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Episode 43: Denise Cowle and Louise Harnby

Editing savants and podcasters Denise Cowle and Louise Harnby join us for the next That Word Chat with Editor Mark Allen.

Cowle and Harnby have produced dozens of episodes of The Editing Podcast, a collection of tips, tools, and guidance on writing and editing.

Cowle is an editor and trainer based in Glasgow, Scotland. She specializes in nonfiction, particularly education and business, and edits for a variety of

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Denise Cowle

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Louise Harnby

global publishers, companies, and organizations.

She is a member of ACES: The Society for Editing,  BookMachine, and ELT Publishing Professionals, and she is an advanced professional member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP). She has served as the CIEP’s marketing director since her election in 2017.

Cowle teaches proofreading and marketing for Publishing Scotland and the CIEP and has recently launched her first online course. She has spoken at events hosted by ELT Publishing Professionals, the Society of Young Publishers, the Alliance of Independent Authors, and the CIEP. 

Harnby is a fiction editor, writer, and trainer based in Norwich, England. She specializes in line editing for independent crime, thriller, and mystery

 

writers. She is a partner member of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), a member of ACES, and an advanced professional member of CIEP. In 2020, she was elected as the CIEP’s communications director.  

 

Harnby has curated The Editing Blog since 2012. She has also written twelve books and ten courses that help editors develop their fiction-editing craft and business skills.

 

She was a keynote speaker at the 2019 Editorial Freelancers Association conference and has spoken at events hosted by the CIEP, Society of Authors, Editors Queensland, and ALLi.

 

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