Ideas on Fire: Collaborative Editing for Bold Scholarship

Ideas on Fire is an academic editing and publishing agency supporting bold, interdisciplinary scholarship across the humanities and social sciences.

Founded by Dr. Cathy Hannabach in 2009, Ideas on Fire brings together experienced developmental editors, copyeditors, proofreaders, indexers, and project managers to help authors, publishers, research institutes, museums, and community organizations bring ambitious scholarship into the world.

Our editorial teams work on books, journals, articles, and public projects that reshape conversations about power, history, inequality, culture, and social change. We approach editing as an intellectually engaged, collaborative practice—one grounded in critical generosity, deep subject expertise, and a commitment to helping authors realize their vision in the contemporary (and often shifting) publishing landscape.

We believe excellent editorial work depends on the relationships, structures, and professional communities that make meaningful collaboration possible.

That's why we're delighted to sponsor the inaugural International Conference of Advanced Editorial Professionals and support a space where experienced editors can share knowledge, build connections, and imagine what's next for the profession.

Learn more about our work, our editorial approach, and our team at ideasonfire.net.