 496
7588 m. 087 256
0670 |
| Languages: |
French |
| Experience: |
Freelance since 1997, formerly with the
Lilliput Press and H.W.
Wilson |
| Work
undertaken: |
Editing, project management, proofreading, reader’s
reports, writing/rewriting |
| Examples: |
Maurice Craig: Photographs, ed. Amanda Bell, The Lilliput Press, 2011 (general editor and indexer); Less Stress More Success Geography for Junior Cert and Less Stress More Success Geography for Leaving Cert, Gill & MacMillan, 2011; third class reader, Fallons, 2011; writing/editing promotional literature for Technopath, finalists for Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2010; Preparation of a Gateway Development Index, Fitzpatrick Associates Economic Consultants 2009; Public Engagement with Architecture, Mullan Consulting 2008; Environmental Impact Report on Thornton Hall Prison, The Irish Prison Service 2008; writing/editing catalogues for artists Liz Nilsson and Pam Harris; National Certificate in Professional Cookery Programme, Fáilte Ireland 2003; Paul Flynn, An Irish Adventure with Food, Collins Press 2002. Further details available on request. |
| Special
interests: |
The
arts, children’s literature, cooking, ecology and environmental issues, poetry, tourism, natural history. Primary degree in French and English literature (TCD 1991). Experience as a Bord Fáilte-approved national tour guide (French-speaking), and a City and Guilds diploma in design and embroidered textiles. I review for Children’s Books Ireland and am currently studying for a Masters in Poetry Studies. |
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BELL,
Hilary, BA Hons, Dip.
LIS |
| |
Editor, proofreader |
|
Contact
details:
|
51 Shore Road, Strangford, Downpatrick,
Co Down, Northern Ireland, BT30 7NW
t./f. 02844 881 575 (from RoI:
04844 881 575) e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Irish history and politics, Irish
studies, women’s studies, literature,
poetry, fiction, biography, natural
history, history of art |
| Experience: |
Fifteen years with Blackstaff Press,
twelve as senior editor; freelance since
1999. In-depth experience in all areas of
the editorial process, from commissioning
to camera-ready copy |
| Work
undertaken: |
Manuscript commissioning, evaluation
and development, rewriting, editing
(on-screen and hard copy),
proofreading |
| Examples: |
Carson, The Pen Friend,
Blackstaff Press 2009; Dwan, The Great
Community: Culture andNationalism in
Ireland, Field Day 2009, The
Merchant of Venice, King
Lear, Hamlet,
Macbeth, Educational Company of
Ireland 2007– 08; Field Day
Review, nos. 1– 4 (2005–
08); McGuire, Roddy Connolly and the
Struggle for Socialism in Ireland,
Cork University Press 2007; Cleary,
Outrageous Fortune: Capital and Culture
in Modern Ireland, Field Day
Publications 2006; Smyth, Map-making,
Landscapes and Memory: A Geography of
Colonial and Early Modern Ireland c.
1530-1750, Cork University Press 2006;
Deane, Foreign Affections: Essays on
Edmund Burke, Cork University Press
2005; The Field Day Anthology
(Volumes IV and V): Irish Women’s
Writing and Traditions, Cork
University Press 2003 |
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BROPHY, Adam, BA,
M.Phil. |
| |
Editor, proofreader, author,
columnist |
|
Contact
details:
|
Brophy Publishing Services,
Daline House, Clogheen Heights, Clonakilty, Co Cork
m. 086 851 5160 e.
LinkedIn profile:
http://tinyurl.com/yfbaplf |
| Special
interests: |
Education, psychotherapy/counselling,
sports, family, parenting, technology and
social media |
| Experience: |
Worked with Butterworths and Thomson in London
in the mid-nineties. Joined Gill &
Macmillan in 1998 and was commissioning
editor for education for four years, also
with responsibility for implementing an
e-publishing strategy. Freelance since
2002. Now offering project management of large
educational projects and general
non-fiction books for publishers and
independent clients. Author of The Bad
Dad’s Survival Guide (Gill
& Macmillan, 2009) and writer of weekly
column It’s a Dad’s Life
in the Irish
Times |
| Work
undertaken: |
Total book project management: editing, proofreading, picture research, copyright research, commissioning illustrators, arranging recordings for language books incl. sourcing voices. I can work closely with authors to develop text and am available for writing jobs myself. |
| Examples: |
Delap & McCormack, Uncovering History, Folens 2011; Seamus McRory, The King of Down Football, Blackwater Press 2010; Ronan Scully, Hold That Thought, Blackwater Press 2010; Quinn & Boettcher, Deutsch
Komplett, Folens 2010; Grace,
Amuzing Grace, Blackwater Press
2009; Grace, Amuzing Grace, Blackwater Press 2009; Honohan, The Mitchelstown
Story, Mitchelstown GAA 2009,
Flúirse 1-3, Folens
2008-2009 |
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BUCHANAN, Averill, BA, MA,
PhD |
| |
Writer, proofreader, editor, indexer,
researcher |
|
Contact
details:
|
20 Loopland Gardens, Belfast BT6 9ED
t. +44 (0) 28 9050 3449; (From
RoI) 048 9050 3449 m. +44 07875
857 278 e.
w. www.averillbuchanan.com |
|
Membership: |
AFEPI; Society of Indexers;
SfEP |
|
Special
interests: |
English literature; academic humanities
subjects; biographies; fiction; online
and digital publishing |
|
Work
undertaken: |
Editing & copy-editing (including
on-screen); proofreading; indexing;
re-writing; manuscript assessment &
readers’ reports |
|
Experience: |
10 years as a graphic designer before
returning to university to study English;
2 years university teaching (English); 10
years+ part-time proofreader &
editor; full time since 2004
working for both private and commercial
clients |
|
Examples: |
Indexes - McCourt (ed.), Joyce in
Context (CUP, 2008) (XML index);
Walford Davies & Turley (eds),
The Monstrous Debt (Wayne State
UP, 2006); Bolton, Writing the
Empire (Pickering & Chatto,
2007) |
| |
Copy-editing & proofreading - Brown
(ed.), Women’s Contributions
to Visual Culture 1918-1939
(Ashgate, 2008); Farmer, Red Bay Tree
Book (Booklink, 2008); Stormont:
The House
on the Hill (Booklink, 2008).
Fiction - O’ Hagan, The
Auditor (Lagan Press,
forthcoming) |
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| CANAVAN, Tony, BA,
MA |
| |
Editor, copy-editor |
|
Contact
details:
|
Canavan Consulting, PO Box 7562,
Rathmines, Dublin 6 m. 086 919 8742
e.
|
| Special
interests: |
History, local history, culture,
tourism |
| Experience: |
Over twenty years as an editor,
researcher and published author typescripts
for submission to agent or publisher;
ghostwriting |
| Examples: |
Causeway Magazine (1993-96);
Bristow, Food in a Flash,
Appletree Press (1996); Fleming,
Magennis VC, History Ireland
(1998); Furlong, Diarmuit, King of
Leinster, Mercier Press (2006);
Devlin, The Devil’s Vortex,
Aabspec (2002); Mugyenyi, Genocide By
Denial (Fountain Publishers, 2008);
Courtney, Nine Lives (Mercier
Press, 2008) |
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|
| CANDON, Paul,
MA |
| |
Legal editor, editor, proofreader,
copywriter and publishers’
reader |
|
Contact
details:
|
York Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
t. (01) 230 4830 e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Law, the arts, architecture, business,
EFL, e-learning, literature, public
administration |
| Experience: |
Twelve years’ experience, in-house
and freelance, in Ireland and the UK.
