Catherine Hookway

Location: RUISLIP

Membership Grade: Professional Member

Contact Info

General Experience

I have been a professional indexer since 1998 and have indexed hundreds of books for over 30 different publishers on a wide range of subjects. I am happy to consider short notice or quick turnaround indexes, and can work during school and public holidays.

My qualifications include BA philosophy, postgraduate qualification in librarianship and information management, RHS Level 3 horticulture. Specialisms include:

Biographies – literary, historical, sporting, political and celebrity

Wellbeing – including self-help and mental health

History –  particularly social and political history

Theatre – history, practice and theatrical biographies

English literature – criticism and literary theory

Art and design –  history of art, theory, monographs

Politics – political philosophy, history and biographies

Philosophy – all areas, particularly political philosophy and ethics

Gardening – practical gardening, design, history and landscape architecture

Food – nutrition, health, diet and cookery books

 

Subjects

Wellbeing

Indexes include The Book About Getting Older by Lucy Pollock, Feel Great, Lose Weight by Rangan Chatterjee, Fitter, Healthier, Happier by Kate Ferdinand, In Your Prime: Older, Wiser, Happier by India Knight, and six titles in Routledge’s Art of Living series including Wellbeing by Mark Vernon and Distraction by Damon Young.

Self-Help

Indexes include Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Julie Smith, How to Be Human and A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled, both by Ruby Wax, The Worst Girl Gang in the World Ever by Bex Gunn and Laura Buckingham, and Manifest by Roxie Nafousi.

Philosophy (All Areas)

I am a philosophy graduate and have indexed well over 100 books in this area, mostly for an academic-level readership. I have a particular interest in ethics, applied philosophy and political philosophy. Recent indexes include The Things That Really Matter by Michael Hauskeller (UCL Press), Hegel’s Political Philosophy ed. Evangelia Sembou (Peter Lang), Deleuze, Guattari and the Art of Multiplicity eds. Radek Przedpełski and Stephen Wilmer (EUP)

Ethics

Indexes include Ethics for Engineers by Anthony Bainbridge (Taylor & Francis), Understanding Virtue Ethics by Stan Van Hooft (Acumen), Morality and Public Policy by Clem Henricson (Policy Press).

Politics

Experience of indexing current affairs and political theory and philosophy. Recent indexes include The War Against the BBC by Patrick Barwise and Peter York, Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire by Tim Harper, Who Can You Trust? by Rachel Botsman, Hegel’s Political Philosophy edited by Evangelia Sembou.

English Literature

Indexes include The Edinburgh Companion to the Short Story in English eds. Delaney and Hunter, Literary Manuscript Culture in Romantic Britain by Kate Levy, An Introduction to English Poetry by James Fenton, How Good is Your Grammar? by John Sutherland, The Libyan Novel by Charis Olszok, Writing Nature in Cold War America by Sarah Daw, The Diaries of Katherine Mansfield edited by Gerri Kimber and Claire Davison.

History (All Areas)

Indexes include The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 2 (EUP), With Inky Blots and Rotten Parchment by Ian Hopton, Hidden Histories by Mary Ann Ochota (Frances Lincoln), Murder Maps USA: Phrenology to Fingerprint 1811-1911 by Adam Selzer (Thames and Hudson).

Social History

Indexes include London: A Travel Guide Through Time by Matthew Green, The Trouser People: A Quest For the Victorian Footballer Who Made Burma Play the Empire’s Game by Andrew Marshall, Reclaiming Our Land by Rob Gibson

Modern History

Indexes include Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire by Tim Harper (Penguin), Cold War Legacies by Beck and Bishop (EUP).

Local History

Indexes include A View of Epping Forest by Nicholas Haggar and A History of Alexandra Park (Friends of Alexandra Park).

Horticulture

RHS Level 3 Horticulture qualification and worked as a gardener at Chenies Manor House for several years. Good knowledge of botanical/Latin plant names. Recent indexes include Place-Making: The Art of Capability Brown by John Phibbs (Historic England).

Landscape Architecture

Indexes include Landscape Architecture and Environmental Sustainability by Joshua Zeunert (Bloomsbury) and The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies by Peter Howard and Ian Thompson (Routledge).

Mental Health

Indexes include Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Julie Smith (Penguin), Ruby Wax’s A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled and How to be Human (Penguin), Antonia White and Manic Depressive Illness by Patricia Moran (EUP).

Food and Drink

Indexes include The Full Diet by Saira Hameed, Gastrophysics by Charles Spence, Feel Great, Lose Weight by Rangan Chatterjee, Hunger by Raymond Tallis.

Cookery Books

Many cookery books indexed, most recently Soup, Broth, Bread by Rachel Allen and One Pot Vegan by Roxy Pope and Ben Pook.

Art History

Indexing experience in monographs, art history and theory, including Catholica: The Visual Culture of Catholicism by Suzanna Ivanic (Thames and Hudson), Empathic Vision: Affect, Trauma and Contemporary Art and Practical Aesthetics both by Jill Bennett, Pop Art: A Colourful History by Alastair Sooke (Penguin)

Art and Design

Indexes include Women in Design by Anne Massey (Thames and Hudson), Robert Adam and His Brothers by Colin Thom (Historic England)


Recent indexes include

Anne Massey, Women in Design, Thames and Hudson, 2022
Michael Hauskeller, The Things That Really Matter, UCL Press, 2022
Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?, Penguin, 2022
Lynda Gratton, Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organisation and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone, Penguin, 2022

Clients Include

Penguin Random House, Thames and Hudson, UCL Press, Harper Collins, Bonnier Books.

Special Publication Type

Biographies/ Autobiographies

I have indexed many biographies of celebrities, sportspeople, politicians and historical figures. Titles include Odd Boy Out by Gyles Brandreth and the autobiographies of Alastair Cook and Steven Gerrard.

Tools

SKY INDEX