Advanced Editorial Professionals @adveds.bsky.social A boutique conference for experienced professionals
Toronto, Canada
November 10-11, 2026
https://sites.google.com/view/icaep/home/
#ICAEP2026
Maren Baudet-Lackner @marenbaudetlackner.bsky.social Literary translator, amateur musician, feminist, daronne
Graham Hughes @graham-hughes.bsky.social Making your words flow. Editor and proofreader of non-fiction and specialist books, business content and sometimes other things. Advanced Professional Member of @the-ciep.bsky.social.
www.gh-ed.com
Chester, UK
Kelly Urgan | Fiction Editor @editegrity.bsky.social Fiction editor: historical, fantasy, sci-fi & contemporary novels @Editegrity
Avid hiker, museum goer
In a constant tug of war between coffee and tea
Reading, of course
Sabine Citron @sabinecitron.bsky.social Translator (English & German into French) | Lexicographer | Editor 
Clued Up Editing (Sharon Gray) @cluedupediting.bsky.social GB ๐Copyeditor | proofreader. Crime fiction | mysteries | thrillers | food. Concentrating on your commas. Welsh.
www.CluedUpEditing.co.uk
Alexa Tewkesbury Editor @alexatewkesbury.bsky.social Editor, proofreader and author helping writers to shine. Does a bit of acting on the side.
Sue Proof ๐๐ @sueproof.bsky.social Welsh to English literary translator
@doreenkruger.bsky.social @doreenkruger.bsky.social 
Virginia Rounding @vrounding.bsky.social Author, editor, proofreader, indexer and servant to the two most beautiful cats in the world
Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers @stationerscomms.bsky.social City of London Livery Company for the Communications and Content Industries. Broadcasters, Writers, Journalists, Publishing, Printing, Paper, Packaging, Archive, Library & Conservation. Digital Media & Software, Stationery & Greeting cards, Tour Guides
@coastie-librarian.bsky.social @coastie-librarian.bsky.social 
Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social ACTIVISM AGAINST FASCISM
Woke/Boomer/Dog Lover/COFFEE
Concern: fascism spreading globally.
Leftie/liberal defending democracy.
Maximize Bluesky Friends to exchange dialogue in America's darkest hour.
Alex Waterman @alexwaterman.bsky.social Order in Civil Wars, Counterinsurgency, Ceasefires, NE India, Co-Editor of Civil Wars Journal. Lecturer in Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford. Guitars, Leeds United FC
W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social 2021-22 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in International & Area Studies @YaleU; Past UA Provost Fellow Black Excellence & Leadership; University of Alberta Distinguished Professor, FRSC, LLD
Pip Rowson @piprowson.bsky.social Freelance writer, copyeditor, and proofreader for the arts and creative industries. Poet focused on the natural world. Winchester, UK.
piprowson.co.uk
Joe Haining (he/him) @joehaining-editor.bsky.social Developmental and copy-editor, specialising in HaSS non-fiction.
Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP (@the-ciep.bsky.social).
Sports tragic. Music/literature obsessive. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://www.blenheimeditorial.co.uk/
Peter Norrington @peternorrington.bsky.social academic editor (mostly) | @The_CIEP @SoA | 
Aalap Trivedi โ Editor @aalaptrivedi.bsky.social Drafted Editorial Services. Member of Editing Globally, a global editorial collective.
Tristen Bakker @tristenb.bsky.social Editor of fiction and creative non-fiction. Bass player, vocalist and soundmaker of experimental and rock-ish music.
@lucynank.bsky.social @lucynank.bsky.social 
Alice Banks @alice-banks.bsky.social Midlander/Madrileรฑa
Literary Translator from French and Spanish into English
http://alicebankstranslator.com
Sarah Barter @sarahbarterproofreading.com ๐ซ Professional proofreading and editing services for businesses, creatives and individuals
Louise Brown @waddinghambrown.bsky.social Technical writer and proofreader | Flight operations specialist
Susannah Butler @sbeditorial.bsky.social โจFreelance commissioning editor, copyeditor & proofreader working with publishers and authors to develop books across genres.
www.susannahbutler.com
@mariablanc.bsky.social @mariablanc.bsky.social 
@wordmacrotools.bsky.social @wordmacrotools.bsky.social 
Sam Kelly @samkellyproof.bsky.social Brit in Argentina. Bad pool player and good reader for pleasure; proofreader for money (also good at that, or at least so I like to think).
Professional Member of the CIEP | https://undisputedproof.com
Also podcast @handofpod.bsky.social
Jane S @janest.bsky.social Belfast born, studied in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ, lived in ๐ฉ๐ช / ๐ซ๐ท / ๐ฌ๐ง. Translator/Copywriter, former Marketing/Inside Sales entity. Currently Visitor Experience at Titanic Belfast. Cat lover. Occasional runne. Proud citizen of Europe!๐ช๐บ
Jo Davies | Proofreader & Copy Editor @platinumproof.bsky.social Word nerd, bookworm and serial exercise avoider.
www.platinumproofreading.co.uk
www.linkedin.com/in/jodavies1
Claire Ferguson Benson @clairefergie.bsky.social Voted #HarrisWalz ๐
True Blue Dem
Londoner
British American in Arizona
Married to a Yank
Sci-fi nerd
Childless cat lady
๐ฌ๐ง๐๐บ๐ธ- A @angcurley.bsky.social @angcurley.bsky.social
Tara de Queiroz, ELS @alpinewriting.bsky.social She/her | Board-certified Editor in the Life Sciences | member, EFA | Steering committee, Freedom to Read Nevada | anti-AI | Hampshire College F90
Dave Holwill @daveholwill.bsky.social Editor, Proofreader, Musician, and (very occasionally) Author (He/Him)
Georgina (Zina) Roche @georginaroche.bsky.social Ecofeminist | Editor & Translator | Passionate about dismantling systems of oppression in relation to each other and to the ๐ | Social and behaviour change
Writing and thinking about #VAWG #ecofeminism #AIethics #neurodiversity. Views my own.
McScouse Mouse @mcscousemouse.bsky.social Scouser living in Ayrshire. Mum of two amazing young people. Language geek. ADHD. Trying to stay awake, remember my name and make a move just to stay in the game.
Siobhรกn Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social Dubliner, Ex-Berliner, Editor at Internationale Politik Quarterly
@ipq.bsky.social. Doing an MPhil in literary translation at TCD. @tclctdublin.bsky.social she/her
The Third Wheel @thethirdwheel-mag.bsky.social The Third Wheel is a lit mag conceived as a hub for literary translators.
https://thethirdwheel.org/
sabinahblack.bsky.social @sabinahblack.bsky.social ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฒ๐บ๐ฉ๐ช๐ซ๐ท British copyeditor, proofreader, and translator (German, French, Mauritian Creole) specialising in multilingual and multicultural publications, inclusive books, and works linked to the UK, France, Germany, and Mauritius. ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฒ๐บ๐ฉ๐ช๐ซ๐ท
๐ www.sabinahblack.com
#StetChat @stetchat.com #StetChat is an hourlong live conversation on Bluesky for the #editing community.
๐ฌ Next #StetChat: Oct. 7
๐ 1st & 3rd Wednesdays
๐ 4โ5 p.m. ET | 1โ2 p.m. PT
โฐ #StetSprint
Tuesdays 2โ3 p.m. ET
Fridays 3โ4 p.m. ET
stetchat.com
Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social Retired AF intelligence officer (Mustang)
Information Technology (IT) instructor and tech
MA in Mass Communications, UF
Disabled vet & senior
Democrat
Happily married with 4 children
FB รฉmigrรฉ
Lives in Tampa Bay
Please-no adult, gaming or dating posts
AL the editor @altheeditor.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader and picture researcher. SFF รผber-geek. http://bluebamboo.org.uk
Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!
