Overview
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Certifications
- Diploma in Printing and Publishing Studies
- BA Hons in Educational Studies (Warwick)
Work experience
Self-employed
I have worked for over 20 years as a freelancer for publishers on a freelance basis. These are some of the titles I have edited/project managed:
Godsfield (Hamlyn): The Bhagavad Gita, Natural Well Woman, The Yoga Bible, The Spells Bible, Natural Facelift, The Feminine Face of Christianity, There's a Little Witch in Every Woman, Natural Facelift, 365 Meditations.
Adlard Coles (Bloomsbury): The Sailing Bible, The Boat Maintenance Bible, The Boat Improvement Bible, Occupation Circumnavigator.
Parragon: Cooking for Christmas, 6-Minute Upper Body/Core Training (series), Bikini Fit, Fortune Cookie Pack, Everyday Baking/Vegetarian/Indian, Wok/Cupcakes/Pasta/Chicken/Potatoes (series), 100 Recipes/Student/Fast and Simple/Slow Cooker/Cakes/Meat/Sauces/Vegan (series).
Anness Publishing: The Practical Encyclopaedia of Calligraphy, The Secret History of Freemasonry,
How to Play Winning Bridge [now combined with Chess], The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Knives, Swords, Spears and Daggers, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Pistols, Revolvers and SMGs.
Guild of Master Craftsmen: The New City of London Cookbook, Creative Lampwork. Also subeditor for Making Jewellery and Superfood magazines.
Button Books: Nature Activities, Seaside Activities (developing content).
Lion Hudson: Stop the Traffik/People Shouldn't Be Bought and Sold.
Natural History Museum: Dinosaur Sticker Book, Dinosaur Dot-to-Dot.
Hamlyn: Top Ten of Everything (research for listings, 2010-13)
Book Guild: Carina, Practical Business ABC, Many a Flower, Jacqueline's Story, Blackwater, The Pipsqueak Tails.
Igloo Books (Bonnier); Golf Techniques.
I have also contributed to titles for Top That, Miles Kelly, Quarto USA, Quid and Penguin (Ladybird).
Wayland Publishers
Wayland was an independent children's book publisher producing illustrated educational books for schools and libraries. I was responsible for about 20 titles per year, managing authors, artists and illustrators and seeing the books through to publication.
These titles include: Houses and Homes (series), Seasonal Weather (series), Seasonal Crafts (series), History of (series), Poemotions (series), Young Citizen (series), Countries of the World (series), World War II Photopack, Values (series), First Poems about (series), Let's Visit a Farm (series), Mathswork 1 and 2, Salvage Art (series), What's Special to Me? (series), Links (series), Animals Can't (series), Rainforests (series), Worksheets (series), Spinning through Space (series), How do they Grow? (series).