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I’m John-Paul. I’m a writer and artist. I live in London.

I work at the intersection of story, art, incl drawing and painting, and performance.

Creative self-expression is a route to insight, confidence, and transformation – for me and for others.

I help people find a voice, and make a mark.

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My approach combines classical rhetoric with theatrical improvisation, visual art with narrative, technical skill with emotional truth.

These things feed each other.

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I’ll help you discover and express your most powerful, authentic self.

The work is fundamentally the same, regardless of the specific output:

Background

Seven books, in 16 languages: fiction, illustrated poetry, memoir and non-fiction.

Worked for years as a journalist, magazine writer and editor on the Financial Times and the Sunday Times.

Trained in classical rhetoric and theatrical improvisation.

Recovered from psychiatric crisis through making art. It wasn’t just recovery but liberation. That experience transformed my understanding of creative practice and informs everything I do.

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New book

Book cover showing a man in glasses doing sun salute with arms raised but eyes down on a yoga mat. Text shows book title, author's name and, beneath the drawing, 'A psychiatric admission. A sketchbook. 124 pages.'

Latest post:


I've been telling people they can write a memoir in 30 days

At the end of February, I ran a week-long course on how to write and publish a memoir. I ran it for the Arvon Foundation, alongside my friend the author Wendy Jones.

As part of the course, instead of reading from my own published work, I showed participants pictures I’d…

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