My work.

Magazines.

I have enjoyed working (full-time and freelance) as a magazine sub-editor and writer since the early 2000s, including for major publishers Future, Immediate Media, OurMedia and Anthem Publishing.

Here are some titles I have worked on:

  • Connect (council magazine for residents of Bath & North East Somerset)

  • Computer Arts

  • Garden Design Journal

  • Cycling Plus

  • Guitarist

  • Lead (publication for leaders who are members of the National Education Union (NEU), published by JPM)

  • Live Well

  • MacFormat

  • Mindful Woman

  • Mollie Makes (including launch)

  • MS Matters (membership publication for the Multiple Sclerosis Society, published by JPM)

  • Osteoporosis News (membership publication for the Royal Osteoporosis Society, published by JPM)

  • Paint & Draw (including launch)

  • Papercraft Inspirations

  • PC Format

  • Project Calm

  • Rhythm

  • Science+Nature

  • Simply Christmas

  • Simply Crochet

  • Simply Knitting

  • Simply Vegan

  • The Knitter

  • The Simple Things (including launch)

  • The Week Junior

  • Total Film

  • Total Guitar

  • Today’s Quilter

  • Vegan Food & Living

 

Books.

From pitch to publication, I find the work involved in creating books incredibly rewarding. I enjoyed several years with Footprint Handbooks where I worked on the South American Handbook as well as many other titles. Over the past two decades I have also edited and advised on manuscripts and book proposals for individual clients.

I particularly enjoy working with published and unpublished fiction writers, and provide manuscript assessment and editing services.

I also work as a sensitivity reader, proofreader and copy editor for individual authors as well as major book publishers including Hachette.

 
 

Businesses
& websites.

My work includes collaborating with businesses and organisations to provide clear concise copy for promotional material. Clients have included:

  • A Yarn Story

  • Bath Film Festival

  • Hide & Hammer

  • Walcot Yarns

  • Wild & Wolf

  • West Yorkshire Spinners

I also contribute to websites writing, editing and advising on content. Clients include:

 
 
 

Teaching.

I am a Teaching Fellow in Publishing at Bath Spa University and have a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

I teach across several Publishing and Journalism modules, including:

  • Introduction to Publishing

  • Introduction to Editing & Production

  • The Editor

  • The Magazine Business

  • Digital Storytelling

I also work with individuals of all ages and abilities, supporting them with their writing and editing skills (fiction and non-fiction). I hold 1:1 in-person sessions in the Bath/Bristol area, and 1:1 online sessions with clients worldwide. If you would like to find out more, please drop me a line at davina.editorial@gmail.com