Cole Moreton is a writer, broadcaster and speaker exploring who we are and what we believe in. His BBC Radio 4 series The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away won Audio Moment of the Year at the Arias and Best Writing at the World’s Best Radio Awards in New York. Recent series include The Power of Three and The Wedding Detectives. He can also be found offering Pause For Thought to Zoe Ball on the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show.
Cole’s podcast Can We Talk? is a series of crafted true short stories about encounters with remarkable people and what we can learn from them. They include the likes of Scarlett Johansson and Nelson Mandela as well as Zahra, a refugee who crossed the Channel on an overladen rubber boat one Christmas morning. The podcast led to his new book Everything Is Extraordinary: True Stories About How We Live, Love and Pay Attention (Hodder).
Cole is now touring the country telling stories from the book and asking people to share their own experiences, because remarkable things happen when we open up, speak our truths and start to see, hear and understand each other properly. As a speaker Cole delivers inspiring talks to companies and conferences, encouraging leaders and teams to learn to listen, engage and greatly increase their chances of success.
Cole was named as Interviewer of the Year at the Press Awards for his work with the Mail on Sunday and you can have a rummage through his A-Z of interviews with the famous, the infamous and the extraordinary here. Cole has covered many of the major news stories of our times as a writer for titles including The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Financial Times and was previously executive editor of the late, lamented Independent on Sunday.
He is the author of five non-fiction books including Hungry for Home, which was shortlisted alongside Zadie Smith’s White Teeth for the prestigious John Llewelyn Rhys Prize for first book of any kind. His debut novel The Light Keeper has won praise from Matt Haig and Anthony Horowitz, Jane Fallon and Peter James, among many more.
Cole in an experienced teacher and facilitator who has worked with the Arvon Foundation, Westminster University and other educational institutions, helping writers develop their ideas.
He is a longtime contributor to the Greenbelt festival of arts, faith and justice and co-founder of a gathering called Wild Spirit. He writes songs and sings in a band called The Pilgrim Mothers. An East Ender by birth, he now lives by the sea near Beachy Head and co-hosts a podcast called Edge of England, telling the stories of this stunning landscape.
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