Testimonials

Rebecca Burton is an excellent editor; she is knowledgeable, patient and has a consistent eye for detail. I consider myself an accurate writer, but she found not only things I had missed, but also things I was not aware of. It was reassuring to have someone of her skill working on my manuscripts to produce two books I am proud of (Empire Girls: The Colonial Heroine Comes of Age and Changing the Victorian Subject). She was also unfailingly pleasant to work with. I couldn’t recommend her more highly.

Associate Professor Mandy Treagus, University of Adelaide

Working with Rebecca Burton on Publishing Research in English as an Additional Language: Practices, Pathways and Potentials, a volume I co-edited with Margaret Cargill, was one of the most satisfying experiences I have had with a publishing editor. Rebecca combines tact and meticulousness with the ability to gently nudge authors into making the necessary changes to their texts. I know all the contributors to the volume felt, as I did, that their chapters had been greatly improved by Rebecca’s suggested corrections and modifications. It was wonderful for us all to feel we were in such safe hands.

Sally Burgess, Universidad de La Laguna

I was fortunate enough to have Rebecca Burton as the Editor of my recent text, SIDS Sudden Infant and Early Childhood Death: The Past, the Present and the Future … I have been involved with a wide range of publishers over the years and am delighted to be able to say that working with Rebecca was a pleasure. The book progressed very well right from the beginning, with a lot of consultation and discussion which has resulted in, I think, a very impressive-looking volume.

Professor Roger Byard, University of Adelaide

I recommend Rebecca Burton as an editor with remarkable inter-cultural sensitivity as well as strong skills in preparing text for publication and negotiating with authors of varying levels of experience. She edited the book Sally Burgess and I published in 2017 — Publishing Research in English as an Additional Language: Practices, Pathways and Potentials — and worked effectively and graciously with chapter authors from many language and cultural backgrounds, maintaining the authors’ original voices while enhancing clarity and ensuring the required consistency.

Dr Margaret Cargill, University of Adelaide