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Books to Kigali

Please pray that a parcel of books we sent to this school in Kigali, Rwanda, will arrive soon! These children don’t have many story books, so our books will make a difference, both to their education, and perhaps the Lord

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Discussion Questions

We have been working hard to get discussion questions for our books here on our website. These questions can act as discussion starters for parents reading the book with a child, teachers with their pupils, church groups with their members…

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Know a Child who Lives with Fears?

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Welcome to the Last Dernier Newsletter of 2018

We don’t know who’s reading our books! We pray for all of the children who read our books. We don’t know many of them by name, of course, but we know someone who does. 🙂 This year we have sent

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Christmas is Nearly Here!

Girl reading Revenge of the Flying Carpet

It’s not too late to buy a Christian book for a child on your heart for Christmas. Let them know you care. 🙂 Christian books can be more than just a fun story. They can reach down and touch the

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Christian Children’s Books for Christmas

Christmas is a fun time for most of us, but when the food and drink is gone, the decorations are back in their boxes and all the festivities are over, a Christian book can continue to bring light, life, hope,

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Christmas Gifts – Christian Books for Children and Young People

Christmas is a fun time for most of us, but when the food and drink is gone, and the decorations back in their boxes, a Christian book can continue to bring light, life, hope, faith, peace and joy, long after

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Pratts Bottom Christian Bookshop

Love seeing our books in Christian bookshops! Found these books are on the shelves at The Christian Bookshop at Pratts Bottom, Orpington. Thanks to Judith and the team for stocking and promoting them. 🙂

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Books to School in Rwanda

Sent off a box of books to Star School in Kigali, Rwanda, this morning! Our connection there is author Mary Weeks Millard, who was instrumental in setting up the school some years ago. The third picture is Mary (The Birthday

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Christian Coalition for Education

Dernier Publishing books are getting out and about! On Saturday we had a stand at a Christian Coalition for Education event in Oxford. We met quite a few teachers and headteachers, and we were heartened by the interest shown in

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Violence in Nigeria

You never know where our books are going to go next… this time it’s Nigeria! I was both delighted and honoured to meet Archbishop Ben Kwashi from Jos (Plateau State) yesterday evening. Archbishop Ben and his amazing wife, Gloria, have

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Christian Bookshops Support Dernier Books

We very much value our relationship with Christian bookshops, and our rep, Peter, who showcases them for us. This week Peter sent us orders from five different Christian bookshops all over the country (including 10 books to Motherwell in Scotland)!

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Christmas Shopping!

All Dernier Publishing Christian books for young people

Now we are well into November, it’s time to turn our thoughts to Christmas! If we can help you choose Christian books for your children/teens, please contact us on email, or find us on facebook – we always love to

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Creative Writing II

Yay! Write-for-a-Reason.com has a brand new look! If you write stories for teens and pre-teens, do take a look – you might find just what you need to help you start, finish or publish you book!

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Creative Writing

Do you write for children and teenagers? Would you be interested in receiving free writing tips via email? Click on the image below to take you to Write for a Reason. Enjoy!

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Christian Children’s Books on Audio

Janet Wilson recording A New Me for Dernier Publishing

I (Janet Wilson) have been recording A New Me for Torch Trust… sorry it’s not a very good photo, but it wasn’t easy taking a selfie with the book and microphone! We are hoping to bring all Dernier books out

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Light of the World

A bit more of a personal post today. Janet here, founder of Dernier Publishing – thanks for being here! I helped at our church Glow Party yesterday evening. We gave a Christian children’s book to each of the children who

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Christian Books for Young People Going to Christian Bookshops

We are grateful to Christian bookshops all over the UK for stocking our books. Here are some orders ready to go – perhaps they will end up being Christmas presents! Please pray the books will be an encouragement to all

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Books to Uganda

Author Clive Lewis took some Dernier books to Uganda recently (The City Kid, I Want to Be an Airline Pilot, Living in Hope and Under the Tamarind Tree). Clive gave the books to Dickens Zziwa, National Director of Scripture Union.

