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The SfEP review of books
Here you will find all the reviews that have appeared in the SfEP magazine Editing Matters from January 2007 – and many more we didn't have room for. The reviews appearing in the latest issue of Editing Matters will always find their way into this section within two months.
The reviewers – all members of the SfEP – have many years of editorial experience under their collective belt plus, in many cases, specialist knowledge.
Latest reviews
Editors in Conversation, edited by Kerry Biram, Diane Brown and Jenny Craig (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2007)
Reviewed by Nic Walker: 'Whether this collection of pen-portraits will have an international appeal is, of course, doubtful …'
Getting the Point: A panic-free guide to English punctuation for adults by Jenny Haddon and Elizabeth Hawksley (Floris Books, 2006))
Reviewed by Claire Trocmé: 'In this edition, there are serious blemishes that should not have found their way into print …'
A History of British Publishing by John Feather (Routledge, 2nd ed. 2006)
Reviewed by by Gillian Clarke: 'The writing style is fluent and easy to read (apart from my quibble about many instances of ‘which’ that should have been ‘that’).'
Making Word Work for You: An editor’s intro to the tool of the trade by Hilary Powers (Editorial Freelancers Association, 2007)
Reviewed by Michèle Clarke: 'There are several nuggets for those of us who appreciate having light-bulb moments …'
Punctuation..? by Thomas Bohm (self-published)
Reviewed by Michèle Clarke: '[This] will have all you should need on a bad punctuation day.'
Past reviews
