Pendle Hill Pamphlets
For over 90 years, Pendle Hill has expanded understanding of Quaker life and witness through the pamphlet series. Each publication arises from the writer’s spiritual experience, religious concern, or special knowledge of an important contemporary theme. In 1933, the Quaker devotional writer Douglas Steere suggested that Pendle Hill start publishing short, readable “tracts for the times.” The pamphlet series began the next year, and the tradition continues to this day, with over 480 pamphlets published to date!
Pendle Hill currently publishes six (6) pamphlets a year, each approximately 36 pages in length.
How to Buy
- Purchase hard copies from our online store and walk-in bookstore.
- Find eBooks on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and audiobooks on Audible.
- Receive each pamphlet as it is published by ordering a subscription.
- Purchase preassembled pamphlet sets.
- Get started with selections like End-of-Life Reflections, Discernment, and Parenting.
- Contact pamphlets@pendlehill.org for wholesale orders and quantity discounts.
How to Search Pamphlets
Looking for a particular pamphlet or pamphlet topic?
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Purchase the physical Index at our bookstore or viewable its digital copy.
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Search our live online index.
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Browse Pendle Hill’s curated reading list.
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View a select number of pamphlets for free online at the Inward Light library.
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Find reviews for pamphlets in Friends Journal, Goodreads, and LibraryThing.
Religious Education Resources
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Pendle Hill’s reading group facilitation guide.
- Our digitization of the PYM William Penn/Seeking Faithfulness Lectures, 1916-2017.
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“Tracts for Our Times: Celebrating Ninety Years of Pendle Hill Pamphlets,” a First Monday Lecture with Doug Gwyn and Mary Crauderueff.
- Pendle Hill’s video archive of First Monday Lectures and author interviews.
- Outside resources:
- Quaker Religious Education Collaborative
- Inward Light, a site by Peter Blood with many out-of-copyright pamphlets, tracts, and books
- Friends General Conference’s Spiritual Deepening Library
Submit your Manuscript
We welcome submissions from both new and longtime authors. Please refer to our pamphlet submission guidelines to see if your manuscript meets our criteria, and be sure to follow our style sheet when preparing your manuscript.
