A very special and updated 10th anniversary hardback edition of How To Be A Craftivist is available to pre-order exclusively from the Craftivist Collective Shop and receive from my hands (the author) to yours in time for you or your gift-receiver to cosy up with during the festive holidays before it’s published worldwide February 2027.
Pre-order your copy from The Craftivist Collective shop before Christmas to receive free stickers and ribbon, plus our “Capturing Crafterthoughts” pencil and bobbin card. You can also have your copy signed by me, and/or include a handwritten message, if you like too.
Whether you are returning to How To Be A Craftivist, would like to buy it for someone special in your life, or are thinking of reading it for the first time, here’s what’s new:
✄ Gold foiling on the hardcover plus a ribbon marker
✄ Full colour updated photographs as centre pages
✄ A new Afterword Chapter by author Sarah P Corbett
✄ Over 500 edits throughout the book
✄ New illustrations by Rachel Finegan
✄ New Foreword by Emmeline Pankhurst’s great-granddaughter and respected activist in her own right, Helen Pankhurst:
“When people hear the word activism, they often imagine noise: marches, placards, confrontation, disruption. They envisage the moment when something breaks through into public view…Yet the longer I have spent thinking about movements for change, the less convinced I have become that the loudest action is necessarily the most effective one. That is one of the reasons Sarah Corbett’s work has always interested me.” - Helen Pankhurst, Convener of Centenary Action and GM4Women, Senior Adviser CARE International, great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurt and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst.
This book is a manifesto for quiet activism: how to tackle issues not with shouting and aggression but with gentle protest, using the process of ‘making’ to engage thoughtfully in the issues we are about, to influence and effect change. I share my journey from burnt-out activist, tired of marching, confrontation and demonizing opposition, towards a more respectful activism: using craft to contemplate global issues, provoke thought and start conversations rather than arguments; to engage, empower and encourage people on and offline to become part of change in the face of injustice, inequality and prejudice.
In today’s world it’s easy to feel helpless, but here is a book to initiate debates rather than shouting matches, to enable collaboration in place of confrontation. Gentleness can be a great strength, and quiet action can sometimes speak as powerfully amid the noise as the loudest voice. And if we want a world that is beautiful, kind and fair… can we make our activism be beautiful, kind and fair?
“A warm-hearted approach to making change and bringing people with you.” - Patrick Grant, on The Great British Sewing Bee
“Sarah's creative and original activism has been a huge inspiration.” - Orsola de Castro, co-founder of Fashion Revolution
“Sarah Corbett mixes an A-grade mind with astonishing creativity and emotional awareness” - Lucy Siegle
“I love what Sarah does! It’s quiet activism for everyone including introverts” - Jon Ronson
“How To Be A Craftivist demonstrates that with beautifully crafted design and carefully crafted activation strategies, smart ideas win” - Bruce Mau, award-winning designer and author
“This wonderful book should challenge us all. Corbett shows us a new way to fight for a better world without resorting to violence or empty social media posts - and calls on us all to reconsider our approach to communicating and living.” - Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor, Financial Times and author of Fools Gold and The Silo Effect
“A wonderful antidote to the harsh, strident, macho political times we currently endure. Sarah Corbett has tapped into a rich vein of possibility - a kinder, gentler, and perhaps more effective form of protest.” - Dr Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Advisor, Oxfam GB
Hardback: 336pp
Published: Wilton Square Books (February 2027)
ISBN: 9781806771752
Signed optional:
A very special and updated 10th anniversary hardback edition of How To Be A Craftivist is available to pre-order exclusively from the Craftivist Collective Shop and receive from my hands (the author) to yours in time for you or your gift-receiver to cosy up with during the festive holidays before it’s published worldwide February 2027.
Pre-order your copy from The Craftivist Collective shop before Christmas to receive free stickers and ribbon, plus our “Capturing Crafterthoughts” pencil and bobbin card. You can also have your copy signed by me, and/or include a handwritten message, if you like too.
Whether you are returning to How To Be A Craftivist, would like to buy it for someone special in your life, or are thinking of reading it for the first time, here’s what’s new:
✄ Gold foiling on the hardcover plus a ribbon marker
✄ Full colour updated photographs as centre pages
✄ A new Afterword Chapter by author Sarah P Corbett
✄ Over 500 edits throughout the book
✄ New illustrations by Rachel Finegan
✄ New Foreword by Emmeline Pankhurst’s great-granddaughter and respected activist in her own right, Helen Pankhurst:
“When people hear the word activism, they often imagine noise: marches, placards, confrontation, disruption. They envisage the moment when something breaks through into public view…Yet the longer I have spent thinking about movements for change, the less convinced I have become that the loudest action is necessarily the most effective one. That is one of the reasons Sarah Corbett’s work has always interested me.” - Helen Pankhurst, Convener of Centenary Action and GM4Women, Senior Adviser CARE International, great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurt and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst.
This book is a manifesto for quiet activism: how to tackle issues not with shouting and aggression but with gentle protest, using the process of ‘making’ to engage thoughtfully in the issues we are about, to influence and effect change. I share my journey from burnt-out activist, tired of marching, confrontation and demonizing opposition, towards a more respectful activism: using craft to contemplate global issues, provoke thought and start conversations rather than arguments; to engage, empower and encourage people on and offline to become part of change in the face of injustice, inequality and prejudice.
In today’s world it’s easy to feel helpless, but here is a book to initiate debates rather than shouting matches, to enable collaboration in place of confrontation. Gentleness can be a great strength, and quiet action can sometimes speak as powerfully amid the noise as the loudest voice. And if we want a world that is beautiful, kind and fair… can we make our activism be beautiful, kind and fair?
“A warm-hearted approach to making change and bringing people with you.” - Patrick Grant, on The Great British Sewing Bee
“Sarah's creative and original activism has been a huge inspiration.” - Orsola de Castro, co-founder of Fashion Revolution
“Sarah Corbett mixes an A-grade mind with astonishing creativity and emotional awareness” - Lucy Siegle
“I love what Sarah does! It’s quiet activism for everyone including introverts” - Jon Ronson
“How To Be A Craftivist demonstrates that with beautifully crafted design and carefully crafted activation strategies, smart ideas win” - Bruce Mau, award-winning designer and author
“This wonderful book should challenge us all. Corbett shows us a new way to fight for a better world without resorting to violence or empty social media posts - and calls on us all to reconsider our approach to communicating and living.” - Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor, Financial Times and author of Fools Gold and The Silo Effect
“A wonderful antidote to the harsh, strident, macho political times we currently endure. Sarah Corbett has tapped into a rich vein of possibility - a kinder, gentler, and perhaps more effective form of protest.” - Dr Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Advisor, Oxfam GB
Hardback: 336pp
Published: Wilton Square Books (February 2027)
ISBN: 9781806771752
Signed optional:
