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This page lists items which have been produced by, or are of interest to, Quakers in Yorkshire. To purchase any item please contact the vendor as detailed against each item.

Meeting Voices

A new 20 minute film on DVD for Enquirers, for Outreach and for Inreach.

£7 through usual Quaker outlets or £8.25, including p+p, by cheque to YQAP at 26 Stanhope Court, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth, Leeds LS18 5SR.
[Yorkshire Meetings - please contact Susan Robson (susan.robson@cooptel.net or 0113-318-8084) to discuss your requirements.]

Intended for use with groups of people enquiring about the Quaker way, and works best when introduced by live Quakers.

Ten Quakers meet, worship, eat, talk together and explore their differences. They speak for themselves, from the heart. This film shows the essence of Quaker life today in Yorkshire.

“This superb short film illustrates the adventure of Quaker worship, reflects the diversity of Quaker beliefs and shows the community that can be found in a Quaker meeting. I thought it was great.” Simon Best

Go Inside to Greet the Light

Short film inspired by James Turrell's Deer Shelter Skyspace at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

This 12 minute film produced by Yorkshire Quaker Arts Projects and narrated by Judi Dench is an ideal Outreach tool and Christmas gift.

Find out more or purchase (£7.50) from www.goinsidetogreetthelight.com

Also available in NTSC format for use in USA.

The Journey Across the Water

Daphne Wright (Member of Whitby Meeting) has completed her 'Journey' trilogy of novels. It revolves around a series of challenges encountered by two children as they learn, on their journeys, who they can trust.

The final part will be launched on Fri 9th September at 7:30pm at the Art Cafe, Flowergate, Whitby. The books are available from Lulu Marketplace.

A Return to the Coast

Exhibition of paintings by Phil Entwistle (Beverley)
Depicting cliffs on the east coast of Yorkshire.

At Beverley Minster, 8th June - 21st June, 9 - 5:30pm

and Hull Truck Theatre, 1st to 31st July

and Yorkshire Wolds Gallery, Staxton, 7 Sept to 2 Oct.

or see posters at stations on Hull-Scarborough line, June - Oct

Elfrida

Biography of Elfrida Vipont Foulds (1902 - 1992) by Susan V Hartshorne (her niece)

£8.50 (+£1.50 p&p) from Susan Hartshorne, 4 Beeforth Close, New Earswick, York, YO32 4DF

Elfrida Vipont wrote over 40 books. Some are serious books about Quakerism; some were written for teenagers - adventure stories or biographies of famous authors; and some are suitable for much younger readers. She was awarded a Carnegie Medal for The Lark on the Wing, and her book for reading to the very young, The Elephant and the Bad Baby, has become a classic. However, not many of her readers know that Elfrida trained first as a professional singer and that she spent the war years as headmistress of a school for evacuees. Only after that did she turn to writing as a full time career. Elfrida was also an inspiring lecturer, speaking both about her books and also on Quaker subjects. Many remember her inspirational addresses. This is the story of her life.

Journey Over the Mountains

The second volume in Daphne Wright's adventure trilogy for young and old.

Highly recommended for children's bedtime reading.
£3.28 + P&P from Lulu Marketplace.

(See below for The Journey Through the Forest.)

History of Breckenbrough School

Quaker influence in an educational experiment

By Rob Knox
Price £5 including p+p, from Breckenbrough School, Sandhutton Nr Thirsk YO7 4EN 01845-587238

Reviewed by Joyce Pickard

Coffins, Cats & Fairtrade Sex Toys

£~~8.99~~ £5.99 by Jeremy Piercy (Friargate), from Shared Earth.

The book takes a light-hearted look at Fair Trade. It tells the story of how Jeremy became involved in fair trade, what fair trade is all about and what it's like to be a fair trade buyer; from the supplier who made a lathe from an old washing machine in Sri Lanka, to the peasants who gave him roast guinea pig for lunch in Ecuador, to the house with the tree growing through it in India.

It also tells the story of how SHARED EARTH grew from an unknown shop in York to the UK's largest fair trade retailer. It poses questions too. Is fair trade a long term trend or a short term fashion? Will there be a fair trade label for crafts as well as food? Is global warming a more important problem than poverty?

Quaker Speak

Fully Revised 4th Edition of the essential pocket guide to Quaker language and organisation.
Created by Alastair Heron and revised and published by Quaker Outreach in Yorkshire.

Available from Chris Petrie, 2 Tillman Close, Settle, BD24 9 RA, 01729-822677, chpetrie@btinternet.com
Price £3.50 including p+p.

The Journey Through the Forest

A first book by Daphne Wright (Member of Whitby Meeting).
£5.99 + P&P from Lulu Marketplace.

This is the first part of a trilogy of novels by Daphne intended for both adult & child readership.

It revolves around a journey of physical, emotional and spiritual challenges by two children as they learn, through their adventures, who they can trust.

Andrew Carter's Christmas Carols

Surely this must be the first time that a Yorkshire Quaker has received the acclaim of producing one of BBC Music Magazine's 10 best Christmas CDs ever!

BBC Music Magazine waxes lyrical in praise of Andrew Carter's CD of Christmas Carols:

“ In the art of arrangement the key word is often restraint, and few know this better than Andrew Carter. He has an ear for the elliptical, harmonically ambiguous traditional carols, and transforms them into exquisite art songs. His ‘I wonder as I wander’ has a haunting beauty as does the deft ‘There is no rose’. But he can also do powerful showpieces choirboys love, like ‘Tomorrow shall be my dancing day’ and his explosive ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”

Andrew is a member of Friargate Meeting, York

The CD retails at £12.99, but is available direct from York Ambisonic for £10.00
(Quote 'Quaker') plus £1.50 p&p per order.
The address is PO Box 66, Lancaster, LA2 6HS.
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