Catherine Hilliard
Some years ago, I did a cull of unused and largely superseded Biblical criticism which left room to expand the sections on pastoral care and green issues. This year I have continued my policy of concentrating on Quaker material which cannot easily be found in what might be called secular libraries, and so I bought some Quaker memoirs and biographies, among them: Caroline Stephen’s Quaker Strongholds, Ada Salter’s Pioneer of Ethical Socialis, and Martin Kuhn’s Grandmother’s Footsteps.
The Handheld Press has published The Conscientious Objector’s Wife and Rose Macaulay’s Non-combatants and Others: Writings against War, which I have also bought. Following requests, I have purchased Irene Gill’s new book How to be a Refugee: Life Lessons Learned by One Who Escaped the Holocaust.
Over and above this, there is now a children’s section to the library, and the following children’s books were purchased:
- Raymond Briggs’ When the Wind Blows
- Three Dr Seuss books
- The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood
- The Peace Book by Todd Parr
- A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara.
I will work on expanding this section.
In the literature section, which shelves books about Quakers as well as by Quakers, I bought Mrs Craik’s John Halifax, Gentleman. I am always happy to buy relevant books on request, as long as they are published by a press I can locate.
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Forty-Three Newsletter • Number 525 • January 2023
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