Glengarriff,
Co Cork.

m: 087 242 2997
e: deirdre.sheeran@gmail.com

Special interests:
Fiction, travel, politics, business, current affairs.

Experience:
20 years’ experience working as a sub-editor for the Sunday Tribune, Irish Daily Star and the Irish Times; sub-editor for The Week in Politics – Election 2011.

Work undertaken:
All areas of editing and proofreading.

Donegal, Republic of Ireland

m. +353 (0)851 324219
e. gaylebgreen@gmail.com

Professional memberships:
Member, Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers of Ireland

Special interests:
Non-fiction (academic research books, papers, lectures; memoirs), educational (pedagogical for learners of English as a second language; CPD – Continuing Professional Development), fiction.

Work undertaken:
Complete project management, structural editing, copy-editing, online editing, proofreading, formatting, collaboration with designer & typesetter, photo research, copyright clearance.

Experience:
Project manager and proofreader since 2002, freelance editor since 2007, working for both private clients and institutions.

Examples of work:
Yehuda Bauer, Could the US Government Have Rescued European Jewry? (Yad Vashem, forthcoming); Peretz Révész, Standing up to Evil (Yad Vashem, forthcoming); Andrew Burian, A Boy from Buština: A Son. A Survivor. A Witness. (Yad Vashem, 2016); Ben Z. Redner, A Jewish Policeman in Lwów: An Early Account, 1941-1943 (Yad Vashem, 2015); Chaya Ostrower, It Kept Us Alive: Humor in the Holocaust (Yad Vashem, 2014); Dr. Agata Golawska & Dr. Peter Talbot, The Internal Anatomy of the Temporal Lobe (Royal College of Psychiatrists, forthcoming); Dr. Aaron McMeekin, Social Factors and Specific Mental Health Issues (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2017); Dr. Yasir Hameed and Dr. Andrew Tarbuck, A Brief Introduction to the History of Psychiatry (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2016); Nissim Otmazgin, Does Popular Culture Matter to the Southeast Asian Region? Possible Implications and Methodological Challenges (Symposium on Interdisciplinary Perspectives for the Asia-Pacific Region, Osaka University, Osaka, February 14-16, 2014); Nissim Otmazgin, Geopolitics and Soft Power: Japan’s Cultural Policy and Cultural Diplomacy in Asia (Asia Pacific Review, 19, 2012); Julie Yosefyan, The Adventures of Henry and Lucy (English Adventure, 2010); Kaye King-Ya’ari, The Detectives (English Adventure, 2012).

Examples of clients:
Yad Vashem – The World Holocaust Remembrance Center; Royal College of Psychiatrists; English Adventure (Leading provider of comprehensive EFL programs for young learners around the world); Nissim Otmazgin (Chair of the Department of Asian Studies & Senior Lecturer in the Department of Asian Studies – Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Research Fellow – Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace).

Special interests:
Humanities and academic writing, literature and art, politics and public affairs, sport and popular culture.

Work undertaken:
Editing, proofreading, writing, abstracting (summarising complex information and ideas) and research, offered to corporate clients and SMEs, to public bodies and trade organisations as well as to publishers, both Irish and international. The range of the material covered is broad: reports, policy documents and statements, nonfiction books and articles, website content, speeches, dissertations and essays, etc.

Experience:
I have extensive experience as an editor, managing editor and writer; and as a third-level tutor and educator. With over 13 years working for a major U.S.-based academic publisher, the H.W. Wilson Company, I have a proven track record in summarising complex information so it can be readily accessed and absorbed. As Managing Editor of the H.W. Wilson Company’s Humanities Department, I trained in-house and freelance editors and writers to produce accurate and clear text while meeting exacting publishing deadlines.

Dublin 8

m: 087 671 3024
e: barrydonnelly180@gmail.com

Special interests:
Fiction, sports, music, literature, travel, politics, culture.

Experience:
12 years’ experience working as a sub-editor for The Sunday World, Evening Herald, Irish Independent, Belfast Telegraph, Loaded Magazine and The Voice Today (Catholic magazine).

Work undertaken:
All areas of editing, rewriting and proofreading.

Unit 6,
39 Garville Ave,
Rathgar,
Dublin 6

m: 085 825 4162
e: heather@nextlinewriting.com
w: www.nextlinewriting.com

Experience:
Eight years in books and publishing in Oxford, Sydney and Dublin. In-house experience in non-fiction and fiction publishing houses, as well as managing communications and publications (books, magazines, journals, websites, social media, PR) in the NGO/advocacy/international development sector.

Area of expertise:
My aim is to help you create clear, accessible stories and messages. I’m particularly interested in structural work – looking at whether text is suitable for purpose/audience, and working with writers and organisations to develop your ideas, clarify your message and structure text more effectively.

Special interest areas:
Fiction, literature; non-fiction – the social sciences, culture, politics, international policy and development, history, biography and memoir, popular science, health, psychology, mental health and personal development, gender and women’s issues, and travel writing.

