17 October 2018
The Murder of Childhood: Inside the Mind of One of Britain’s Most Notorious Child Murderers
25th Anniversary Edition | 17 October 2018 | Published by Waterside Press | Paperback
A ‘lost work’ is now finally back in print.… Read more “Press Release: Child Killings Re-visited”
Waterside Press is proud to announce that Justin Rollin’s book The Lost Boyz: A Dark Side of Graffiti (first published in 2011) has been optioned by No Dog Films who are now working with the author on his life story. This is the same book that has become required reading for students at Birmingham City University and from 2018 at Aberdeen University.… Read more “Books on Screen”
Photos courtesy of and © 2018 Steve Myers.… Read more “Gallery: The Maze Prison Launch”
15 November 2017
Poet and author addresses students at Birmingham City University (BCU).
Justin Rollins’ autobiographical book The Lost Boyz and poetry collection Street Crhymes have been adopted as required reading for over 500 Criminology students at BCU. Both deal with his life on the streets of South London as a gang member facing violence daily and other risks of a throwaway lifestyle.… Read more “Ground-Breaking Approach to Studies in Criminology”
5 October 2017
We are pleased to announce that Preventing Self-Injury and Suicide in Women’s Prisons by Tammi Walker and Graham Towl is the Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award 2017 – Practitioner Text Category.
The judgement criteria: “The Society’s Book Award recognises excellent published work in psychology.… Read more “Winner! British Psychological Society Book Award 2017”
