Bookish carrier of strange tales about the church (7)
I believe the answer is:
satchel
'bookish carrier' is the definition.
'satchel' can be an answer for 'carrier' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'bookish' bit.
'strange tales about the church' is the wordplay.
'strange' indicates an anagram.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the church' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc).
'tales' with letters rearranged gives 'satel'.
'satel' enclosing 'ch' is 'SATCHEL'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for satchel that I've seen before include "Shoulder bag as for schoolbooks" , "Get school item" , "Bag -- latches (anag)" , "Schoolbag found in chalets" , "Text mark for an insertion" .)