Experienced legal editor. Training at Book
House, London. Proficiency in e-publishing
and traditional media involving total
project management of numerous
publications |
| Work
undertaken: |
Project publishing service; editing,
rewriting, proofreading, marketing
copywriting, publishing
consultancy |
| Examples: |
Report of the Brian Rossiter
Inquiry 2007, Recounting,
Institute of Chartered Accountants in
Ireland 2006, The Paperless
Office, ICAI 2006, Report of the
Morris Tribunal of Inquiry 2005,
Bridging the Gap, South Dublin
County Council 2004; Arts Funding
Handbook, SDCC 2004; Casey,
Constitutional Law in Ireland,
Round Hall 2001. House editor of legal
journals and Irish Current Law Statutes
Annotated 1998-2001 (more examples on
request) |
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| CARROLL, Dominic,
BA |
| |
Copy-editor, proofreader, indexer,
typesetter, designer, rewriter, project
manager, publisher |
|
Contact
details:
|
Ballynoe, Dunowen, Ardfield,
Clonakilty, Co Cork t./f.
023 884 0881 e.
|
| Special
interests: |
History, politics, literature,
biography, travel, sport, sociology,
fiction |
| Experience: |
Freelance copy-editor, proofreader,
indexer, typesetter since 1994. Expert with
QuarkXPress, InDesign, Photoshop,
Illustrator, Word. |
| Work
undertaken: |
Copy-editing, proofreading (hard copy
or on-screen), indexing and typesetting of
fiction, non-fiction, articles, theses,
instruction manuals and catalogues,
etc. |
| Examples: |
Copy-editing: Ó hÓgáin, The Lore of Ireland,
Collins Press, 2006; O’Connor &
Murphy, Social Care in Ireland,
Cork Institute of Technology Press, 2006;
Irish Historical Studies, Irish
Historical Society/Ulster Society for Irish
Historical Studies
(biannual) |
| |
Indexing: Keogh, The Making of the
Irish Constitution, 1937, Mercier
Press, 2008; Jackson & Livingstone
(eds.), Queen’s Thinkers,
Blackstaff Press, 2008; O’Connor,
Irish Jansenists, 1600-70, Four
Courts Press, 2008. Typesetting: Laverty
& Loach, The Wind that Shakes the
Barley, Galley Head Press, 2006;
White, Shakespear’s King Lear,
Forum Publications, 2008; Harper &
Hodgett, Irish Folk, Trad &
Blues, Collins Press, 2004; Ó
Muraíle (ed.), Turas na
dTaoiseach nUltach as Éirinn,
Pontifical Irish College, Rome,
2007 |
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CARTWRIGHT,
Isabelle, BA (Hons.),
MA |
| |
Editor, proofreader, publishers’
reader |
|
Contact
details: |
13, Askea Court, Carlow t.
059 913 1969 m. 087 413 8744
e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Literature and fiction especially
poetry; philosophy; education; theology;
history; the social sciences; PhD theses
& academic texts. |
| Experience: |
Education Researcher with the Arts
Council seconded to Poetry Ireland;
Compiled Directory of Irish Writers;
Assistant editor to Librarian’s
’Archival Series’ at NUI Maynooth;
University tutor at DCU, NUID, NUIM and St Patrick’s Carlow College; Editor of
literary magazine,
Cobweb |
| Examples: |
A Buyers’ Guide to Irish Art; Fifty Years of Fianna Fáil; Theophany; How The Light Gets In: Anthology of Poetry from Canada; Building on a Terminology Resource – The Irish Experience; ABUSE Domestic Violence, Workplace and School Bullying. PhD theses including ‘The Problem of Human Dignity’; ‘John Scotus Eruigena: A Study’; ‘Ethical Citizenship Regimes’; ‘Rebranding Patterns in the Irish Insurance Industry’; ’Listed Phrases as a Lexicographical Problem. A Comparative Analysis of Combinational Idioms in Bilingual Italian English Dictionaries’; The Emergence of a National School System in Mayo under the Episcopacy of Archbishop John McHale of Tuam. |
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| CLANCY, Julitta M.,
BA (Hons), Dip.
Archival Studies, Dip. Economic &
Social
Studies |
| |
Indexer,
archivist |
|
Contact
details:
|
Parsonstown, Batterstown, Co Meath
t. 01 825 9438 e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Law, history, archaeology, local
history, biography, politics, sociology,
religion, arts |
| Experience: |
Thirty
years free-lance indexing following
training in Irish University Press;
Fellow of the Society of Indexers
(RI); Highly Commended in Wheatley
Awards (Library Association, UK)
1993 |
| Work
undertaken: |
Indexing (books (academic and general),
periodicals, professional journals, court
cases, local history journals; archives
(arrangements, indexes and guides),
consultancy (index
preparation) |
| Examples of indexes
compiled: |
Books
(2007-09 selection): Alcohol
Advertising Codes (IBEC, 2009),
Armagh Archaeological Survey
(TSO, 2009), Breathnach et al,
The Irish Franciscans,
1554-1990 (Four Courts, 2009),
Byrne, Safety, Health and Welfare
at Work (IRN/NIFAST, 2008),
Byrne, Legal Offaly (Offaly
Historical Society, 2008), Callanan,
Introduction to Company Law, 3rd
Ed. (Gill & Macmillan 2007),
Carolan, EU Law for Students in
Ireland, 2nd ed (Gill and
Macmillan, 2009), Colfer, Wexford
- a Town and its
Landscape (CUP 2008),
Commission on Taxation
Report (2009), Counting the
People of God (RCB, Dublin
2008), Damages in International
Investment Law (BIICL, 2008),
DES/IRE (Gandon
Publications, 2008), Dublin
Archdiocese Commission of Inquiry
Report (Murphy Report, 2009),
Foxton, Revolutionary
Lawyers (Four Courts, 2008),
Gleeson, Irish Education
(Peter Lang, 2009), Hamber,
Transforming Societies
(University of Ulster, 2009), Hogan,
The Priories of Llanthony Prima
and Secunda in Ireland
( Four Courts, 2008), HR
Management Guide (IBEC,
2009/10), Kelly, Poynings’
Law and the Making of Law in
Ireland, 1660-1800 (Four Courts,
2007), Kelly, The Irish House of
Lords, 1770-1800 (IMC, 3
volumes, 2008), Knowth Animal
Bones (RIA, 2007), Leach,
Refuge Ireland (Four Courts,
2009), McErlean, Harnessing the
Tides: Nendrum Tide Mills (TSO
2007), New Survey of Clare
Island, Vol. 5 - Archaeology
(RIA 2007), Ó Cuilleanáin,
Translation and Censorship
(TCD, 2008), O’Sullivan, The
Natural History of Ireland (CUP,
2009), Quill, Torts in Ireland,
3rd ed (Gill and Macmillan,
2009), Religious Ethics, 2nd
ed (Colourpoint Books, 2009),
Sendall, Family Law Handbook
(OUP, 2009), Sexual Exploitation
of Children (Gill and Macmillan,
2009), Slorach and Ellis,
Business Law (OUP 2007),
VAT on Property (Bloomsbury,
2009), VAT on Property
(Irish Institute of Chartered
Accountants, 2009) |
| Examples of Journals, case
digests and case
reports: |
Employment Law Reports (Round
Hall/Thomson, annual index, 1990-2009),
Irish Digest of Superior Court Cases,
1971-83, 1984-88, 1989-1992, 1992-1999
(Law Reporting Council, editing and
indexing of all 4 volumes), Law Society
Gazette (annual index, 1980-2009),
Irish Law Reports Monthly, Round
Hall/Thomson (twice-yearly and cumulative
indexes, 1976-2009), Journal of the
Cork Archaeological and Historical
Society (10-year indexes), Riocht
na Midhe: Journal of the Meath
Archaeological and Historical Society
1955-1989 (published 1990), cumulative
index 1955-2007 (published
2008) |
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CLANCY, Orla,
BA |
| |
Proofreader, editor,
rewriter |
|
Contact
details: |
Ballyneale, Ballingarry, Co Limerick
t./f. 069 68953 m.
