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) ELLHolly 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 WilsonJanet, 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 CarrollMelanie 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 MSCHuman 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) MBACPEileen 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.LitValerie 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 LiteratureMary 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 WilliamsAndrew, with his wife Lydia, own and run Life Bible Bookshop, he is an itinerant preacher and singer songwriter. |