Mr Robert Holden

Phone
+353871364219
Organisation
Draftproof Editing
Job title
Non-fiction editor and proofreader
Membership Grade
Professional Member

About Robert

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Are you interested in social policy, linguistics, religion/ theology, development or education? Well, so am I! Among many other topics in the realm of humanities and social sciences. I also work with research reports, narrative non-fiction and memoir.

Media

Books, Multi-author books, Illustrated books, Educational materials, Grant proposals, Theses and dissertations, Distance-learning materials, PowerPoint presentations

In-house and freelance experience

Freelance since 2021

Training

Non-fiction Development Editing (CIEP) –2023

Word Styles and Templates for PC (Cadman Training) – 2023

Copyediting 2: Headway (CIEP) – 2022

Copyediting 1: Introduction (CIEP) – 2021

Becoming a Proofreader (Proofreading Academy/Knowadays) – 2021

Clients I have worked for within the past three years

Cambridge University Press (via Straive), Bristol University Press (via Newgen), Oxford University Press, Envelope Books, O'Hanlon Media, UCL Press (via Bourchier), Dublin Business School

Subjects

Religious studies/theology (Christianity, evangelical, comparative, Bible, theology, pastoral), language (linguistics, applied linguistics, English language teaching/ELT), education (pre-school/early years, theory and research), politics (current affairs, international development), English literature, philosophy (epistemology, philosophy of religion), social sciences (social policy, charities)

Qualifications and Awards

MA English Language and Literature

Postgraduate Diploma English Language and Literature

MEI/RELSA Certificate in TEFL

Testimonials

Tremendous work. You clearly proved the value of hiring a copyeditor!'

NGO Director – Washington, DC

I was impressed by the work Robert did in proofreading my book. He has an eye for detail which picked up things I overlooked. He has an excellent appreciation of the English language and can identify better ways to express things accurately and succinctly. I highly recommend his work.

Graeme Wylie, author of But God Sent an Angel

I am grateful for Robert’s professionalism and meticulous work on my book. Highly recommended!

Wan-Chuan Kao, author of White before Whiteness in the Late Middle Ages

Robert was superbly professional, efficient and considerate, especially with regards to regularly checking in and accommodating some shifting timelines on our part. A very comprehensive piece of work, and quickly turned around given the time available and the size of the project. The Style Sheet prepared was clear and useful, and we will try to deploy it for other projects.

Grant Goodwin – Dublin Business School



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