086 350 7770 e.
or
|
| Education: |
BA (UCD 1990) in German and French, NT
II (Dutch as Second Language to University
level, 1997), BA in Fine Art Painting
(2004) |
| Experience: |
Proofreading/editing/rewriting of
translated texts, Dutch to English
translation, also German and French to
English. Special interest in Fine Art and
Culture. Has worked on texts relating to
tourism, education, newspaper articles,
consumer magazine articles, marketing
material, art, literature, some technical
texts, presentations, speeches, company
reports and correspondence. Illustration
also possible |
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| COURY, Simon,
MA |
| |
Copy-editor, proofreader,
eBook development conversion |
|
Contact
details:
|
46 Heathervue, Greystones, Co Wicklow
t./f. 01 201 0843 m. 085
159 5732 e.
or
|
| Languages: |
French, some German |
| Special
interests: |
Literature, theatre, classical music,
history, angling, electronic publishing,
business and technical journals |
| Experience: |
Twenty years' experience as freelance copy-editor
and proofreader for Cork University Press, Edco Ireland, Mercier Press, Pan Macmillan, OUP, among
others; five years as manager of Pallas
Athene electronic publishing |
| Work
undertaken: |
Copy-editing, proofreading and
rewriting, on-screen or hard copy;
indexing; conversion of print books to
electronic formats |
| Copy-editing
and proofreading: |
Copy-editor: Vallely, The Companion to Irish Traditional Music, Cork University Press, 2010; Editor: Administration Yearbook and Diary, IPA, 2010, 2011; Proofreader: Doyle, The Civil War in Kerry,
Mercier Press 2008 |
| Indexing: |
Walsh, The Pedagogy of
Protest, Peter Lang, 2007; Balzano,
Mulhall & Sullivan (eds),
Irish Postmodernisms and Popular
Culture, Macmillan
2007 |
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CROKER, Colm |
| |
Copy-editor,
proofreader, rewriter |
|
Contact
details:
|
Derrynamansher, Annagry, Letterkenny,
Co Donegal t.
075 48292 |
| Special
interests: |
History (esp. Irish), academic
(humanities), biography, thesis
adaptations, reference
apparatus |
| Experience: |
Over thirty years |
| Examples: |
Irish Historical Studies
(staff copy-editor); Irish
Narratives series, Cork University
Press; Burgess & Strijbosch, The
Legend of St Brendan 2001; Brady,
Sir Henry Sidney’s Memoir of
Service in Ireland 2002;
Geoghegan, Lord Castlereagh 2002;
McGarry, Frank Ryan 2002;
McCavitt, The Flight of the Earls
2002; Gillespie, Recollections and
Diary of Narcissus Marsh
2002 |
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DANIEL,
Alistair, MA,
MPhil
|
| |
Editor,
proofreader, writer
|
|
Contact
details:
|
9
Kelly’s Bay Heights, Skerries,
Co Dublin m. 086 225 5952
e. |
| Special
interests: |
Fiction,
history, art history, film and media
studies, photography, general arts,
academic |
| Experience: |
Twelve
years’ experience as a writer,
editor and proofreader, including
four years as assistant editor with
Routledge in London. In-depth
experience in all areas of the
editorial process, from commissioning
to proofreading and permissions.
Freelance since 2007. Currently
Programme Editor for the Kilkenny
Arts Festival. Also a published
fiction writer and a lecturer for the
Open University, the University of
East Anglia, and the University of
the Arts London |
| Work
undertaken: |
Copywriting,
copy-editing (on-screen and hard
copy), proofreading, copyright
permissions (for images and
text) |
| Examples: |
Rewriting
for website of National Concert Hall,
Dublin; writing, editing and
proofreading theatre, classical music
and visual art programmes for
Kilkenny Arts Festival
(2009-ongoing). Copy-editing and
proofreading for Gillian O’
Brien & Finola O’ Kane,
Georgian Dublin (Four Courts
Press 2008) |
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| DEVANEY, Carole, BA (Hons) TCD
1972 |
| |
Editor, rewriter, copy-editor,
proofreader, indexer |
|
Contact
details:
|
15 Longford Terrace, Monkstown, Co
Dublin t. 01 280 3500 e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Natural history and environment;
history; scientific, technical, medical
(STM) texts. |
| Experience: |
Editor with Orbis and Marshall
Editions, London (12 years); editor with
Mercier, Tycooly and Boole, Dublin (5
years); Microsoft Ireland (6 years);
current freelance status (sole trader)
since 1997. |
| Work
undertaken: |
All editorial tasks, including
indexing, on non-fiction books, technical
reports, etc. (soft and hard copy);
experienced typesetter/formatter of text on
PC and Mac systems. |
| Clients
include: |
European Foundation; Office of the
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs;
Department of Health and Children; Law
Society of Ireland; National Youth Council
of Ireland. |
| |
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|
DOYLE, Bernie, BEd, BA, NCBS, Cert
ELT |
| |
Copy-editor, proofreader, rewriter,
translator |
|
Contact
details:
|
9a Old Circular Road, Sligo, Co Sligo
t. 071 916 9051 f.
071 915 4483 e.
|
| Special
interests: |
History, literature (Irish and English
texts), sociology, education, biography,
Latin, religion, gardening,
folklore |
| Experience: |
Freelance editing and proofreading
since 1995 |
| Work
undertaken: |
Copy-editing and proofreading (English
and Irish texts), rewriting, translation
from Irish to English and from English to
Irish, thesis adaptation |
| Examples: |
Editing for Poolbeg, Veritas, Folens
Educational Co , Cork University Press,
Manchester University Press; structural
editing of historical books and
biographies; translation and structural
editing for graduates in Canada; government
departmental reports |
| |
|
|
EUSTACE, Deirdre,
BA |
| |
Writer, editor, copy-editor,
proofreader |
|
Contact
details:
|
Kildwan, Bonmahon, Co Waterford
t. 051 292 017 m.
087 220 1357
e. |
|
Special
interests: |
Literature, fiction, the arts, education,
law, business, religion,
philosophy |
|
Experience: |
Eleven years’ experience as a
freelance writer, copy-editor and
proofreader with Network Publishing; two
years’ experience as in-house writer
and copy-editor with Leinster People
newspaper; five years’ experience
in-house proofreading and editing with
National Irish Bank’s legal
department; twenty years’ experience
as creative writer/tutor. Work published
in Ireland, the UK and
America |
|
Author: |
If I Trust In You (Hawk Hill Publishing, 2009) |
|
Work
undertaken: |
All areas of editing, copy-editing and
proofreading; writing, rewriting,
readers’ reports, reviews, manuscript
evaluation |
|
Examples: |
Editing: Chamber of Commerce review
(2006) and small business profiles (2007)
for South East Business
magazine. Editing and proofreading:
Religious Directory, Network
Publishing 2007. Writing, researching and
editing articles for Mentor
Magazine 1996-2007.
Writer/contributor for various
publications, including White Star
Magazine, Ireland’s
Own, Mentor Magazine,
Coast to Comeragh Magazine;
Freelance Proofreading: Veritas
Publications (2008); Rewriting, editing
and Proofreading: Outside the Box
Learning Resources (2008); Editing and
proofreading: Learning Horizons
(2008) |
| |
|
| FARREN,
Grainne |
| |
Editor, proofreader,
indexer |
|
Contact
details:
|
74
George’s Avenue, Blackrock,
Co Dublin t. 01 283 2848 e.
|
| Languages: |
French |
| Special
interests: |
Biography, feminism, music,
photography |
| Work
undertaken: |
Copy-editing and proofreading in
English and French; indexing in
English. |
| Books
indexed: |
Redmond: the Parnellite by Dermot Meleady (Cork University Press, 2008); Music and Madness by Ivor Browne (Cork University Press, 2008); Irish Social Policy by Mairéad Considine and Fiona Dukelow (Gill and Macmillan 2009); Sisters by June Levine (new edition, Cork University Press, 2009); Child Development for Students in Ireland by Eilis Flood (Gill & Macmillan, 2010); J.G. Farrell in his Own Words (Cork University Press, 2010); Catherine's Italian Kitchen by Catherine Fulvio (Gill & Macmillan, 2010) |
| Copy-editing and
Proofreading: |
Women and Pensions Research
Document (National Women’s
Council of Ireland, 2008); NSWQB Annual
Reports 2007, 2008 and 2009,
(NSWQB); The Art of Easing
Conflict by Miriam Logan (Jesmond
2008). |
| |
|
|
GREENWOOD, Gloria, BA
(Hons) |
| |
Copy-editor, proofreader, indexer,
rewriter |
|
Contact
details:
|
Skeagh, Skibbereen, Co Cork t.
028 38259 f. 028 38004 e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Literary criticism, film, feminism,
education, literature, academic texts,
music, science journals |
| Experience: |
Sixteen years’ freelance editing,
proofreading and indexing
Work undertaken: Editing and
proofreading on hard copy or disk (Apple
Mac), indexing; typesetting service
in-house |
| Work
undertaken: |
Editing and proofreading on hard copy
or disk (Apple Mac), indexing; typesetting
service in-house |
| Examples: |
Copy-editing & Proofreading:
Atlas of Cork City, Cork University
Press 2005; Gray and Gallagher,
Barnacle Soup, Blackstaff Press
2007; Ungoed-Thomas, Jasper
Wolfe of Skibbereen, Collins Press
2008 |
| |
Indexing:
Gillespie and Refaussée,
The Medieval Manuscripts of Christ
Church Cathedral, Dublin, Four Courts
2006 (index); Fanning and Gillespie,
Print Culture and Intellectual Life in
Ireland, Woodfield 2006
(index) |
| |
|
| HANRATTY, Pádraig, BA,
MA |
| |
Copy-editor, proofreader, writer,
rewriter |
|
Contact
details:
|
Bellurgan Point, Jenkinstown, Dundalk,
Co Louth m. 087 778 1457
f. 042 9371 116
e.
w.
www.quip.ie |
| Special
interests: |
Academic texts, history, training
manuals, IT content,
textbooks |
| Experience: |
Ten years’ editing experience with
SkillSoft (two years as Managing Editor);
freelance editor since 2005; founded QUIP
Editing Solutions, a freelance editing,
writing and instructional design
service |
| Work
undertaken: |
Writing e-learning content; designing
training content; reviewing training
content; editing textbooks; proofreading
marketing literature; training editors and
writers |
| Examples: |
21st Century Business, C J
Fallon (2008); Footsteps in Time,
C J Fallon (forthcoming); Taking
Action, C J Fallon (forthcoming);
e-learning content for SkillSoft, Turlon,
Riverdeep and ThirdForce; full details
available on website |
| |
|
| HUDSON,
Elizabeth, BA,
PGDip |
| |
Copy-editor,
proofreader, project
manager |
|
Contact
details:
|
Dublin 6
t. 01 440 4299
m.
085 140 0222
e.
w.
www.littleredpen.com |
| Languages: |
French |
| Special
interests: |
English
literature, theatre and performance
studies, cultural and media
studies, philosophy,
history, mind-body-spirit,
women’s studies, fiction and
non-fiction |
| Experience: |
Four
years as senior production editor at
Routledge, freelance since 2004.
Clients include: British Film
Institute, Cambridge University
Press, Continuum, Faber & Faber
and Routledge |
| Work
undertaken: |
From
light copy-editing to substantive and
structural work; proofreading;
complete project
management from delivery of final
manuscript to print-ready
files |
| Examples: |
Bascomb,
Hunting Eichmann: How a
Band of Survivors and a Young Spy
Agency Chased Down
the World’s Most Notorious
Nazi, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2009; Farmelo, The
Strangest Man,
Faber and Faber 2009; Murphy and
Devlin, Banksters, Hachette
Books Ireland 2009; Walsh,
Shakespeare, the Queen’s Men,
and the Elizabethan Performance of
History, Cambridge
University
Press, 2009 |
| |
|
|
HUGHES, Sheelagh, BA, DIPFA, Dip IPR,
MCIPR |
| |
Writer, editor, copy-editor,
proofreader |
|
Contact
details:
|
Editorial Solutions (Ireland) Ltd,
Second Floor, 71– 75 Donegall Pass,
Belfast BT7 1DR t. +44 (0) 28 9033
1971 (From RoI 048 9033 1971) e.
w.
www.editorialsolutions.com |
| Special
interests: |
Business and economic development, corporate communications, general non-fiction, archaeology, health |
| Experience: |
Cost accountant turned wordsmith, corporate journalist, copy-editor and proofreader from 1997. Highly experienced business writer and in-house editorial support contractor |
| Work
undertaken: |
Writing, rewriting, editing and project managing all types of print and electronic corporate publications and documents; non-fiction book editing; copywriting of PR and marketing collateral; plain English and ‘easy read’ editing and training |
| Examples: |
Selected clients
Invest Northern Ireland, National Roads Authority, TSO Ireland, Tourism Ireland, Pi Communications
Selected projects
Writer and editor on Invest NI's corporate magazine Invest In; rewriter of entire Invest NI website; copy-editor on award-winning archaeology title Harnessing the Tides: The Early Medieval Monastic Tide Mills at Nendrum Monastery Strangford Lough; plain English trainer for Northern Ireland Cancer Network, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Land and Property Services; writer and editor of a series of 14 plain English brochures, Northern Ireland Assembly; copywriter of Silver Wings, George Best Belfast City Airport Celebrates 25 Years. Further
examples on the website |
| |
|
| JENSEN,
Kristin |
| |
Copy-editor, proofreader, writer |
|
Contact
details:
|
m. 086 815 8066
e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Cookery books, food, education (especially second and third levels), academic, general interest,
fiction |
| Experience: |
Twelve years’ experience as an in-house and freelance editor |
| Work
undertaken: |
All areas of copy-editing and
proofreading |
| Examples: |
Cookery and food: Farmhouse Cheeses of Ireland (The Collins Press, 2011); Catherine's Italian Kitchen (Gill & Macmillan, 2010); Itsa Cookbook (Gill & Macmillan, 2010); Paolo Tullio Cooks Italian (Blackwater Press, 2010)
Education: Poems: A New Anthology of Leaving Certificate Poetry (Folens, 2011); Education and Care in the Early Years (Gill
& Macmillan, 2010); European Retreat from Empire and
the Aftermath 1945–1990 (Edco, 2010); New Studies in Business (CJ Fallon, 2010)
General interest: Gorgeous to Go: The Beaut.ie Guide to Smart Shopping (Gill
& Macmillan, 2011); Scandal Nation (Hachette Books, 2010); Working the Red Carpet (Blackwater Press, 2010)
|
| |
|
|
JOHNSTON, Michael, BA, Postgrad cert in
Technical Communication,
MISTC |
| |
Writer, editor, copy-editor,
proofreader |
|
Contact
details:
|
Editorial Solutions (Ireland) Ltd,
Second Floor, 71–75 Donegall Pass,
Belfast BT7 1DR t. +44 (0) 28 9033
1971 (From RoI 048 9033 1971) e.
w.
www.editorialsolutions.com |
| Special
interests: |
Plain English editing, Irish tourism, geology and archaeology; business, education, health; writing for the web training |
| Experience: |
Staff, freelance, contractor and in-house editor, writer, proofreader and project manager positions since 1995 in both private and public sectors. Numerous and wide range of projects completed |
| Work
undertaken: |
Writing, rewriting, editing and project managing all types of print and electronic corporate publications and documents; non-fiction book editing; copywriting of PR and marketing collateral; plain English and ‘easy read’ editing and training |
| Examples: |
Selected clients
Tourism Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Eurofound, National Standards Authority of Ireland, Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, Public Health Agency
Selected projects
Writer of Tourism Ireland’s international monthly Ezine Ireland; ‘easy read’ writer on A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; rewriter on Tomb Travel, an accessible archaeology book on Northern Irish megalithic tombs; structural editor on Between Rocks and Hard Places, accessible geology book for Geological Survey of Northern Ireland; copy-editor of large nutritional education resource, Cook it! Public Health Agency; proofreader on A Study of Cocaine Use in Northern Ireland, Queen’s University; editor and project manager on Bréifne: A Different Journey around Cavan, Leitrim, Fermanagh, Sligo and Roscommon for TSO Ireland. Further examples on the website |
| |
|
| LITTON, Helen,
MA |
| |
Indexer, editor,
writer |
|
Contact
details:
|
2 Carlton, Pembroke Gardens,
Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 t./f.
