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New books just published

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13 June 2025

On Reflection: Looking for life’s meaning by Richard Holloway (Canongate, £10.99 (£9.89); 978-1-83726-073-7). New in paperback

“Richard Holloway thinks back on some of the questions that have shaped his life, sharing the wisdom of poets, writers, musicians and artists he has encountered along the way.”


On Earth as in Heaven? Liturgy, materiality, and economics
, edited by Melanie Ross (Liturgical Press, £39.99 (£35.99); 978-0-8146-8918-9).

“This collection critically engages the tension between ‘earthly’ materialities and eschatological visions of Christian hope, offering innovative methodologies, case studies, and approaches that promise to stimulate further research in liturgical studies and beyond.”


This Heart: Poems from the universe inside by Martin Wroe (Wild Goose Publications, £10.99 (£9.89); 978-1-80432-382-3).

Martin Wroe returns with this luminous new collection. His work bridges the spiritual and the secular with the grace of someone who’s not trying to win an argument.

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