ForeWord Reviews is pleased to announce the 2010 Book of the Year Awards list of finalists. Representing more than 350 publishers, the finalists were selected from 1400 entries in 56 categories. These books are examples of independent publishing at its finest. Shepheard-Walwyn is delighted to announce that their book – Eradicating Ecocide – is a finalist

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We are pleased to announce that Eradicating Ecocide, by Polly Higgins, is included in the Spring selection of the 2011 People’s Book Prize. Voting will be open until the 31st of May 2011. To vote go to www.peoplesbookprize.co.uk

Polly Higgins’ book Eradicating Ecocide has been met with great enthusiasm since its publication in September. The author’s fellow environmentalists agree that her proposal to create a law against ecocide is necessary to put a stop to the systematic destruction of our planet, and most importantly they see it as feasible. In a review for

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John Clare: Voice of Freedom by R.S. Attack John Clare was highly affected by the Enclosures Movement, which consolidated the old strip-farming systems into larger units and removed the people’s rights to common land. In the process, families were dispossessed. Clare’s own experiences of living off the land and his distress at moving from place

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Polly Higgins, author of Eradicating Ecocide, was interviewed by Lucy Siegle of The Observer, resulting in a wonderful piece in last Sunday’s Observer Magazine which dubs her “the innovator”. Polly, described here as a law reformer, says ‘I want everybody to become a barrack-room lawyer on behalf of the planet.’ She hopes that the book will

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Eradicating Ecocide is published on 9th September to coincide with our London Book Launch this evening. Polly Higgins sets out to demonstrate how our planet is fast being destroyed by the activities of corporations and governments, facilitated by ‘compromise’ laws that offer insufficient deterrence. Polly offers a solution that is radical, but absolutely necessary: the

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