Amy Sherman @andcleverness.bsky.social acquiring editor for environmental studies, food studies, and regional books at the University of Pittsburgh Press
career in publishing resource doc: tinyurl.com/2jmmharu
bluesky list of university and indie presses: tinyurl.com/3y829vxv
Bex Hogan @bexhogan.bsky.social Author of YA (ROWAN, OWL KING, NETTLE, BLACK HEAT and VIPER, VENOM & VULTURE) and young MG (BRONTE TEMPESTRA series). Probably daydreaming. Or napping.
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Beth Hamer @bethhamer.bsky.social Proofreader. Whitstable resident. Swimmer. Servant to French bulldog. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Evertonian. Thinks the Oxford comma is a style choice. (she/her)
Jacqueline Harvey | Editor @jacquelineharvey.bsky.social Academic copyeditor | CIEP Advanced Professional Member https://www.jacquelineharvey.net
Photographer and occasional knitter and piano player
https://www.instagram.com/a.scribe | https://www.instagram.com/a.scribe2
https://www.instagram.com/my_knit_pix
Owen Gregory @fullcreammilkman.bsky.social Independent line editor and copy editor; Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP); oboist and cor anglais player. https://fullcreammilk.co.uk
H Noss @hnoss.bsky.social fiction proofreader, inclusivity & neurodiversity advocate, queer & non-binary. they/them.
https://hnossproofreads.co.uk
Mack McKenna @mackmckenna.bsky.social Flash fic, spec fic and Chelsea FCW fan. Queer as. Editor and proofreader at www.otherworldsediting.com. He/They ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Joy is an act of resistance ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Jennie Seitz @gtproedit.bsky.social Editor & proofreader โ๏ธ | ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ
CIEP Professional Member
Academic, nonfiction & mystery fiction๐ต๐ปโโ๏ธ | gtproediting.com
Cat mum ๐๐โโฌ๐โโฌ | Loves ๐๐๐ชด๐น๐ณ๐โฉ๏ธ๐๏ธ ๐น๐ญ๐ถ๐โ๏ธ๐๐๐ฆ๐ถ
๐ Learn Academic Copyediting: bit.ly/4myRnKt | Code: JS-JKnsNgv3mi
Mary McCauley @marymccauley.bsky.social #Reading #Books #CurrentAffairs
#Hiking #Camino
Former advanced professional member CIEP; AFEPI Ireland
Future professional pilgrim
Dhรก fhada รฉ an lรก, tiocfaidh an trรกthnรณna
Wexford, Ireland
#SpรฉirGhorm
Tรก Gaeilge agam ๐
Twitter @MMProofreading
Taylor Gillie Sawyer @taylorgilliesawyer.bsky.social freelance fiction and academic editor martletediting.com | she/they | AuDHD | posts mainly about books, editing, art, languages, and urbanism | Urban Studies PhD | Wikipedia enthusiast | guardian of a chaotic dog | ๐ Barcelona
Jennifer Navarre (she/her) @jenavarre.bsky.social Kidlit Editor and Book Coach | Once a teacher, always a teacher | Kidlit writer with too many ideas in her head | Historical CB series coming 2025?
EFA, ACES, SCBWI, 12x12, Courage to Create, CIEP (Professional Member), ALLi Partner Member
jenavarre.com
Wendy Toole @wendytoole.bsky.social Writer and Editor | creatively self-employed
Kathe Lieber @kathel23.bsky.social Semi-retired writer, editor, translator. Never-retiring mama to my wonderful daughter. Slave to Juno the cat. Fervent reader and writer, cook and baker. Must have forgotten something.
Anna Davidson @annadavidson.bsky.social Writing, editing, publishing. Poetry as A. K. Davidson. Debut novel April 27.
Writer Meet Editor on Substack - information & connection for authors, poets & book editors, across traditional, indie & hybrid publishing.
Links: https://linktr.ee/akdavidson
Sue Young @suetas.bsky.social Editor, publisher, dachshund fan, hoping to make my bit of the earth in southern lutruwita Tasmania a bit better.
Dr Cory Stade | Archaeology Proofreader @palaeocory.bsky.social ๐๏ธAcademic #proofreading and #copyediting
www.cocoproofreading.com
๐Book jewellery www.coryographies.etsy.com
#DysguCymraeg she/her
BooknerdZara @booknerdzara.bsky.social Book nerd slowly tackling her TBR pile of 250+ books.
