Overview
As well as film, I have a broad range of interests and spent 3 years writing and producing apps, multimedia and audio guides for galleries, museums and sites including Tate Modern, Tate Britain, the Royal Collection and English Heritage on subjects as diverse as Russian Constructivism, Pop Art and Henry Moore.
I am currently writing a Creative Writing PhD and also develop and teach literature and creative writing courses including for the University of Kent and CityLit.
I work part time as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader and can bring flair and accuracy to your projects. I am happy to consult on both fiction and non-fiction.
Most recent project include copyediting non-fiction titles for Bloomsbury and working on an exhaustive reference guide to British cinematographers.
Services
Non-Fiction
Languages
Certifications
- M.A with Honours English Literature and Film
- B.A. English Literature (2:1)
- PhD Practice as Research (current)
Work experience
University of Kent
Teaching undergraduate students on the BA in Creative Writing.
Freelance
I have recently copyedited the nature memoir A Shadow Above for Bloomsbury's Natural History imprint.
I work as a freelance copy editor for the British Film Institute's DVD Publishing dept, copyediting and proofreading newly commissioned film essays as well as contemporary articles and reviews. I recently copyedited a new booklet of 24 essays on the British New Wave.
Royal Geographical Society
I wrote and commissioned story-led walking trails across the United Kingdom. These walks are led by the desire to tell a unique story about the landscape.
I particularly enjoy 'cultural geography' and investigating how a sense of place is conjured and written on the landscape. As well as writing my own walks and trails, I have commissioned and edited numerous other writers, broadcasters and thinkers including Nicholas Crane, Mark Cocker and Patrick Barkham.
Antenna International
I worked in museum and gallery interpretation; editing, writing and producing a number of apps, multimedia and audio tours to accompany exhibitions at Tate Modern, Tate Britain, the Van Gogh Museum, Historic Scotland and English Heritage. These include the Van Gogh Museum's first iPhone app exploring the letters of Vincent Van Gogh:
British Film Institute
Getting my first job after university as an assistant in the video publishing dept, I spent the next 10 years working my way up to become Head of DVD. Working with a release schedule of 30-40 films per year, I was responsible for managing the whole process from rights acquisition through to liasing with distributors.
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