Being Manx by birth and heritage, I saluted ‘Themselves’, the ‘Little People’ or the Faery Folk of the Isle of Man, for their benevolence during this journey – my first return to the island in thirty years. And Manannan Beg
After surviving that 25-hour flight from New Zealand to Heathrow, I headed straight to the beautiful city of Winchester and relaxed for a day in the Royal Winchester Hotel’s terrace garden which my room overlooked. Good food and a comfortable
[This is the full text of my book-tour talk including the readings (in italics) from A Biography of Story, A Brief History of Humanity.] The title for this talk, ‘Story-power: Why We Need it to Survive’, was inspired by a
Only the author conjures those words into their magical sequence, but a book’s success depends on cooperation not isolation. Most authors realise the value of editors, proofreaders, alpha and beta readers and a range of technical or professional experts available
Now that A Biography of Story, A Brief History of Humanity is released, I want to show you why I wrote this non-fiction book and broke three ‘golden rules’ of publishing. One of my editors described the book as ‘a love letter
