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.
Neurodiversity in the Workplace
How neurodivergent individuals can find their place and thrive
Welcome to AuDHD
The Ultimate Guide to Thriving as an Autistic ADHD Adult
The Autism-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and the Fourth Trimester
Notes From A Queer Cripple
How to Cultivate Queer Disabled Joy (and Be Hot While Doing It!)
A how-to for the queer disabled community about dealing with ableism, making inclusivity mandatory, and how to experience queer crip joy. With advice on everything from sexual autonomy, self-pleasure, and sex workers, to date-prep and disability disclosure - this is both a self-care bible and an urgent call for the queer community to do better.
Rediscovered
A Compassionate and Courageous Guide For Late Discovered Autistic Women (and Their Allies)
A guide to self-discovery for late discovered autistic women, written by Catherine Asta, an autistic psychotherapist and host of the hit podcast, “The Late Discovered Club'. Chapters include advice on masking, mental health, meltdowns and menopause, with practical tips on coping mechanisms and a hugely wide range of lived experience testimony.
Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders
How to Start, Survive and Thrive in Leadership
A business and leadership guide for neurodivergent leaders, and leaders of the future, with insight into finding your own leadership style, the unwritten rules of management, well being and self care, and holding open the door for others.
Beyond Bananas and Condoms
The LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Sex Education You Never Got at School
A shame-free, illustrated sex-ed guide for adults and young adults, that embraces queer, gender diverse and neurodiverse experiences, written by a qualified RSHE educator.
Shame-Sex Attraction
Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy
An anthology of stories from survivors of gay conversion therapy- edited by an activist, academic, and fellow survivor. This is an exposition of the trauma and moral injury such practices enact, and an opportunity for survivors to reclaim their narratives, and a call to action for every reader to help put end to conversion therapy.
How to Understand Your Relationships
Step-by-Step Help for Children with ADHD
A Guide for Parents 2nd edition
The newly updated edition of the easy-to-follow six-step programme for anyone supporting children with ADHD. Incorporating the latest research, these tried and tested strategies will set you up to find the best ways to support your ADHD child and help them thrive.
The ADHD Teen Survival Guide
Your Launchpad to an Amazing Life
Bold, fun and vibrantly illustrated, this book is the ultimate guide for teens wanting to learn more about ADHD and how they can live their best life.