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Writers and Texticians
A writespace special event Video
October 2025
What is a textician? A technician of language who collaborates with scientists to help them get their research into the world? A tactician, a magician, a weaver of texts? Or maybe all of those things?
In October 2025, WriteSPACE founder Helen Sword and Scholarly Communication founder Daniel Shea, now a professional textician at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, enjoyed a lively conversation and workshop exploring how good texts get made — and made better — in various disciplinary contexts.
Daniel Shea
How do scientific researchers and texticians work effectively together? What happens when writers become their own texticians? Can a scholar with a humanities or social science degree make a good living as a science textician? (Absolutely! says Daniel).
The video of the first hour of this event is free to all who register. The full 2-hour recording is available for WriteSPACE and WS Studio members in their Video library. (Not a member? Click here and use the discount code SPACEPASS to try free for 30 days.)
Register below to receive a link to the video of the first hour.
We hope you enjoy watching this WriteSPACE Special Event!