Pioneering publisher and bookseller Beatriz Buono honours outgoing SparkLit president. I served with John and Gayelene Harrower in the shadow of the military dictatorship; a time of great fear and pain in Argentina. Without their example and encouragement, my family and I would not be who...
Read MoreLast year John Harrower concluded 31 years service on the boards of the Australian Christian Literature Society and the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Australia; now known as SparkLit. He was president from 2005 to 2021. John Harrower arrived in Argentina with his wife Gayelene, and...
Read MoreThis year Len Woodley concludes 28 years with SparkLit. Twelve years on the Council followed 16 as General Secretary. He reminisces with Council member Elspeth Kernebone. In 1992, Len’s wife Lesley noticed that the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Australia (SparkLit) was advertising for a General...
Read MoreArgentine publisher and bookseller Beatriz Buono honours retired Sparklit General Secretary Len Woodley. Certeza Argentina has been called to communicate the lordship of Jesus Christ by publishing biblical and contextual books by Latin American men and women. My best tribute to Len and his work with...
Read MoreWhile on study leave in Australia, David Painter will serve on the SparkLit Council. In 2019 he will resume his pioneering work in Christian publishing and theological education in Cambodia. David and Leoni together with their two children, Joshua and Grace, have served with the Church...
Read MoreSimon has worked in the book industry for over twenty years and is currently the Managing Director of ALS Library Services, an Australian business supplying public libraries. “Twenty years in the trade has taught me that people still read. While technology and devices compete for our...
Read MoreOn Saturday 12 November SparkLit Council member the Revd Dr Paul Barker was ordained and consecrated as a Bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne. Paul recently returned from South-East Asia after six years as a visiting lecturer in Biblical Theology, Old Testament and Homiletics, and as...
Read MorePaul Barker brings to SparkLit comprehensive experience in the region where most of our projects are located. He loves books and reading. He is committed to God and His mission. “The majority world does not have access to quality, relevant or vernacular books. Yet pastors rely...
Read MoreSparkLit advances God’s kingdom by empowering Christian writers and publishers in difficult places. SparkLit does not publish books. We are a publisher’s companion. We do not do for our publishing partners what they can and must do themselves. We invest in emerging indigenous publishers where life-changing...
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