Author Blog

What Bede Didn’t Tell Us: Writing Cuthbert of Farne
GUEST BLOG: St Cuthbert has always been a part of Katharine Tiernan's life, as for so many others growing up in the north-east. But what prompted h...

First Historical Novel about St Cuthbert to be Published on St Cuthbert’s Day
PRESS RELEASE: The first mainstream historical novel about St Cuthbert is published today on St Cuthbert’s Day (Wednesday 20 March 2019) by Sacrist...

Finding God in a Secular World
GUEST BLOG: We were sad to learn of the death of author John Davey a few weeks ago. Not long before he died, he wrote this article for our blog, as...

Two Tribes, the Queen, a Process and a Model
GUEST BLOG: David R. Tomlinson, author of Leading a Church to Maturity in Love, uses the topic of Brexit to explore the issue of tribalism within t...

Kingdom Come: A Sneak Preview
Kingdom Come makes essential theological topics relevant and readable without diluting the Gospel message, drawing on the work of numerous prominen...

Struggling with Bonhoeffer and Grief
GUEST BLOG: Martin Lind, the Lutheran Bishop of Great Britain, discusses what draws him to Bonhoeffer’s texts and how they helped him cope with the...

March #BookOfTheMonth: Living Prayer
We were sad to learn of the death of author John Davey a few weeks ago. Not long before he died, he wrote an article for our blog, as we had planne...

Six Top Picks for Lent 2019
Christmas is a distant memory now, so it's time to get that pancake pan out and prepare for Lent. Here at Sacristy Press, we have something for eve...

Durham Thoughts from Egypt
GUEST BLOG: David Grieve, author of our new release Love in Thin Places, shares some thoughts on Durham Cathedral all the way from Hurghada, on the...

Living with a Volcano
GUEST BLOG: #BookOfTheMonth author Paula Clifford has been thinking and writing about the nature of apocalypse for quite a few years now – first as...

Writing Poetry: An Author's Inspiration
GUEST BLOG: Poet Lyn McCrave describes some of the situations that have inspired her to write poetry, and how the initial spark becomes a finished ...

February #BookOfTheMonth: A Brief History of End Time
February’s #BookOfTheMonth is Paula Clifford's A Brief History of End Time, a thoroughly entertaining exploration of end-time ideas and beliefs.
B...

Essential Theology: the story behind the book
Mark Philps's Kingdom Come is “an intelligent and fresh exposition of what the Christian faith is” – and it is out now. How did the author come to ...

St Cuthbert’s cross: A treasure hunt with eight clues
St Cuthbert’s cross is a puzzle. A golden jewel on a hermit’s emaciated cadaver. A female ornament adorning a male corpse. An Anglo-Saxon cross on ...

Religious Freedom Day 2019: Stories of Persecution and Tolerance
GUEST BLOG: On Religious Freedom Day, Marcus K. Paul, author of The Evil That Men Do: Faith, Injustice and the Church, explores the issue of Christ...

The Black Rood: rediscovering Scotland’s Anglo-Saxon crown jewel
AUTHOR EVENT: David Willem will be giving a free talk at the National Library of Scotland about The Black Rood of Scotland.
David Willem is the au...

London Book Fair 2019
Come and meet the Sacristy Press team at the London Book Fair!
12–14 March 2019 at Olympia, London.
You can find us on stand 6E70, which we shar...

Viking expert digs deep into the story of a Saxon saint
GUEST BLOG: Judith Jesch, Professor of Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham, gives her expert opinion on the gritty and powerful novel Th...

January #BookOfTheMonth: St Cuthbert's Corpse
January’s #BookOfTheMonth is David Willem’s St Cuthbert's Corpse: A Life after Death, a book that provides a unique history of St Cuthbert from his...

Sacristy Press author helps to revolutionise screen reading for blind people
One of our authors is opening up the digital world to blind readers.
Until now, if you wanted to read the internet (or any other digital content) ...