Border Scripts provides a unique, trade-publishing-based service for authors who have a clear idea about the sort of practical editorial help they need and are serious about their writing.

Selected Editing Credits

The Man Booker Prize

Longlisted 2007 for Tan Twan Eng's The Gift of Rain
Shortlisted 2012 for Tan Twan Eng's The Garden of Evening Mists


The Man Asian Prize

Winner 2013 for Tan Twan Eng's The Garden of Evening Mists


The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller

Shortlisted 2011 for Craig Smith's Cold Rain


The Women's Prize for Fiction

Longlisted 2016 for Cleo Gray's The Anatomist’s Dream


The Walter Scott Prize for Best Historical Novel

Winner 2013 for Tan Twan Eng's The Garden of Evening Mists


RNA Prize for Best Romantic Novel

Longlisted 2012 for Sally Zigmond's Hope Against Hope

Our Core Services

Manuscript Assessment

Assessment and consultancy for established authors and new writers

Editing Services

For authors, publishers, literary agents, businesses and organisations

Book Packaging

Professional packaging solutions for writers seeking to self-publish

We invite you to peruse our site and consider if there is anything that may be of practical help to you. Feel free to contact us in pursuit of further details or with questions of any kind.

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