Thanks for stopping by. I’m a words guy, working out of Wellington and Auckland, offering editorial services, including editing and producing content for websites, corporate and academic documents, presentations and reports.
My background includes 25 years in journalism. I started out as an arts reporter and feature writer for the old Evening Post newspaper. I’ve produced hundreds of other feature articles and commentary pieces. Plus a few celebrities along the way, including Billy Joel, Audrey Hepburn, Suzanne Vega, Robbie Robertson and Joni Mitchell, and most prime ministers of New Zealand over the past few decades.
My work has been widely published in media outlets, currently including The Spectator, Quillette, Arab News, the Daily Telegraph, The Australian and RNZ. An archive of 120 or so of my old Guardian pieces can be seen here. My past work for The Chronicle of Higher Education is in the publication’s (paywalled) archive. Some recent items can be seen here on this website’s Media page.
I also do a lot of editing, including newsletters and manuscripts. Oh, and my own books. Massey University Press recently published my seventh, The RNZ Cookbook, a glorious collection of 180 recipes from New Zealand’s best chefs and writers, co-edited with Kathy Paterson. I also pop up at local literary events, most recently the last Auckland Writers Festival, where I did a marvellous session on food writing with William Sitwell from the Daily Telegraph.
Away from work, one of my big passions is Middle Eastern dining, which I wrote about in a popular newsletter. Other pleasures include poetry, comparative religious studies and squash.
If you’d like to get in touch about a possible job or assignment, please drop a line by way of the Contact page here.