https://www.matthewjamesjones.com/blog-1 daily 0.75 2024-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1610617755289-TD561QDG98KOQCR3QS6A/Grain_Storage_Goblin_3.jpg Blog https://www.matthewjamesjones.com/blog-1/2021/2/28/imagination monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1614508165180-H545OLWWVTO4DLPS6JIV/Owlbear+plan.png Blog - Imagination https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1614508127281-CXG0OV32V8CHEFTBBQNM/Owlbear+PNG.png Blog - Imagination Created by the reckless imagination of a mad wizard, and midwifed by Marlene Andersson, monstress extraordinaire, the owlbear is a creature of pure muscle and magic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1614594518557-MYTHL3RV8I60NUU5MSTK/How+to+make+a+bag+of+books.png Blog - Imagination It’s not rocket surgery https://www.matthewjamesjones.com/blog-1/2021/2/1/shame monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1612176506688-HCSA1KCOM98DREHFFT4V/Ogre+plan.png Blog - Shame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1612176610080-M0SX9GXJBIYDULL1FBLH/Ogre+PNG.png Blog - Shame I have been this ogre who stormed through the forest and dissolved into tears when his rage was spent. With respect and admiration for Marlene Andersson; her talent and sensitivity makes monsters human. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1612612170241-AG3CJQENS42569FSHDV2/March%2B2020%2Bat%2BSpoken%2Bword.jpg Blog - Shame March 2020, at Spokenword, a poetry series in Paris. Sabine is a brilliant photographer, but I hated the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1612177169728-J8ATS14CXK3OEJL594Y1/IMG_1350.JPG Blog - Shame Nine months later and I see my face again. Cardio 5-6 times a week. Resistance training 5-6 times a week with bands, kettlebells, and logs. Strict diet. https://www.matthewjamesjones.com/blog-1/2021/1/12/humiliation monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1610458415883-NHGS48W6MQDQ5MLD6R8N/image-asset.png Blog - Humiliation This week’s villain: a bloodthirsty orc. She embodies all the cruel bullies who delight in body shame. 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See her portfolio here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1608489654884-IXBLJSW6Z2JTI7QHO50J/Hobgoblin+monster+plan.png Blog - Avoid Pain Here’s how we’re progressing on the path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1608489746268-Y1Q3C92M6IW9NI6XNWD1/Frankie+and+Matt.jpg Blog - Avoid Pain “Kick me in the legs, Matt!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1608489988686-KRQMA7COLUU0K1KTX5Y1/Avoiding+Injury.png Blog - Avoid Pain These basic guidelines will keep you in top form. https://www.matthewjamesjones.com/blog-1/2020/11/24/the-first-challenge-getting-started monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1606212415591-POAOKKCWWH15VEFNM9C2/Grain+Storage+Goblin+%28best%29.png Blog - Getting Started Your first monster! This marvelous beast was imagined and drawn by the incredibly talented Marlene Andersson. See her portfolio here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1607215203232-JWFI03AXGTDPVE8ZN1HM/goblin+monster+plan.png Blog - Getting Started Here’s the plan. And a resource for building positive habits. https://www.matthewjamesjones.com/bio daily 1.0 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1607212233040-5I217LT5YYH6Y102XNL7/tumblr_n7n3bqBGb71tekc8zo1_1280.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/efa1d0f9-95ed-48bc-843d-108bdcde3584/Matt+head.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/efa1d0f9-95ed-48bc-843d-108bdcde3584/Matt+head.png Home https://www.matthewjamesjones.com/new-page daily 0.75 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1502629727039-CD7D89G4T4V4XGU5WWDE/189083_4679173191_9598_n.jpg Readings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/02b9fe33-597a-4824-9bca-6abff73c1dd7/IMG_3225.jpg Readings - “Conversations Beneath the Shrapnel” at L’AiR Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1607213980427-4V6T71JA6GKR12Q2TV4W/Thirst.png Readings - Thirst: Roaming Charges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1600351421167-S8GCIAQKCCAJY6JGT73H/PLU+Presents+The+Aeneid.png Readings - PLU Presents: The Aeneid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1554473176268-ESM7A95PJO2HVH3TYNMW/56374440_10156484116258192_4779624604115140608_n.jpg Readings - “Strong Words” with New Writing South in Brighton, England https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1554473377483-YGCG3NYKG3EO5K0IRZDA/44956577_10156152118548192_2820466677815181312_o.jpg Readings - Poetry Brothel, M9000 the Gigolo Lovebot, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1502555614242-C8LCJJQYB4393XOBRDAX/footer-logo.png Readings - Tree Reading Series Ottawa, Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1502555547407-AZ6W453FVTJ1SKRAFHY4/image-asset.jpeg Readings - The Sawdust Reading Series, Ottawa, Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1554473947027-H3WM44TT35WAG44LVK21/20139839_1534795959916330_8980339552671327758_n.jpg Readings - Paris Lit Up, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/1554473482167-6ZB3KFFBJWLHU0D1AVYF/50902096_10157108132198216_5930314074347798528_n.jpg