Register of freelance publishing services: AB
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Susan Addison
Alex Averi
Jennifer Beale
Bee Correct (Karen MacKay)
Belinda Begley
Biotext (Meg Heaslop)
Roberta Blake
Helena Bond
Bookmark Publishing (Carol Campbell)
Barbara Bowden
Jacqueline Brooks
Moira Brown
Susan Addison
93 McCaul Street
Taringa Qld 4068
Tel: 07 3871 1042
Fax: 07 3871 1044
Email: addiss@ozemail.com.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Editing of non-fiction, reports and theses; conversion of documents to plain English.
Experience: Journalist in Brisbane, London, PNG, 1970-82; self-employed editor, journalist and writer in Brisbane since 1983; editor of Queensland Law Society’s monthly magazine, Proctor, 1985–93; editor-in-residence for Griffith University postgraduate students since 1995.
Other relevant experience: Teaches in Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing course at USQ. Conducts workshops in professional written communication and academic writing. Co-author of A Good Plain Cook: An Edible History of Queensland published by Queensland Museum, 1999; author of collection of short stories published by UQP in 2001.
Qualifications: BA, Dip Journalism, LLB.
Special skills: Believes dialogue between editor and writer achieves better results than ‘invisible editing’.
Alex Averi
109/391 Belmont Road
Belmont
Qld 4153
Tel: 07 3890 5658
Mobile: 0413 748 286
Email: alexaveri@netspace.net.au
Availability: Full- or part-time.
Services offered: Proofreading, editing, writing.
Special interests: Small business communications, arts, marketing.
Experience: Proofreading theatre programs and general business communications, writing promotional documents.
Other relevant experience: Freelance musician with arts background; sales and marketing career background.
Qualifications: BA (1979), MA (Writing, Editing, Publishing) (UQ, 2006), JP (Qual).
Special skills: Strong skills in MS Word, studies in French and German language.
Jennifer Beale
17 Norinda Street
Sunnybank Qld 4109
Tel: 07 3345 4353
ABN: 89 803 794 917
Availability: Full-time.
Services offered: Editing, newsletters, project management, proofreading, research, writing.
Special interests: Academic writing, history (family and local), reference books, theses.
Experience: Academic journals, academic writing and thesis preparation, bibliographies and reference lists in designated styles, copyediting, family and local history, music research, project management, proofreading.
Qualifications: MA (Musicology), MLS, BEdSt, Teaching Certificates (Primary, Music), Dip Ed Pub (TAFE).
Special skills: Editing English writing by authors whose first language is not English.
Bee Correct (Karen MacKay)
8 Marlane Crt
Springwood Qld 4127
Tel: 07 3208 7379
Fax: 07 3208 7379
Mobile: 0403 771 183
ABN: 29 597 409 596
Availability: Part-time (up to 20 hrs/week, negotiable).
Services offered: Editing, magazines, newsletters, proofreading, research, writing.
Special interests: Annual/business reports, biography, educational books (any educational texts), fiction, history, technical material.
Experience: Published writer (short stories and articles). Copy editing and proofreading (fiction - novels, non-fiction book, newsletters, articles). References available.
Qualifications: Dip. Teaching (Primary); Graduate Dip. Spec. Ed.; B. Ed.; Advanced Certificate Editing & Proofreading.
Belinda Begley
PO Box 124
Petrie Qld 4502
Tel: 07 3285 1564
Email: begleys@pacific.net.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Desktop publishing, editing, indexing, proofreading, research, writing.
Special interests: Educational books and materials (tertiary and above), electronic and Internet publishing, legal materials, reference books.
Experience: Legal Editor for Queensland Law Society Inc. since 1999 using editing, desktop publishing (PageMaker), research and writing skills to update Practice Manuals, Precedent Manuals and legal education materials. Writer of post-graduate legal education materials for College of Law and of under-graduate legal education materials for courses at University of Canberra and Kelly Business College. Creator of electronic self-paced learning product for Queensland Law Society Inc. Adviser on publication issues to Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management (Qld). Editor of general literature. Law lecturer at College of Law, University of Canberra, Queensland Law Society Inc., Kelly Business College and tutor at Queensland University of Technology. More than 20 years in private, government and corporate legal practice in Australia and overseas.
Qualifications: LLB (Melb), MEdPub (USQ).
Special skills: Extensive experience in legal practice, happy to work in either print or electronic media.
Biotext (Meg Heaslop)
14 Horan Street
West End Qld 4101
Tel: 07 3844 4004
Mobile: 0418 730 942
Fax: 07 3846 7144
Email: meg.heaslop@biotext.com.au
Web site: http://www.biotext.com.au
Availability: Full-time.
Services offered: Science research, writing and editing (substantive and copyediting).
Special interests: Health, agriculture and the environment.
Experience: Biotext science information consultant (since March 2005).
Other relevant experience: Science writer for the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution, New Zealand (November 2004 to February 2005).
