2017

VIDEO: The Divine Heart of Darkness - a book launch for all the senses

There was music. There was art. There was even Divine dark chocolate. This was a book launch for all the senses. We streamed it live on Facebook, and you can watch it right here... Catherine Bird&r…

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Finding God in the Shadows

Darkness is not just night. It is twilight and dawn. It is shape and shadow. It is beyond and beneath. It is shelter and shade. It is It is power and powerlessness. It is divine reality not d…

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Christmas Delivery Schedule

Don’t make Christmas Bear sad – order quickly for guaranteed Christmas delivery! UPDATE 8 December 2017: The following delivery cut-offs now apply for guaranteed Christ…

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Did Luther actually nail his 95 Theses to a church door?

On this day five hundred years ago Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg. Or did he? GUEST BLOG by Barbara Greig There can be no doubt about Martin Luther&rsq…

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A book launch for the dark nights...

As the nights get darker, join us at Church House Bookshop to launch The Divine Heart of Darkness: Finding God in the Shadows by Catherine Bird. 11 December 2017 at Church House Bookshop, Westmin…

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Follow Me: Living the Sayings of Jesus

GUEST BLOG: How can we live out the sayings of Jesus in our busy, cluttered lives? Ian Black, canon of Peterborough Cathedral, explains how his new book can help.  Pilgrimage is an “in…

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Spy Stories and the Relevance of Cathedrals: Durham Book Festival Fringe events at Durham Cathedral

PRESS RELEASE: In association with Sacristy Press, Durham Cathedral will host two events as part of the Durham Book Festival Fringe. On 10 October the Dean of Durham and others will take part i…

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Be part of a triple book launch...

Bishop Stephen Platten has been a busy man. He has written three crucial new books – two for Sacristy Press and one for SCM Press – and there are four (count them, FOUR!) launc…

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Two events you can’t afford to miss at the Durham Book Festival

Sacristy Press and Durham Cathedral are hosting two events as part of the 2017 Durham Book Festival “fringe”. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and quiz our authors. For fiction…

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Danish best-selling book to be translated into English

PRESS RELEASE: Sacristy Press, based in Durham City, will be publishing an English version of a Danish best-selling and critically-acclaimed book after securing two grants to fund the book&rs…

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A Summer of Books!

Heading off on holiday this summer? Don't forget to pack our new releases and some of our old favourites! (There's also a teaser of some new books coming soon...) Recent Releases Constantinople to…

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Revealed: the centuries-old secret hidden in Open Treasure?

This weekend the stunning Treasures of St Cuthbert go back on display at Durham Cathedral. But was Cuthbert’s famous pectoral cross – a symbol of Durham and the wider region –…

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Opening Cuthbert’s Tomb

Here’s what happened when David Willem live tweeted the opening of St Cuthbert’s tomb in Durham Cathedral, 190 years to the day since it occurred. In his book, St Cuthbert&…

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10 Deadly Sins of Preaching

Preaching is an art form that can take years to master. In this extract from his book, Michael Sadgrove shares his experiences of what makes a bad sermon... Preaching is certainly our duty, …

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Shaping the World to Come

Why were the fourth and fifth centuries such a crucial yet turbulent time for the universal Church? Patrick Whitworth outlines why these were such formative years for Christianity in these slides f…

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LIVE TWEETING: The opening of St Cuthbert's grave, 190 years on

UPCOMING EVENT: David Willem will be live tweeting the opening of St Cuthbert’s tomb in Durham Cathedral, 190 years to the day since it occurred. In his book, St Cuthbert’s Corp…

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A letter from Charles Darwin

GUEST BLOG: The discovery of a previously unknown letter from Charles Darwin to the ornithologist and priest Henry Baker Tristram casts new light on the cleric’s attitude towards evolution. Au…

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The last egg of the Great Auk

GUEST BLOG: The Victorian ornithologist, explorer, and priest Henry Baker Tristram was a remarkable man. Author W. G. Hale tells us the story of the last collected egg of the Great Auk.  Canon…

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AUTHOR TALK: “The shape of the Bible and its impact on language and culture”

Don’t miss Richard Noble’s illustrated talk about the linguistic impact of the King James Bible – Sunday 7th May in Cambridge. Few people realise the extent to wh…

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An Easter Message

A very happy Easter to all our readers and authors from everyone from Sacristy Press! As our Easter gift to you, here’s an extract from a poignant Easter sermon by Michael Sadgrove, Dean Emer…

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Lest we forget: lessons for Europe from the First World War

GUEST BLOG: Marcus Paul reflects upon the spiritual impact of the First World War. On the day that Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon is triggered by Theresa May, and battles continue to rag…

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Why do we need a Parish Passion Play anyway?

Kevin Carey reflects upon the inspiration behind his work and the challenges of writing his Passion Play for parish churches.  If what we do in church is more a matter of accident and tra…

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Kevin Carey: Bringing the Passion narrative to life

How did author Kevin Carey bring the Passion narrative to life in Parish Passion Play? He reveals all in the foreword to the work... This Parish Passion Play is written primarily f…

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Slow down our lives: an Ash Wednesday message

In his Ash Wednesday sermon, the Dean of King’s College, Cambridge tells us to slow our lives down. God is always first, always prior, always ahead of us. As R.S. Thomas put it, ours is &ls…

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Still searching for that Lenten read?

The King James Bible has made an indelible impact on the English language and, on account of its majestic prose and memorable turn of phrase, it is still widely read today. The season of Lent m…

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Reviewed: God's People and the Seduction of Empire

A “compelling read” with “thought-provoking narrative” A glowing review of God’s People and the Seduction of Empire by Graham Turner has been pub…

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Church Times interviews Jon Grogan: Depression and Christianity

This week’s Church Times back-page interview is with author Jon Grogan, who wrote From Over the Edge: A Christian’s guide to surviving breakdown and depression about his experiences with…

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Bringing history to life

GUEST BLOG: To celebrate the release of her historical novel Secret Lives (part 2), author Barbara Greig delves into the intriguing characters of the story and reveals the inspiration behind …

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London Book Fair 2017

Come and meet the Sacristy Press team at the London Book Fair! 14–16 March 2017 at Olympia, London. You can find us on stand 6E70, which we share with the Independent Publishers Guil…

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“Apocalypse off for now”

Guest blog: On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, Paula Clifford asks... what happened to the Apocalypse? “Apocalypse off for now” was the striking headline …

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