Work undertaken:
Structural and developmental editing, copy-editing, writing/rewriting in plain English or for specific audiences, writing of resources and web content, proofreading.

Examples:
Books
Editing: Fiction (Samudragupta: The Making of an Emperor,  Morbid Thoughts – forthcoming from Carrowmore Publishing); Illustrated (Dr Rip’s Essential Beach Book),
Development and project management: Gone Viral, Playground Duty, The Best Australian Science Writing Anthology, Australian Poetry Since 1788
Proofreading: Markievicz (Merrion Press), The Post Office in Ireland (Irish Academic Press), Modern Home Economics (forthcoming from Gill Education)

Communications and copywriting
Managing and editing publications for NGOs:  Every Child Magazine (Early Childhood Australia), Women’s Empowerment: The story so far (report for CARE)
Web/Copywriting for NGOs and business: KidsMatter Early Childhood mental health initiative, TAMGA Designs ethical fashion brand, Kooee Snacks health foods.

The Port House,
Bunagee,
Culdaff,
Co. Donegal

m. 0862659906
t. 0749379676
e. byrne.at@gmail.com

Professional memberships:
Member, AFEPI

Special interests:
History: eighteenth century, nineteenth century, empire, travel, exploration, science, environment, women’s history, local history, urban history.
Historical geography.
Critical editions of historic texts and manuscripts.
Also available to work with authors whose first language is not English.

Work undertaken:
Copy-editing; proofreading.

Experience:
Seven years’ part-time as research and editorial assistant (Royal Irish Academy); three years as full-time researcher (National University of Ireland Maynooth and University of Toronto); three years as full-time History lecturer (University of Greenwich); published non-fiction author (Geographies of the Romantic North (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013); Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations of the English Nation (1598–1600), vol. II (Oxford University Press, forthcoming); John Lee in England, Wales and Ireland, 1806–07 (Routledge, forthcoming); freelance editor and proofreader in 2009–10 and since 2016.

Examples:
C.E.B. Brett, Georgian Belfast: Maps, Buildings and Trades (Royal Irish Academy, 2004); Avril Thomas, Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 15 Derry~Londonderry (Royal Irish Academy, 2005); W.S. Ferguson, Maps and Views of Derry, 1600–1914: A Catalogue (Royal Irish Academy, 2005); Harold O’Sullivan, Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 16 Dundalk (Royal Irish Academy, 2006); Stephen A. Royle, Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 17 Belfast, part II, 1840–1900 (Royal Irish Academy, 2007); Catherine McCullough and W.H. Crawford, Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 18 Armagh (Royal Irish Academy, 2007); Colm Lennon, Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 19 Dublin, part II, 1610–1756 (Royal Irish Academy, 2008); Tony Claffey, Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 20 Tuam (Royal Irish Academy, 2009); John Bradley, Alan J. Fletcher and Anngret Simms (eds), Dublin in the Medieval World: Studies in Honour of Howard B. Clarke (Four Courts Press, 2009); Peter Johanek, Deutscher Historischer Städteatlas no. 3: Herrnhut and Moravian Settlements (Ardey-Verlag, 2009); Eamon O’Flaherty, Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 21 Limerick (Royal Irish Academy, 2010); Ferenc Jankó, Jozsef Kücsán and Katalin Szende, Hungarian Atlas of Historic Towns no. 1: Sopron (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2010); Sarah Gearty, Martin Morris and Fergus O’Ferrall, Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 22 Longford (Royal Irish Academy, 2010); Harold O’Sullivan and Raymond Gillespie, Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 23 Carlingford (Royal Irish Academy, 2011).

Dublin 7
w. www.racheldonnellyedits.com
m. 087 293 9162
e. donnelly.rachel@gmail.com

Special interests:
Theatre; dance; artistic process; the impact of art on society; counterculture/alternative communities; environmental issues.

Experience:
Nine years working in editorial-related roles, both freelance and in-house: editorial researcher for a major London-based media corporation; editorial assistant in a respected independent publisher of humanities and social studies titles; show programmes editor for a national theatre festival; content editor for a national design-focused initiative; editor for a quarterly cultural journal; freelance copy editor and proofreader on multiple projects, particularly academic writing.

Work undertaken:
Copy editing; proofreading; project management.

Examples of work:
Show Programmes Editor for Dublin Theatre Festival (project management; copy editing; proofreading); Co-editor of Irish Design 2015 legacy publication Making Design Matter, Design & Crafts Council of Ireland, 2016 (300-page publication with 40 different authors – project management; copy editing; editorial direction; proofreading); Editor for DRAFF (project management; copy editing; proofreading).

Examples of clients:
Irish Design 2015; Dublin Theatre Festival; Dublin Dance Festival; Polity Press; EMAP; DRAFF.

