Book review opportunities
The journal welcomes reviews of recent publications of relevance to the themes of Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. Please contact wpll-journal@open.ac.uk for a current list of title available to review.
Books to review
We maintain a list of books for which we require reviews. Please get in contact by email to wpll-journal@open.ac.uk to request the current list of available titles.
We are always looking for new titles to review, especially from non-UK presses. Please email the journal at wpll-journal@open.ac.uk if you wish to recommend a title for review.
Specifications for book reviews
Book reviews will be peer reviewed by the book editor. Details of author, title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, number of pages and price should be supplied with the review.
Reviewers should try to avoid the use of overtly technical terminology wherever possible, on the assumption that busy practitioners and colleagues in the field will be seeking to understand and reflexively act upon the knowledge contained in the journal. More specifically, we encourage reviewers to identify and reflect upon the practical and substantive aspects of the publications under review.
Reviews should ideally be between 1000 and 1500 words in length. Occasionally the editors may accept longer submissions, e.g. with regard to publications that are seen to have exceptional relevance for the field, or if there is a publication which covers a topic that is also the subject of a journal 'special issue'.
Potential reviewers are requested to read existing book reviews to gain a sense of the journal's preferred style.
The content of reviews may be edited by the book reviews editor.