City
Melbourne
State/Territory
VIC
Country
Australia
Work phone
0448 196 004
Mobile phone
0448 196 004
Email
belinda@belindanemec.com.au
Background
I have a professional and academic background in museums, music, Australian studies and history. My interests include architectural history and art history.
Qualifications
• Accredited Editor (AE), Institute of Professional Editors, Australia (since 2012)
• Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing, RMIT University – awarded editing prize 2012–13
• PhD, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
• Master of Art Administration, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
• Bachelor of Music, University of Melbourne
• Licentiate of Trinity College, London (Music)
• Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing, RMIT University – awarded editing prize 2012–13
• PhD, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
• Master of Art Administration, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
• Bachelor of Music, University of Melbourne
• Licentiate of Trinity College, London (Music)
Specific skills
I am an experienced indexer, editor, proofreader, researcher and writer. I specialise in non-fiction books, particularly Australian history, art history, architecture and built heritage, museums and collections, biography and memoir, music, and medical history.
Accredited?
No
Broad subject categories
Arts and crafts and design, Humanities, Medicine and health sciences
Materials and formats
Annual reports, Embedded indexing or Linked indexing, Journals and magazines and newspapers, Letters and diaries and personal papers, Non-fiction books
Publishing categories
Trade, Scholarly and professional, Government, Educational
Languages other than English
Some French.
Additional services
Abstracting, Bibliography, Cataloguing, Consulting, Editing, Proofreading, Research, Objects and artefacts
Recent publications indexed
Samantha Balaton-Chrimes, 'Knowing Ethnicity: The Politics of Classification and Pluralism in Kenya' (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).
Hyun Jin Kim and Selim Ferruh Adah, 'The Origins of Complex Political Organisation in Ancient Inner Asia' (Routledge, forthcoming).
Laura Petersen, 'Practices of Restitution: Law and Aesthetics in Modern Germany' (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).
Hyun Jin Kim and Selim Ferruh Adah, 'The Origins of Complex Political Organisation in Ancient Inner Asia' (Routledge, forthcoming).
Qiuping Pan, 'Transnational Ties, Local Lives: Translocal Dynamics of Chinese Diaspora and Community Reorganisation' (Routledge, forthcoming).
Kim Goodwin, 'Careers, Community, and Leadership in the Arts' (Routledge, 2026).
Emily Pillinger and Miranda Stanyon, 'Music as Classical Reception: Amplifying Antiquity' (Oxford University Press, 2025).
Trish Hodge, 'Palawa Tunapri: Knowledge of our Ancestors' (Fullers Publishing, 2025).
Emily Gallagher, 'Playtime: A History of Australian Childhood' (Black Inc., 2025).
Toby Walsh, 'The Shortest History of AI' (Black Inc., 2025).
Brook Taylor, 'Turbulence and Transcendence: The Biennale of Sydney, First 50 Years' (Black Inc., 2025).
Alexandra Rachel Phelan, 'The Combination of All Forms of Struggle: Insurgent Legitimation and State Response to FARC' (Columbia University Press, 2025).
Fiona McAnena, 'Terf Island: How the UK Resisted Trans Ideology' (Spinifex Press, 2025).
Betty McLellan, 'Truth Abandoned: How Can Democracy Survive; A Feminist Response' (Spinifex Press, 2024).
aurora linnea, 'Man Against Being: Body Horror and the Death of Life' (Spinifex Press, 2024).
Anoma Pieris, Mirjana Lozanovska, Alexandra Dellios, Andrew Saniga and David Beynon, 'Immigrant Industry: Building Postwar Australia' (Berghahn Books, 2024).
Barbara Minchinton with Philip Bentley, 'Madame Brussels: The Life and Times of Melbourne’s Most Notorious Woman' (Black Inc., 2024).
Rebecca Strating and Joanne Wallis, 'Girt by Sea: Re-Imagining Australia’s Security' (Black Inc., 2024).
Christopher R. Marshall, 'Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art' (Princeton University Press, 2024).
Jaynie Anderson, Bernardino Branca and Fabio Tononi, 'Edgar Wind: Art and Embodiment' (Peter Lang, 2024).
Jane Eckett with Lisa Byrne, 'On Bunurong Country: Art and Design in Frankston' (McClelland Gallery, 2023)
Quentin Sprague, 'Ken Whisson: Painting & Drawing' (Miegunyah Press, 2023).
Andrew Charlton, 'Australia’s Pivot to India' (Black Inc., 2023).
Margaret Simons, 'Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms' (Black Inc., 2023).
Ryan Cropp, 'Donald Horne: A Life in the Lucky Country' (Black Inc. with La Trobe University Press, 2023).
Angus Trumble, 'Helena Rubinstein: The Australian Years' (Black Inc. with La Trobe University Press, 2023).
Matt Matsuda, 'Genealogies, Genomes, and Histories in the Pacific: Genetic Drift' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).