01 667 7983
m. 087 615 5146
e.
|
| Special
interests: |
History, archaeology |
| Experience: |
Freelance in publishing since
1988 |
| Work
undertaken: |
Indexing, copy-editing,
writing |
| Examples of
indexes: |
McCarthy, D.P., The Irish Annals:
Their genesis, evolution and history
(Four Courts Press 2008); Maguire, M. The Civil Service and the
Revolution in Ireland, 1912-38
(Manchester University Press 2008);
Geoghegan, P.M. King Dan: The
Rise of Daniel O’Connell,
1775-1829 (Gill and Macmillan,
2008);
Farmar, Privileged Lives (A&A Farmar, 2010); Thomas, Islanders, The Pacific in the Age of Empire (Yale University Press, 2010); Arnold, Derek Hill (Quartet Books); Kennedy, Whelan & Ó Raghallaigh, The National Asset Management Agency Act (Gill and Macmillan, 2011)
|
| Author: |
Six popular illustrated histories for
Wolfhound Press
(1994-2001) |
| |
|
|
Mac
a’ Bháird,
Natasha
|
| |
Writer,
copy-editor, proofreader |
|
Contact
details:
|
t.
01-838 4273 m. 087-236 6122
e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Children’
s books, History, Politics,
Biography, Literature |
| Experience: |
Ten
years’ experience in the
publishing industry. Worked for The
O’ Brien Press Ltd from
2001-2006, latterly as production
manager. Freelance since
2006 |
| Work
undertaken: |
Copy-editing
and proofreading |
| Examples: |
The Irish Bride’s Survival Guide; Olanna’s Big Day; stories and articles in Folens Christmas Annuals 2011 (Súgradh, Spraoi, Siamsa, Sonas). Proofreader: Conaty, The Eighty-Five Billion Euro Man, Y Books 2011; Dean, Teach Me, Mummy, Dean & Co. Publishing Ltd 2011; Ní Lamhna, Wild Dublin, The O’Brien Press Ltd 2008; O’Brien, The Story of Ireland, The O’Brien Press Ltd 2007; Ashe FitzGerald, The Castles of Ireland, The O’Brien Press Ltd 2007. A full list of titles available on request.
|
| |
|
|
MacAULAY, Elizabeth, BA, HDipEd, Dip
Special Ed |
| |
Proofreader, copy-editor, sub-editor,
writer, rewriter, publications
manager |
|
Contact
details:
|
38 Glasthule Road, Sandycove, Co Dublin
t. 01 280 8830 e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Education, English, history, European
and public affairs |
| Languages: |
English, Irish |
| Experience: |
Five years in-house with the
Educational Company of Ireland as editor
and subsequently research editor. Freelance
editor since 1992 |
| Work
undertaken: |
All facets of editing, in both
electronic and hard-copy
format |
| Examples: |
Readers and science books for the
primary school (various), Carroll
Heinemann; Local Authority
Times; distance education manuals
(various), Institute of Public
Administration; IEA Document
Series, Institute of European Affairs;
annual reports (e.g. Local Government
Computer Services Board), booklets
(various), Health & Safety Authority;
reports (various), National Council on
Ageing and Older People; promotional
literature and IRFU Handbook, AIB;
History of the Irish Parliament,
Ulster Historical Society; The
Cathach (English translation),
Royal Irish Academy; part of Historical
Perspectives, Department of History,
Trinity College Dublin; promotional
material (various) for McConnell’s
Advertising Services |
| Publications: |
Editor and contributor (with Michael
Clarke), Signposts, Vols 1-3: Junior
Anthologies for the Primary
School, Educational Company of
Ireland |
| |
|
|
McAULEY, Alicia, BA (Hons),
MPhil, CELTA |
| |
Editor, proofreader, book designer and typesetter |
|
Contact
details:
|
35 Liminary Road, Ballymena, Co Antrim
BT42 3HL t. +44 2895 810 467
m.
+44 7813 467 367 e.
w.
www.aliciamcauley.com |
| Special
interests: |
Literature, photography, the arts, fiction, history, biography, education (especially ESL) |
| Experience: |
Freelance since 2006; previously in-house editor/typesetter with Wordwell Books |
| Work
undertaken: |
Editing, copy-editing, proofreading,
book layout and design, rewriting,
ghostwriting, readers’ reports,
research |
| Examples: |
Leadership Charisma (Liffey Press, 2011), George Sigerson: poet, patriot, scientist and scholar (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2011), Ready for Business: Solutions (Educational Company of Ireland, 2010), A Book around the Irish Sea (Wordwell, 2010), Titanic Port (Booklink, 2010), The Struggle for Shared Schools in Northern Ireland (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2010), The Poetry of Medbh McGuckian (Cork University Press, 2010) |
| |
|
| McCANN, Michael, PhB
(Gregorian), BA
(Dublin),
MA (Bari, Dublin, Genoa,
Pisa), MITIA |
| |
Proofreader,
copy-editor, editor, professional and
certified translator |
|
Contact
details:
|
30
Crodaun, Celbridge, Co Kildare
t./f. 01 627 1249 Skype: infomarex
e.
|
| Languages: |
French,
Spanish, Italian |
| Special
interests: |
Web,
internet, presentations, reports, EU
documentation |
| Experience: |
Twenty
years of proofing texts of an
academic, commercial and marketing
nature |
| Work
undertaken: |
Business,
commercial, web, finance, research
papers |
| Examples: |
Proofreading and
copy-editing:
Spanish Revise Wise, 2007,
Educational Company; Less
Stress More Success Spanish for Junior
Cert. 2007, Gill and Macmillan; ERC Report 6,
ERTDI Reports 55, 57, 58 and 62,
2007, Environmental Protection
Agency; Heath and Safety
Guidelines, 2007, IBEC; Safety, Health and Welfare at Work
Law in Ireland (2nd edition)
2008, Nifast-Newcourt Group;
Trinity Today, Trinity College Dublin (Editorial Committee 2000-to date); James J. O'Sullivan, The Stiletto, Original Writing, Dublin (2010).
Proofreading:
Mainly international clients whose first
language is not English
|
| |
|
|
McKEE, Alexandra,
BA |
| |
Proofreader,
copy-editor, writer,
designer
|
|
Contact
details:
|
Word
Works, 32 Mullaghbane Road,
Greystone, Dungannon, Co Tyrone,
BT70 ISR, Northern Ireland t.
028 8772 5628 or from ROI
t. 048 8772 5628
f. 028 8772 9262
or from
ROI 048 8772 9262 m. +44
790 196 7947, e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Fiction,
illustrated books, knitting,
Americanization of UK texts for US
markets
|
| Experience: |
Worked
for six years in book publishing in
New York City— three years with
Simon & Schuster, three years
with Stewart, Tabori & Chang.
Freelance editor, proofreader and
writer since 2004 |
| Work
undertaken: |
All areas of editing, including
on-screen editing (both Mac and PC)
for book, magazine and newspaper
publishing; write and design
publicity material for local
businesses (printed and
electronic). |
| Examples: |
Daniels,
Ghost Dancing, Stewart,
Tabori & Chang, 1998; Biehn,
Colors of Provence, Stewart,
Tabori & Chang, 1997; Vitale,
Leaves, Stewart, Tabori
& Chang, 1997 |
| |
|
|
McKEEVER, Susan,
BA |
| |
Copy-editor, proofreader, writer,
project manager |
|
Contact
details:
|
9 Emorville Avenue, Portobello, Dublin
8 t. 01 6570336 m.
