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Nicola Bigwood | Proofreader, Copyeditor, former Translator ✍️📚
@nicolabigwood.uk
Proofreader & copyeditor of fiction & non-fiction, with background as a translator into English from French & German • CIEP Professional member • She/her • https://linktr.ee/nicolabigwood • Learning Italian, Welsh, Irish, Gaelic… slowly! 📍Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Super busy at the moment, and my brain feels like it’s constantly buzzing – but I’m glad I made myself take a #StetWalk in the soft drizzle today 😊🍁🍂
October 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Watching the trees dance.

#StetWalk
August 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
June 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#AmReading ‘Perilous Times’ by Thomas D. Lee (published by @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social)

#BookSky 📚💙 #FantasyFiction #ArthurianMythology
June 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#CurrentlyReading ‘City of Vengeance’ by @dvbishop.com, book 1 of the #CesareAldo series (published by @panmacmillan.bsky.social).

#BookSky 📚💙 #HistoricalFiction #CrimeThriller
May 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#CurrentlyReading ‘Ariadne’ by Jennifer Saint (published by @wildfirebooks.bsky.social).

I’ve been meaning to read this for ages, and today it called to me 😊

#BookSky 📚💙 #GreekMythology 🏺
May 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
April 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#CurrentlyReading ‘Blood of the Old Kings’ by Sung-Il Kim, translated from the Korean by @antonhur.com – book 1 of the #BleedingEmpire series (published by @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social).

#BookSky 📚💙🪐 #FantasyFiction #BooksInTranslation
April 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I’m listening to the audiobook of The Hobbit, wonderfully narrated by Andy Serkis.

#BookSky 📚💙 #AmReading
April 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#LastRead ‘Odyssey’ by Stephen Fry, book 4 of #GreekMyths (published by @michaeljbooks.bsky.social), which I really enjoyed!

#CurrentlyReading ‘Heresy’ by S.J. Parris, book 1 of #GiordanoBruno (published by @harpercollins.bsky.social).

#BookSky #Mythology #HistoricalFiction #CrimeThriller 📚💙
March 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#LastRead ‘Somewhere Beyond the Sea’ by TJ Klune (pub. @torbooksuk.bsky.social), book 2 of #CeruleanChronicles.

#AmReading ‘The Land of the Living and the Dead’ by @shaunalawless.bsky.social (pub. @headofzeus.bsky.social), book 3 of #GaelSong.

#BookSky #FantasyFiction #HistoricalFiction #Mythology
March 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Final instalment, here we come!

#AmReading ‘The Mirror and the Light’ by Hilary Mantel, published by @4thestatebooks.bsky.social

I’ve been really looking forward to this but I know I’ll be sorry when it’s over – such a great trilogy! 🙌

#BookSky 💙📚 #HistoricalFiction #WolfHallTrilogy
February 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
‘Guilty by Definition’ by @susiedent.com, which I’m really enjoying! (Love the mix of mystery and word nerdery – intriguing and fascinating in equal measure!)

#AmReading #BookSky 💙📚
February 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Making the most of a spare hour between projects this afternoon to enjoy a spot of reading over a cuppa 😊☕️

#CurrentlyReading ‘Bring up the Bodies’ by Hilary Mantel, published by @4thestatebooks.bsky.social

#Booksky #HistoricalFiction
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January 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm back at work today. My schedule’s full for next few months: I'm booking new proofreading, copyediting or translation projects from June onwards.

I'd especially love to work on more fantasy and sci-fi this year... I also love history, mythology, cosy mystery, intrigue... (but not horror!) 😊

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January 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Happy new year, everyone! 💫 Hope you managed to find time to relax and unwind over Christmas.

May January ease us all in gently to 2025 – as effortlessly as this seagull soaring over choppy waters (taken on a beautiful, windswept beach in the Scottish Highlands at sunset on Christmas Day) 😊

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January 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I’m off for Christmas now – I’ll be back on 6 January. I’ve got some slots available in April, but otherwise I’m booking new projects from June onwards.

I wish you all a happy Christmas and new year! See you in 2025! 🎄💫

#OutOfOffice #Freelancer #Proofreading #Copyediting #Translation

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December 23, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Finally caught up on some reading, so here are some #RecentReads, all of which I recommend!

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social

Death and the Conjuror by @tommeadauthor.bsky.social

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

#BookSky 💙📚
August 25, 2024 at 12:10 PM
If Arthur Shappey wrote travel guides.

#AccidentalCabinPressure #Gàidhlig #Duolingo
July 25, 2024 at 8:29 AM
A gloriously sunny day and blue skies at Westonbirt Arboretum 🌲

#StetWalk #EarthDay
April 22, 2024 at 1:28 PM
New books for my editorial shelf arrived today! 🥳

Looking forward to reading these, @debbieberne.bsky.social @amyjschneider.bsky.social 😊🙌

#CPD #AmEditing #AmProofreading #Freelance
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April 19, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Celebrating #WorldBookDay by dressing as a reader 😎
And for anyone who hasn’t read Matthew Ward’s excellent, engaging, enthralling, utterly epic Legacy trilogy, you really should! This has definitely earned a place in my top fantasy reads.
The striking cover art is by Larry Rostant.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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March 7, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Happy new year! 💫

I’m back at work today, kicking off 2024 with the proofread of a really interesting non-fiction book on Tudor history 😊

My schedule’s all booked up for January; I’m currently available for new projects from February ✍️📚

#FreelanceProofreader #FreelanceTranslator
January 4, 2024 at 9:59 AM
When a lovely client surprises you with mouth-watering, festive brownies from Indulge Brownies 🤩😋 Thank you so much, Whitefox – working with you is always a pleasure 😊🙌

#ChristmasSurprise #SweetTreats #MadeMyDay❤️ #GreatClients #FreelanceLife
December 21, 2023 at 11:55 AM
Well, that’s a wrap on work for 2023! (How time flies…!)

Wishing you all an enjoyable festive period and a positive new year! 😊

I’ll be back in the office from 4 January (available for new projects from February) – see you in 2024! ✍️📚

#OutOfOffice #FreelanceProofreader #FreelanceTranslator
December 20, 2023 at 5:00 PM