James Sale
ALLi Author Member
Location: United Kingdom
Genres: Self-Help/Personal Development, Literary Fiction, Academic, Other Poetry, Psychology, Business
James Sale is based in Bournemouth and a management consultant, educator and poet who has had over 50 books published and self-published, most recently, “Mapping Motivation for Top Performing Teams” (Routledge, 2021). He has been nominated by The Hong Kong Review for the 2022 Pushcart Prize for poetry, has won first prize in New York’s The Society of Classical Poets 2017 annual competition, and performed in New York in 2019. Currently, he is a Fellow of The Society of Classical Poets. He is a regular contributor on poetry and culture for New York’s The Epoch Times. His most recent poetry collection is “The Burning Word”. One reviewer described him as “England’s epic poet” and another described his HellWard as like “thriller fiction, especially Lee Child, that has me desperately keen to turn to the next page to see what happens next.” The poet Anthony Watts remarks that “HellWard is like no other book you have ever read – unless, that is, you’ve read the first book of Dante’s Divine Comedy, on which it is modelled.”
James Sale's books
Genres: Confessional Poetry, Inspirational Poetry, Spiritual Poetry
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
The Burning Word is a profound collection of Christian poetry born out of suffering, faith, and encounter with the living God. Written across a spiritual journey of ruin, repair, and revelation, these poems trace one man’s passage through illness, doubt, repentance, and renewal into the overwhelming reality of divine love. Drawing deeply on Scripture, the Psalms, and the Christian imagination, James Sale offers poetry that is reverent without sentimentality and honest without despair. These poems do not preach or instruct; they witness. They speak from the depths of human weakness and longing, echoing biblical voices such as Adam, Jonah, Job, and David, while remaining rooted in contemporary experience. Crafted with classical skill and spiritual intensity, The Burning Word will resonate with readers seeking faith that is tested rather than assumed, hope that emerges from suffering, and poetry that honours Christ without simplification. This is a book for those who believe,...
Genres: Epic Poetry, Spiritual Poetry, Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
Down the dark mazes of hell, up the stark steps of purgatory, and now through an incredible doorway into the stars of heaven … The English Cantos reaches its cosmic conclusion in DoorWay. In the third and final instalment of this Dantean epic, the poet-pilgrim must complete his quest, venturing through a realm of stars, planets, constellations, and Seraphim to come face to face with the living, unknowable God—and discover his true purpose. But attaining such an end is no mean feat, and the poet-pilgrim will need the guidance of figures both from his past and present life, from inspiring poets gone before, from the wellspring of mythological imagination, and from Biblical heroes who sought Him-Who-Is-Alive to guide him home. Combining visionary passages of divinely inspired revelation with intimate all-too-human confessions,DoorWay forms the capstone on what is undoubtedly “the best epic poem, in the traditional sense of the term, that...
Genres: Confessional Poetry, Inspirational Poetry, Spiritual Poetry
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
"Not Lost gathers together in a single volume two previously published collections, The Lyre Speaks True and Divine Comedies, he employs a variety of structures to fulfill those three ends to which poetry aspires: meaning, truth, and beauty. Here is a poet with form and discipline. While not rigidly attaching himself to perfect rhyme, he manages to achieve a striking parallel between sound and sense" - Andrew Benson Brown
Genres: Epic Poetry, Spiritual Poetry, Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
StairWell is the second volume of The English Cantos, where the Poet leaves the confines of Hell’s hospital ward and enters Purgatory. Following in the footsteps of Dante Alighieri, the Poet must climb the staircase to the Chapel of St. Luke, at once a real place of solace and sacredness in the midst of the blighted hospital, but also a metaphysical plane, accessible only to those who may pass the trials and tribulations of the purgatorial ascent. On the journey, the Poet will meet figures both from his personal life, and those more well known, all fighting their own battles of self-improvement. Combining deep psychology with the fantastical grandeur of an Arthurian legend, StairWellexplores the fragility and wickedness of the human condition balanced with the transformational powers of Hope and Faith. Join James, the Poet, on his quest to find the chapel…
Genres: Epic Poetry, Spiritual Poetry, Fantasy
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
The English Cantos is a horror tale told in beautiful, lyrical style. Based on his near-death experience in Ward 17 of Royal Bournemouth Hospital, James Sale takes us on a journey into a contemporary vision of hell and heaven modelled on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. As Virgil guided Dante, so too Dante will guide James on this incredible journey. "The writing is superb – the poem grabs you by the throat and takes you on a journey through your own psyche triggering all kinds of insights – just like good poetry should. The imagery is beautiful and I cannot recommend Hellward highly enough. This is a poem for now – for post-pandemic - as we reflect on the new world we want to rebuild."