Matthew James Jones is a poet, novelist, storyteller and veteran whose novel Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures is available in Canada, France, the US, the UK, and Germany. Today, Matt writes and teaches in Paris: leadership at the École Militaire and creative writing at SciencesPo. His many published works interrogate themes of dehumanization, poetics, monsters, masculinity, cross-cultural exchange, and healing. He also co-hosts the by-donation Write Time workshop, and organizes fitness enthusiasts who use trees as barbells: the Log Club. Follow his work and receive a free wordgift.

Upcoming Events:

The WriteTime Workshop with veteran-writer Josh Bates (International): 6 July 2025, 18h CET.

Word on the Water reading (London, England) with Bodies of Work Paris: 19 July 2025

Reading with Jessica Taggart Rose (Margate, England) with Bodies of Work Paris: 20 July 2025

The Craft of Fantasy @ The Hobbit (Southampton, England) with Bodies of Work Paris: 21 July 2025

Bohemian Night open mic @ The Fisherman’s Cottage (Reading, England) with Bodies of Work Paris: 22 July 2025

Bamm’s Snack Shack (Ottawa, Canada) “Prayers to the God of Tasty Moss” 9 August 2025 18h

Reading at Perley Health Veteran’s Centre with Sara Power (Ottawa, Canada) August 2025

Writing Workshop - Royal Military College (Kingston, Canada) August 2025

Reading at Book In Bar (Aix-en-Provence, France) October, 2025.

Resilience Plus podcast: October, 2025