UBC Press proudly distributes Jessica Kingsley Publishers in Canada. A selection of JKP titles are available on our website. If you're interested in a title not available on our website, please contact us or our distributor, UTP Distribution.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP) is a wholly independent company, committed to publishing books that make a difference.
The company was founded in 1987 in London by Jessica Kingsley and has grown since then to now publish over 250 books a year. JKP is known for long established lists on the autism spectrum, social work, and arts therapies. More recently they have published extensively in the fields of mental health, counselling, palliative care, and practical theology. JKP has a range of graphic novels across these subject areas, and books for children, on issues including bereavement, depression and anger. In 2016, JKP was awarded Independent Academic, Educational and Professional Publisher of the Year by the British Book Industry Awards.
In 2006 a new imprint, Singing Dragon, was born.
Making Sense of Your Senses
Sensory Solutions Workbook
Taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound are the five senses we all know about. But did you know there are three more? And they're very important. This activity filled workbook for 7-12-year-olds teaches kids all about sensory processing, the effects it has on how they feel and how to identify the right kind of sensory input to feel better.
We're All Neurodiverse
How to Build a Neurodiversity Affirming Future and Challenge Neuronormativity
Radical, accepting and kind. This is the neurodiversity paradigm. This guide challenges your assumptions of who is and isn't neurodivergent with own voice narratives reflecting on intersections of race, gender and sexuality and directly opposes the pathology paradigm. At its heart, it is a rallying cry to be a neurodiversity affirming society.
Stories of Autistic Joy
Laura Kate Dale and 15 contributors from across the world open the door and look in on the candid, intimate moments that celebrates what it means to feel autistic joy.
Black Again
Losing and Reclaiming My Racial Identity
A memoir exploring the psychological impact of cultural assimilation and internalized racism.
Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors
Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies That Really Work
Where Do I Start?
How to navigate the emotional journey of autism parenting
Raising an ADHD Child
A handbook for parents of Distractible, Dreamy and Defiant children
A practical guide to parenting children with ADHD, written by two experienced former teachers in the field of ADHD and Neurodiversity, Zoe Beezer and FIn O'Regan. Chapters include guidance on: medication, diagnosis, hyperfocus, working with schools, creating structure and routines, planning for the future and navigating the teenage years.
Hopeless Aromantic
First guide on aromanticism, the lesser-known cousin of asexuality.
You Are Unstoppable!
How to Understand Your Feelings about Climate Change and Take Positive Action Together
So, I'm Autistic
Introduction to autism for teenagers/young adults new to the diagnosis, written by a peer with lived experience.