086 8962479 e.
|
| Languages: |
French |
| Special
interests: |
Natural history, classics, history, natural living and health, literature, children’s non-fiction, educational textbooks (primary, secondary and tertiary). |
| Experience: |
Twenty years’ experience as senior editor, writer, and producer on the staff of international publishers including Dorling Kindersley Publishing in London and Scholastic Inc. in San Francisco. Freelance writing and editing of books, partworks, and digital media. |
| Work
undertaken: |
Editing, proofreading, writing, rewriting, book development, picture sourcing and research, artwork briefing, script and manuscript assessment and reporting (all on PC and Mac – can edit in Indesign CS4) |
| Examples: |
Discover More….Ocean, Scholastic New York, 2012; Leaving Certificate History and Appreciation of Art, Folens, 2011; Leaving Certificate De Acuerdo Essential Spanish Grammar, Folens, 2011; Less Stress More Success English for Junior Cert, Gill & Macmillan, 2011; Leaving Certificate History: European Retreat from Empire and the Aftermath, Folens, 2010; Infinity: Tree, Weldon Owen Publishing, 2010; Leaving Certificate History: Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993, Folens, 2009; Eyewitness Workbooks: Medieval Life, Prehistoric Life, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Dorling Kindersley, 2008; Dorling Kindersley Science Encyclopedia, Dorling Kindersley, 1993 (senior editor); Pocket Guide to Ancient Rome, Dorling Kindersley, 1995 (author); Junior Nature Guides: Freshwater Life, Dragon's World, 1995
(author) |
| |
|
|
McNICHOLL,
Rachel, BA, MA |
| |
Editor, proofreader, writing coach,
translator |
|
Contact
details:
|
13 Marlborough Road, Dublin 4 t. 01 668 0043 e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Art, academic texts, biography,
environment, fiction, history, literary
criticism, poetry,
translation |
| Experience: |
Over 15 years’ in-house
experience with books, periodicals and news
copy; former employers include Blackstaff
Press, the Royal Irish Academy and the
German Press Agency. Freelance since 2006;
clients include trade publishers, public
and private sector bodies, community groups
and individuals. |
| Work
undertaken: |
All areas of editing (hard or digital
copy), reader’s reports,
proofreading, writing coaching, translation
(German to English) |
| Examples of editing /
proofreading: |
A. Elliott, Lung Soup,
Blackstaff Press 2009; E. Ní
Chuilleanáin, C. Ó
Cuilleanáin and D. Parris (eds),
Translation and Censorship: Patterns of
Communication and Interference, Four
Courts Press 2009; Annual Review
2007, Arts Council 2008; The
Self-Employed and the Old Age Contributory
Pension: Report on an Enquiry into the
Impact of Certain Provisions of
Social Welfare Legislation on the
Self-Employed, Irish Human Rights
Commission 2007; J. Wilson and S. Berrow,
A Guide to the Identification of the
Whales and Dolphins of Ireland, Irish
Whale and Dolphin Group
2006 |
| |
|
| MAYES, Elizabeth, MA, DipEd,
MPhil |
| |
Editor, copy-editor,
proofreader |
|
Contact
details:
|
2 Shielmartin Park, Sutton, Dublin 13
t. 01-8323760 e.
|
| Languages: |
French, German |
| Special
interests: |
Fine arts and architecture, especially
Irish art; history and heritage
subjects |
| Experience: |
Seven years as Assistant Editor,
Irish Arts Review; four years as
Editor and Publications Officer, National
Gallery of Ireland; freelance since
1999 |
| Work
undertaken: |
All aspects of editing, copy-editing
and proofreading, on hard copy or Apple
Mac; liaising with author, publisher,
designer, art director and
printer |
| Examples: |
Painting Ireland, Churchill Press, 2005; History of Áras an Uachtaráin, OPW, 2006; Samuel Beckett: a passion for paintings, NGI, 2006; Irish Furniture, Yale University Press, 2007 (index); Jack B Yeats, TCD, 2008; The Provost’s House Stables, TCD, 2008; Francis Bacon, Hugh Lane Gallery, 2009; History of Phoenix Park, OPW, 2009; Ballyfin, Churchill Press, 2010; Dictionary of Art and Architecture of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy, 2010 ongoing; Irish Art at Churchill, Churchill Press, 2011; Castletown: Decorative Arts, OPW, forthcoming 2012; exhibition catalogues for National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, The Model, Sligo, and Irish Museum of Modern Art. |
| |
|
|
MURPHY, Kate, BSc,
MSocInd (Adv) |
| |
Indexer |
|
Contact
details:
|
24 Drynam Close, Kinsealy, Co. Dublin,
Ireland. t. 01 8135898
m. 087 2363922 e.
w. www.katemurphy-indexing.ie |
| Special
interests: |
History, biography, business, computer
science, travel, sport. |
| Experience: |
Degree in Computer Applications,
software developer and project manager for
software company for 15 years. Accredited
to Advanced Grade level by the Society of
Indexers, freelance indexer since
2005 |
| Work
undertaken: |
Indexing |
| Examples: |
From Dún Síon
to Croke
Park (Penguin Ireland) 2004; Contesting Hegemony (David Burke, UCC) 2005; Time Added On (George Hook) 2005; Higher Computing (Bright Red Publishing) 2008; Ely Cookbook (Ely Restaurant & Winebar) 2008; A Short History of Ireland (Gill & Macmillan) 2008; The Bombing of Dublin’s North Strand, 1941 (Gill & Macmillan) 2009; Come What May (Penguin Ireland) 2009; The Fall of The House of Paisley (Gill & Macmillan) 2009; Drumcondra and its Environs (Drumcondra Publications) 2009; Income Tax; Corporation Tax; VAT; Taxing Financial Transactions (Irish Taxation Institute) 2010; Longford (Geography Publications) 2010; Regional Planning Guidelines (Dublin Regional Authority) 2010; The Emergence of Southern Multinationals (Professor Louis Brennan, TCD) 2010; The Business of Space (Professor Louis Brennan, TCD) 2011; From Rhetoric to Action (Dr Eilionóir Flynn, NUIG) 2011; Dublin City Council Development Plan (Dublin City Council) 2011; The de Montfort Family from 1700 to 2010 (Martin Morris, Henry de Montfort) 2011; Gorgeous to Go (Gill & Macmillan) 2011. |
| |
|
|
O’BRIEN,
Brendan, BSc |
| |
Editor, proofreader,
writer |
|
Contact
details:
|
Lurganboy, Virginia, Co Cavan
t. 049 854 1041
e.
|
| Special
interests: |
All non-fiction, especially science,
history, psychology |
| Experience: |
22 years’ publishing experience;
freelance work in the past year for the
Institute of Public Administration,
Psychology Press, Routledge, and
others |
| Examples: |
Dorr, Ireland at the United
Nations: Memories of the Early Years,
IPA 2010; Mitchell, By Dáil
Account, IPA 2010; Heuer, Sexual
Revolutions, Routledge 2010; Bornstein
& Lamb, Developmental Science,
Psychology Press 2010; all copy-editing for
the journals Social Neuroscience,
Cognitive Neuroscience and
International Journal of
Psychology; coauthor of Genius
Genes: How Asperger Talents Changed the
World (Fitzgerald & O’Brien;
AAPC, Kansas, 2007) |
| |
|
|
O’BRIEN, Eoin |
| |
Editor, copy-editor,
proofreader |
|
Contact
details:
|
49 Mount Prospect Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3 m.
086 8541087 e.
|
| Special
interests: |
Music, popular culture, audio books, history, politics, biography, Northern Ireland, Dublin, reports |
| Experience: |
Fifteen years’ experience as editor with The O’Brien Press Ltd., most of this involving complete project management, in all genres from children’s picture books through teenage fiction to adult biography and historical works, true crime, reference books, walking guides, crossword books and poetry collections, as well as resource materials for schools and web and advertising materials. Recording and production of several audio books. Editor-in-residence at SMARTlab, a research institute housed at University College, Dublin. |
| Work
undertaken: |
Editing, project management, ghost writing, proofreading; writing of publicity, resource and web materials; also audio editing, recording and production. |
| Examples: |
Peter Pearson, The Heart of Dublin: Resurgence of an Historic City, O’Brien Press; Thomas Kinsella, A Dublin Documentary, O’Brien Press; Paul Williams, Gangland: The Shocking Exposé of the Criminal Underworld, O’Brien Press; Sean Boyne, Gunrunners: The Covert Arms Trail to Ireland, O’Brien Press; Brendan Anderson, Joe Cahill: A Life in the IRA, O’Brien Press; Greg Harkin, Stakeknife: Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland, O’Brien Press; Kíla, Kíla Foinn, Kíla Records; doctoral theses for Dr Halina Gottlieb and Dr Camille Baker; audio books: Faraway Home, O’Brien Press; Sos 1 agus 2, O’Brien Press; The Mammy and The Chisellers, O’Brien Press. |
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O’CARROLL, Eileen,
BA |
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Copy-editor,
proofreader |
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Contact
details:
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Whitethorn, Cullinagh,
Kilmeaden, Co Waterford t.
