Press Release - VUP
We are delighted to announce that Ashleigh
Young is joining the small VUP team, and will start work as an editor on 19
May.
Ashleigh brings to VUP a wealth of
experience, primarily her seven years in professional publishing, in New
Zealand with Learning Media, and in the UK with the Institute of Ismaili
Studies and Aga Khan University. She has worked with many publishers and
writers on a freelance basis, and her commitment to the profession of editing
is also demonstrated by her founding of the Concerned Editors Support Group on
Facebook.
Ashleigh says she couldn’t be happier about joining
the VUP team.
“Helping to shape or gently nudge into position the
work of VUP's writers is such a pleasure and a privilege, as is watching their
books unfold into the world. For me, editing is about standing on the very edge
of a manuscript with the writer and looking together at all of the possibilities
stretching ahead of it.”
Ashleigh’s commitment to the development
and encouragement of new writers is also shown in her work with the IIML, where
she has supervised MA students and currently co-teaches an undergraduate
workshop in Science Writing.
Ashleigh is also an outstanding poet – we
were honoured to publish her first book, Magnificent
Moon, in 2012 – and essayist. Her blog eyelashroaming.com is a must-read.
We are also of course delighted that
Victoria University has shown its belief in VUP by adding to our numbers.
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