‘My ministry is the jokes and kittens’

Bridget Collins published seven books for teenagers before writing one for adults. She talked to Joseph Jones at her publisher’s office in London Bridge, with 'The Binding' at number two in the bestseller charts.

by Joseph Jones 1st February 2019

Did you grow up Quaker?

No no, not at all. I started going to Meeting probably about ten years ago. I’d just walked the Way of St James and I was looking for a spiritual community that did an equivalent thing – sharing a journey with people without having to believe the same things, necessarily. I used to walk past the sign that said Friends Meeting House [in Tunbridge Wells] so I just started going and loitering at the back, leaving straight away at the end. Then somebody asked me to be on the coffee rota and slowly I kind of joined in.