Martin Large, having been brought up by four children, works as a publisher. He has worked as a teacher, lecturer and facilitator. He is passionate about the power of literacy and ideas, although life is too short and too fascinating for so many projects and books! His motto is that it is better to light fires than to fill buckets.
The family printing tradition goes back several hundred years… an old family tradition has it that the printer and publisher William Caxton was an apprentice with a John Large, to a Robert Large in the City of London who traded in books and paper.
Author’s Books
Commons Sense: Co-operative place making and the capturing of land value for 21st century Garden Cities
Pat Conaty and Martin Large
How Garden City and Community Land Trust methods enable ‘associative democracy’ vision to be put into practice through the development of social-public partnerships. Buy ebook
Free, Equal and Mutual: Rebalancing Society for the Common Good
Martin Large and Steve Briault, editors
A centenary anthology that draws on Rudolf Steiner’s vision for a free, equal and mutual society, a threefold commonwealth. Twenty cutting edge articles by 13 contributors show how the social threefold social order offers practical alternatives to the prevailing neo-liberal social order.
Common Wealth for a free, equal, mutual and sustainable society
Martin Large
Just when ‘the market’ nearly took over all areas of life, the credit, climate and democratic crunches came along, challenging us to rebuild a society that works well for all. Common Wealth asks, ‘How can we build a more free, equal, mutual and sustainable society?’
Set Free Childhood
Martin Large
Set Free Childhood shows how to counter screen culture and create a calmer, more enjoyable family life.