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Latest & Forthcoming Releases
Theology & Religion
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Pre-order now! Alfred Hope Patten and the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham
Paperback £19.99 Special pre-order price!
The definitive history of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and its founder Alfred Hope Patten
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Peace is a Doing Word: Prayer Patterns for Peacemakers
Paperback £16.99
Peace is a Doing Word, uses poetry, story and prayers to reflect on what practicing peace means in every moment of our daily lives. The book offers insights throughout the course of the day, from ‘waking’ to ‘resting’ and concludes each section with a blessing.
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Writing the Wisdom: Creative writing as healing from childhood trauma
Paperback £12.99
Writing the Wisdom explores the emotional impact of childhood sexual abuse in an informative and accessible way whilst also giving a rare insight through writing, into the lived experience of survivors.
History
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Pre-order now! Alfred Hope Patten and the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham
Paperback £19.99 Special pre-order price!
The definitive history of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and its founder Alfred Hope Patten
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The Roman Catholic Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle
Paperback £14.99
A chronological survey of the Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle from 1850 to the present day.
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A Life-Long Springtime: The Life and Teaching of Fr George Congreve SSJE
Hardback £24.99
A biography of George Congreve showing his contribution to SSJE and the Church of England by describing his teaching and quoting much of his unpublished or out-of-print writing.
Fiction & Poetry
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Joy and Felicity
Paperback
£12.99£9.99
What happens when everything you thought you knew about your family turns out to be a lie? As two sisters meet at their dying mother’s bedside, they discover a bond between them that runs far deeper than they imagined. Will the truth about secrets buried in their past finally set them free?
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Not of This Worldview: Poetry for the Kingdom Among Us
Paperback £9.99
In poems that range from loose informality to tight structure, and from the humorous to the sombre, Richard Briggs seeks to let poetry open our eyes and ears to the strange and elusive work of God among us.
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A New Heaven and a New Earth: St Cuthbert and the Conquest of the North
Paperback
£12.99£9.99
Caught between the Northumbrian rebels and their brutal new Norman masters, the Community of St Cuthbert at Durham is struggling to survive. The final novel in the Cuthbert trilogy, set at the time of the Harrying of the North, tells the story of the survival of the shrine and the foundation of Durham Cathedral.
Musings on Bishops
GUEST BLOG: Paul Severn, author of The Roman Catholic Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle, discusses what led to his writing the book and what may be coming next! When I moved from Oxford to Ryde on the Isle of Wight, I was surprised to discover that the first three Catholic bishops of Portsmo…
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Heresies: from Marcion to Moscow via the South of France
GUEST BLOG: As part of our #ThemeOfTheMonth focus on Christian history Paula Clifford, author of Tuscany’s Noble Treasures, discusses the causes and impact of historic and modern heresies. I am fascinated by the history of heresies – where they come from, what happens to them, and h…
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Solidarity in Suffering, Sharing in Brokenness
GUEST BLOG: Penny Johnson, author of Writing the Wisdom: Creative writing as healing from childhood trauma, discusses how creative writing can help heal the trauma of childhood abuse. The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA), which was set up in 2011 and revealed shocking fa…
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