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Educational Publishing Consultancy

Your next publication,
in safe expert hands.

Word Up brings two decades of editorial and classroom experience to every project — from first commission to final proof.

Selected clients · An index of imprints

The houses that trust us with their pages.

01Pearson
02Oxford University Press
03Cambridge University Press
04Hachette
05Collins
06National Geographic Learning
07Cengage
08Rising Stars Assessment
09Montrose International
10Oriel Square
11Just Content
12Haremi
13Peak Publishing, Karachi
14York Press
15Education Logistics Ghana
Kariss Holgarth
Kariss Holgarthin
Michelle Holgarth
Michelle Holgarthin

Who we are

Brought to you by Kariss and Michelle.

Colleagues and sisters-in-law, with a connection that goes further than the office door. Together they bring twenty years of publishing and teaching to a single, unsurpassed standard of educational publishing.

Read our story

What we do · End-to-end publishing

Every stage of the page, handled.

A full range of end-to-end publishing services — carried from first commission through to final proof.

  • Editorial01

    Structural editing, copy-editing and proofreading — the careful read every manuscript deserves.

  • Project management02

    End-to-end delivery across teams and time zones, on schedule and on brief.

  • Content creation & development03

    Original, curriculum-aligned material written and shaped for real classrooms.

  • Commissioning04

    The right authors, and lists that hold together from the first title to the last.

  • Picture research & selection05

    Sourcing, clearing and choosing imagery that earns its place on the page.

  • DEI sensitivity reads06

    Considered reads that keep content fair, accurate and genuinely inclusive.

All services

Selected work

Projects we're proud of.

Just Content · Pearson

iG Teaching Hubs

A digital programme for teaching excellence at International GCSE.

Meticulous, step-by-step lesson plans, media-rich resources and carefully curated assessment tools — giving teachers the support to teach International GCSEs consistently, creatively and with complete confidence.

“Your work has been most appreciated by us all — undertaken to the highest standards. The Pearson team asked me specifically to express their own thanks.”— Pearson iG Hub team

Cambridge University Press

Myanmar Pre-Service Teacher Training

Strengthening teacher education across Myanmar's colleges.

Delivered in partnership with UNESCO and Myanmar's Ministry of Education, the STEM project developed policy and institutional capacity across targeted Education Colleges.

“We certainly couldn't have managed without your involvement, and really appreciate all your hard work.”— Cambridge University Press

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