Wednesday 25 February 2015


NEW STORY FROM DERNIER

 PUBLISHING!





 

 
 

Hello! Janet here. I'm a publisher of Christian books for children, but I also love to write! I'd like to introduce you now to my latest story, Revenge of the Flying Carpet.

When my children started to read 'chapter books' it was difficult finding Christian stories for them to read. Where were the books where the characters pray, read the Bible, go on adventures and solve mysteries? :-) What about books where children discover that God loves them? At the back of my mind I felt a calling to start up a publishing company, but it seemed impossible (and ridiculous!). Why me? I had no background in business, publishing, sales, or marketing! So I did what came easier to me and started writing stories instead!

Then in 2003 my first husband died, and I decided that if the Lord wanted me to do something I'd better get on with it. None of us knows how long we have. So I took a deep breath and set up Dernier Publishing. After all, I guessed that if I was looking for Christian books for my children, many more people must be searching too.

I didn't want to ruin anyone else's stories while I was still finding out what to do, so I finished writing London's Gone and followed it up with The Treasure Hunt and Mystery in the Snow. Bit by bit I learnt how to transform these stories from Word documents into paperbacks, and so Dernier Publishing was born. (Yes, that is a strange name, but I used to live in a Dernier Road!)By the grace of God we now have several authors working with us.
We have thirteen books in paperback and several more on the way - we also have some wonderful posters and useful prayer booklets. You can find them all on the Dernier Publishing website. (Click here to go to the Dernier Publishing website)
Let me tell you a bit about Revenge of the Flying Carpet, though. The main character is a fourteen-year-old boy called Paul who has a sister who makes his life a misery. Paul finds a magic carpet in his gran's dusty loft, and thinks it's going to help him to get revenge on Trinity, but instead . . . no, I won't tell you any more!


Just to say, the story explores the themes of revenge, justice, forgiveness and mercy in a Christian context. I hope and pray that many young people around the world (10-14-ish) will enjoy reading the story and also find it encouraging, inspiring and even helpful. After all, forgiveness is at the heart of the good news of Jesus.

Revenge of the Flying Carpet is currently only available as a kindle book. I hope to bring it out as a paperback at some point, but some other new books are taking precedence. (Email me if you don't receive the Dernier Publishing newsletter to make sure you don't miss out on any new releases!)Email Janet

Here are a couple of reviews:

A brilliant, captivating story which includes good biblical truths about forgiveness, mercy and being a follower of Christ. I really enjoyed reading it and couldn't wait to get to the next chapter!” - Naomi

Very engaging. I understood from it the importance of forgiveness.” - Reuben 
The price is $2.99 (£1.99) from the Amazon kindle store. (Don't worry if you don't have a kindle, anybody can read Kindle books—even without a Kindle device—with the FREE Kindle app for smartphones, tablets and computers.)

Click here to browse or buy!


And please let me know what you think!

Thank you for reading. :-)

Janet

Janet Wilson
Founder of Dernier Publishing

P.S. I was Evans before I was Wilson. :-) Because I already had three books out, I decided to stick to Evans for this new book. But it's still me!
P.P. S. The M stands for Mary :-)

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Christian books for schools - Dernier Publishing news

Books for Schools
Things are getting tougher for Christian schools who don't want to promote certain lifestyles and other religions. At the moment there is no restriction on using Christian books in schools – at least, they are not (yet?) banned! Who knows what will happen in the future? Jesus did warn his followers 'all men will hate you because of me'. We're not there yet in the UK, but perhaps we are on the way. In many countries the Bible and all Christian literature is completely banned, not just in schools. If you've missed the recent news about Christian schools, this is an informative article:
We have the freedom to move at the moment – perhaps our time is now. Maybe Dernier is a kind of Esther – 'for such a time as this'. In any case, our aim, as always, is to reach as many children as we can with the good news through good stories. May the Lord grant the increase!

A Pennyworth of Peppermints in Chickerell
Author Mary Weeks Millard sent me this message: “After church yesterday, the youngest daughter of one of the families came up to me to tell me that her school are going to use A Pennyworth of Peppermints as part of their history learning. She attends Chickerell village school.” Isn't that great! Chickerell features in the story, which is set in WW1, but it's great for any class of interested pupils!

20 % off 20 Books
To help churches, schools and charities reach out to the children on their hearts we have a new 20% off 20 books button on our website, so if you order 20 books or more you will have 20% discount taken off at the checkout. to take advantage of this offer, go to the Dernier website. Please do make the most of this – it's as much as we can offer and still keep standing – and we really would like our books to reach children near and far. Thank you! I know I've said this before, but imagine if every child in the UK and in English-speaking schools abroad had access to the good news of Jesus through exciting stories! We can do it if we work together! Your local Christian bookshop may also be able to give you this offer - always worth asking.

Book Club
I recently visited the book club run by a Christian teacher in one of our local schools. What fun! The girls had just finished reading A Pennyworth of Peppermints and had really enjoyed it – they treated me like a celebrity and I didn't even write it! After talking about publishing for a while (the photo is of the girls having a very excited look at all Dernier's books) Mrs Angell asked the girls what they liked most about the story. They all shot their hands straight up! One girl said she thought Ben (the main character) was very brave when his brothers then his father went to war, then his mum became ill from working in the munitions factory. Another liked the glossary! Another liked the Zeppelin raid in London best – she told us she read that bit to her nan, who had asked to read it herself. One of the girls' favourite parts was when Ben prayed and knew that Jesus was always with him, whatever happened. And eating peppermints at the book club was universally popular. :-) Mrs Angell is doing a fab job – these girls are learning about faith through sharing good stories . . . and the seeds are reaching into their families too. Thank you to all who have prayed for this little club –they are reading Deepest Darkness next. If you are thinking of setting up a book club, do let us all know, we'd love to pray for you too!

Books for African Christian Schools
Mary Weeks Millard has donated some of her books to a group of Christian schools in Uganda. She writes, “Pastor Emmy Nnyanzi heads up Parental Care Ministries which now has six primary schools and one senior school for orphans and disadvantaged children in Mbarara and surrounding areas in the south west of Uganda. He himself has five biological children and 73 other children who live with them in the holidays as extended family as they have no homes! I was around at the very start of the work and am so amazed at what the Lord has done in just 13 years. I will put an attached photo of me giving some books to Emmy for his family and the High school family.” (Photo above.) Thank you to all of you have prayed for Dernier from the beginning – for those of you who have joined us more recently, we started off with one book and a handful of sales – now our books are reaching children all over the world. It's amazing what the Lord has done!

If your church or family support an English-speaking school and you would like to give them a gift of books, please do use the 20 books 20% discount offer, and if there's anything else we can do to help, please let me know!

That's it for this special schools edition! Thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter, and thank you for all your support.

Kindest regards,

Janet
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