Books

Academic

Laurence King publishes authoritatively written textbooks on the creative arts for college and graduate students around the world. Some books are stand-alone titles, others are part of our Portfolio series launched in 2005, or the Portfolio Skills series, launched in 2009. 

For lists of our books for students, please click on the 'Student Books' subcategory in the relevant subject areas on the left.

If you have any queries about our textbooks, please contact academic@laurenceking.com

Inspection copies

Textbooks available as inspection copies have an Inspection Copy Available link on the right of the relevant book page, below the contents list. If you are a university or college lecturer in the creative arts and would like to review one of our textbooks with a view to recommending it to your students, please complete a request form, or email inspectioncopies@laurenceking.com

Once we have approved your request for an inspection copy, you will receive a feedback form and invoice for 50% of the cover price of the book via email. Your inspection copy will be free of charge if we receive your fully completed feedback form within 30 days of the despatch of the book.

Study material

For some of our student books we offer accompanying study materials, such as test questions and answers, exercises, or additional visual resources. This material is free to download although some of it is accessible only to teachers.

To view the titles for which resources are available please follow the subject specific links listed below. Access to the teacher-only material can be granted by registering for an account on the site, and requesting academic access.