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22, Feb 2026
Project Radiant – Book Cover

A massive thank you must go out to Victoria Mooring, who designed the book cover of “Project Radiant”. She has done an epic job in bringing the book to life on the cover design, which is coming out on 28th April. Available for pre-order now: https://mybook.to/YiMhBz Can you trust the…

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25, Jan 2026
BETA feedback and editing completed

Project Radiant: The Final Stretch After months of writing, rewriting, and editing, I’m thrilled to share that I’m in the final stretch of releasing my next book: Project Radiant, a political, techno-dystopian thriller set in a near-future Britain dominated by AI. A Glimpse into the StoryJournalist Sarah Perriam’s career is…

title page - Project Radiant
16, Jan 2026
Become an ARC reader for “Project Radiant”

Project Radiant is the first book in a series of tech and political satire/thrillers. In a future Britain run by algorithms, one disillusioned journalist stumbles onto a conspiracy that could shake democracy to its core. As AI systems quietly manipulate public policy, social media, and even reality itself, Sarah Perriam…

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Project Radiant - Book
19, Nov 2025
Project Radiant in BETA

The book I have been writing for the last year under the working title AI.gov has a new name, Project Radiant and it now into the Beta-Reading Trenches. It’s been a minute since I last surfaced here, January, to be precise, which in writer time is roughly twelve existential crises…

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3, Feb 2025
Interview with Scout leader and Youtuber @Bigmaninthewoods

In 2023, I began writing what would become It’s Only an Hour a Week. Initially, I saw it as a fun collection of amusing Scouting stories. However, as I wrote, the focus shifted, it became a book about why I volunteer and the vital role adult volunteers play in Scouting.…

17, Sep 2024
It’s only an hour a week – released on 19th September

In January 2023 I mentioned a work in progress about Scouting – It has taken a while, but it is finally being released this week. My Fifth book, has been written with the sole intention of encouraging more volunteers to join The Scout Association, and give existing volunteers a good…

14, Nov 2023
Tales from the Halfdeck released TODAY

It has been over a year since my dad and I started the journey of transcribing his old log book into digital form and now, after 62 years it is out in paperback and on kindle for the enjoyment of all. 62 years ago today Philip Wood spent his 17th…

31, Oct 2023
New book releases soon!

It has been a long year with a shoulder injury and procrastination delaying the completion of the new book that I’ve written in collaboration with my father. But we are now in the final two weeks before launch and it is actually more stressful it seems than all of the…

18, Aug 2023
Back working on the book

It’s been a few months with an injured shoulder, procrastination and a summer holiday, but I’ve come back refreshed and with much more motivation. I’ve been working on a book with my dad for the last year, but the last time I had done anything on it was January and…

Midshipmans log
30, Jun 2023
3 months of no writing and I cannot blame procrastination for a change

Just a few days after my birthday in February this year I had an unexpected turn when Parsonage-Turner Syndrome (PTS), a nerve disorder, stopped me in my tracks. In this blog post, I will share my personal experience of how PTS has disrupted my ability to lift things, site or…