Spero Cura Publishing
Evidence, carefully made into argument.
An independent imprint publishing rigorous, humane writing on the systems that shape our lives — and how we might build them better.
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Spero Cura Publishing
An independent imprint publishing rigorous, humane writing on the systems that shape our lives — and how we might build them better.
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The Imprint
Spero Cura takes its name from two Latin words: spero, I hope, and cura, care. Together they describe a simple editorial conviction — that the most important books are those written with both.
The imprint publishes evidence-led writing for the people who shape systems: funders, commissioners, leaders, and practitioners. Books grounded in real experience, argued with rigour, and written to be used rather than merely admired.
The list is deliberately small and chosen with care. We welcome enquiries from authors working in these areas.
spero
I hope
cura
care, attention
The Books
Three books, moving from diagnosis, to delivery, to a different way of building the systems we all depend on. The first publishes in 2026.
Book One · Publishing 2026
Why Efficient Systems Fail Vulnerable People — and How We Can Build More Resilient Communities
Why does a lettuce cost 50p? Not because the system is working, but because its real costs have been quietly transferred elsewhere. Drawing on fifteen years at the frontline, this book reveals the same pattern running through welfare, housing, and every crisis service in the country — and argues that the assets to build something better are already there.
Book Two · In preparation
A Practitioner's Guide to Delivering Rebuilding Lives
The detailed delivery guide for the organisations, funders, and commissioners who want to put the argument into practice. The model is transferable. The framework is usable. This is the guide to doing it.
Book Three · In preparation
A Vertically Integrated Local Food System
Good for people, good for the environment, good for the economy. Where the 50p lettuce began — a model for local food systems that count their true cost honestly, and build resilience into communities from the ground up.
Contact
For review copies, rights, press, and general enquiries, please get in touch. We respond to every message personally.
info@sperocurapublishing.com
Spero Cura Publishing
United Kingdom