Karen Cox

About me

I am a freelance copyeditor and proofreader specialising in music and humanities, but am happy to work on a wide variety of subjects.

Services

• Copyediting (on-screen and hard copy)
• Proofreading (on-screen and hard copy)

Experience

• Professional Member of the CIEP

Qualifications and awards

• PTC Basic Proofreading (Merit)
• CIEP Proofreading and Editing Music
• BA (Hons) in music
• LTCL (teaching piano and theory of music)
• CT ABRSM

Recent clients

• Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• codeMantra (Routledge)
• Wordcatcher Publishing
• PhD and Masters students from Cardiff University, Royal Academy of Music, Trinity Laban and Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Zurich)
• Septura chamber brass ensemble
• City of Cardiff Symphony Orchestra

Testimonials

Having worked with a wide variety of freelance proofreaders in my 7 years working in the publishing industry, I personally would have no reservations in recommending Karen’s work which was of high standard.

Commissioning editor, Taylor & Francis

Karen was recommended to me to proofread my PhD thesis and I couldn’t be happier with the outcome. Karen was extremely diligent with the task in hand, always happy to answer my many, many questions, and completed the job within schedule and to a standard I could never have achieved alone. In fact, her devotion to the work went far beyond the words themselves; her seemingly encyclopaedic knowledge of all things written aided me in producing a beautifully presented thesis which was attractive to look at and as clear and well articulated as possible! I cannot recommend her highly enough. Thank you, Karen!

Matthew Bromley, PhD candidate, Cardiff