I am an experienced proofreader working mainly on scholarly and academic texts.
I am an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.
Subject areas
some of my specialist areas:
Classical civilisation
Greek and Latin language and literature
Greek and Roman history
Landscape history
Language
Library and information studies
Social sciences
Theology
Qualifications
MA (Oxford) Classics
MA (UCL) Library and Information Studies
SfEP* Accreditation in Proofreading
Training courses
PTC Basic Proofreading
SfEP Proofreading for Accreditation
PTC Digital Proofreading
PTC Successful Editorial Freelancing
SfEP Introduction to Copy-Editing
PTC Copy-Editing
CIEP Word for Practical Editing
CIEP Plain English for Editors
*The SfEP became the CIEP in March 2020
Recent work
Biblical Voices (University of Chester Press)
The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of John Cleland (Cambridge University Press)
Shakespeare is Hard, but so is Life (Whitefox/Head of Zeus)
Cretan Hieroglyphic (Cambridge University Press)
Puffballs (University of Chester Press)
Bloomsbury, Belsen, Oxford. Janet Vaughan – Medical Pioneer (University of Chester Press)
Practical Tips for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries (Facet Publishing)
Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, Vol. 3: Numbers (IVP)
Anonymus Iamblichi (Cambridge University Press)
Boy Jesus (SPCK)
Passages of Time (University of Chester Press)
The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius (Cambridge University Press)
Social Media in Healthcare Information (Facet Publishing)
Cyril of Alexandria. Against Julian (Cambridge University Press)
The Wars of the Roses (Cambridge University Press)
Recent clients
Cambridge University Press
Facet Publishing
University of Chester Press
Oxford University Press
Whitefox
Oxford Scholarly Editions Online
Contact me by email: h.hughes@sfep.net
Or see my CIEP Directory entry