Alice Palmer, 'Natural Perception: Environmental Images and Aesthetics in International Law' (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
Joëlle Gergis, 'Humanity’s Moment: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope' (Black Inc., 2022).
Alistair Paton, 'Of Marsupials and Men' (Black Inc., 2022).
Rebecca Clode, 'Australian Metatheatre on Page and Stage: An Exploration of Metatheatrical Techniques' (Routledge, 2022).
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage, indexing of register content, 2021.
Aim Sinpeng, 'Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age: The Yellow Shirts in Thailand' (University of Michigan Press, 2021).
Fleur Watson, 'The New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture & Design' (Routledge, 2021).
Miles Lewis, 'Architectural Drawings: Collecting in Australia' (Melbourne Books, 2021).
Hyun Jin Kim and Selim Ferruh Adah, 'The Origins of Complex Political Organisation in Ancient Inner Asia' (Routledge, forthcoming).
Laura Petersen, 'Practices of Restitution: Law and Aesthetics in Modern Germany' (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).
Hyun Jin Kim and Selim Ferruh Adah, 'The Origins of Complex Political Organisation in Ancient Inner Asia' (Routledge, forthcoming).
Qiuping Pan, 'Transnational Ties, Local Lives: Translocal Dynamics of Chinese Diaspora and Community Reorganisation' (Routledge, forthcoming).
Kim Goodwin, 'Careers, Community, and Leadership in the Arts' (Routledge, 2026).
Emily Pillinger and Miranda Stanyon, 'Music as Classical Reception: Amplifying Antiquity' (Oxford University Press, 2025).
Trish Hodge, 'Palawa Tunapri: Knowledge of our Ancestors' (Fullers Publishing, 2025).
Emily Gallagher, 'Playtime: A History of Australian Childhood' (Black Inc., 2025).
Toby Walsh, 'The Shortest History of AI' (Black Inc., 2025).
Brook Taylor, 'Turbulence and Transcendence: The Biennale of Sydney, First 50 Years' (Black Inc., 2025).
Alexandra Rachel Phelan, 'The Combination of All Forms of Struggle: Insurgent Legitimation and State Response to FARC' (Columbia University Press, 2025).
Fiona McAnena, 'Terf Island: How the UK Resisted Trans Ideology' (Spinifex Press, 2025).
Betty McLellan, 'Truth Abandoned: How Can Democracy Survive; A Feminist Response' (Spinifex Press, 2024).
aurora linnea, 'Man Against Being: Body Horror and the Death of Life' (Spinifex Press, 2024).
Anoma Pieris, Mirjana Lozanovska, Alexandra Dellios, Andrew Saniga and David Beynon, 'Immigrant Industry: Building Postwar Australia' (Berghahn Books, 2024).
Barbara Minchinton with Philip Bentley, 'Madame Brussels: The Life and Times of Melbourne’s Most Notorious Woman' (Black Inc., 2024).
Rebecca Strating and Joanne Wallis, 'Girt by Sea: Re-Imagining Australia’s Security' (Black Inc., 2024).
Christopher R. Marshall, 'Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art' (Princeton University Press, 2024).
Jaynie Anderson, Bernardino Branca and Fabio Tononi, 'Edgar Wind: Art and Embodiment' (Peter Lang, 2024).
Jane Eckett with Lisa Byrne, 'On Bunurong Country: Art and Design in Frankston' (McClelland Gallery, 2023)
Quentin Sprague, 'Ken Whisson: Painting & Drawing' (Miegunyah Press, 2023).
Andrew Charlton, 'Australia’s Pivot to India' (Black Inc., 2023).
Margaret Simons, 'Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms' (Black Inc., 2023).
Ryan Cropp, 'Donald Horne: A Life in the Lucky Country' (Black Inc. with La Trobe University Press, 2023).
Angus Trumble, 'Helena Rubinstein: The Australian Years' (Black Inc. with La Trobe University Press, 2023).
Matt Matsuda, 'Genealogies, Genomes, and Histories in the Pacific: Genetic Drift' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).
Alice Palmer, 'Natural Perception: Environmental Images and Aesthetics in International Law' (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
Joëlle Gergis, 'Humanity’s Moment: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope' (Black Inc., 2022).
Alistair Paton, 'Of Marsupials and Men' (Black Inc., 2022).
Rebecca Clode, 'Australian Metatheatre on Page and Stage: An Exploration of Metatheatrical Techniques' (Routledge, 2022).
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage, indexing of register content, 2021.
Aim Sinpeng, 'Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age: The Yellow Shirts in Thailand' (University of Michigan Press, 2021).
Fleur Watson, 'The New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture & Design' (Routledge, 2021).
Miles Lewis, 'Architectural Drawings: Collecting in Australia' (Melbourne Books, 2021).
Status
ACTIVE
