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FREE WITH WORDS
Writers in Prison
“The arts encourage growth and development; without them we are simply nurturing generation after generation of angry, immature, out-of-tune and out-of-time anti-social Rip Van Winkles to be released back into our communities. Better that we help to open up the prisoner’s closed and narrow world through the only legal means of escape available in prison, and make them free with words. Read this book and you’ll see what I mean.”
Clive Hopwood Director, Writers in Prison Network.
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HOLME AND AWAY
Poet Andy Croft worked as writer-in-residence at HMP Holme House between 2000 and 2003. This book represents just a fraction of the poems and stories he read while he was there.
“Writing makes us human. And you don’t have to be able to write in order to write.”
Price £4.50 ISBN: 1-874600-96-1
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HOUSE OF CARE
A History of Northallerton Prison
By Stephen Wade
There has been a prison in Northallerton since 1783. House of Care tells the story of how the modern prison emerged from a House of Correction, a Victorian gaol and a military detention centre.
Price £7.50 ISBN: 1-905373-20-1
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JOURNEYS INSIDE OUT
A poignant collection of prose by women in HMP Holloway. Most of the writers have written from personal experience and ranges from the funny and witty to harsh realism, from the lightly erotic to the totally fantastical.
Price £2.99 ISBN: 0-9543559-0-3
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MARKED MEN
Stories and pictures from the inside
Tatoos and the stories behind them. The tattoos in this book are inseparable from the experience of the bodies they adorn. They reveal the shape of the lives of men marked by crime, drugs, love, violence, friendship and imprisonment.
Price £8.99 ISBN: 1-874600-40-6
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NEVER ENDING SENTENCE
“We hope that this book helps you the same way it’s helped us, like reading, writing, spelling, and most of all, team work with others.”
Price £5.00 ISBN: 978-1-905373-16-
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THE PRISONERS
“Our names are Duncan, Gary, Steve and Chris. Between us we’ve done 28 years in jail and we wrote this book for you. If you want to read something interesting, carry on. If you don’t, fuck off and let someone else read it.”
Price £5.00 ISBN: 0-9543559-1-1
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A STRONG VOICE IN A SMALL SPACE
“The most outstanding book of poems from prison that I have ever read.” Colin Allen, HM Inspectorate of Prisons
Winner of the RAYMOND WILLIAMS COMMUNITY PUBLISHING AWARD
Price £4.99 ISBN: 1-874600-92-9
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THE TIGER BENEATH
“Thoughts and ideas long imprisoned” writes one of the authors in this refreshing anthology of prose and poetry from three London prisons. There are, of course, vivid pieces drawn from personal experience about crime, courts and imprisonment, but the writing also includes pictures from another life, flights of fancy and stories from exotic locations.
Price £2.99 ISBN: 1-874600-87-2
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THE TRIBE
Can you save The Tribe from the evil Organisation? Readers embark on an exciting journey taking them and the other characters back and forward through the book.
Price £5.00 ISBN: 0-9543559-2-X
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THESE WORDS, THESE PICTURES
A celebration of Art and Poetry
The latest annual production of work from prisoners at High Down. This is a work of tremendous quality, much of it given life by the shock and pain of imprisonment.
Any profits from this book will be donated to Victim Support.
Price £5.00 ISBN: 978-0-9552308-1-3
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REFLECTIONS
Poems by Prisoners in HMP Belmarsh
The poems in this book have been written by prisoners in HMP Belmarsh. Working with a poet from the Writers in Prison Network, each prisoner has tried to express what he believes in, and the poetry reflects the nature of his perspective and vulnerabilities.
Any profits from this book will be donated to the Prison Advice & Care Trust – pact – an independent national charity that works with prisoners and prisoners’ families.
Price £5.00 ISBN: 1-905373-12-0
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“One day, I will take the path to freedom. One day, I may
experience a sober life, And I may see a new life, And I may hear my son’s voice…”
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LABYRINTH
Writing by Prisoners in HMP Belmarsh
This book is a comprehensive anthology of writing by prisoners in HMP Belmarsh. The poems are prisoners’ responses to writing exercises as part of a course in the Education Department. With course tutors and a poet from the Writers in Prison Network, each prisoner began to approach different forms of writing to reflect his emotions and beliefs.
Any profits from this book will be donated to Barnado’s – an independent charity for children.
Price £5.00 ISBN: 978-1-905373-16-1
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STORIES CONNECT
Changing Lives Through Stories
Mary Stephenson
Stories change lives. This innovative reading programme has been especially designed for work with offenders and research has shown that it radically reduces reoffending.
This handbook is a comprehensive guide to running the programme, complete with detailed guidelines on setting up a group, costings, running sessions, icebreakers, and games, suggested texts, sample lesson plans, photocopiable resources and a full contacts list.
Price £5.00 ISBN: 978-1-905373-15-4
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