Book Recommendations

Celebrate Easter this weekend with a selection of reflections, meditations, and Bible story books that the whole family can enjoy! Read more...

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 thoughts.

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With lockdown measures gradually easing, there are many changes as to what we are now allowed to do. Changes to places where we can now visit are not the only changes that are occurring, our reading habits have also changed!

At the start of lockdown many readers’ preferences were either books that they could escape to or books that could distract them, such as cookery or craft books. In a recent webinar led by Nielsen Book Data they reported that the latest trends were people wanting books that were either entertaining, comforting or bought a sense of nostalgia to them.

Timmy Mallett’s book Utterly Brilliant! does all three! With an entertaining commentary of his Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, a heartfelt reminder of making the most of every day, and nostalgic mentions of 80s and 90s television, you will find here in this book everything you could have asked for. In this blog post Nick Owen explains why Timmy’s book is more than just a travelogue.

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Here's part 2 of our Q&A with David Wilbourne, author of Just John: The Authorized Biography of John Habgood. Find out in this second part what we can learn from John's life and work, and whether there were any parallels between his life then and the world today. 

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Jo Saxton's book Ready to Rise is hitting the shelves and virtual shelves at an unprecedented time of global crisis. Naturally, Jo didn't have a global pandemic in mind when she put pen to paper, but readers have told her that they feel this book is empowering them for this moment. We catch up with Jo in this Q&A and find out her inspiration behind this powerful book. 

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