@tanyaizzard
🏳️🌈 I'm a book indexer working on scholarly humanities titles. Other hats include being the Marketing lead for the UK Society of Indexers and my E.M. Delafield website. https://tanyaizzard.co.uk/about/tanya-izzards-links/
Our #IndexDay workshops on 31 March in London at the Publishers Association are filling up. Book now to make sure of your place at these workshops and learn more about this key aspect of book publishing
Having a bit of a moment looking at the index of an archaeological report done by someone who has archaeological experience but has not been trained as indexer and it shows. No names, no pack drill, but this is why it is important to have someone trained and knowledgeable doing your indexes.
Great to see some new index users getting started! Indexing books for children is a specific skill - see buff.ly/SgdRGrZ for more information on this fascinating area of work #IndexSky
Meet the speakers for our #IndexDay workshop on 31 March
@publishersassoc.bsky.social
: @baindex.org on the value of human indexing, Rachel Gee on how indexes make information accessible, and
@tanyaizzard.bsky.social
on technology and AI. Book your place at www.indexers.org.uk/posts/nation...
Our annual celebration of indexes and indexing, National Indexing Day, takes place on Tues 31 March 2026. We’ll be celebrating online (follow #IndexDay) and running half-day workshops all about indexing for publishing professionals in London. Find out more and book your place at: buff.ly/y0rLvyT
I was a university administrator doing a part-time PhD when my partner, then running an indie press, needed a book index. I enjoyed it so much I retrained via the @indexers.bsky.social training course and have been indexing full-time since I completed it. #IndexSky
This was a great session, with some object lessons in good client communication and turning an unlikely project into a winning one. I also enjoyed talking about Charlotte Matter's excellent Feminist Substances, a niche book that took me on many journeys #IndexSky
It's always instructive to hear what other people think about your job, and the @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social episode on indexing was interesting to hear and to discuss. My blog post on indexing aimed at academic authors has more guidance and resources: tanyaizzard.co.uk/2025/11/26/i...
What makes a good book indexer? Our blog post explains what you need to work in this fascinating and varied job. Indexers come from all sorts of professional backgrounds and many work part-time alongside other jobs buff.ly/AEtzR1s
Ah, that's a pity, although useful to know.
Just checked the Sky mailing list, and it's an odd inconsistent problem. Solutions suggested include using the mouse to cut and paste (which you have probably thought of yourself) or setting up an alternative shortcut key. I might do the latter the next time I use it.
Yes - I can't work out why it's doing it and it doesn't seem to do it consistently. Very annoying!
children burns, 1071 Christmas cookies and cookie ornaments, 762 churn freezing, ice cream, 828 coloring Easter eggs, 207 dinner for family and friends, 24 Egg safety, 980
Index in the Joy of Cooking
This morning's session was great fun. It's perhaps not surprising that so many indexers like puzzles and games - we're creators of order, we set things right, and we try to enter into the minds of our readers (or setters or opponents). I love a cryptic crossword and I'm also very partial to patience
For indexing, I can't decide between the belittling "Can't a computer/AI do that?" or the baffling "Do you have to read the whole book?", as if having to read a whole book was some sort of dire punishment #IndexSky
Day 28: Step #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Kate Bush, Hounds of Love - "And I'll be two steps on the water"
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Oh yes, floats, I usually miss catching at least one long one in a really inconvenient place. The variegated blue works so well in this pattern - I mainly use flatter tones for colourwork but this has opened up many new ideas.
That is gorgeous, Nicola!
I couldn't spot this one: Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces. Midge Ure's favourite record.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fayL...
Day 18: Park #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Bernadette Peters singing Sondheim's 'Sunday in the Park with George'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nk-...
Indexing is a niche but immensely satisfying role: read books, get a stimulating intellectual workout, get paid. In our blog post, indexer @tanyaizzard.bsky.social discusses the backgrounds of indexers and the attributes of good ones: buff.ly/Fe6n014 #WorkInPublishingWeek
It's #WorkInPublishingWeek 2025, so it's a good time to reintroduce ourselves. The Society of Indexers is the professional body for indexers in the UK and Ireland.
Day 15: Evening #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Marianne Faithfull, As Tears Go By
"It is the evening of the day..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-efI...
I saw this adaptation at the weekend - it's on until Saturday 15th November. Well worth seeing; Ellie Ward has made an excellent job of adapting the Diary into a playful and touching piece, and the performances are excellent.
thebridgehousetheatre.co.uk/shows/the-di...
Day 11: Coat #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
The Beatles, Two of Us
"The two of us wearing raincoats, standing solo in the sun..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Z7...
Day 6: Mine #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Cowboy Junkies, Mining for Gold
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xFg...
The song that stopped my mother complaining that she couldn't hear the lyrics properly, because she could hear all of these.
Day 5: Maybe #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Squeeze, 'Up the Junction'
I said, You are a lady
Perhaps, she said, I may be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQci...
I like embedded indexing, I do a lot of it, and it was a pleasure to write this post demystifying the process for the SI blog.
