Annual News Bulletin
Season's greetings from Candlin & Mynard!
Thank you for your continued support of our small publishing company. This means a lot to all of us involved.
Firstly, some sad news. As you may have seen on my blog, our senior advisor of 10 years, Dr. Sally Candlin, died on 9th December. Sally has been a supporter of the press since the death of her husband, our co-founder, Dr. Christopher Candlin, in 2015. Sally was a highly respected scholar in professional and healthcare communication. I feel so privileged to have worked with both Sally and Chris, and both have helped shape the company in numerous ways. I miss them both deeply. You can read more about their contributions and expertise here.
Onto more positive news. In December 2025, I invited Chris and Sally's daughter, Angharad Candlin, to step into the role of Senior Advisor, and she graciously accepted! Angharad is a specialist in psychology and linguistics with experience in child development, domestic violence, child protection, trauma-responsive practice, resilience, and family wellbeing. She has already given advice on a book proposal we received related to teacher resilience (more about that later in the year). Welcome to the team, Angharad! We look forward to your regular blog posts about the nuances of language in life.
And with more good news, we published six books in 2025, and we have several new titles in the works for 2026. Please scroll down for details. Congratulations to all the authors, editors, reviewers, and editorial team members. I feel proud to have helped to launch some truly original and inspiring work into the world.
Finally, thank you for buying our books and supporting the sustainability of independent publishing. Our promise is to make our publications timely, affordable, and accessible. We do this by publishing reasonably priced books in print and ebook formats and making them available via subscription services and libraries. If you are in a position to request books for your libraries or add our titles to reading lists for courses you teach, please do so, as this will help us continue to serve the academic community through our publications.
Another way you can help us continue to offer affordable and accessible books is to take advantage of our open-access opportunities if you have access to research funding. Open access will ensure that your book (or chapter) is widely shared and cited. In addition, it helps us cover our costs and continue publishing affordable books. Open-access books and chapters undergo the same peer-review process and editorial care as all of our other books. For more details, please see this page.
Please continue reading about recent releases and details of how to publish with us.
Thank you for your continued support of our small publishing company. This means a lot to all of us involved.
Firstly, some sad news. As you may have seen on my blog, our senior advisor of 10 years, Dr. Sally Candlin, died on 9th December. Sally has been a supporter of the press since the death of her husband, our co-founder, Dr. Christopher Candlin, in 2015. Sally was a highly respected scholar in professional and healthcare communication. I feel so privileged to have worked with both Sally and Chris, and both have helped shape the company in numerous ways. I miss them both deeply. You can read more about their contributions and expertise here.
Onto more positive news. In December 2025, I invited Chris and Sally's daughter, Angharad Candlin, to step into the role of Senior Advisor, and she graciously accepted! Angharad is a specialist in psychology and linguistics with experience in child development, domestic violence, child protection, trauma-responsive practice, resilience, and family wellbeing. She has already given advice on a book proposal we received related to teacher resilience (more about that later in the year). Welcome to the team, Angharad! We look forward to your regular blog posts about the nuances of language in life.
And with more good news, we published six books in 2025, and we have several new titles in the works for 2026. Please scroll down for details. Congratulations to all the authors, editors, reviewers, and editorial team members. I feel proud to have helped to launch some truly original and inspiring work into the world.
Finally, thank you for buying our books and supporting the sustainability of independent publishing. Our promise is to make our publications timely, affordable, and accessible. We do this by publishing reasonably priced books in print and ebook formats and making them available via subscription services and libraries. If you are in a position to request books for your libraries or add our titles to reading lists for courses you teach, please do so, as this will help us continue to serve the academic community through our publications.
Another way you can help us continue to offer affordable and accessible books is to take advantage of our open-access opportunities if you have access to research funding. Open access will ensure that your book (or chapter) is widely shared and cited. In addition, it helps us cover our costs and continue publishing affordable books. Open-access books and chapters undergo the same peer-review process and editorial care as all of our other books. For more details, please see this page.
Please continue reading about recent releases and details of how to publish with us.
Me, proudly holding our latest book, published in December 2025!
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I'll finish by wishing you all the best for 2026.
Jo Dr. Jo Mynard Managing Director Candlin & Mynard ePublishing Limited |
New books published in 2025
リーダーフルな授業実践による協働型リーダーシップ：みんながリーダー!