051 384 786 e.
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| Special
interests: |
Literature, history, politics, general
arts/humanities |
| Experience: |
Eight years as editor with Cork
University Press |
| Work
undertaken: |
Copy-editing,
proofreading |
| Examples: |
Field Day Anthology of Irish
Women’s Writing, Volumes IV and V,
Cork University Press
2002 |
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O’HANLON,
Brenda |
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Writer, editor,
proofreader |
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Contact
details:
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11 Clonard Road, Sandyford, Dublin 16
t. 01 295 2194 f.
01 295 2300 m. 087 258 3292 e.
w.
www.ohanlonmedia.com |
| Special
interests: |
Health/medical; fiction and
non-fiction |
| Experience: |
Author of Stress: The Commonsense
Approach and Sleep: The
Commonsense Approach, commissioned by
Gill & Macmillan; journalist (feature
writer), copywriter, communications
consultant; 20 years’ experience as
public relations
consultant |
| Work
undertaken: |
Editing staff magazines and other
publications for companies and
organisations; structural editing and
copy-editing government agency reports,
novels and autobiographical works; writing
public information
guides |
| Examples: |
On request |
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O’ROURKE, Con, MAgrSc, PhD,
FIBiolI |
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Editor, copy-editor, proofreader,
rewriter |
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Contact
details:
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16C Park Lane, Sandymount, Dublin 4
t. 01 269 7537 m.
086 886 5464 e.
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| Special
interests: |
Science/popular science in areas of
environment, agriculture, food and general
biology; public awareness of science (via
lectures, demos) |
| Experience: |
Head of technical and scientific
publications in Teagasc for fifteen years;
editor of two peer-reviewed scientific
journals, three books and various technical
reports. Author of three books and of
chapters in two others |
| Work
undertaken: |
Editing, copy-editing, proofreading,
rewriting and reviewing (in English and
Irish) |
| Examples: |
Editor:IrJAgric&FdRes and
IrJFdRes&Tech. Author:
Diseases of Grasses and Forage legumes
– Ireland. An Foras
Talúntais, 1976; Nature Guide
to the Aran Islands, Lilliput 2006;
Dúlra Oileáin
Arann, Cois Life (in press)
2011 |
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O’
SHEA, Julie, BA, BEd, MSc
(Publishing
Studies) |
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Editor, Proofreader |
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Contact
details:
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Crossford, Ardmore, Co Waterford
t. 024 94611 m. 087 668 0627
e. |
| Special
interests: |
Children’s literature,
educational, general non-fiction, law,
public administration |
| Experience: |
Abstract writer and assistant editor,
H.W. Wilson, 1994– 1996; editor and
senior editor, the Educational Company of
Ireland, 1996– 2004; freelance editor
since 2004 |
| Work
undertaken: |
Copy-editing, proofreading, rewriting
(plain English), project
management |
| Examples: |
Beyond Educational
Disadvantage, Paul Downes and Ann
Louse Gilligan (eds); Environmental
Debates and the Public in Ireland,
Mary Kelly; Environmentalism in
Ireland: Movement and Activists,
Hilary Tovey; IPA Administration
Yearbook & Diary 2005– 2010;
Irish Social Policy – A Critical
Introduction, Mairéad
Considine and Fiona Dukelow; The Best
of Times? The Social Impact of the
Celtic Tiger, Tony Fahey, Helen
Russell and Christopher T. Whelan (eds);
corporate communications and educational
publications (Primary and
Post-Primary) |
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QUINN,
Síne,
BA |
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Copy-editor, writer, researcher,
project manager, proofreader and
reader |
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Contact
details:
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Rathmines, Dublin
6 t. 01 497 7766 m.
086 823 2658 e. |
| Special
interests: |
Literature, education, fiction and
non-fiction, children’s fiction,
history,
spirituality/religion |
| Experience: |
Over fifteen years’ editorial
experience: worked in New York (publishing
company and a literary agency); assistant
editor and publication co-ordinator with
Veritas; editor with Carroll Heinemann;
freelance editor for four years; managing
editor with Blackrock Publishing; editor
with The O’ Brien
Press |
| Work
undertaken: |
All areas of editing, on-screen editing (Mac and PC), proofreading, project management, writing, rewriting, fact checking, photo and picture editing, research, artwork briefs and copyright permissions |
| Examples: |
Harling, It's Not the Way to Live, It's the Way to Die, YBooks, 2011; McCaffrey, Cocaine Wars, Merlin, 2010; Lennon & Courtney, Off the Rails, Love Your Look, Merlin, 2009; Ward, Change a Little to Change a Lot, Merlin, 2009; Bookfest, Magazine for Children's Books Ireland (edited12-14 section), 2010 & 2009; Prendergast, The Romanian Builder, The O'Brien Press, 2009. A full list of titles available on request.
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| ROGERS,
Jane, BA |
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Editor,
copy-editor, proofreader, writer,
rewriter, indexer |
|
Contact
details:
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Cloughbrack,
Bofeenaun, Ballina, Co Mayo
t. 096 51951 m. 087
136 0816 e:
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| Special
interests: |
Humanities,
biography/memoirs, general
non-fiction, education, gardening,
natural history,
cookery, law, business,
reference |
| Experience: |
Freelance since 2000; 15 years’ experience in publishing in London (including Association of Commonwealth Universities (as managing editor), Hodder & Stoughton, Edward Arnold) |
| Work
undertaken: |
Structural
editing, copy-editing, proofreading,
rewriting, indexing |
| Examples: |
Copy-editor:
Sunley, Purple Your People; Penrith, Skye and the Western Isles (both Crimson, forthcoming); O’Hagan and Newman, The Economy of Ireland; Turley, Maloney, O’Toole, Principles of Economics (both Gill & Macmillan, forthcoming); How to Complete Your UCAS Application; Barton, Getting into Veterinary School (both Crimson, 2011); archaeology exhibition text, Kerry County Museum; a range of educational titles (biology, business, communication, computer studies, English, history, home economics, geography, law, religious education, social education) for Edco, Educate.ie and Gill & Macmillan.
Columnist (gardening, nature), Mayo Advertiser (2008–9).
Indexer:
Murray, The Irish Boundary Commission and its Origins (UCD Press, 2011); Lane, Rosamond Jacob (UCD Press, 2010)
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| SMITH, Albert,
BA |
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Editor, writer, researcher, columnist,
author. Editing and writing to tight
deadlines a speciality |
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Contact
details:
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Knocknashee, Kilmolin, Enniskerry, Co
Wicklow t. 01 286 2311 m.
086 875 8950
e. |
| Special
interests: |
Politics, history, media, the law,
current affairs, outdoor pursuits,
tourism |
| Experience: |
A
career in journalism since the early
1970s which has encompassed news
reporting, feature-writing, editing
news, features, magazines, business
and writing regular book reviews.
This included more than twenty years
as Assistant Editor on the Irish
Independent and a period as Chief
Sub-Editor on the Sunday
Tribune. |
| Work
undertaken: |
Editing
reports, features and manuscripts;
writing, rewriting, manuscript
evaluation, readers’ reports,
reviews, project management and
research. I have edited a number of
semi-state reports, a travel book, a
substantial number of legal
textbooks and several academic works.
