New Releases

Emma Collins
8 Jun 2021
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World Oceans Day 2021

Today is World Oceans Day. There is much we can do to help protect the oceans. You will find a couple of examples in these extracts from upcoming book Planet ...

Emma Collins
13 Apr 2021
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Remembering Answered Prayers

Why is it important to remember our answered prayers? How might remembering these prayers help us in a pandemic? Find out in this Q&A with Richard Gamble, author of ...

Emma Collins
24 Mar 2021
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We're launching a new imprint!

Launching in July 2021, Form will publish books that help busy readers to cultivate spiritual rhythms and practices in everyday ...

Emma Collins
5 Mar 2021
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Rage and Hope - two very different and complicated emotions

With the upcoming release of Rage and Hope: 75 prayers for a better world, we asked SPCK staff members what they thought of the book. In this blog post, Business Development Assistant Siân tells us her ...

Emma Collins
28 Jan 2021
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The Entombment

'When Titian painted the Entombment, the plague was raging in Venice. The consciousness of death must have been on everyone’s mind, and perhaps specially on Titian’s, because he was very old'. In this blog post you will find an extract from The Art of Holy Week and Easter by Sister Wendy Beckett. Many will agree that this specific ...

Emma Collins
5 Nov 2020
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Who doesn’t like making top-ten lists?

In this extract from We are Satellites by Martin Saunders, we learn how lists of favourite films, books, music or games all have one thing in common, and that is: the creative arts. With creative arts having the same common root of human creativity, where does that creativity come ...

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13 Oct 2020
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A Bedtime Story with Terry Waite

Join Terry Waite as he reads one of his charming Tales of Tommy Twitchnose as a bedtime story for parents and children alike to enjoy together. This online event is taking place via Zoom on 29th October at 7:00pm. Register free here ...

Emma Collins
25 Sept 2020
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But Where Are You Really From? Virtual Tour

We're delighted to share with you details of the But Where Are You Really From? virtual tour. Find out more, including dates and times of the latest webinars in this blog ...

Emma Collins
15 Sept 2020
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From the quiet science lab to the macho police college

'Leaving the quiet, sterile environment of science research for the macho, militaristic culture of Hendon was a massive culture shock. You could smell the testosterone in the air the moment you passed through the gates into the campus'. In this extract from Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop, Leroy Logan tells us about his first night at Hendon Police ...

Emma Collins
13 Aug 2020
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But Where Are You Really From?

‘Where are you from?’ I’m asked.‘The UK,’ I reply. ‘I mean where are you really from?’ ‘Zambia,’ I reply. In this blog post you will find a short video of Amanda Khozi Mukwashi reading from the opening chapter of her book But Where Are You Really From? The extract is also ...