Editing 

I have worked as an editor, copy-editor and proofreader for more than a decade. Although particularly interested in history and archaeology, I have worked across a wide range of subjects for traditional publishers as well as independent authors. At present, I work primarily on academic books, articles and PhDs. I also provide indexes and can be contacted at l.fentonpublishing@gmail.com.

Testimonials:

Yaacov Nir, author of Immigration to Palestine During the British Mandate, 1922-1948: 'Sincere appreciation is extended to Laurence Fenton who edited and proofread the book, and much improved its structure as well as its language.'

Dr Giulia Magazzu, "Gabriele d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy: 'Thank you for your very fast and excellent work.'

Prof Juri Engelbrecht, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia: 'I would like to acknowledge the excellent help from Laurence Fenton on the style and English grammar of the manuscript.'

Dr M. Dan Georgescu, University of Calgary, Canada: 'The proofreading process is professional, of high quality, in perfect timing, and all at an excellent price. After the first proofread manuscript, I realized immediately that I found the proofreader with whom to collaborate over a long time. Five stars without hesitation!'

Dr Besmir Fidahic, author of Linguistic Justice at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: 'It has been a pleasure to work with Laurence on both my book and academic articles. The proofreading is high-quality and the communication with the author is very clear.'

Dr Olusola Ogunnubi, University of the Free State, South Africa and Samuel Oyewole, Federal University, Nigeria: 'We must sincerely thank you for coming to our rescue to provide an excellent editorial assistance. The proofreading we received from you was timely and thorough. We look forward to sending you more manuscripts for editorial assistance in the future.'

Dr Shun-Ping Chen, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany: 'It was a great pleasure to work with you. I am deeply impressed. Thank you again.'

Examples of work:

Editing: 
Marcus Connaughton, Rory Gallagher: His Life and Times (The Collins Press, 2012)

Substantive Copy-Editing: 
Ed Walsh, Upstart: Friends, Foes and Founding a University (The Collins Press, 2011)
Gerard Hanberry, More Lives Than One: The Remarkable Wilde Family Through the Generations (The Collins Press, 2011)

Copy-Editing: 
Ailsa Cox, Writing Short Stories: A Routledge Writer’s Guide (3rd ed.) (Routledge, forthcoming 2025)
Pat Power, The Arklow Question: Street Preaching and Sectarianism in 19th-Century Wicklow (Wicklow County Council, forthcoming 2025)
Dan Zahavi, Phenomenology: The Basics (2nd ed.) (Routledge, forthcoming 2025)
Michael M. Chemers and Analola Santana (eds.), The Figure of the Monster in Global Theatre: Further Readings on the Aesthetics of Disqualification (Routledge, 2024)
Diana Espirito Santo, UFOs, the Absurd, and the Limit of Anthropological Knowledge: Imagining the Impossible in Chile (Routledge, 2024)
Andrius Kasparas, Transforming PR: Public Relations to People Relations (Routledge, 2024)
Wendy Garnham and Paolo Oprandi (eds.), Outdoor Learning in Higher Education: Educating Beyond the Seminar Room (Routledge, 2024)
Dominic Price, The Flame and the Candle: War in Mayo, 1919-1924 (The Collins Press, 2012)
Hugh Carthy, Burren Archaeology: A Tour Guide (The Collins Press, 2011)
Niall Mac Coitir, Ireland's Animals: Myths, Legends and Folklore (The Collins Press, 2010)

Proofreading: 
Ziauddin Sardar, Three Begums: The Women Who Shaped My Life (Hurst, forthcoming 2025)
Diana T. Kudaibergen, What Does It Mean to Be Kazakhstani? Power, Identity and Nation-Building (Hurst, forthcoming 2025)
Roslan Abd Shukor, Einstein in Malaya (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2024)
Emma Pasquali, Early Modern English Trials: Pragmatic Influences on Thou and You (Paolo Loffredo Editore, 2023)
Tonny Kirabia, NGOs Impact on Transitional Justice: The Cases of Uganda and Myanmar in Perspective (PhD, University of Portsmouth, 2023)
Tina Byrom and Jackie Cawkwell (eds), The Teaching and Learning Challenges of 21st-Century Higher Education: Prioritising Pedagogy (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023)
Sol Raulson, Debunking Myths About Terrorism (Kindle Edition, 2023)
Ramón Serrano, An Introductory Course on Molecular Biology (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023)
Oleg Timofeyev, The Seven-String Guitar in Russia: Its Origins, Repertoire and Performance Practice, 1800-1850 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023)
Luca Buffa, Intangible Squared: Digital Marketing for the Hospitality and Service Industry (Luca Buffa, 2022)
Erland G. Kolomyts, Experimental Geographical Ecology: Problems and Methods (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022)
Giulia Magazzu, Dealing With Multilingualism in TV Series: A Descriptive and Multimodal Analysis (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022)
Meddour Belkacem, Fatigue of Materials: Courses and Exercises (LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2022)
D. Radhakrishna Reddy and Y. Aditya, Introduction to General Relativity, Cosmology and Alternative Theories of Gravitation (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022)
Stamatia Gerothanasi, A Multimodal Approach to the Study of Opera in Aribert Reimann's Medea (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022)
Boris A. Kolesov, An Introduction to Ramen Spectroscopy (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022)
Belkacem Meziane, From Nonlinear Dynamics to Trigonometry's Magic: A Definite Vision of the Lorenz Equations (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022)
Emmanuel Nartey, Accountability and Corporate Human Rights Violations in Tort and International Law (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021)
Yaacov Nir, Immigration to Palestine during the British Mandate, 1922-1948 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021)
M. Dan Georgescu, Introduction to Microfossil Biostratigraphy (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021)
Angela Sileo (ed.), Audiovisual Translation as Trans-Creation: A Collection of Essays (UniversItalia, 2021)
Juri Engelbrecht, Complexity in Social Systems and Academies (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021)
Michaela Praisler and Oana-Celia Gheorghiu (eds), The Odyssey of Communism: Visual Narratives, Memory and Culture (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021)
Osvaldo Agamennoni, Our Self-Organized Brains: A Systemic View of Human and Social Learning (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021)
Edoardo Villata, 1478, a Year in Leonardo da Vinci's Career (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021)
Besmir Fidahic, Linguistic Justice at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020)
M. Dan Georgescu, A Monographic Study and Atlas of Late Cretaceous Planktic Foraminifera, Part 1 Globotruncanids (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2020)
Shun-Ping Chen, Fundamentals of Information and Communication Technologies (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020)
Giulia Magazzu, Valentina Rossi and Angela Sileo (eds), Reception Studies and Adaptation: A Focus on Italy (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020)
Mike Cronin, Doesn't Time Fly? Aer Lingus - Its History (The Collins Press, 2011)