Will also undertake feature writing
and editing newsletters. |
| Examples: |
Author:
Ten Walks in the District of
Enniskerry, Raven’s Rock
Press 2006 (2nd edition), and A
Brief History of Kells, Co
Kilkenny, KRETE 1993 |
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TATTERSALL, Tess, BA,
GradDip Pub |
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Editor, copy-editor, proofreader,
project manager |
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Contact
details:
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Tattersall Editorial Services, Howth, Co Dublin t. 01 839 5345 m. 086 872 2509
Skype: tesstattersall e.
w. www.tesireland.com |
| Languages: |
English, Italian,
Spanish |
| Special
interests: |
General non-fiction, educational materials, corporate communications materials |
| Experience: |
Over ten years’ in-house
editorial experience, including roles as
Senior Desk Editor at Pan Macmillan and
Managing Editor at Gill & Macmillan, as
well as two years in-house in
PR |
| Work
undertaken: |
All areas of editing, proofreading, and
project management, including photo
research, artwork commissioning and
copyright clearance |
| Examples: |
Editing and proofreading — General non-fiction:
Benhaffaf & O’Connell, Little Fighters: The Million-to-One Miracles; Drennan, Cute Hoors and Pious Protestors: TDs and their Expenses; McGuinness & Nunn, The House Always Wins; Coleman, Haunting Cries: Stories of Child Abuse from Industrial Schools; Doogue & Krieger, The Wildflowers of Ireland (Gill & Macmillan, 2010–11).
Proofreading — Education:
O’Hora, Essential Agricultural Science; Taylor, Eurobusiness (Folens, 2011). Stafford, Leaving Cert Business Higher Level (EdCo, 2010). (Editing): Kenny, Investigating Physics (Gill & Macmillan, 2010). (Project management): Higgins, Practicamos: Spanish Revision for Junior Cert (Folens, 2011).
Editing or proofreading — Corporate:
Annual Report 2010; Rehab News magazine (Rehab Group, 2011). Re-New magazine (Rehab UK, 2011). JobFit Operating Manual (TBG Learning, 2011). SIF: Learning Styles Sub Theme Final Report (National Learning Network, 2010).
A full list of titles is available on request. |
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TAYLOR, Lucy |
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Editor, proofreader,
writer |
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Contact
details:
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Dublin 8 t.
01 454 4573 m. 087 915 5602
e.
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| Special
interests: |
Food, health and lifestyle, exercise
and diets, parenting and children,
weddings, medical issues, travel, fashion
and beauty |
| Experience: |
20 years’ consumer editing and
writing experience in London and Dublin,
including magazines Living It,
EasyFood, Woman’s Way, U, Sugar, The
Mac, Lotus and Bicycle magazines; now
freelance and specialising in editing
supplements, feature writing for newspapers
and magazines and book
editing |
| Work
undertaken: |
Feature writing, proofreading,
on-screen copy-editing; editing supplements
for magazines and
newspapers |
| Examples: |
Magazines for Tesco, Railway
Procurement Agency, The Heritage Council,
National Off-Licence Association of
Ireland, Birds Eye, Irish Cancer Society.
Feature writer for the Irish
Examiner and Sunday
Independent, Modern Mum,
You & Your Money, South
East Wedding and
ShelfLife |
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THOMPSON, Cathy, MA (Hons, History), Dip
Hort (Kew),
Hons |
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Copy-editing and proofreading (on-screen), re-writing, indexing |
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Contact
details:
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24 rue de l'Eglise, 88410 Châtillon sur Saône, France
t.+33 (0)3 29 08 38 42
e.
Skype: catherine.thompson8 |
| Special
interests: |
History, local history, memoirs,
horticulture, botany |
| Experience: |
10 years in-house and freelance for UK consumer magazines (horticulture). In-house editorial assistant and production editor for Open University Press (health & social welfare, counselling, media studies), Speechmark Publishing (speech therapy, special needs). Freelance copy-editing, proofreading for same companies. |
| Work
undertaken: |
On-screen copy-editing and proofreading, including heavily referenced works. Project management and author liaison. Re-writing. |
| Examples: |
Author of:Gardening with Herbs, Gardening with Bulbs, The National Trust (1999). Copy-editor for: Flynn, B. Pawns in the Game, The Collins Press (2011); Hall, V., The Making of Ireland’s Landscape, The Collins Press (2011); European Garden Flora, revised edition, Cambridge University Press (2010); Dungan, M., The Captain and the King, New Island Books (2009); Kenny, M., Crown and Shamrock, New Island Books (2009); Hopkins, A, Eating Scenery, The Collins Press (2008). |
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| WALKER, Antoinette, MA, BA,
RGN |
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Editor, writer, copy-editor, subeditor,
proofreader |
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Contact
details:
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6 Victoria Village, Rathgar, Dublin 6
t./f. 01 490 4524 m. 086 852 0668
e.
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| Special
interests: |
Healthcare/medicine, education,
literature, philosophy, politics, business
and finance |
| Experience: |
Ten years’ experience in editing,
copy-editing, writing and proofreading for
Irish Cancer Society, Irish Medical
Journal, Blackwater Press/Folens
Publishers, Edco, DCU, CBI, IBBY,
Encarta/Microsoft Ireland, Lafferty
Publications, Ashville Media, and
others |
| Work
undertaken: |
All areas of editing, writing,
rewriting and
proofreading |
| Examples: |
Unstoppable Brilliance: Irish
Geniuses and Asperger’s Syndrome
(with M. Fitzgerald), Liberties
Press 2006; Downing, ’Most Skilful,
Most Devious, Most Cunning’: A
Political Biography of Bertie Ahern,
Blackwater 2004; Fitzgerald, Autism and
Creativity, Brunner-Routledge 2004;
Tormey, A Cure for the Crisis: Irish
Healthcare in Context, Blackwater
2003; O’Sullivan, Le Coq
Hardi: The Story of John Howard and His
Restaurant, Blackwater 2003.
Contributed articles to Health &
Safety, Woman’s Way, iVenus and
IQ magazines |
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WHELAN, Una,
BSc |
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Editor, rewriter, copy-editor,
proofreader |
|
Contact
details:
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Dreemskerry, Dennistown, Murrintown,
Wexford t. 053 913 9672 m.
086 089 1493
e.
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| Special
interests: |
Educational, general non-fiction,
fiction, children’s literature,
complementary medicine,
health |
| Experience: |
Freelance since 2006, seven years
in-house editor with Mentor
Books |
| Work
undertaken: |
Project management, editing, rewriting,
copy-editing, proofreading, website
editing |
| Examples: |
Holmes and O’ Dwyer, Stand
Up, Speak Up!, Junior Cert Civic,
Social and Political Education, Mentor
Books 2010; Cullen, Discovering
Science, Junior Cert Science, Mentor
Books 2008; Honan and Mulholland,
Planet & People Leaving Cert
Geography, Mentor Books 2007; Collins,
Irish Family Feuds; Sheridan,
Bloody Evidence, Mentor Books; Whelan,
Nathalie and the Sunflowers,
Saoirse Publishing; Rotunda
Delivery Harmonia |
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| YEATES,
Warren |
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Book designer, editor,
indexer |
|
Contact
details:
|
Bookworks Ltd., John’s Terrace,
Birr, Co Offaly t. 057 912 1919
e.
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| Special
interests: |
Educational, general non-fiction,
aviation, wine |
| Experience: |
Ten years in-house; freelance since
1995: work for A & A Farmar, Edco, Gill
& Macmillan, EEC Publishing, É
ireann Publications, Airlife (UK), ASA Inc
(USA) |
| Work
undertaken: |
Book design and typesetting (Adobe
Creative Suite, Quark Xpress, FrameMaker),
copy-editing, indexing, proofreading, print
management |
| Examples: |
List of titles on
request |
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