If you’re an adoptive/foster parent or prospective parent, we’ve put together this booklet of new and bestselling titles you might find interesting. Feel free to browse, share and email the booklet with anyone you think might be interested.    If you’d like to print off a copy of the booklet, simply click here to download…

Our latest catalogue on Dementia and Elder Care is now available. With full information on our new and bestselling titles, this catalogue is a tremendous resource not only for those working with people affected by dementia, but also for family members, friends and anyone who works with the elderly. The catalogue includes practical books for…

Monday 4th of March saw the official launch of The Art and Science of Motivation: A Therapist’s Guide to Working with Children in Queensland, Australia. Editor Anne Poulsen shared these thoughts and photos from the evening’s celebrations. The launch of the book The Art and Science of Motivation: A Therapist’s Guide to Working with Children was…

Vanessa Rogers is the author of Working with Young Women, Working with Young Men, Let’s Talk Relationships, 101 Things to Do on the Street amongst others. In this article she gives her writing tips for aspiring authors. And, if you’re feeling inspired feel free to send in your proposals to post@jkp.com They say that there…

In this article Michael Mandelstam, author of new book Safeguarding Adults and the Law looks at why the continuing abuse and neglect of adults in health and social care is a pressing matter and highlights what safeguarding boards are up against when challenging these issues. Since the last edition of this book, published early in…

JKP Commissioning Editor Caroline Walton and Marketing Executive Claudine Harris were delighted to attend an event at the House of Commons on Wednesday 6th February to celebrate the publication of What Does Dead Mean?  A Book for Young Children to Help Explain Death and Dying. The event was hosted by the Rt Hon Keith Vaz…

JKP were delighted to attend the launch of Forensic Music Therapy: A Treatment for Men and Women in Secure Hospital Settings on Friday 25th January at the stunning Burgh House in Hampstead, London. Hosted by the three editors of the book, Stella Compton Dickinson, Helen Odell-Miller and John Adlam, and attended by many of those…

JKP author Stephanie Azri, Healthy Mindsets for Super Kids, gives tips on how to help your child cope with bullying and what you can do to build your child’s resilience. The bullying of children at school has happened for a very long time and unfortunately is likely to continue. Generally speaking, the victims are often…

The trustees of Mary Aikenhead Ministries in Sydney, Australia, were proud to host the launch of Humanizing Healthcare Reforms by Gerald A. Arbuckle, PhD on 13th December 2012. Here are a few words that were said at the launch on behalf of Jessica Kingsley, MD of Jessica Kingsley Publishers: “The sample pages [Gerry] sent were immediately fascinating…

Nikki Giant and Rachel Beddoe, authors of new release Surviving Girlhood: Building Positive Relationships, Attitudes and Self-Esteem to Prevent Teenage Girl Bullying introduce Anti-Bullying Week 2012 and why encouraging young people to take a stand against bullying is as important as ever in today’s society. November 19th – 23rd 2012 marks anti-bullying week in the…