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Support Abbey Artists and Poets for the Holidays!

Order Saint and Animal Prints from David Hollington

Artist David Hollington was commissioned to create 12 artworks to companion poems inspired by saint and animal stories in Christine’s newest poetry collection The Wisdom of Wild Grace. David is making prints available of these artworks in A3 size (297 x 420 mm / 11.69 x 16.54 inches).

Single print cost: £35

Shipping cost: £12.50 to the US / £4 within the UK / £8.50 for any other location

To order: Please email David directly at davidhollington@gmail.com and let him know your choice of print and mailing address. He will send you a Paypal invoice for payment. Please note that due to pandemic-related postal system delays prints being shipped beyond the UK or Ireland may not arrive in time for Christmas.

These are shipped from the UK.

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Order Mary Icon Prints by Kreg Yingst (Sale until Dec. 3rd)

Block print artist Kreg Yingst is creating 30+ images of Mary to companion the book Christine is writing about Mary’s names and titles (the book will be published in spring 2022). He is making beautiful prints of these available for purchase from his Etsy shop with a 20% discount through December 3rd. Use code: PEACE

These are shipped from the U.S.

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Order signed copies of Christine’s poetry collections + Dancing Monk Icon Card Sets (Sale until Dec. 3rd)

Abbey of the Arts is having a FLASH SALE on signed copies of Christine’s poetry collections (Dreaming of Stones and The Wisdom of Wild Grace) as well as sets of our Dancing Monk Icon Cards.

Order by December 3rd and parcels will ship out on December 4th via post from Ireland.

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