Hazel K. Bell (1) (1935–)
Author of Indexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction
For other authors named Hazel K. Bell, see the disambiguation page.
Works by Hazel K. Bell
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Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Macaulife, Hazel Kathleen
- Birthdate
- 1935
- Gender
- female
- Education
- University of Reading (BA Hons - English Language and Literature)
- Occupations
- indexer
editor
writer
teacher
parent - Organizations
- Society of Indexers
Barbara Pym Society - Awards and honors
- She received the Carey Award for services to indexing in 1997, was made an Honorary Member of ALPSP in 1998, and was awarded the Wheatley Medal for an outstanding index in both 2005 and 2006.
Carey Award of the Society of Indexers (1996)
Wheatley Medal (2005)
Wheatley Medal (2006)
Honorary Member, Association Of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (1998) - Relationships
- Macaulife, Kay (mother)
Bell, C. L. M. (husband)
Raddings, Phoebe (cousin) - Short biography
- Hazel Bell graduated from Reading University with an Honours degree in English Language and Literature. She became a qualified teacher, and has taught English in several Hertfordshire schools and colleges as well as on Workers Educational Association courses.
While staying at home to bring up her three children, she started to work freelance for publishers, chiefly as an indexer; she has now compiled more than 800 published indexes to books and journals. She was editor of the National Newsletter of National Housewives Register from 1972-76; editor of The Indexer, the professional journal of the Society of Indexers, 1978-95; editor of Learned Publishing, the journal of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), 1987-96; of the Journal of the Angela Thirkell Society, 1997-98; and of Green Leaves, the journal of the Barbara Pym Society, 1999-2005. She is a publisher, as HKB Press. - Nationality
- England
UK - Birthplace
- Feltham, Middlesex, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
Excellent slim volume of essays (115 pps. total) about various aspects of the Church (rather than religion - the distinction is important) in Pym's works. For those who love her books this will be a very satisfying read, and almost certainly tell you something new, as well.
Not sure why the cover is illustrated with a picture of what looks like a cathedral - one type of church which Pym conspicuously didn't frequent, or mention in her books. A London church or a rural country churchyard show more would have been more appropriate. show less
Not sure why the cover is illustrated with a picture of what looks like a cathedral - one type of church which Pym conspicuously didn't frequent, or mention in her books. A London church or a rural country churchyard show more would have been more appropriate. show less
A really entertaining anthology of short writings about what the title says: real indexes with humour, fictional indexes and indexers. I enjoyed it so much more than I expected to and now want to read many of the books it refers to, particularly Nabokov's Pale Fire. Good pre-bed reading as it all comes in small bite-sized chunks. I had to struggle to stop myself reading it too quickly.
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- Rating
- 3.9
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