Freelance proofreader and typesetter.
Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing & Proofreading
Partner Member of Alliance for Independent Authors.
linktr.ee/booknerdzara
Louise Adam @louiseadam.bsky.social Comma supply chain logistics. Semicolonista.
Medical and scientific editor. BELS Diplomate. CIEP Advanced Professional Member. ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Helen White @helen-white.bsky.social Copyeditor, proofreader and proofreading tutor. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Lancastrian ๐น
Louise Duckling @louiseduckling.bsky.social Editorial Services for Academics | www.louiseduckling.com Intermediate Member of the CIEP | Literary Historian (18c women writers) | Reviews editor for Women's Writing journal
Eleanor Abraham @eleanorabraham.bsky.social I was once heckled by a mime. Fiction editor, scunner, CIEP APM, she/her.
Paula Holmes @qsprite.bsky.social Reader & occasional blogger of #WorldKidLit, huge fan of Finnish translations, beginner weaver, library advocate, magpie
@worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social ๐non-profit helping readers of all age discover diverse, translated and global children's books and YA
๐anti-racism through reading
๐year round, and especially September #WorldKidLitMonth
Taylor McConnell @taylormcconnell.eurosky.social I get paid to complain about big airports. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Beth Smith, CT @bethtranslates.bsky.social ATA-certified French>English translator specializing in advertising & marketing, transcreation, entertainment, and literary translation.
Louise Rogers Lalaurie @louiserl.bsky.social Writer (Matisse, art, travel, interiors...), translator (French fiction, art, travel, comitรฉ Colbert), landlady (Seine-side retreat in France). British, Welsh, European, Irish, French (in that order) https://louiserogers.blog
Ruth Diver ๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐ท๐ @ruthdiver.bsky.social Literary translator, reformed academic, tangata tiriti, she/her.
FELT (French-to-English Literary Translators) @felttranslators.bsky.social A friendly international community of French-to-English literary translators, hosted on Discord (previously on Slack). Visit the website to request an invite: https://felttranslators.wordpress.com. Posts by @lisaeditorial.bsky.social. 
Eb @ebthen.bsky.social That Eb.
Accessibility. Alt text. Autistic. ADHD. ND. (More). Disability Justice. A-spec. Filipino-USian. They/Them.
Esme and Bella live here.
Justice before civility.
Didn't say that thing you probably heard I said.
https://linktr.ee/ebthen
Laura Nagle @lauralnagle.bsky.social ๐โโ๏ธ: fiction writer, poet, translator, high school language teacher, cat paparazzo, fun aunt
๐ฃ๏ธ: English, franรงais, espaรฑol, Gaeilge
โ๏ธ: Adela Zamudioโs CONFIDENCES (Bucknell U Press) is out now!
๐: lnlanguage.com, lauranagle.substack.com
Carolina VonKampen ๐ Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com @ #ACESVCON26
Editor: Books, poetry, query letters, content marketing
Host: #StetChat @stetchat.com
Member: @acesediting.bsky.social
Former history major. Writer? Reader
Fan: #Survivor #JetLagTheGame
๐ซ AI
๐ STL
she/her
carolinavonkampen.com
Christina Tang-Bernas @ctbideas.bsky.social Writer (http://christinatangbernas.com), copyeditor (https://idestediting.com), traveler, and hobbyist
Sharon Salonen, Editor @sharsalo.bsky.social Seattle-based editor specializing in all subgenres of mystery and fantasy fiction by indie authors, and a lover of books, puzzles, hikes, wine, dogs, and cookies.
