This directory lists professional editors who are members of the Canberra Society of Editors. Editors are listed in alphabetical order—once you find someone working in your subject area of interest, click on a name to go straight to the entry.
All full members of the society can ask for their names to be included in this register of freelance editors. The society can give no guarantee that a particular editor will be suitable for a particular task.
List of editors
| Name | Subject areas |
|---|---|
| Beth Battrick | Natural and social sciences, humanities, legislation, promotional material, and government and public sector administration. |
| Chris Belcher | Government; annual reports, technology, governance, emergency response and management, business and corporate human resources. |
| Andrew Bell | All scientific fields, from physics, through the environment, to biology |
| Edwin Briggs | Information Technology, fitness, government, theatre and entertainment, annual reports |
| Susan Butler | International development and health (Asia), health, social sciences, food, environmentalism, Buddhism |
| Hilary Cadman | Science, particularly medical science, but also agriculture and the environment |
| Angela Cole | Christian content, parenting, humanities, social sciences, cross-cultural issues, education, music |
| Penny Cook | Natural resource management, science, health, education, heritage architecture, anthropology, PhD theses, tourism and food writing. |
| Rebecca Crannaford | Economics; English; government; history; law; management; politics; public policy; social sciences |
| Anne Cullinan | Science, health, medicine, engineering, environment, economics, financial services |
| Alan Cummine | Agriculture, forestry, environment, rural policy, natural resource management, energy conservation, any science and technical material aimed at a lay audience |
| Susan Cutsforth | Adult fiction, particularly popular genres. Children’s literature, young adult fiction and children’s picture books. Memoirs and autobiography. Short stories. |
| James Dixon | Science, human and animal health, government, international relations, history, palaeostudies |
| Aine Dowling | Business, non-profit sector |
| Ann Duffy | Defence, computing, health, annual reports, technology, economics, trade |
| David Evans-Smith | Government, business, taxation, rural, science and environment, staff/internal |
| Gil Garcon | Technical subjects: law, life sciences (environment, agriculture, fisheries, nutrition), program evaluation, defence, shipping, navigation. Pacific affairs; non-fiction |
| Dave Gardiner | Science, academic theses, natural resource management, climate change, aviation, legal, family history, biography, corporate reports, general non-fiction books |
| Frank Geurts | Academic, government, public policy, international affairs, politics, social sciences, Indigenous and cross cultural issues, health, community development, and employment (job applications and CVs) |
| Angela Grant | anthropology, Asian studies, business, communication, criminology, environment, finance, government, health, law, social justice |
| Eris Jane Harrison | Public administration, especially family and children’s policy, child protection and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs. Human resources policies and manuals. Social sciences. Theatre and entertainment. Ancient History. Fiction (any genre) and scripts (stage). Some basic French. |
| Belinda Henwood | Trade non-fiction (including history, cooking, health, biography), academic articles, journals, books and theses (social sciences and humanities), websites (environment, education, arts), government (quality management, environment) |
| Pamela Hewitt | Literary fiction, academic and educational, language studies and linguistics, humanities, women’s affairs, multicultural affairs |
| Georgina Hickey | Science, environment, culture, anthropology, art, general |
| Ed Highley | Agriculture, biology, the environment, general |
| Mike Holland | Government, medical and health, Indigenous affairs, foreign affairs, finance, science |
| David Keating | Broad range, including academic, government and legal, humanities and social sciences, health, education, science, medical, psychology |
| Keren Lavelle | Arts, biography, building, business, careers, cooking, environment, food, film, gardening, health, law, literature, politics, SE Asia, small business, new technology and travel |
| Merran Laver | medicine / health, science, food / nutrition, general |
| Cinden Lester | Government and private sector – e-government, record keeping, governance, business and consulting, IT and communications, law enforcement and policing, recruitment, cultural and arts, innovation, spatial information, health and medical, maritime security, environment and heritage, science, regional |
| Tas Luttrell | International trade, transport, science and technology, energy, economics, government, fiction and general non-fiction |
| Catriona Lyons | State and federal government, higher education, UNDP and UNICEF, engineering, renewable energies, water management, travel, aid, infrastructure, health, online socialising and cybersafety information, workplace health and wellbeing, risk management. |
| Natalie Maddalena | Fiction, academic texts (arts and humanities subjects), general. I specialise in fiction. |
| Claudia Marchesi | Management and business, education, social sciences, government, humanities |
| Sari Mattila | Humanities, social issues, child and youth issues, environment, health, education, change communication, brand implementation, government, annual reports, briefings |
