Helen Bethune Moore

Helen Bethune Moore – Editor

I work in education, specialising in early literacy. I develop and edit non-fiction and fiction books for young readers. And older ones too.

Overview

I began my editing career in Hansard, massaging the words of politicians. My first foray into 'real' editing was developing academic materials for online delivery for Deakin University before becoming an editor at Pearson Education working on children's books and secondary texts. I then worked for some years as a freelance editor. My clients included Cambridge University Press, Cengage, Macmillan, Melbourne University Press, Monash, Cengage, Oxford University Press and Pearson. I then worked in-house at Cambridge University Press as senior project editor where I refined my skills in project management and publishing.

These years of experience provided an excellent grounding to work with Denise Ryan and Associates. Our team has taken on some big projects over the years. We commission authors and illustrators from around the world to create 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. Some series have been as big as ninety books. Some as small as twenty. But however big or small, I enjoy working with authors individually and playing with words, as well as working with our designers to make our books as appealing as they can be. It's fun work. And it's a joy to watch our readers appreciate our completed series.
Services
Fiction
Children's
Non-Fiction
Children’s Non-Fiction
Languages
English (AUS) English (UK) English (US)
Awards
  • Delegate to the Accreditation Board to set up accreditation for editors in Australia and New Zealand

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2009 — Present

CQVmedia works in tandem with Denise Ryan and Associates developing non-fiction and fiction literacy series. We are specialists in primary literacy in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. See my separate entry for Denise Ryan and Associates and have a look at my gallery below to see some of the covers of our newest series that has just been released for the US market. Inspire! is an intriguing series of 38 informational text chapter books for grades 2–3. The series features biographies of nineteen extraordinary trailblazers, each paired with a unique nonfiction chapter book that explores a key theme related to the individual's life.

Our company covers many other facets of communication. We undertake various corporate, government, technical and instructional writing, as well as manuscript development. We have a broad experience in tertiary and academic publishing, with a particular interest in history, language, politics and philosophy.

As well, we also specialise in humanities subjects at the secondary and academic levels in Australia.

Denise Ryan & Associates

Feb, 2006 — Present

Denise Ryan and Associates, established in 2006, has 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 have been 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)

Parliament House

Aug, 2016 — Present

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.

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.

Portfolio

The Editor's Companion

Janet Mackenzie

As the knowledge economy takes shape, editors face many challenges. Technology is transforming publishing, text is losing out to graphics, and writing is distorted by cliché, hype and spin. More than ever, editors are needed to add value to information and to ... read more
Introduce students to literary texts to help them become active and enthusiastic readers! This practical resource provides experienced and novice teachers with a variety of literature that can be implemented into the elementary classroom. Background informatio... read more
What makes a great speech 'great'? The Art of Great Speeches uses insights from classical thinkers to reveal how great orators such as Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Al Gore and Hitler have persuaded their audiences so convincingly. Featuring ... read more
In this update to the 2008 Garnaut Climate Change Review, Ross Garnaut re-examines the case for action in the aftermath of the global financial crisis and recent developments by major countries to reduce emissions and prepare for a low-carbon future. He guides... read more

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