Writing is my craft. Whether it’s turning a phrase or twisting a plot, I have the skill to shape words and stories so that they thrill and delight.
I’m also an experienced public speaker, leading seminars, facilitating workshops, giving talks and lectures, presenting papers and strategies. I can offer digital and editorial training sessions in the areas I offer consultancy on.
I also regularly write and speak about my areas of interest and expertise in:
- imaginative discipleship
- theology of arts and culture
- faith and philosophy in pop culture
- sci-fi and fantasy
- children’s literature
- medieval literature, e.g. the Arthurian mythos
- Tolkien, Lewis and the other Inklings
If you’d like to book me for a conference, training, or to preach or teach in a church or other Christian setting, please get in touch!
Recent speaking engagements
- Being Human: To Be Human is to Be Creative, seminar, Highfields Church Cardiff, February 2023
- What does ChatGPT mean for publishing?, IVP/SPCK Away Day, December 2022
- Imaginative Discipleship lecture, L’Abri Fellowship, October 2022 – watch online
- Discipleship to Capture the Imagination seminar, Hutchmoot UK, July 2022
- The Great Dance: Medieval Hierarchy in C S Lewis’s Science Fiction Trilogy, lecture, L’Abri Fellowship, October 2021 – listen online
Articles
I’ve written numerous articles for various blogs, magazines and newspapers, including the IVP blog, Christian Research Journal, Threads UK, idea magazine, Gizmodo.co.uk, Hodderscape and the Western Mail. You can find links to many of them on my blog under the tag Writing.
Preaching
I’ve been a lay preacher semi-regularly for many years, opening up the Bible to seek to hear God’s voice as he speaks to us today. Check out the Sermons tag on my blog for a few of them.
Novels
As yet unpublished(!)
- The Sword in the Spaceship, science fiction Arthurian adventure, in progress
- My Life as a Zombie Time-Traveller, comedy science fiction, written for Nanowrimo, needs redrafting
- This Darkened World, children’s/young adult fantasy
Short Stories
- ‘The Shopping Trolleys of Doom’, in Doctor Who Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed My Life, edited by Simon Guerrier, published 2008 by Big Finish Productions. Competition winner: one of 25 published entries out of over 1000 – read about How the Doctor Changed My Life on my blog.
- ‘Blessed are the Peacemakers’, in Doctor Who Short Trips: Indefinable Magic, edited by Neil Corry, published 2009 by Big Finish Productions – read about Indefinable Magic on my blog.
- ‘Mr Crickfarthing’s The Emotion Emporium’, in The Wicked Young Writers’ Award 2010, anthology of winning entries – read about the Wicked Young Writers’ Award on my blog.
Drama
- The Emotion Emporium, Xpress Radio, 15 minutes, broadcast 26th November 2006.
- Mansoul, adapted from The Holy War by John Bunyan, performed at ‘Contagious’ Christian youth conference, Bury St Edmunds, 22nd August 2008.