Amy Matthewson

Bespoke Editor

Please get in touch by email: a.matthewson@bham.ac.uk

10+ years of experience

Receive on time

Fast work turnaround

Services

I offer a range of editing services to suit your needs from identifying spelling and grammar errors to checking overall style and argument.

Work with Me

I have years of editing experience. Let’s work together on your project and bring out your best voice to ensure your message is clearly and cohesively communicated to your audience.

Testimonials

Finding Amy Matthewson was our great good luck. She was able to edit these two cumbersome manuscripts with expertise, reliability, speed, and good cheer. Her own educational background (PhD in History, SOAS) and her many years of copyediting allowed her to navigate easily the variety of Chinese and Japanese characters and romanized spelling, not to mention European language names and titles of books.

Susan Blader

Associate Professor Emeritus of Asian & Middle Eastern Languages & Literatures

“It was a pleasure to work with Amy on a co-edited academic volume.  Amy was always reliable, efficient and thoughtful – and she provided detailed copy editing and constructive feedback on the various chapters. Her input really improved our publication. I would recommend her highly.”

Louise Tythacott

Professor of Curating and Museology at SOAS, University of London

“I have been using Amy’s services for proofreading and editing of my academic papers for several years now.  She is reliable, very understanding of sudden deadlines, and often points out details I overlook.  My work always improves after her involvement.”

Josepha Richard

Courtauld Institute of Art

“Amy is a fantastic editor: conscientious, punctual, and detail driven. Her feedback is always clear and constructive, and above all, she is a joy to work with. I would highly recommend her.”

Angela Cheung

Writer and Researcher

“I do a lot of writing and most of it is of a casual nature. However, when myself or one of my clients have a project that requires perfect English, there is no other editor I trust more than Amy. She is head and shoulders above anyone else in her field and I can enthusiastically endorse her services.”

Eric Haaranen

SEO, PPC and Online Lead Generation

“To edit Asia Collections outside Asia, a volume with thirteen contributions, each from a different author, was never going to be an entirely easy task. However, thanks to Amy’s assistance, the whole process has been much smoother than expected. She is efficient and reliable, completing exactly what is required well within the deadlines. Her corrections are accurate and clear. I also greatly appreciated her insightful comments, which always helped improve the content. Undoubtedly, I look forward to working with her again.”

Iside Carbone

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI)

“I’ve worked with Amy on academic and non-fiction projects and her feedback is always invaluable.  Her approach is thorough, clear and professional.  She manages to provide critical criticisms in a constructive and encouraging manner.  She is just wonderful to work with!”

Yen Ooi

Writer-Researcher, Royal Holloway, University of London

“Amy Matthewson has worked for us at Paper Republic both on a paid and a voluntary basis. Paper Republic is a registered charity promoting Chinese literature in translation, and Amy has made a huge contribution, doing social media and editing work. She has been both generous and efficient … we could not have done without her.”

Nicky Harman

Literary Translator

“I regularly send complex and misformatted documents for Amy’s help and editing. She reacts very quickly to my requests and sends back perfect papers. She is a pleasure to work with and very reliable.”

Ben Beaumont, FRICS, FCIArb, FHKIA

Chairman of FICA, Barrister at Garden Court Chambers

“Amy showed a great example of professionalism when I worked with her. She is insightful, accurate, thorough and very responsible. I was also very impressed with her efficiency. I highly recommend working with her.”

Janice Tsai

Taipei, Taiwan

“Amy has worked with me on a number of projects – from checking and editing database records at the British Museum to editing and proof-reading academic publications. She fully engages with the task, is organised, efficient, accurate and fast, works to the plan and keeps to deadlines. A superb communicator, she is a pleasure to work with.”

Helen Wang

The British Museum