Qualifications: BSc, Graduate Certificate (Mol. Cell Biol.), BSocSci (Hons, Archaeology), Graduate Diploma (SciComm).
Special skills: Science communication (from original research through to copyediting and design management).
Roberta Blake
35 Wharf Street
Shorncliffe Qld 4017
Tel (home): 07 3869 2549
Tel (work): 07 3257 1176
Mobile: 0418 121 813
Email: rrblake@aapt.net.au
Availability: Full- or part-time
Services offered: Publishing advice, copy editing and structural editing, book design, design and layout, typesetting, project management, proofreading, research, writing.
Special interests: Academic and nonfiction publishing.
Experience: Over 20 years experience in the printing and publishing industries in various sectors, including newspaper production, design studios, tradehouses, diary publishing, legal transcription services, academic journals and books.
Qualifications: Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing & Editing), RMIT;
Graduate Diploma of Editing and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland
Special skills: Project management: ability to follow through production from concept to print and/or e-publication, including graphic design and typesetting; academic publishing.
Helena Bond
30 Sexton Street
Highgate Hill Qld 4101
Tel: 07 3255 1480
Fax: by arrangement
Email: me@HelenaBond.com
Web site: http://www.HelenaBond.com
Availability: Part-time (please enquire for more details).
Services offered: Editing, magazines, newsletters, proofreading, writing.
Special interests: Children’s books, computer skills, educational books (primary, tertiary and above), languages (French, Mandarin), marketing, reference books, technical how-to materials, web sites.
Experience: Editing since 1990. Experience in Australia, England and Taiwan with all kinds of non-fiction: books, business and government publications, CD-ROMs, web sites, periodicals and ephemera. Fiction editing since 2001. Editing, re-structuring, formatting, writing, and developing and delivering training.
Qualifications: BA (1989), Life Coaching (2001); Continuous Improvement and Innovation (2004)
Special skills: Flexible, adaptable and love working in partnership with writers and publishers. Strong on structural and substantive editing. MS Word power user.
Bookmark Publishing (Carol Campbell)
3/105 Alfred Street
Fortitude Valley Qld 4006
Tel: 07 3216 0777
Fax: 07 3852 4222
Email: carol@theindependent.com.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Editing, production supervision, project management, proofreading, research, writing.
Special interests: Educational books (primary, secondary, tertiary and above), fiction, history.
Experience: Sixteen years working for major educational publishers and government authorities. Co-publisher of local community paper The Independent.
Qualifications: DipT (primary); A-grade journalist.
Barbara Bowden
PO Box 5149
East Lismore NSW 2480
Tel: 02 6622 6066 (home), 02 6620 3326, (work)
Mobile:
0416 252 014
Fax: 02 6620 3282
Email: bjbowden@bigpond.com
Availability: Full time.
Services offered: Editorial, writing, research, indexing.
Experience: Editorial manager Southern Cross University Press; editor (casual) for various schools of SCU; book editor (academic, fiction, non-fiction), Web writing, Web editing, general freelance editing.
Other relevant experience: Editing newsletters, reports, business plans, theses.
Qualifications: BA (Media Communications), Dip Freelance Journalism.
Special skills: Theses to book format (environment, law, business, media, nursing, science, literature); policy documents; training manuals.
Jacqueline Brooks
Burleigh Heads Qld 4220
Email: brooksdownunder@bigpond.com
URL: http://www.jacquelinebrooks.com.au
Availability: Full-time
Services offered: Proofreading.
Special interests: Manuscripts, newsletters, business and personal publications.
Experience: Newsletter writing, editing, publication and distribution. Document and presentation editing and publication.
Qualifications: Diploma of Publishing (book editing, copy editing and proofreading).
Special skills: Newsletter production.
Moira Brown
5 Celeste Court, Wynnum West Qld 4178
Phone: (07) 3893 1252
Fax: (07) 3893 1252
Mobile: 0416 097 629
Email: brown5moira@yahoo.com.au
ABN: 74 471 263 689
Availability: Full-time
Services offered: Indexing (books, journals, annual reports, newsletters), editing, proofreading and research.
Special interests: Annual/business reports, the arts, biography, children’s books, educational books — primary, secondary, tertiary and above; fiction, history and reference books.
Experience: Created index for Saving Tax on Your Investment Property by Noel Whittaker & Julia Hartman (2008). Indexed 6 years Interface (Queensland Transport in-house journal) for Main Roads Department Library. Indexed two biographies (scientific/educational, aeronautical/wartime). Proofreading engineering thesis, secondary and tertiary level assignments. Six and a half years experience as Librarian with Queensland State Library in Archives, Reference, Cataloguing, Collections/Acquisitions. Twenty years in small business incorporating accounting, GST and customer service.
Qualifications: BA (JCU), majoring in Australian, South East Asian, European History, and Macro Economics; Basic and Intermediate Indexing courses through Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers; archival/family research in Queensland State Archives and John Oxley Library.