Author Events at Durham Book Festival

Sacristy Press and Durham Cathedral are hosting three “fringe” events as part of the 2014 Durham Book Festival.

Come and quiz our authors and listen to them speak about their writing at three events in the beautiful surroundings of Prior’s Hall at Durham Cathedral. The speakers will be on hand to sign copies of their books too!

Durham Book Festival   6-18 October 2014        Sacristy Press        Durham Cathedral

For full details, including booking information, please see the Durham Book Festival website or download the full programme (we’re on page 30).

Kevin Carey: The Use of Fiction in the Teaching of Theology
Sunday 12th October 2014 at 6pm

Kevin Carey is the author of The Third Testament for the Third Millennium, a bold re-telling of the New Testament in a 21st century context. Profound and funny, moving and edgy, the series draws on its author’s experience of journalism, broadcasting and politics, and on his work as a lay minister in the Church of England. Kevin is the author of several theological works including Stir Up, O Lord and The Judas Church: An Obsession with Sex.

David Willem: Is it St Cuthbert’s Cross?
Monday 13th October 2014 at 7pm

The author of St Cuthbert’s Corpse: A Life After Death offers possibilities for the provenance of the pectoral cross and invites the audience to help solve Durham’s greatest mystery.

Writing Historical Fiction: Research and Rephrasing
Friday 17th October at 7pm

Panel discussion with Susan Bell, author of A Similar Devotion; Judith Thomson, author of Designs of a Gentleman; and David Lowther, author of The Blue Pencil and the forthcoming Two Families at War.

For full details, including booking information, please see the Durham Book Festival website or download the full programme (we’re on page 30).

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Stir Up, O Lord: A Companion to the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels in the Book of Common Prayer

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St Cuthbert's Corpse: A Life After Death

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