Excalibur Press have a large writing and photography team scattered across the UK and Ireland. From long-established journalists and new bloggers to corporate writers, novelists and all manner of photographers we’re confident we have the right person to match your project.
Here are some of our regular writers:
Tina Calder
Excalibur Press founder Tina Calder has a wide and varied career than spans two decades.
The award-winning journalist, publicist and author has been specialising in editorial services and syndicated content throughout her career.
Having specialised in lifestyle, features, showbiz and entertainment for 20 years as well as having a keen interest in business, entrepreneurship and online publishing, Tina has carved a niche for herself and her company writing in a broad range of styles for a wide variety of publications and clients.
Survival: The Story of The Defects is Tina’s first book, she is currently working on the biography of former SLF member Henry Cluney among others.
Tina is also the creator of Excalibur Press’ own magazine www.bamni.co.uk and her most recent venture The Merlin Project, an ideas and learning platform.
Jessikah Hope Stenson
Jess has freelanced as a journalist for a variety of magazines and newspapers, and has been published in the News Letter, The Sun, Sunday World and belfastvibe, to name a few.Jonathan Traynor
A journalist from 1989 Jonathan has worked in daily and local newspapers, as well as having a lengthy track record as a freelance writer.
In 1996 he turned from ‘poacher to gamekeeper’ embarking on a 20-year career in public relations. Jonathan worked for a leading international PR agency as well as for the North and West Belfast Health Action Zone.
Up until November 2015 he was the Senior Communications Officer for the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY). He was a key part of a team which won numerous Chartered Institute of Public Relations Awards, including the ‘President’s Grand Prix Award’ for the Best In-House PR team.
Throughout his career in PR Jonathan continued freelance journalism and has run his own music blog on Northern Ireland’s rock and heavy metal scene. He has covered local, national, international acts, reviews albums and has recently launched a series of video interviews on his site. His work has been published in magazines and global web sites, and he has appeared on BBC Radio Ulster discussing music trends.
Jonathan has a number of short stories published on line and is currently working on his first novel. He specialises in news, features, reviews and Northern Ireland’s political scene, but enjoys all types of writing.
Abby Williams
Originally from Aylesbury, England, Abby Williams has lived in Belfast for 11 years. She published her first novel Tripping with Excalibur Press in January 2016 and has been writing for BAM Magazine since it began in 2015.
Abby’s work experience includes hard-hitting articles on the subjects of mental health, human interest and alternative news. She has also published entertainment features with the Sunday World, Crumlin News and various other titles across Northern Ireland.
Abby launched her Game of Thrones fan column, Throne Watch, for BAM Mag in April this year and recently became our Contributors Editor.
Writing from a very young age, Abby is currently writing two further books, one fiction and one non-fiction, with the goal of publishing them next year.
Abby loves to explore issues that relate to her readers, delving into unknown territory and delivering exciting, eloquent and high quality work. She is interested in psychology, meditation, spirituality and cult culture and has done extensive research within these areas.
Janine Cobain
Janine Cobain is the Managing Director of Write Path NI, a Belfast based independent publishing and film production company.
Janine’s passion for writing was reignited after working with Gary McElkerney on his project, The Ultimate Creative Challenge, and his debut novel, Volunteer, was Write Path’s first publication in 2013. Since then, the company has published Scattered Heart – a poetry collection, Feathers – an anthology, and Janine’s own novel, How Will You Remember Me?.
She has written many articles for Excalibur Press, which have been published in print for newspapers such as the Sunday World and Newsletter, online for Cool FM, BAM magazine, and many blogs for Excalibur’s clients.
Janine also wrote Feathers, a short film she co-produced in 2015, and produced Gary McElkerney’s Just a Box, which received funding from Northern Ireland Screen. In 2016, Janine directed and produced No Ordinary Goodbye, a short factual piece documenting the impact of suicide on a Northern Irish family, and has also produced several music videos for local media production company, Empty Horoscope, and hopes one day to see her own feature length film on the big screen.
Janine has several more projects in development, however when not working she enjoys spending time with her family, reading and travelling around the beautiful North Antrim coastline.
Jaclyn Lindsay
Jaclyn Lindsay is a married mum of two with a passion for creative writing going back as long as she can remember.
Throughout her school years, Jaclyn was constantly praised for her short stories and imaginative anecdotes, and consequently started writing short stories as a hobby. As a teenager, she began writing poetry, and has had two poems published in an Anthology of Poetry which was published in America. She released her self-published poetry book Rhythms of a Teenage Heartbeat in 2014.
Jaclyn is currently working on her first novel, a crime thriller set in Belfast.
