Since its first issue in 1988, much interesting and inspiring material has been published in Groupwork. Most of this still says much of use to today's groupworkers, and there is a steady stream of requests for reprints. We are therefore making back volumes of Groupwork available in book form. Authors in this volume include leading academic figures in the field as well as practitioners working in the field. Any groupworker will find this material of enduring interest.

The first 13 volumes of Groupwork will be available from Summer 2007, and Volume 14 will appear in the Autumn.

All titles in the Groupwork Classics series will also be printed in the United States, and available at 48 to 72 hours notice through the N American booktrade (USA price for volume 1 is US$75.00).

Contents of Volume One
Groupwork practice with hard to reach clients: A modality of choice Lawrence Shulman
The worker and the group process: A dilemma revisited Ken Heap
Race and groupwork: Some experiences in practice and training Ros Muston and Jeremy Weinstein
A group for white women with black children Clare Rhule
Structured activities with adolescent boys Rod Craig
Supporting voices: Groupwork with people suffering from schizophrenia Lynda Randall and Wendy Walker
Groupwork books published in Britain 1980-86 Harold Marchant
Swimming upstream: Articles on groupwork in social work journals 1986-87 Nano McCaughan
Preparing the client for social groupwork: An illustrated framework Oded Manor
Groups for older people in residential and day-care: The other groupworkers Lorraine Bernard, John Burton, Phyllis Kyne and June Simon
‘But 1 don’t want to lead a group!’ Some common problems of social workers leading groups Ken Reid
Programming skills in social groupwork Sue Ross and Andy Thorpe
A model for evaluating groupwork Michael Preston-shoot
Groupwork as the method of choice with black children in white foster homes Audrey Mullender
Short term groupwork in the treatment of chronic sorrow. A Norwegian experience Gerd Kramm Engebrigtsen and Ken Heap
Revisiting open groups Michael Henry
Social action groupwork as negotiation: Contradictions in the process of empowerment Eamonn Keenan and John Pinkerton
‘Nowt to do and always getting into trouble’. The Bulwell Neighbourhood Project: A social action response Bill Badham, Michael Bente and Pauline Hall
A team development exercise John Taylor, Di Miles and John Eastgate
‘The brothers and sisters group’: A group for siblings of children with physical disabilities Anne Badger
Groupwork with adolescents: Abstracts Alison Skinner