Book Nanny Writing and Editing Services
Clonskeagh, Dublin D14 YC92
m: +353 (0) 85 888 7253
e: booknanny@eircom.net
w: www.booknannyfictioneditor.com

Professional Memberships:
Member of AFEPI Ireland; Member of the Irish Institute of Legal Executives (IILEx)

Languages: German

Special Interests:
All commercial and literary fiction with particular interest in crime, thriller, historical, speculative and Middle Grade /Young Adult children’s fiction; biography and memoir.

Work Undertaken:
Fiction: Development and structural editing; copy-editing, proofreading; manuscript critiques and reader’s reports; ghostwriting, and literary translation (German to English); writer mentoring and coaching.
Business: Commercial copywriting and editing for legal, financial and arts sectors.

Experience:
I have worked as a freelance fiction editor since 2013. As a professionally-trained actor and theatre director, I use my knowledge and experience of drama and dramaturgy to assist authors to strengthen and develop their storytelling and individual voice. I also have over 20 years’ business experience in publishing, the arts, legal and financial sectors in London and Dublin working in-house and freelance for private sector business clients.

Examples:
Fiction: (self-published/independent authors): Sineaid Doyle, Mary Wolftide (Turn of the Tide, Book 1) (2014) and Stone-tide (Turn of the Tide, Book 2) (2015) (YA Historical Fantasy); Graham Stull, The Hydra (2015) (Speculative Thriller); Nikki Ashton, Cheese Tarts and Fluffy Socks (2015) (Romance); Gill Gillmore, Cats Undercover (2016) (MG Humorous Fantasy Adventure).

Bangor, Co Down, Northern Ireland

t. 048 9145 4817 (national rate calls from RoI) | +44 (0)28 9145 4817
m. +44 (0) 77 3165 4130
e. info@jkeditorial.com
w. www.jkeditorial.com

Professional memberships:
Professional Member, Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP); Member, Editors’ and Proofreaders’ Alliance of Northern Ireland (EPANI).

Special interests:
Archaeology, astronomy, business, criminology/true crime. current affairs, forensics, history (British and Irish), legal interest, media, politics (British, Irish and Northern Irish), travel

Work undertaken:
Books, journals, reports, theses, dissertations, newsletters, web content. Hard copy, or on-screen — I can work in Word, InDesign or QuarkXpress, and have them all installed.

Experience:
Freelance editor and proofreader since the beginning of 2016. Previously worked for more than 20 years in newspaper production including 11 years as chief sub-editor of The Irish News in Belfast (CIPR Newspaper production journalist of the year 2008 and 2010; commended 2003, 2004). Started my career as crime/courts reporter with various newspapers and news agencies in England.

Recent training:
2015: Proofreading (P2) with the SfEP.  2015: Copy-editing (CE1 and CE2) also with the SfEP. 2016: completed the SfEP mentoring course in copy-editing.

Examples:
Dissertation on the Role of Women in Minoan Society (2015)
Liverpool: Past, Present, People and Places: Neil Deane (2016 — working title)
Legas LLC (2016) work on documents translated into English

12 Ard Cleire, Schull, Co. Cork.
e. cartwomey@gmail.com
m. +353 (0)87 6113970
w. carolinetwomeyproofreading.wordpress.com/

Special Interests:
Fiction – Romance, Fantasy & Sci-fi, YA, and children’s books.
Non-fiction – History, Irish culture, and History.

Professional Memberships:
Full Member of the Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers of Ireland (AFEPI Ireland). Member and active volunteer of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI). Member of Children’s Books Ireland (CBI).

Qualifications:
Completed a BA in English and History and a Masters in Government in University College Cork.
Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning, Publishing Training Centre (PTC).
Proofreading 2: Progress, Society for Editors & Proofreaders (SfEP).
Currently enrolled on the SfEP Mentoring programme.

Experience:
Freelance since 2012, working with companies such as Irish Academic Press, Merrion Press, The Educational Company of Ireland (EDCO), Carlton Kids, and many others.
Experience with manuscript evaluation and structural editing.
Copy-edited and proofread over 40 books, both fiction and non-fiction.
Fiction writer with a published children’s book.

Work Undertaken:
Fiction & non-fiction: copy-editing and proofreading.
Academia: copy-editing and proofreading on a wide variety of topics including history, politics, arts and media studies. Substantive editing of Master’s dissertations.
Copy-editing, proofreading and rewriting (on-screen and hard copy) of research reports, web articles; writing and researching content for feature articles, newsletters, leaflets and advertising features.

Examples:
Recent projects include: Without A Doubt (2017), Merrion Press; Hearing Voices: The History of Psychiatry in Ireland (2016), Irish Academic Press; Irish Stone Bridges (2016), Irish Academic Press; Operation Maths: Scratch and Operation Maths: Follow On (2016), EDCO; You and Me Activity ANIMALS (2016), Carlton Kids; Car Record Breakers (2016), Carlton Kids.