Sensitivity & Authenticity Reading

Sensitivity & Authenticity Reading ✺

As a professional sensitivity reader, Mireille works with publishers, authors, and organisaions to ensure manuscripts, books, and other materials are both accurate and culturally respectful. Her services include reviewing content to guarantee that it is free from harmful stereotypes, authentically represents diverse experiences, and aligns with best practices in diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Former clients include prestigious publishers and organisations such as Berkley (Penguin Random House US), Bloomsbury, Blink (Bonnier), Vintage (Penguin Random House UK), Dorling Kindersley, Faber Children's, Fourth Estate (HarperCollins), The Girls' Day School Trust, Garden Museum, Hodder & Stoughton (Hachette), Ian Fleming Publications Ltd, Knopf Doubleday (PRH US), Ladybird (PRH UK), Macmillan Children's Books, Manilla Press (Bonnier), Nosy Crow, Pan Macmillan, Penguin Press (PRH US), Quercus (Hachette), Secrets Worth Sharing, Simon & Schuster Children's Books, Tate Liverpool, Transworld (PRH UK), Usborne, Wide Eyed Editions (Quarto), Weldon Owen Children's Books, WriteUp Agency, and Zaffre (Bonnier), to name a few.

Mireille's areas of expertise include:

  • Mixed-Race Representation

  • Caribbean and Jamaican Heritage

  • Black Popular Culture

  • Black British Identity & History

  • African American and Caribbean History

  • Generational Trauma & Mental Health

  • Abusive Relationships

  • Classics and Historical Retellings

Mireille also offers multilingual sensitivity reading, with an expertise in French, Spanish, and Italian-language books, providing culturally relevant and sensitive insights for non-English manuscripts. Mireille also consults on internal diversity and inclusion guidelines for publishers, focusing on enhancing editorial policies and practices to promote inclusive, accurate, and respectful content creation.