Vee White @veewhite.bsky.social Pronouns: they/them
Editing | Writing | Social Justice
Founder LGBTQ+ Editors Association: @LGBTQEditors
www.LGBTQEditors.org
Mentorship program: https://lgbtqeditors.org/mentorship
Plagiarism Survey: https://veewhite.com/plagiarism-survey
Shannon | Editor of Words | Writer of Words | Lover of Words @editorshannon.bsky.social ๐ฉ๐พโ๐ซ Contemporary Fiction Story Coach ๐ LGBTQ+ Romance + Thriller Developmental Editor ๐ง Neurospicy AF ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Queer AF (she/her)
Website: https://sageediting.com
Alter Ego (LGBTQ+ Romance): @authorkalibenson.bsky.social
John Espirian @espirian.co.uk Relentlessly helpfulยฎ LinkedIn nerd. I run the Espresso+ community to support solo & small businesses in being effective on LinkedIn. No douche canoes allowed.
Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social Stories for the futures we need | SFF and dream realism | Canadian, Indigenous & worldwide creators | Pub @kercoby COO @suntorya CPO @teresempierre
https://linktr.ee/augurmag
SarahEditsRomance @sacalfee.bsky.social Fiction editor and romance specialist, Jane Austen fangirl, unapologetic reading addict, writer, asmathic runner, yoga enthusiast, overly sweary parent, Professional Member of CIEP, threelittlewordsediting.com
A. H. @ahreaume.bsky.social Disabled writer & feminist. Bi ๐. Pub. in Disability Visibility (Vintage). Passionate about experimental lit & vintage. Twitter: @a_h_reaume she/her
Web: www.ahreaume.com
Newsletter: https://ah-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Natalie Tomlin @ntomlin.bsky.social Freelance developmental editor, copyeditor, publishing consultant (social sciences and nonfiction), writer https://natalietomlin.com/ "Someone reading a book is a sign of order in the world"โMary Ruefle
Grรกinne Treanor @editorgrainnet.bsky.social Editor / proofreader / Advanced Professional Member of CIEP and Full Member of AFEPI / Former teacher / Walker and swimmer / Supporter of Breakthrough Cancer Research / Wife and mother, owned by three cats / Dabbling in writing / She/her
Philippa Ball Lewis @philippablewis.bsky.social Writer, reader, climber, skier, runner, swimmer in Snowdonia, UK. Freelance editor for fantastical fiction, short stories and outdoors literature. CIEP member and partner member of ALLi.
www.lexicalpeaks.com
Sara Donaldson @northerneditorial.bsky.social Copyeditor and writer. Theatre bod. Researches dead people. Art history student. Obsessed with old photos.
Northerneditorial.co.uk
@editorspice.bsky.social @editorspice.bsky.social Pending: finding my feet on this new platform and wondering whether this one will take off where others haven't.
Nicola Bigwood | Proofreader & Copyeditor | Former Translator โ๏ธ๐ @nicolabigwood.uk Proofreader & copyeditor of fiction & non-fiction, with background as a translator into English from French & German โข CIEP Advanced Professional member โข She/her โข https://linktr.ee/nicolabigwood โข Learning Italian and Gaelicโฆ slowly!๐Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Rachael Mortimer @rachaelmortimer.bsky.social Freelance line editor, copyeditor and proofreader of fiction and board games. CIEP Advanced Professional Member. She/her
https://www.rachaelmortimerproofreading.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/rachaelmortimer
Jess Lawrence | copy-editor @jesslawrence.bsky.social Fiction editor. Writer. Reader. Mildly interesting human.
She/Her.
jesslawrence.co.uk- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Lori Paximadis @loripax.bsky.social book editor โข artist โข connector
perpetual resting boss face
work smarter, not harder
owner: Pax Studio LLC, Systems & Shortcuts
member: ACES, EFA, CIEP (Professional)
Editors of Words feed > https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:thqvmqvxhwkmz7sxwsy2yqfy/feed/a
Crystal | Fiction Editor @redpenrabbit.bsky.social Fiction editor and proofreader for hire. Advocate of intentional language and respectful representation. Visit rabbitwitharedpen.com/links for writing and editing resources. She/her.
Luke Finley @lukeaf.bsky.social Editor. Runner. Views three of someone else's in a trenchcoat with a fake ID. 'Dramatic little weasel' ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
KW Thomas - author and editor @kwthomasbooks.bsky.social Very niche combination of steamy contemporary romance author and plain language health editor. North East England till I die. She/her.
mybook.to/TheScoop