Matilda Battersby

I am an editor and journalist with almost two decades of experience working for newspapers and magazines. I have recently been working at The Telegraph, The Bookseller, Inside Housing and Housing Today.

I spent seven years in-house at The Independent, firstly as a news and features writer, before going on to become digital editor for arts and culture. I was in charge of commissioning, editing and organising coverage for major arts events, from blockbuster book launches and the Turner Prize to Glastonbury festival.

Since going freelance in late 2015, I have written or edited for most of the national newspapers and websites, including the Evening Standard, the i newspaper, The Times, Telegraph, Mail and Guardian.

For five years, I was editor of Popshot Quarterly, an illustrated literary magazine published by the Chelsea Magazine Company. I was managing editor at BBC Earth magazine, Finds editor at HuffPost UK and have worked regularly for Assemble Media.

Sometimes I write or edit content for businesses or agencies, including Google, Zoopla, NatWest, and M&C Saatchi. 

In my spare time I write novels, having won the Lucy Cavendish Prize for Fiction 2024. I also take commissions from publishers to ghostwrite memoir and non-fiction books, as well as offer editorial feedback or developmental edits on novels and non-fiction from individual authors who might be unsure if their books are read to query.

If you'd like to contact me about work, or anything else, you can email me at matildabattersby@gmail.com.