| Maryanne McKay | Social sciences, political science, women, Indigenous Australia, regional development, international development, environment, health, creative arts. |
| Alexa McLaughlin | Actuarial science, administrative law, biography, community sector, economics, education (primary, secondary, adult), finance, folk music, health and medicine (alternative and mainstream), human resource management, personal computing, personal development, philosophy, politics, social justice, stat |
| Jeneen McLeod | Government, tax, health, Medicare, pharmacy, aged care, childcare, community services, rural/regional programs, heritage sites |
| Jill Miller | Ageing, art, East Asia (China and Japan), ESL, fiction, pets, social policy, women’s health |
| Jane Morrison | Aboriginal Affairs, environment, environmental law, health, government publications, heritage, international aid, non-fiction, Teaching of English as a Second Language (TESOL), Veterans’ Affairs |
| Elizabeth Manning Murphy | Academic, humanities, educational (tertiary), linguistics, psychology, business, public information |
| Ara Nalbandian | Arts (decorative, fine and liberal); humanities (including health, history, languages and linguistics); defence; education, especially ESL; environment; policy and public administration; hospitality, tourism and travel; multicultural affairs; law; library and information services; occupational healt |
| Kerie Newell | Multicultural affairs, occupational health and safety, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs, communications and communications law, international and local news, employment, education, workplace relations |
| Cathy Nicoll | Environment, resource management, primary industries, agriculture, science, planning, education, community, and a wide range of general and technical subject areas. |
| Jean Norman | Indexing, tecnhical writing (user documentation) |
| Louise Oliver | Social sciences, humanities, health, legal, political, transport |
| Carolyn Page | Government and public administration; business; agriculture and natural resource management; environment and natural sciences; education, employment and workplace relations; health; history; women's studies. |
| Michele Parsons | Environment, sustainability, heritage, the arts and agriculture |
| Leanne Pattison | Selection criteria responses; education, business and public service communication; academic and creative writing; English for people of non-English speaking backgrounds. |
| Maree Petersen | Public sector, tendering, defence, health, intelligence, policing, finance, engineering and procurement. |
| Chris Pirie | Public policy and administration, including environment, climate change, rural industries, community health, drug policy, criminology, administrative law, superannuation |
| Katie Poidomani | Humanities, fiction, children’s literature, business, communications and marketing, specialising in proofreading |
| Claire Reaburn | Humanities, social sciences, art history, educational publishing, academic theses, government, law, fiction |
| Sheridan Roberts | Analytical, statistical and financial content and documents; including both text and data editing |
| José Robertson | Art, communication, culture, education, eGovernment, environment, health, heritage, history, immigration, indigenous issues, web strategy |
| Kris Rodgers | Aboriginal & multicultural affairs, academic, admin.services/business, Asia/Pacific, education (tertiary), environment, govt info., health & welfare, humanities, legal info., loss & grief, social sciences |
| Michael Rolph | Medical and life sciences including molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology, immunology, clinical medicine and genetics. |
| Tristan Viscarra Rossel | Food, agriculture and natural resources |
| Janet Salisbury | Science and science policy: mainly biomedical, health, agriculture and environment; government, academic, NGOs |
| Lee-Ling Sim | Government, tax, agricultural, scientific and other technical subject areas |
| Connie Stamos | Public administration and policy; human rights; multicultural affairs; occupational health and safety; science and technology; international affairs; education; TESOL (Teaching English as a second language); linguistics; academic writing; art, poetry and music; translations (Greek/English) |
| Julie Stokes | Arts, Asia/Pacific, bibliography, biography, cooking, drugs, gardening, history, humanities, law, librarianship, politics and government, social sciences, tourism, town planning. |
| Helen Topor | Academic (social sciences), financial services, cultural tourism, corporate communication, management and business, security environment, adult education and training, humanities, natural history, child studies, social issues, horticulture. |
| An Van den Borre | Science and technical subjects: botany, zoology, ecology, environment, agriculture, forestry, horticulture, bioinformatics, biotechnology, molecular biology, information technology, process analysis, health and medical sciences. |
| Mary Webb | Biological sciences (including agricultural and environmental), general science, health, education, general (non-fiction) |
| Kim Wells | Forestry, ecology, catchment hydrology, energy analysis, rangeland management and other life sciences - with proven competence to edit much more broadly, in fact in any topic! |
| Damaris Wilson | Academic, art, biography, children’s fiction, fiction, food, gardening, language, military, music, poetry, theatre and travel |
| Virginia Wilton | Government and public administration, climate change, economics, energy, health, education, defence |
