News – Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers

The Shepheard-Walwyn Seasonal Gift Guide

Tio — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 07:30:44 +0000

With the festive season just around the corner we can’t help you with tree trimming, or keeping the cake topped up with your favourite tipple, but we can provide you with bundles of inspiration for your best non-fiction book gifting. Spoiled for choice and discounted too, we invite you to include a title or two [...]

Rent Unmasked: all your questions answered

Tio — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 07:27:49 +0000

Katalin with you today. I help co-ordinate Shepheard-Walwyn publishing efforts. I love the books they do. As the debate on economic justice continues to escalate, Shepheard-Walwyn is proud to announce that we are featuring Rent Unmasked in this month’s newsletter. And the new e-book we’ve got. Winner of the Best Achievement Award in the 2016-17 [...]

The Shepheard-Walwyn October Newsletter

Tio — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 06:14:50 +0000

On 23 October 1924, The Daily Mail published an explosive article. ‘CIVIL WAR PLOT BY SOCIALISTS’ MASTERS’ was being splashed across their front page just days before the 1924 UK election. Considered a critical election for the very heart and soul of the English peoples. And there were further alarming headings: ‘MOSCOW ORDERS TO OUR [...]

The Shepheard-Walwyn Podcast Series: elevate

Tio — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 06:01:26 +0000

It’s September already and Shepheard-Walwyn is geared up for a busy autumn. We’d like to introduce our new subscribers to and remind our previous subscribers of Shepheard-Walwyn's extensive podcast library. We invite you to begin with the latest podcast from presenter Jonathan Brown and Episode 5 of the “Taken for a Ride” series. Jonathan relays [...]

Introduce Shepheard-Walwyn’s newest author

Tio — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 05:56:17 +0000

We are delighted to introduce Shepheard-Walwyn's newest author, Karim Ayoubi, exclusively to our newsletter subscribers. KARIM AYOUBI Author Karim Ayoubi spent three years studying Economics at Oxford University in the mid-1990s and then went on to work for some of the biggest names in banking. When he discovered that economic theory did not match up to [...]

Ethical Economics Website & Podcast

Tio — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 05:01:17 +0000

Shepheard-Walwyn has always been a champion of the role of ethics in economics. That is why, as an additional feature of Shepheard-Walwyn, we are pleased to launch our new Ethical Economics website, which will include podcasts, publications and regular blogs dedicated to raising the profile of ethics in economics. You’ll hear exciting new voices from [...]

Chaos Dragon and The Light

Tio — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 07:54:40 +0000

An extra special event has prompted us to share our December newsletter with you earlier than usual. Shepheard-Walwyn author Marika Henriques is the subject of the upcoming documentary, Chaos Dragon and The Light. You can buy tickets for this event below. Premiering worldwide online on 13 December at 7 pm, the documentary is followed by a Q&A with Marika. After this content becomes available…

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Women’s History Month: The Women of Shepheard-Walwyn

SheaFowb429Aslf — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 05:04:32 +0000

Today, we marked the 16th day of Women’s History Month. This month intends to celebrate women’s contributions to culture, history and society, as it runs from March 1st until March 31st. At Shepheard-Walwyn, we want to take this month to celebrate, recognise and uplift women. The theme for Women’s History Month this year is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,” recognising the critical role…

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The Shepheard-Walwyn Trilogy: How Economics Has Lost Its Way

SheaFowb429Aslf — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 03:38:24 +0000

Poverty is a complex phenomenon. It is defined as income often measured in terms of per capita gross domestic product (GDP). A broader definition treats poverty as multidimensional, including low income, low levels of education and health, vulnerability (to health or income loss, natural disaster, crime and violence, and education curtailment) and voicelessness and powerlessness (feeling…

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Anthony Werner, publisher at Shepheard-Walwyn, has passed away

SheaFowb429Aslf — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 03:33:21 +0000

We are very sad to announce that publisher, Anthony Werner, has passed away this December 2022. He led Shepheard-Walwyn for over 40 years and was a wise and knowledgeable gentleman. He was a great supporter of literature and was a founding publisher of The People’s Book Prize in 2009. At their 10th awards ceremony, he won Best Publisher (2019). The full video of the 2019 Ceremony is available here.

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