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SfEP Glasgow Directory

The Glasgow group of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders was started in September 2003 and now has around 40 members in the Glasgow area and beyond. We're all members or associates of the SfEP, and this page contains a directory of some of our members’ services.

There's a broad spectrum of subject interests and specialisms in our group, including archaeology, astronomy, earth sciences, textiles, pharmacology and music, to name only a few. The group reflects an equally wide range of experience, with members working for different types of clients, from public sector agencies, small businesses and other non-publishers, to mainstream publishing houses. Clients looking for freelance editorial or proofreading services will almost certainly find someone among us who can provide the expertise they need.

Click on any of the links below to go straight to a Glasgow member’s listing, or page down to browse through the directory:

• Stuart Allan
• Margaret Christie
• Belinda Cunnison
• Mandy Macdonald
• Alan Macfarlane
• Susan Milligan
• Sue Moody
• Lawrence Osborn
• Merle Read
• Abi Saffrey

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Stuart Allan –

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business name: Open Plan Publishing
Address: 15 West Holmes Gardens, Musselburgh EH21 6QW
Phone: 07905 871 102
Web address: Open Plan Publishing

I offer copy-editing, proofreading, writing and project management services and have a keen interest in digital publishing. My clients include Hodder Education, Wiley-Blackwell and various educational bodies.

I have an MA in English literature, a postgraduate diploma in publishing and extensive in-house experience. For more information, go to www.openplanpublishing.com.

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Margaret Christie –

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business Name: Margaret Christie
Address: 1 Shandon Street, EDINBURGH EH11 1QH
Phone: 0131 346 0378

I am a music graduate with over 20 years’ experience as a publishing freelance (proofreading, copy-editing and indexing). I would particularly welcome more work involving music notation; I am active in traditional and classical music. Much of my work has been on academic books, covering most humanities subjects. I am an ordinary member of the SfEP and a Registered Indexer of the Society of Indexers. I find combining proofreading and indexing particularly effective.

Belinda Cunnison –

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business Name: Belinda Cunnison
Address: 7/1 South Sloan Street, EDINBURGH EH6 8SS
Phone: 0131 467 4237; mobile: 07766 966421

I perform copy-editing (including on-screen work) and proofreading of books, multi-author books, articles and law reports. I have a BA in English/Development Studies and have been freelance since 2000, previously having responsibility for in-house publications. I am an ordinary member of the SfEP.

Recent training includes On-screen Editing (SfEP) 2004 and 2001, Copy-editing (Scottish Publishers’ Association) 2000.

My subjects are biography/autobiography/memoirs, economics, geography (development studies), law (law reports), but any economic, political or historical material is of interest. I usually work within an academic context. I have worked both with editors and writers, and frequently on work by non-native speakers of English. Available all year.

Recent clients include Edward Elgar Publishing, ESRC at University of Sheffield, Jordan Publishing, Smith Bernal (Wordwave).

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Mandy Macdonald –

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business name: Amanda Macdonald Research and Editorial Consultancy
Address: 54 Duthie Terrace, ABERDEEN AB10 7PR
Phone: 01224 326143; fax: 01224 326143

I combine editorial, writing and translating work (on most humanities subjects) with small research projects (mostly but not exclusively on equalities, international development, and human rights) and conference reporting. My clients include UN, European and other multilateral agencies, publishers, voluntary organisations, and university-based research programmes.

I translate from Spanish and French to English, and copy-edit/proofread in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, and Latin. I also work with music notation.

I am happy working on both screen (PC, Windows XP; Microsoft Office; printing, photocopying and scanning facilities) and hard copy.

My educational background is in classics (MA, Cambridge) and music (LRCM in harpsichord; Diploma, Cambridgeshire College of Arts & Technology). I started work as a freelance copy-editor and proofreader at Cambridge University Press c.1975. After some years of in-house experience as a publications officer and editor in the voluntary sector and 18 months as a translator in Cuba, I have been a full-time freelancer since 1987.

