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Published: 09 September 2017 09 September 2017

After many years as a retail buyer and manager in the heritage sector, I was ready for a change and decided to retrain as a proofreader. As well as working with the written word every day, I liked the idea of being my own boss and working from home.

I discovered reading as a small child and have never looked back. In my spare time I write book reviews for Rosie Amber’s Book Review Team and NetGalley. I find this helps me understand the writing process; I struggle with a three-hundred-word review, so can appreciate just what is involved in finishing a book.

I trained with the Publishing Training Centre, and passed their Basic Proofreading distance learning course with merit. I followed this up by studying with the CIEP (Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading), completing Proofreading 2 and their Mentoring scheme.

I graduated from Glasgow University with an MA in History of Art and French. I would be happy to work on most subjects, but areas of special interest are:

• Art and architecture
• History
• English literature
• Music
• Popular culture
• Fiction
• Cooking
• Knitting
• Sewing and crafts