Events calendar

This virtual learning course is ideal for you if you're thinking about a career in proofreading, you've been working as a proofreader for a while but without any formal training, or your job involves some proofreading and you would like to understand this part of your role better. Weekly sessions will take place from 10am to 12.30pm (BST).

If you work with words and want to learn about how professional editors and proofreaders can elevate your writing, make your messages clearer, protect your reputation and credibility, or even make sure that cake recipe you're including in your debut cookbook doesn't result in disaster, you don't want to miss out on this free webinar taking place on 16 July from 2.00 to 3.00pm BST. This one-hour session is designed for writers, academics, business owners, bid writers, students, content creators...and anyone who works with words but isn't quite sure what editors and proofreaders do or how they can support the writing and publishing process of any piece of text. 

If you’re an editor who enjoys cooking and wants to find out how you can combine your two passions, or you’re interested in finding out more about a branch of editing you’ve not previously considered, this webinar, taking place on 14 August from 2 to 3pm BST, is for you.

Join us on 28 August from 2-3.30pm BST for another chance to join a live copyediting exercise event. Presented by Jane Hammett - experienced proofreader, copyeditor, CIEP tutor and producer of the CIEP level two copyediting exercise, A Gypsy Secret - this interactive event provides attendees with the opportunity to learn not only from an expert editorial professional, but also from each other. 

Join us on 11 September from 2.00 to 3.00pm BST to hear from Katherine Morton as she shares her tips for increasing copyediting productivity. During the session, Katherine will outline acceptable copyediting productivity rates, illustrate how to measure your productivity, and provide her top 10 tips for increasing your productivity.

This course is for you if you're thinking about a career in copyediting, if you've been working as an editor for a while but without any formal training, or if you'd like to find out about how to move from proofreading to copyediting. Weekly sessions will take place from 1.30 to 3.30pm (BST/GMT).

This course is designed for fiction editors who are looking to diversify their existing services and offer coaching to authors and clients. Delivered over four live, weekly sessions, the course aims to help you understand what coaching is, how you can adapt approaches to coaching to suit your way of working, and how you can introduce coaching for fiction authors to your services. Weekly sessions will take place from 2.30-4pm BST from Wednesday 8 to Wednesday 22 October and 2.30-4pm GMT on Wednesday 29 October.

Developmental editing involves evaluating how well everything hangs together across the whole of a text to help the author deliver their message as clearly and effectively as possible. In fiction, the focus is on narrative craft and style or ‘voice’, ensuring cohesion across these in draft texts. This course is suitable for editors who are interested in introducing fiction developmental editing to their services. Weekly sessions will take place from 2.00 to 4.00pm (BST/GMT).

This virtual learning course, delivered over four live webinars, including opportunities for delegates to learn from both their tutor and their peers, explores best practices which can be applied to editing to ensure professionals are able to produce the best possible publication in the time available to them. Weekly sessions will take place from 3.00 to 5.00pm (BST/GMT).