I am an ordinary member of the SfEP and have completed SfEP training courses in proofreading, on-screen editing and negotiation techniques.

Alan Macfarlane –

SfEP category: Ordinary
Address: 15 Westbourne Crescent, Bearsden, GLASGOW G61 4HB
Phone: 0141 942 6338

I am an ordinary member of the SfEP offering a proofreading service and I come from a background of 30 years’ business experience, of which 24 have been in the shipping and offshore oil industries, largely in ship management operations and personnel management, following a degree in geography and economic history.

Specialist areas are geography, travel, maritime affairs and personnel management.

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Susan Milligan –

SfEP category: Advanced
Address: 39 Cecil Street (3/1), GLASGOW G12 8RN
Phone: 0141 334 2807
Web address: www.writtenword.co.uk

Experienced copy-editor and proofreader, working on screen and with hard copy, on trade non-fiction, educational, academic and reference works, reports and company publications, and online material. Subjects include history, humanities, classical languages and civilisations, biography and memoirs, cookery and crime. Licentiate of the City & Guilds Institute in Editorial Skills. More about Susan

Sue Moody –

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business name: Total Publishing Solutions Ltd
Address: Wellbrae House, Wellbrae, FALKLAND KY15 7AY
Phone: 01337 857097; mobile: 07855 955517
Web address: totalpublishingsolutions.co.uk

I offer editorial and publishing consultancy, copy-editing, copywriting, on-screen editing, project management, research, rewriting and writing in my subject specialisms of art history, design, education (general and primary), history (general and medieval) and music.

I have been freelance since 2004 and am an ordinary member of the SfEP. Recent experience and training include Head of Publishing, Learning and Teaching Scotland 2000–2003; Head of Publishing Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum 1992–2000; Editing for the Web (SfEP) 2003, MA Medieval History, PGCE Primary Education.

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Lawrence Osborn –

SfEP category: Advanced
Address: 35/250 Camphill Avenue, GLASGOW G41 3AS
Phone: 0141 636 1614

I offer copy-editing, on-screen editing and proofreading in a variety of media including books, CD-ROMs, encyclopaedias, journals and online materials. I have a strong academic background spanning the physical sciences and theology. In addition to working on general fiction and non-fiction, I specialise in astronomy, physics, cultural studies, religious studies, theology and philosophy.

Recent clients include Berg Publishers, Birlinn, Lion Hudson, Oxford University Press, SCM-Canterbury Press and TFInforma.

Merle Read –

SfEP category: Advanced
Address: GLASGOW G20
Mobile: 0775 115 6297

I provide editorial services, mainly copy-editing, to publishers of academic, general reference and other non-fiction books, articles and online material. Specialist areas include history, Russian and Greek. Online skills include website editing and proofreading, HTML coding and PDF markup. More about Merle

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Abi Saffrey –

SfEP category: Ordinary
Address: 11 Crown Gardens, Glasgow G12 9HL
Phone: 0141 334 0803 (eves/weekends)
Mobile: 0790 352 3165
Web address: http://abirobertsoneditorial.googlepages.com

I offer freelance copy-editing (on paper and on screen) and proofreading services, with the following specialisms: travel, sociology, linguistics, education, economics and politics. I have undertaken formal copy-editing, proofreading and grammar training through the SfEP.

Following a BA (Hons) in Languages and Linguistics, I began my editorial career with a financial information company, then moved to Continuum (working on linguistics and education titles). In 2003 I joined D&B's Country Risk Services publications team, where I copy-edited complex economic and political material, often from authors who had English as a second (in some cases third) language.

I am currently Publishing Manager at Learning and Teaching Scotland. This role consists of editorial and translation project management, as well as the copy-editing and proofreading of website text, newsletters and teacher/student support materials. I am confident and proficient in Microsoft Word, and have experience of working with online content management software.

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