Dr Erin Wiegand | Nonfiction & Academic Book Editor / Publishing Consultant
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- [email protected]
- Membership Grade
- Advanced Professional Member
About Erin
I’m a skilled editor with over twenty years of experience, including twelve years of in-house experience at nonfiction trade and academic presses in the US and UK (see below for details). As a freelancer, I’ve most enjoyed working with small-press and independent publishers; subject experts who want to distill their knowledge into a book; and early- and mid-career scholars, especially those struggling with writing persuasively and fluidly in English.
I am available for
- Developmental and structural editing
- Copy editing and line editing
- Collaborative writing projects
- Book proposal editing and submission support
- Permissions research and tracking support
- Lectures / workshops on book publishing (for PhD students and early-career academics)
For publishers, I can additionally provide
- Project management
- Copy writing (catalogue copy, TI/AI sheets)
- Metadata management (creating tagging systems, updating categories for back catalogue)
I bring strong ethical values to my work and am always attentive to issues of unconscious bias and potentially exclusionary language. I provide careful, kind, and constructive feedback, and I have extensive experience working with first-time authors.
I am well versed in The Chicago Manual of Style and New Hart’s Rules (Oxford style), and I can easily switch between different spelling, punctuation and style systems. I have completed the Professional Sequence in Editing at UC Berkeley Extension, including advanced coursework in substantive editing, and I’m committed to ongoing professional development.
I have a PhD in film studies, and I continue to pursue my own research and publishing projects alongside my editing work. I’m also a member of the collectively run Star & Shadow Cinema, where I’ve programmed films and other events since 2018.
SUBJECT EXPERIENCE
activism and social movements; animal studies; anthropology (visual anthropology, ethnography, subculture, tourist studies); Buddhist studies; comparative religions; cultural studies; disability studies; environmental studies (ecology, sustainability, degrowth); gender and sexuality (feminist studies, queer and trans studies, polyamory and nonmonogamies, sex work); film and TV studies (film history, film theory, audience studies, documentary, porn studies, horror film, genre, film exhibition, industry studies); history; humanities; magic, esoteric and occult studies; martial arts (history, philosophy, and practices); media studies; mind-body-spirit (spirituality, personal growth); postcolonialism / anticolonialism; psychology (somatic psychology, trauma, autism and neurodivergence); racism / antiracism; radical-left studies (anarchism, antifascism, socialism, communism); self-help; social sciences; vegan cooking and ethics; yoga (philosophy and practice)
PUBLISHERS I'VE WORKED FOR
Commissioning / acquisitions: Palgrave Macmillan, Pelagic Publishing, North Atlantic Books
Production editorial / project management: North Atlantic Books, Manchester University Press, Goldsmiths Press, Practical Inspiration Publishing
Developmental editing, line editing, copy editing: Thornapple Press, Parallax Press, North Atlantic Books, JCMS Teaching Dossier (online journal)
Copy writing and metadata management: North Atlantic Books, Pelagic Publishing, Headpress, University of Minnesota Press
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The CIEP Directory of Editorial Services should be considered a point of first contact and prospective clients must satisfy themselves that members are capable of the work on offer. The Institute cannot be held responsible for the quality of work provided by any member listed in the directory. The members themselves are responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of their entries in the Directory and the CIEP has not made any attempt to vet them. The institute cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies in the Directory. Inclusion in the Directory as a freelance does not necessarily mean that the member is self-employed as defined by HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions.