Into the Heart of Advent — introduction

We're into Advent now, and in response to Charleen's request I've promised to blog again this year the readings of my book Into the Heart of Advent that I posted last year.

I checked with SPCK, who published the book and so hold the rights to it, and they have kindly given their permission. Accordingly I have volunteered (they didn't require this of me) each day to link you to where you can buy the book if you prefer text over having me read to you.

Today is the introduction, Day 1 is tomorrow, and the readings finish on Christmas Day.

 

Into the Heart of Advent is available from a variety of bookshops. You should be able to buy it direct from the publisher but I see they have let it go out of stock and anyway their despatch times are slow.  

You can get it from: 

Eden online bookshop, currently selling at £7.64 and they will give you up to £5 off your first order.

US Amazon. Low stock and much cheaper in Kindle ($8.99) than paperback ($18.87).

UK Amazon. Kindle (£5.69) is cheaper than paperback (£8.32).

If you have any difficulties getting the text — I see stocks are low, so the books may sell out — let me know and I will add the text for each day to the blog posts. I could do that anyway but I think it might be a bit mean on my publishers who depend on their writers for their living.

If you want the text but are really on your beam ends for money at the moment, tell me. Your comments on this blog reach me privately and I do not need to publish them. If you write your email address in your comment, I will not publish it and can correspond with you. 

Oh — incidentally — a reviewer, in the Church Times last year, complained that there was no mention of the pandemic. That's because publishing a book takes a while, so the manuscript had to be submitted at the beginning of 2020, before the pandemic began. So if it seems odd to have no mention of Covid, well, that's why.