I work with authors who teach kids to read, whether the books be literacy readers or reference books explaining how to teach kids phonics.
Overview
I am driven by how important literacy is for children, not just as kids but as where it can take them.
I have a deep understanding of both phonics and whole language approaches. As an editor, I can refine materials for different learning needs, balancing structured phonics instruction with the fluid, context-driven techniques of whole language. I craft materials that are both logically structured (for phonics) and engaging/meaningful (for whole language), ensuring learners benefit from both.
I help an author engage with their target audience (i.e. kids – as well as educators and parents).
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Children’s Non-Fiction
Humanities & Social Sciences
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Picture Books
Young Adult
Languages
English (AUS)
English (NZ)
English (UK)
English (US)
Awards
Delegate to the Accreditation Board to set up accreditation for editors in Australia and New Zealand
Work experience
National Library of Australia
Oct, 2024 —
Present
I am currently editing a fun yet informative book for Years 5 and 6 on the courting and parenting habits of 60 Australian native animals. Extent 64 pp, with glossary and index.
Prior to this I edited a fun book for children learning to read called 'Phonobet'.
Self-employed
Oct, 2024 —
Present
My company, cqvMedia, worked in tandem with Denise Ryan and Associates developing non-fiction and fiction literacy series. We have been specialists in primary literacy in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US.
My company covers many other facets of communication. As well, we also specialise in humanities subjects at the secondary and academic levels in Australia. We have a particular interest in helping kids learn to read through phonics.
MultiLit
Oct, 2022 —
Present
Edited and proofread online quarterly newsletters as well as editing 'Effective Instruction in Reading and Spelling' and 'Developing Skills Across the Age Range. Both these books are aimed at teachers who are helping children learning to read.
Parliament House
Aug, 2016 —
Aug, 2024
(about 8 years)
Being employed in Hansard involves editing transcripts of parliamentary debates and committee meetings. This sensitive procedure requires retaining the original sense and flavour of what a member of parliament says while conveying it in a grammatical form, removing obvious repetitions and redundancies, and transforming the verbatim transcript into reader-friendly text which can be picked up in ten (or however many years time) and understood.
Of course, as everything is now available online, we mostly have to let the members of parliament say exactly what they said, and just add a few full stops and commas and remove obvious repetitions and redundancies to make it more comprehensible in the written form for posterity.
Cambridge University Press, Melbourne
Nov, 2007 —
Nov, 2009
(about 2 years)
As senior editor, I oversaw the production of more than 40 textbooks a year. These included maths series, books on religion, history and accountancy.
Among the books I worked on at CUP, as a freelancer, was The Editor's Companion by Janet Mackenzie and The Art of Great Speeches and Why We Remember Them by Dennis Glover.
Denise Ryan & Associates
Feb, 2006 —
Oct, 2024
(over 18 years)
Denise Ryan and Associates, established in 2006, developed a reputation for excellent editorial, design, and production services having created award-winning K-6 English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies (History and Geography) resources for internationally renowned publishing houses in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The series for which I was series editor and writer include:
Inspire (Hameray)
Celebrate Canada (Pearson Canada)
Bug Club (Pearson Australia)
Read! Explore! Imagine! (TCM)
Leap! (Capstone)
Pocket Worlds (Pearson UK)
Why Is It So? (Cambridge University Press Australia)
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