St Faithful’s Books
Welcome to Havnot. Discover the short-story collections and the novel set among the familiar faces of St Faithful’s.
New to the parish? Begin with Volume 1. Returning readers can head straight to Volume 7.
New to the stories? Read “Havnot on Heat” for a taste of parish life.
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The Parish Life · Volume 1
Your first visit to Havnot: affectionate parish comedy, gentle theology and the ordinary muddle of trying to live faithfully together.
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Latest collection
The Parish Life · Volume 7
A wedding committee, an elopement and a family move keep Tim occupied. Around the Vicarage table, the parish tackles God, doubt and the dangerous business of being certain.
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The Parish Life · Volume 2
Clergy attire, choir practice and church bureaucracy provoke strong opinions. Between the squirrels and the pub theology, the parish learns about grief, disability and the patient work of caring.
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The Parish Life · Volume 3
The boiler and WhatsApp group are troublesome enough. Now the parish tackles identity, power, shame and suffering, and learns to keep listening when agreement proves elusive.
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The Parish Life · Volume 4
The wider world comes knocking: climate, conflict, belonging and the mysteries of TikTok. Meanwhile, Lionel would prefer everyone to leave the new app alone.
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The Parish Life · Volume 5
Conversations wander from biscuits to God, prayer and suffering. Amid meetings and muddled intentions, the parish keeps finding reasons to stay, listen and care.
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The Parish Life · Volume 6
Paula Jenkins makes an entrance, the Male Voice Choir finds its voice, and Tim’s parents move in. Then Tim and Sybil begin to grow closer. Naturally, the parish notices.
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Settle into a novel, or follow Tim and Sybil’s love story in one collection.
The Crack in the Wall
A St Faithful’s novel. Can the parish survive an invitation to modernise—with evangelical zeal, smoke machines and fairy lights?
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Tim and Sybil’s love story
For Better, For Worse
Follow Rev Tim Keen and Sybil Ratchet’s unfolding romance, with all the affection, complications and parish interference that Havnot can provide. This collection brings their previously published stories together in one continuous journey through courtship and marriage — a warm welcome for new readers, and familiar company for returning friends.
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