David Mathew & Andrea Raiker, Editors

The very first issue of the JPD was launched in July 2011 (in print and online) and was simultaneously handed out to delegates at the University of Bedfordshire's annual conference in the same month. The issue that you are reading now represents our first anniversary, and how quickly that year has flown by!

We are happy and pleased that the JPD has been successful. From the very beginning we found that we could attract submissions from all over the world, and we were able to combine excellent work from overseas with quality contributions from within the University. It did not take long for us to realise that we would be able to produce three issues per year, instead of the two issues that we had originally planned.

We would like to thank you for your support and for your submissions. Please keep sending us your work! We hope to improve and expand and we cannot do this without your ongoing support.

Please also consider applying for the Writing Retreat for 2013. See the final article in this issue for details.