Articles by Waterside Press, our authors and associates.
Some belated good news! Congratulations are due as Helena Normanton has been awarded a Blue Plaque by English Heritage after being brought back to public attention by Judith Bourne’s book Helena Normanton and the Opening of the Bar to Women.
15 February 2021
Justin Rollins’ The Lost Boyz celebrates its tenth anniversary as one of our best-selling titles this month – some feat for a book written by a reformed offender, that it should be consistently in demand for that length of time.… Read more “Tenth Anniversary as Film Trailer Released”
by John Hosking CBE
The lay magistracy is one of our greatest national institutions, a key constituent of British democracy. Together with a strong tradition of voluntary public service, it has evolved over hundreds of years to become one of the world’s most admired forms of public participation in the administration of justice.… Read more “Why we should champion our JPs”
Gladys Ambort, Criminal Classes, Joanna Kozubska, Danger Development and Adaptation, and Judith Bourne.
Seen & Heard is the latest in a line of Waterside Press publications around women, children and justice which began 25 years ago with Angela Devlin’s acclaimed Criminal Classes: Offenders at School.… Read more “Women, children and justice”
Your Honour Can I Tell You My Story has been chosen for the Probation Insights Week 2019 Big Read.
“Wow!! I didn’t put it down once I started reading!”
“This is a redemption story. It is a brilliant testament to the fact that labels like ‘criminal’, ‘care-leaver’, ‘drug addict’, ‘offender’ and ‘prisoner’ should not prevent people from being given the opportunity to fully realise their true potential.… Read more “Your Honour chosen for the Probation Insights Week Big Read”
