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Quaker writer shortlisted for prize
Sally Nicholls, the Quaker author of Things A Bright Girl Can Do, has been shortlisted for the YA (Young Adult) Book Prize 2018. The writer appears on the shortlist alongside prestigious names such as Phillip Pullman and previous 2017 winner Patrice Lawrence.
Ireland Gathering
This weekend Young Friends from across Europe will be gathering in County Armagh in Northern Ireland.
Fast in support of detainees
Quakers up and down the country supported people in the Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre last week by joining a ‘freedom fast’. More than five hundred protestors, including Caroline Lucas MP, the Green Party co-leader, took part in the fast on International Woman’s Day on 8 March to support...
Clitheroe Meeting House celebrates first birthday
Friends in Clitheroe celebrated the first birthday of their new Meeting house last week, with cake after its Meeting for Worship. The Meeting house in Lancashire opened its doors last March, when they moved from their former historic site in Sawley due to its remote location and dwindling numbers.
New Economy Group meet MPs
Friends from the North London New Economy Reading Group met with MPs last month to talk about setting up an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on banking reform.
Quaker and Anglican nominated as ’secularist of the year’
A Quaker, Anglican clergyman and leading advocate on sexual abuse in the church has been nominated for the 2018 Secularist of the Year Award.
Women’s History Month is marked
Friends General Conference (FGC) has pledged to share stories of Quaker women in history throughout March to mark Women’s History Month.
‘Working in a Quaker School’
The ‘Working in a Quaker School’ conference was held at Sibford School near Banbury in Oxfordshire on 14 March. It focused on ‘Quaker beliefs, methods and values and business methods’, and was open to anyone working in a Quaker school.
Friends open doors to homeless
Weston-super-Mare Meeting House was in the news last week for opening its doors to homeless people by providing an emergency shelter in the cold weather. Quaker and non-Quaker volunteers served dinner and breakfast to local homeless people from Tuesday night to Sunday night, when the town was besieged with snow.
Video channel in South Africa
Southern Africa Yearly Meeting (SAYM) has set up a new YouTube channel showing videos of Southern African Friends talking about their Quaker faith. The channel currently consists of eight videos. One Friend says ‘spiritual experience should be the root of all religious life’. Another talks of how Quakers ‘don’t...