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Dyslexia friendly books

A New Me is dyslexia friendly – see how easy it is to read? We would like to update all our books, eventually, to this style, to make them as accessible as we can to as many readers as possible.

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First Photos from the Book Launch!

Book launch of Christian book for young people

So, here are the first photos from the book launch! Thanks to everyone who helped make the event a great success! Please pray for all the children who will read this book. Thank you!

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One easy way to build up your relationship with your children

One way you can develop a rich relationship with your children is to read stories together. Mums and Dads, get involved! Talk about the issues the characters face… in this way you can get to understand what your children are

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Kindle ebooks

All our books (except for the brand new one, A New Me) are available as ebooks on Amazon’s kindle store. So now you can read any book you like anywhere you like in the world. 🙂 Why not read the

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All Our Books!

All our books in one neat collage! Who do you know who needs a bit of encouragement? All these books are currently in stock!

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Only five days to go to the launch of A New Me! This lovely Christian book for young people (11-13-ish) shows how there is always hope, even when things seem to be going very wrong. If you can come to

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Planning BIG… Taking Small Steps

Planning BIG, Taking Small Steps Don’t laugh, but I have taken up running. Actually, feel free to laugh if you wish :-). For a long time I’ve been realising the need to do something to increase my level of fitness.

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Cat Standing in Your Way?

Hello, and welcome to the latest Dernier Publishing newsletter! Bold and Courageous What type of videos do you enjoy watching on YouTube? Surfing dogs, other people’s disasters, how-to videos, Tim Vine clips? (Or maybe you have better things to do!

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Thanks For Your Support

Hello again Friends, and thanks for sticking with us. We wouldn’t be here without you! GDPR has taken a lot of time, trying to get all the forms right, making sure our privacy policy says all it needs to, and

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Newsletter April 2018

Perspective I hope you all had a wonderful Easter, celebrating the sacrifice of Jesus for us; his death and resurrection. Recently I’ve been thinking about perspective. Allow me to share a couple of photos with you. I took this first

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Christian books for young people – all the latest news!

Welcome to our February Newsletter! How old were you when you became a Christian? I was 13. (I’m not telling you how many years ago that was, hehe!) In a recent survey, practising Christians were asked, ‘At what age did

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Changing Lives, a Little at a Time

Newsletter January 2018 Lego Cathedral Though we are many, we are one body. We all know that, of course! On a recent visit to Chester, we visited the cathedral. They are building a Lego model of the cathedral, one brick

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Looking for a gift for a child who loves reading?

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The Last Dernier Publishing Newsletter of 2017!

Live, Love, Laugh Have you seen the slogan Live, Love, Laugh? It seems to be the in-thing to have inspirational thoughts like this on plaques, calendars, pictures and ornaments. If you could give anything to the ones you love this

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Launch of the Flying Carpet, Reviews and More!

Celebrating the launch of Revenge of the Flying Carpet

Welcome to the Dernier Publishing Newsletter, November 2017 Launch of the Flying Carpet! We had a great time at the launch of Revenge of the Flying Carpet. Thanks to all who came, young and old! It was great to celebrate

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They’re Here! New Christian book for 10-14s

Whhhoooo hooooooo, they have arrived, ready for release on 1st November! Revenge of the Flying Carpet is a fun-filled feast for the imagination for 10-14s. If you want to be one of the first to get a copy, you can

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Prison, Palace, Parties, Pebbles and Revenge!

Revenge of the Flying Carpet front cover

Dernier Publishing Newsletter October 2017 Once again we have reached autumn and harvest time – how time flies, along with the swallows! Hope you have had a good summer. Last weekend I went to stay with my brother, who moved

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Christian Resources Together

We had a great time at the Christian Resources Together event at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, last week. This event is so everyone in the Christian book/card/gift trade can meet together. Suppliers have exhibition stands, retailers from Christian bookshops

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