Sacristy Press publishes history and theology, including historical fiction. We are based in the historic academic city of Durham. Don’t miss out on our latest reviews, exclusive author content and offers – follow us on Twitter or Facebook, and sign up for our email newsletter!
Latest & Forthcoming Releases
Theology & Religion
-
Pre-order now! Like There's No Tomorrow: Climate Crisis, Eco-Anxiety and God
Paperback £12.99 Special pre-order price!
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-088-3Christians often don't know how to respond to the climate crisis and messages of possible destruction caused by human activity. Frances Ward shows how Christians can live and act with hope and faith in God in the face of eco-anxiety.
-
A New Lease of Life?: Anglican Clergy Reflect on Retirement
Paperback
£19.99£16.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-085-2What does retirement mean for Church of England clergy? Fourteen retired clergy reflect on their experiences in retirement and discuss the challenges and opportunities of this new stage of life.
-
Keeping Watch for Kingfishers: God Stories
Paperback £12.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-073-9A collection of sermons that explore how we can learn to hear the voice of God in prayer, in the life of Jesus and in the human voice.
History
-
Artistic Duplicity: The Fiction and Poetry of Juliana Horatia Ewing
Hardback
£40.00£35.00
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-063-0A new appraisal of the life and work of Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841-1885) as a writer of fiction and poetry for both children and adults.
-
Queen Victoria’s Archbishops of Canterbury
Paperback
£19.99£12.49
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-056-2Six pen portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury during Queen Victoria's reign show how the Church of England and the Anglican Communion became what they are today.
-
Captain Gray's Houses: A History of Sion Row, Twickenham
Hardback (full colour) £60.00
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-000-5The fascinating story of the eighteenth-century houses of Sion Row, Twickenham. In telling the story of these houses and their occupants, a remarkable social history is revealed.
Fiction & Poetry
-
Place of Repose: St Cuthbert’s Last Journey
Paperback
£12.99£9.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-078-4A tale of violence and intrigue, revenge and reconciliation – and of true love lost and found. Set in the ninth century at the time of the Viking invasions, Place of Repose follows the flight of St Cuthbert's monks from Lindisfarne and their turbulent journey in search of a new home for the saint.
-
All Hail the Glorious Night (and other Christmas poems): The Complete Christmas Poetry of Kevin Carey
Paperback
£19.99£16.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-051-7The complete collection of Kevin Carey's Christmas poetry in one volume, illustrated by Kevin Sheehan.
-
Searching for a Silent God
Paperback £8.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-038-8A thoughtful and engaging companion for all who experience times of spiritual crisis. Sarah Parkinson describes her experience of a time when God, on whose presence she had always relied, suddenly seemed to be absent from her life.
London Book Fair 2020
Come and meet the Sacristy Press team at the London Book Fair! 10–12 March 2020 at Olympia, London. You can find us on stand 6E70, which we share with the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) and a variety of other wonderful independent publishers. If we’re not on the stand when yo…
Added about 4 weeks ago. Read More
St Cuthbert’s Last Journey
GUEST BLOG: It is gone eight o’clock on the least-light day of late December, the winter solstice. Katharine Tiernan is standing on the whinstone ridge above Holy Island harbour, waiting for the sunrise… The Heugh, as the ridge is known, is at the landward edge of the Island…
Added about 5 days ago. Read More
A Busy Retirement
GUEST BLOG: As we continue to look at what ‘retirement’ really means for clergy, Tony Neal adds some reflections on his own retirement to those of Leslie Francis a couple of weeks ago. I retired from full time ministry in 2006 and my wife and I took up residence in a Church o…
Added about a week ago. Read More
Latest from Twitter
-
Sacristy Press @SacristyPress There are now more retired @churchofengland #clergy than those in active stipendiary ministry, but what does… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 12 hours ago
-
Sacristy Press @SacristyPress How can we learn to live out the sayings of Jesus? Our February #BookOfTheMonth is the perfect Lent book. #LiveLent sacristy.co.uk/blog/2020/febr… 15 hours ago
-
Sacristy Press @SacristyPress TONIGHT: Not sure how to respond to #climatechange as a #Christian? Join @fefward and speaker @robertjsong for the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 19 hours ago
-
Sacristy Press @SacristyPress Love #reading and talking about #books but find meeting new people difficult? Here's the introvert's guide to joini… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… a day ago
-
Sacristy Press @SacristyPress It is gone eight o’clock on the least-light day of late December, the winter solstice. In her enthralling guest blo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… a day ago