Do you have a friend or loved one nearing the end of their writing project? Are you yourself in the editing stages of your novel? We’ve teamed up with some of our most experienced editors to offer you the opportunity to buy an Editorial Report this Christmas.

We spoke to Jemima Hunt, an editor & literary agent at The Writers' Practice. She represents authors of fiction and non-fiction, including two Sunday Times bestsellers, and has three books in development for film and television. She is a visiting tutor in creative writing at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. Spring 2017 sees the launch of a new six-week novel writing course at Oxford's Story Museum, which she has co-founded with writer & broadcaster, Charlie Lee-Potter. More details available here http://oxfordwritingtable.com

We spoke to Kay Hutchison, founder of Belle Media, a London-based independent publisher and production company, which she runs with fellow Director Richard Dikstra. Kay has a talent for developing large-scale, cross-sector partnerships, bringing teams together to deliver results and has held a variety of senior roles in TV – BBC, Channel 5, Channel 4 and Disney. Kay is also a leading figure within Tech London Advocates. She was born and brought up in Scotland and is currently writing her first book, My Life in Thirty Therapies.

We interviewed Helen Coyle, a ghostwriter and editor living in Buenos Aires. She has seven years’ experience of freelancing for publishers including Hodder & Stoughton, Penguin, Sceptre, Canongate and Hutchinson. She is the co-author of two New York Times number two bestsellers and has edited numerous UK bestsellers in practically every genre from literary fiction to self-help. She specialises in structural editing, and loves mentoring authors.

Sophie Davies has worked in writing and editing roles at Thomson Reuters and the British Museum, among others. In 2013, she went freelance upon moving abroad, settling first in Buenos Aires, then in Rio de Janeiro. She has provided freelance editorial services including editing and copywriting to a number of clients, and has also written for a diverse selection of media from South America, including The Economist, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, S&P Global Market Intelligence and The Art Newspaper­­. She also edits an independent arts and culture magazine called The Kurios.

As part of our May focus on the delocalisation of publishing, we spoke to Cathryn Primrose-Mathisen, a freelance copy-editor from Bristol specialising in science, technology, business and medicine. She is an Advanced Professional Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) and is based in the Norwegian village of Terråk in Bindal, Nordland.

Martin Toseland has worked at a senior editorial level at Penguin Press and HarperCollins until October 2006, when he decided to concentrate on his own writing. Since then he's written or ghosted over twenty books – fiction and non-fiction – on a comically broad range of subjects including misheard song lyrics, a CFO’s view of good business practice, the Grand Harbour in Malta, a novel set in the Amazon rainforest, and, recently, a book written entirely in emoji. He's currently working on a television biography, a book about drinking, a travel book and a thriller. He also provides editorial consultancy for fiction and non-fiction titles and represents a select list of authors.

We spoke to Natasa Lekic, founder of NY Book Editors, a highly curated and experienced editorial collective, about elevating the quality of self-published writing, the New York publishing community, and the importance of choosy editors.

We interviewed Wendy Toole, an editor who is an Advanced Professional Member and past Chair of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders. Wendy works mainly on academic and professional books and journal papers, specialising in history, English literature, art and architecture. We talked to her about what qualities she feels are important in an editor and her favourite thing about freelancing.

We spoke to Sally Brampton, author of Shoot the Damn Dog and former Editor-in-Chief of Elle Magazine about her books and her long and illustrious career in magazine publishing and journalism.