Readings - Spokenword, Paris, France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/b05c9b62-479d-4432-a5dc-77f44afec4e2/WhatsApp+Image+2025-11-12+at+09.54.38_f5877c5c.jpg Readings - Q&A: Maison des étudiants canadiens @ Cité Internationale Universitaire Paris 11 Nov 2025 Here posing alongside the illustrious organizers, it was a Remembrance Day to remember. We began with a moment of silence to honour the victims of war: past, present, future. Lovely to step foot in honorary Canada, to demystify drone war, and lift dehumanization’s veil in a dynamic, multi-generational Q&A, with excerpts from PRDC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/0354f07c-f46f-40b8-92bc-451d50a7f83f/Book-in-Bar.JPG Readings - Reading at Book In Bar (Aix-en-Provence, France) 28 October, 2025 An oasis of Anglophone culture in Aix-en-Provence, southern France – Book-in-Bar has all your favourite banned tomes, two whole stories of wall-to-wall shelves, a fully functioning café, and my plucky little book. Interviewed by Bruno Franceschi, president of Bodies of Work Paris, we talked about peace, hope, gratitude, and other casualties of war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/d9495dd1-cb14-41d8-9e6e-c693c7c88ca9/IFA.jpg Readings - Reading and Q&A - Franco-American Institute (Rennes, Frances) 13 October 2025 With Virginia, the president of the IFA, as an interlocutor, what could go wrong? We talked about the US morphing the Ministry of Defence into the Ministry of War. Pete Hegseth’s cringe-worthy address to the assembled US leadership. The themes of technological distancing that inform PRDC. One dynamic side-rant on the subject of Elon Musk’s breeding farms, for spice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/e7d25fc7-7ebe-40ae-a728-cfbc36454359/IMG-3110.jpg Readings - Writing Workshop at the Franco-American Institute (IFA) in Rennes, France Sheltered snugly in the hands of the IFA’s administrators, this workshop hosted a range of writers, from long-in-the-tooth wordsmiths, to raw amateurs. Exploring Jungian concepts of “the shadow,” we animated our own worst selves. Brought these bastards to life on the page and made them dance. Along the way, strangers became friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/e048fd38-6231-42ea-825d-935464c2fe14/Bamms+action+shot.jpg Readings - “Prayers to the God of Tasty Moss” @ Bamm’s Snack Shack Delighted to host, participate in, and feast at this event – attendees admitted they’d never experienced anything like it – even the menu became a work of art, a chapbook. Six poets penned poetic “prayers” to the head chef of Bamm’s Snack Shack, who crafted bespoke meals in response. An incredibly delicious event for mind and body: with thanks to Jennifer Pederson, David Currie, Vivian Vavassis, Jennifer Baker, and Jenna Jarvis for their contributions, to Ashley, Bradey, and Caroline for their timely assistance, and to Matt Atton, our God of Tasty Moss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/2fa432a7-afdc-4e30-bd7d-260caf94d4cf/Reading.jpg Readings - BOW Tour day 5: Reading in Reading Last but not least on the Bodies of Work Paris England tour: Bohemian Night at the Fisherman’s cottage in Reading. We flowed along a river of local talent, one last blast on our respective trumpets, a symphony of song and words. How do we disentangle after forging bonds like these? Nothing brings people closer than art. Nothing except war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/585700c0-aae8-4f2e-970e-55bd54299b94/Southampton.JPG Readings - BOW Tour day 3: Southampton reading The Bodies of Work Paris England tour donned sparkly robes and removed our human masks, becoming the fairies and wizards beneath, our true selves. Encouraged by the fantastical setting of The Hobbit Pub in Southampton, we wove intricate spells, shared laughter, summoned demons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/bef7d3d3-393e-4126-8d5d-f8d35925ff6d/Margate.JPG Readings - BOW Tour day 2: Margate reading Next stop: Margate, home of 101 Social Club and Marine Studios where we performed alongside local artists, musicians, including the indomitable Jessica Taggart Rose, at an event hosted by Daisy Beau. What I enjoyed most was the human healing in the afterglow, artists who found strength on the stage, and the addition of the fiercely talented Ciara Lawless to our team, completing it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/ee7fa612-df9a-4c01-9e12-4529026f6f58/Word+on+the+Water.jpg Readings - BOW Tour Day 1: Word on the Water reading The famous London book-barge, was the first venue on Bodies of Work Paris’s England Tour. A charming book-boat, her library displacing the Thames, as hen-parties drifted past shouting, and a stubborn rain drizzled. Catherine, Bruno, Meaghan, Liadh and I crowed to a three-tiered crowd under umbrellas and raincoats: drenched, complicit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/79ac33c3-aad0-47e5-99f0-933e237ccffe/Screenshot+2025-06-23+at+09-45-53+Inbox+%E2%80%A2+Direct.png Readings - “Healing through Words: Trauma, War and Storytelling” @ The Art of Imperfect Adulting “Truly it was a Predator. As unfeeling as they wanted us to be.” A candid convo with Amy Stone: convivial, banter packed and (I surprise myself) insightful. “Ironically, it’s the ego that gets you into writing – and the ego becomes the very thing you must squash.” A few thoughts on life, war, pedagogy, transformation, healing, fear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/9330a373-6beb-4ed8-b2cd-34556056bf87/71fc487d-7882-4fe2-aec6-f9cef5894629.JPG Readings - Aidan Heavey Library reading Alongside brilliant Irish poets, Amy Barry, Catherine Ronan, and D’or Seifer in one of the warmest, most convivial crowds that ever threatened a library’s hush. With accompanying vocals by Liadh, and guitar by Patrick Stefan, I read excerpts from “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures” and so we rode the rollercoaster of emotion together, new friends, comrades of craft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/ff4355cf-2928-4879-a0dc-b878b718aa56/Books+Upstairs+1.jpg Readings - Books Upstairs: The glittering jewel in the crown of Irish bookstores I was delighted to join some of the world’s best poets, Amy Barry, Polina Cosgrave, Caitriona Lane, and Catherine Ronan who also hosted this reading that ranged from the joys of love to the heartbreaking losses of war. Musical accompaniment lured pedestrians from the street: vocals by Liadh; harp by Brenda Malloy, guitar by Patrick Stefan. An overwhelmingly positive and beautiful experience, a homecoming five generations in the making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/dfdfa95d-ab42-4e6f-b4fa-99bc0aa2b36a/Leadership+Loading.jpg Readings - Leadership Loading Podcast: From Warships to Bestseller With gratitude to Jason McClaren at Leadership Loading for conducting this interview – available as an apple podcast or on Youtube. A candid convo about the transition from warrior to writer: the former sucks the emotional out of language. The latter makes it dirty once more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/d50e01e8-da33-4d98-9d45-cd4aa617b7e4/Living+the+Next+Chapter.jpg Readings - Living the Next Chapter - podcast - E537 Dialogue with Dave Campbell on writing and Afghanistan: “I’ll be born again as many times as required.” Someone needs to speak into this rare, fraught moment where Canadian service appears forgotten by our allies. We will not forget - I wrote it all down, with excerpts from “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/b2957f16-3537-437a-9c8c-fa756734f9f4/RMC+cover.jpeg Readings - Royal Military College reading in Kingston, Ontario, Canada Addressing a group of senior officers about inter-element abuse, the evolution of the harassment-complaint system in the Canadian Armed Forces, the treatment of women within the military, and without. Meticulously coordinated by Major Craig Scott, you’ll note the shrine he built to a fallen soldier, nameless. The coffee was complimentary, and the excerpts from “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures” were particularly spicy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/27398f85-dcfa-4381-8ee6-fed4e4657ecd/494820649_2369254506776020_5250202597556339060_n.jpg Readings - You Talk We Taco - Bamm’s Snack Shack “In my darkest hour, The God o’ Tasty Moss made my pain delicious.” The culinary artists of Bamm’s created bespoke tacos based on images from “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures.” So naturally, I wrote homages to the tacos, while curating an open mic of some of Ottawa’s best writers, so that both body and spirit might be nurtured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/d8730a80-ca1a-4efb-9730-c55dd4ede7be/Cover+photo.png Readings - Ottawa International Writers’ Festival 2025 Hosted by David Currie, I spoke alongside Emily Austin and Georgia Toews, incredibly successful writers. Wildly disparate, our three books are all tangled in grief and somehow hilarious. I was honoured to be invited, to share the stage with giants, to throw my heart into an excerpt of “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/3b061735-6cdc-423f-9673-7a95b7be9ee6/Canadian+Intelligence+Eh.jpg Readings - Canadian Intelligence, Eh? Interview/Podcast In this candid (delightfully belligerent) exchange with Phil Gurski, a 30-year veteran of Canadian Intelligence, we wax geopolitical on the return of the Taliban (Jihadist Nutbar Wankers, says Phil). in Afghanistan, the decay of US/Canadian relations, and the future of drone war. Accountability, technological distance, and the way it all seemed like a video game: who’s doing the killing? And is the way we milk and exploit the edges of new tech ethical? With excerpts from “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures,” the interview is available at the link above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/7088e7c4-dcd3-4a79-951d-dc71ade24711/IMG_2860-CR3_DxO_DeepPRIME.jpg Readings - Bodies of Work Paris - Book Launch, Zine Launch, Birth We made an association of beautiful misfits. Culture is a feather in our caps, not a club with which we beat each other. Community is for helping humans, not for domination, not for the propping of egos. Despite our shadows, we’ve accepted ourselves and each other, and we’d accept you, too. A mixed-media evening of poetry, prose, music, with excerpts from “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures.” Significantly, Bodies of Work Paris produced their first zine: a polyphonic multi-media creation that explores the theme of “the body” with both wryness and candour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/2d23153b-c74d-4379-8726-61f3a3b91024/SciencesPo+flyer.png Readings - Book Launch at SciencesPo (Paris, France) My outrageous colleague, Malik Ameer Crumpler, opened the interview with a volley: “How would your main character feel about the geopolitical situation between Canada and the USA?” To the shock/awe/horror of the student-attendees, we dove in, sharing excerpts from “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures” and touching, meaningfully, on the theme of love. Video excerpts to follow! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/8de877a0-c00a-497f-b3c5-7940130a351e/World+Radio+Paris.jpg Readings - World Radio Paris Interview: Turning War into Words Killer robots, dehumanization, and an exploration of the oldest war – the one between men and women. An early morning discussion with excerpts from “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures.” This radio show was masterfully edited, with great questions from Alex Brooklynn, artiste extraordinaire. Grateful for the opportunity to repair bridges between our cultures; we find common ground on the subject of peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/c90c8ef9-48fe-4509-a2f4-ca305f510e30/LVClogo.jpg Readings - La Vie Creative Podcast: Words and Warriors: Matt Jones on Crafting Stories and Strength This 40-minute podcast, helpfully linked in the subject line above, brings civilian listeners deeper into the military world with a light touch. Featuring a mythological excerpt from “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures” as well as discussions on monsters, strength, geopolitics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/cd5016be-ad73-4369-8224-14d65e67c9c1/Group.jpg Readings - Layers of Storytelling with Creative Mornings (Paris) Creative Mornings is a world-wide initiative that brings together inspiring speakers monthly. To a crowd of 50 gathered over coffee and croissant at Focus – Le Remix in Paris, I spoke on the theme of layers. Language. Class. Writing. But most importantly, love. At one point, reading an excerpt from “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures,” I even broke into song. Watch the full reading at the link in the title. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/977e8537-fe99-419c-b456-d53fcf97f37e/464749254_18372554371105929_4291134785519817781_n.jpg Readings - The Art of Drone Warfare: Interview and Book Talk at L’Air Arts (Paris) Hosted by the generous Malik Ameer Crumpler, in the historic Atelier 11, we discussed my upcoming book, “Predators, Reapers and Deadlier Creatures,” and I performed several excerpts. Since Malik and I are both professors of creative writing, and there were many student-writers in the audience, most of his questions were geared towards the craft of writing itself: Where did that last line come from? We shared a surprising number of laughs. See for yourself: the interview is available in its entirety at the link above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/50277462-2d70-4c44-9862-c740d3dcf1a5/L%27AiR+Arts.jpg Readings - Embodied Poetry and the Parisian Avant-Garde at L’AiR Arts Combining the media of dance, spoken word, and theatre, this event was based on the writing and life of Anna Akhmatova, Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars, and other legends of the Parisian avant-garde. Memorably, as Hiie Saumaa, in the hummingbird dress, animated the language through dance, the other performers read aloud the works of the feature artists. Stephanie Nadalo, second from the right, and I combined forces in the subterranean media haven, aka basement; she projected and explained historical slides; I supplemented with spoken word. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/a43374be-9e65-4b81-b023-04a42fb25ecc/IMG_4787.jpg Readings - Thirst: Show and Tell Originally founded by Grace Bialeckie (in photo) and Alex Brooklynn in NYC, this storytelling event was hosted in Paris. Expanding on an old theme, storytellers including Malik Crumpler and Katie Lazaro, used tangible objects (in my case a collage of paper snowflakes) to ground their language-making. I told the story of Bruno Franceschi, who battled cancer, survived, and would eventually found Bodies of Work Paris, through the lens of how inconvenient his cancer was for me; he laughed despite the stitches. May our snowflakes never melt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598daa3059cc6834fc5407fa/02b9fe33-597a-4824-9bca-6abff73c1dd7/IMG_3225.jpg Readings - “Conversations Beneath the Shrapnel” at L’AiR Arts Vasyl Grubliak, Ukrainian artist, reassembled an exploded Russian rocket fired at his hometown. This time he dangled the dangerous shards from the ceiling of Atelier 11 in Paris. Many profound conversations happened under the shrapnel, including a talk by Anya Neistat, legal director of “The Docket” at the Clooney Foundation, on the theme of war crimes. 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