Honorary president: Judith Butcher Honorary vice-president: David Crystal OBE
SfEP recommended reference books
General editing reference
Butcher's Copy-editing: The Cambridge handbook for editors, copy-editors and proofreaders by Judith Butcher, Caroline Drake and Maureen Leach (Cambridge University Press, 4th ed. 2006)
Our bible, the eponymous masterpiece of our honorary president.
Both now out of print
Basic Editing: Text and exercises by Nicola Harris (Publishing Training Centre, 1991)
Two volumes, previously the basis of the PTC distance-learning course and so a little out of date, but their instruction and exercises are still rigorous. Unfortunately, they are now out of print; try second-hand bookshops or online.
Editorial Project Management, with exercises and model answers by Barbara Horn (Horn Editorial Books, 2006)
Based on SfEP member Barbara Horn's distance-learning course for Publishing Training Centre.
Comprises the New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors and New Hart's Rules and the New Oxford Spelling Dictionary. OUP gives a discount to SfEP members and associates for the pack or for each individual book. Instructions for this are in the Members' area