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How we select the booklist
  • Not everyone is familiar with Christian books and we want to make sure you can choose from the very best available.
  • We have books that introduce their subject to people with predominantly no experience of the Christian faith.
  • We want to offer a balanced view of Christian faith rather than favour one particular theological viewpoint.
  • We try to find books that look attractive and have helpful content and are inclusive to everyone.

 

You can view our in-depth booklist criteria here.

 

Meet our team who help curate the booklist

 

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Holly Bird BA (Hons) ELL

Holly is a freelance proof-reader, copyeditor and copywriter working within Christian publishing. She manages Malmesbury Abbey Books and is editorial assistant for Together.

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Janet Wilson

Janet, Founder of Dernier Publishing that specialises in fiction for teens. Also teaches writing to adults who write stories for young people from a Christian perspective

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Melanie Carroll

Melanie is an Independent bookseller in Lincoln and a book reviewer for Together magazine. She is also a life coach, and vice-chair of the Booksellers Association’s Christian Booksellers Group

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Clem Jackson MSC

Human Resources Management

Clem is the former editor of Together magazine, the trade magazine for the Christian resources trade and Premier’s Christian Marketplace magazine before that. He is a trustee of the Eastbourne Christian Resource Centre and also of East Sussex YMCA. As a retired HR Director to a multi-national company he is a keen reader of biographies and novels.

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Eileen Henderson MEd, MA, PGCE, BA (Hons) MBACP

Eileen is a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counsellor working with the charity Blue Smile. She has previously worked as a primary teacher with a music specialism, an English tutor in Japan, an exam invigilator, teaching assistant, piano teacher, and a library assistant at Cambridge University. She has also been a school governor at nursery and primary levels. 

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Valerie Brett BA (Hons), Dip.Lit

Valerie has over 20 years experience as a school librarian, having started her career in the public library sector. Currently based at a secondary school just outside of York, Valerie is also a class leader in the York Area for Community Bible Studies (CBSuk).

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Mary BEd Hons in Education & Children’s Literature

Mary taught Primary and Nursery school for 20 years. She also worked in China, teaching and counselling. She now owns and runs a Christian bookshop and has placed Christian books in more than 100 libraries.

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Andrew Williams

Andrew, with his wife Lydia, own and run Life Bible Bookshop, he is an itinerant preacher and singer songwriter.