Stephen Wade's extensive non-fiction work primarily explores themes connected to the penal system and education. His writing draws deeply from years of experience in teaching and working within prisons. Wade's prose is marked by a profound understanding of human psychology and societal issues, presented with both empathy and clarity. His narratives offer readers compelling insights into the complexities of life and the potential for reform.
In Tracing Your Prisoner Ancestors, crime historian Stephen Wade attempts to provide information and guidance to family and social history researchers in this difficult area of criminal records
This latest book in the Straightforward Guides Series A Guide to Freelance Writing, Revised Edition, by Stephen Wade, is the perfect book for those who wish to concentrate on writing features, reviews etc. for newspapers and other media. Adopting a methodical step-by-step approach, the book updates and builds on the previous edition. The reader is given a firm grounding in the craft of writing and the book contains all the basic information.
Cops, Villains and Trials is a collection of case studies and background essays intended to provide guidance and advice for family and social historians. It aims to deal with sources and narratives, with material on the context of crime and law through the ages. The book is meant to be a guide for any historian doing family research or who might want less well-known tales and case studies of the law and legal professionals in British history. The material also includes essays on Irish history.
A Comprehensive Guide to Burglary and Robbery is an essential research companion for crime writers and readers. Crime historian Stephen Wade and former detective Stuart Gibbon examine the subjects of Burglary and Robbery from a historical and modern-day perspective, with reference to criminal law and police procedure.
A Comprehensive Guide to Arrest and Detention is an essential research companion for crime writers and readers. Crime historian Stephen Wade and former detective Stuart Gibbon examine the subjects of arrest and detention from a historical and modern-day perspective, with reference to criminal law and police procedure.
Being a Professional Writer, by Stephen Wade and Kate Walker, builds on the previous edition and is a guide to all major aspects of working as a full time writer. It is wide ranging and covers all areas of the written medium, whether fiction or non-fiction. The aim of the book is to give the reader a clear insight into techniques used in different forms of writing and to develop these techniques and be able to build the confidence needed to embark on a career as a writer. This latest edition has been updated to include contemporary topics related to author promotion and the uses of social media.
True Crime writer Stephen Wade tells the stories of some of the men he has met in prison: cons and screws, librarians and Listeners, ex-squaddies and Storybook Dads. An outsider on the Inside, he tries to explore the psychic geography of a world of rage, hatred, loneliness and boredom - in Reception, on the landings, in the gym and down the Block. Stretch is a book about seductive dreams and wrong decisions, heroin and sadness, resolutions, resignation and regret, with an atonal soundtrack of keys and gates, and doors that slam 'like tombs'.
A Comprehensive Guide to Drink and Disorder is an essential research companion for crime writers and readers. Crime historian Stephen Wade and former detective Stuart Gibbon examine the subjects of Drink and Disorder from a historical and modern-day perspective, with reference to criminal law and police procedure.
Presents a dramatic narrative from several theatres of war, including the Battle of Britain and the bombing raids on Germany, the Korean War, with first-hand testimony, as well as accounts of the dangerous RAF base at Habbaniya and Hong Kong in the 1950s.
A Straightforward Guide to Writing Performance Poetry is the perfect book for those who wish to develop their poetry and performance skills. The reader is given a firm grounding in the art of performance poetry and the book contains all the basic information needed to develop both writing and performance skills. The material is wide-ranging and adopts a contemporary and novel approach to the art and craft or writing and presenting poetry.
A Straightforward Guide to Creative Writing, Revised Edition, updates and builds on the previous edition by introducing new techniques and practical workshops. The reader is given a firm grounding in the art of writing. A Straightforward Guide to Creative Writing is the perfect book for all those who wish to develop their skills in this area whether through a course of study or as a hobby.
A Straightforward Guide to The Crime Writer's Casebook, Revised Edition, is a reference work for all crime writers and is an essential companion for research into modern police procedure as well as to crime investigations in history. The book is unique in presenting the topics by means of both first-hand explanations by a London police detective and a crime historian. There are also glossaries explaining legal terms encountered in crime history and of modern police work.
A Straightforward Guide to Being a Detective An A-Z Readers' and Writers' Guide to Detective Work Past and Present, REVISED EDITION is an essential research companion for all writers of crime fiction and non-fiction. In all genres of popular crime writing today, detective characters figure prominently. What is the life of a detective like? What was it like in 1890 or 1990? Former detective Stuart Gibbon and crime historian Stephen Wade answer these questions in this revised companion guide, updated to include changes to police practice to 2023.
Crime historian Stephen Wade and former detective Stuart Gibbon examine the investigation of Murder from a historical and modern-day perspective, with reference to criminal law, police procedure and forensic evidence.