エイティム・ソイハン [Author: Soyhan Egitim]
冨田三穂 編集 [Editor: Miho Tomita]
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本書について
リーダーシップ・アイデンティティを見直すことで、授業内でどのようなリーダーシップの理念を示し、それが学生の成長を促進または制限しているかを再評価する機会が得られます。本書は、語学教師のリーダーシップ・アイデンティティが教育方法とクラス運営に与える影響を解明し、「リーダーフルな授業実践」という新しい教育学的枠組みを提案します。これは、教師と学生の間の社会的、関係的、動的な相互作用を通じて生まれます。すべての学習者に対してオープンで民主的な参加型の学習環境を確立することは、教師にとって重要なリーダーシップの責務であり、本書はその使命を理論と実践の両面から達成する方法を示します。 Read more... Publication date: January 1, 2025 Print book: ISBN 9798338940136, 83 pages, $19.99 Ebook: ISBN 9798230643159, $19.99 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/34 Series: Leadership in Language Education by Kevin Knight |
Students’ Narrative Journeys in Learning Communities: Mapping Landscapes of Practice
Daniel Hooper
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The book explores how students navigate the often challenging transitions within English education in Japan, examining the complexities of student experiences in self-access learning centers (SALCs) and foreign language classrooms.
Read more... Publication date: January 20th, 2025 Print book: ISBN: 9798306287133, 179 pages, $29.99 Ebook: ISBN: 9798230899907, $19.99 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/36 Series: Positive Pedagogical Praxis |
Screen Media in Foreign Language Education
Edited by Adrian Leis and Matthew Wilson
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This book offers a comprehensive framework for understanding how screen media can enhance language instruction and student engagement.
Read more... Publication date: October 2025 Series: Positive Pedagogical Praxis ISBN (ebook): 9798232629687 | $19.99 ISBN (print) 287 pages: 9798268732856 | $29.99 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/37 |
Pulling Back the Curtain in Self-Access: Stories of Student Staff Member Motivation
Christopher Phelps
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What motivates student staff members (SSMs) who work in self-access centres (SACs)? This book takes readers inside Japanese universities' learning spaces to explore this question through personal narratives.
Read more... Publication date: November 20, 2025 Series: Autonomous Language Learning ISBN (Print): 9798273714656 ISBN (ebook): 9798232218621 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/39 |
Artificial Intelligence in Our Language Learning Classrooms
Edited by Louise Ohashi, Mary Hillis, & Robert Dykes
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In this book, researchers and practitioners explore the pedagogical, ethical, and emotional dimensions of generative AI (GenAI) in second language (L2) education.
Read more... Publication date: November 22, 2025 Series: Generative AI and Foreign Language Education Series ISBN (print): 9798273691223 ISBN (ebook): 9798232636036 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/38 |
Reforming the Foreign Language Classroom: Empowering Students to Take Ownership.
Edited by Katja Heim, Leni Dam, Annika Albrecht, and Carmen Becker
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This book calls for a fundamental rethinking of language education, one that supports learner autonomy, inclusion, and intrinsic motivation. Drawing on international research and real-world classroom stories, it demonstrates that reform is not only necessary but already happening across diverse contexts.
Read more... Publication date: December 20th, 2025 Series: Autonomous Language Learning ISBN (print): 979-8261806905 ISBN (ebook): 9798233675997 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/40 Royalties go to the IATEFL Learner Autonomy Special Interest Group |
Forthcoming titles
Forthcoming books in the Autonomous Language Learning series (edited by Jo Mynard and Adrian Leis)
- The Learning Mindset Notebook: A 12-Week Reflective Journal for Language Learning by Satoko Kato and Mioko Yoshinaga
- Language Learner Autonomy: A Practical Guide by David Little
- Autonomy among Unwilling Language Learners in Blended Environments: A Teacher’s Narrative by Diego Mideros
- Autonomy in Action: A Teacher’s Handbook for Developing Language Learner Autonomy at Primary and Secondary Levels by Birgitta Berger and Leni Dam
Forthcoming books in the Leadership in Language Education series (edited by Kevin Knight)
- Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Leadership in Language Education by Andy Curtis
- Developing Student Learning Outcomes: A Distributed Leadership Approach edited by Phoebe Lyon, Amanda Yoshida, and Ewen MacDonald
Forthcoming book in the Life and Education in Japan series (edited by Melodie Cook and Anne McLellan Howard)
- Artificial Intelligence in Japan’s Language Learning Classrooms, edited by Robert Dykes, Dave Bollen, Oliver Edwards, and Tina Shu-wen Lin
- Language for Peace and Education, edited by Fred E. Anderson, John C. Maher, and Jelisava Dobovšek Sethna
- Beyond Kikokushijo: Teaching English in Japan After Growing Up Between Languages and Cultures edited by Aiko Minematsu, Risa Ikeda, and Maki Yazaki
Forthcoming books in the Positive Pedagogical Praxis series (edited by Tim Murphey)
- Cultivating Confidence in Writing: Communicative and Peer Review Practices edited by Ashton E. Dawes and Kathryn Jurns Read more... (call for papers for the accompanying Guidebook is still open)
- A Dynamic Guide to Empowering Language Learners (tentative title) by Hatice Karaaslan
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