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I am Paul Taylor-McCartney, the subject of this draft, and I’m disclosing a conflict of interest. I will avoid making promotional claims and will rely on independent, reliable sources. I’m happy to propose changes here for independent review. Drptm (talk) 18:02, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Taylor-McCartney (Dr.)

Paul Taylor-McCartney
Occupation	Writer; researcher; lecturer
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Leicester
Notable works	The Recollector and On Dystopian Fiction and Memory (PhD thesis); Sisters of the Pentacle; The Mirror Box
Website
drpaultm.org

Paul Taylor-McCartney is a British writer, researcher and lecturer whose work spans dystopian literature, memory and identity, and initial teacher education. He completed a PhD in English (Creative Writing) at the University of Leicester with the thesis The Recollector and On Dystopian Fiction and Memory (2022).^[1] He has held roles in teacher education, including Head of Secondary Teacher Education at the University of Warwick.^[2]

Career and research

Taylor-McCartney’s scholarly and creative work examines dystopian fiction, memory and identity. His peer-reviewed article “Hideous Progeny” in NAWE’s Writing in Practice explores how failures of science and technology inform dystopian texts, with reference to his own creative work The Recollector.^[3]

He has also written on teacher education, including a co-authored BERA blog post “Interrogating the notion of the seaside idyll in the context of initial teacher training” (2021), which reflects on an ITT expansion pilot in coastal schools,^[4] and an evaluation report on postgraduate teaching apprenticeships for the OneCornwall Teaching School Hub (2025).^[5]

Publications

Books

• Sisters of the Pentacle (Hermitage Press, 2022), ISBN 978-1739856816 (pbk); also listed as 978-1739856809 (hbk).^[6][7]
• The Mirror Box (Hermitage Press, 2023), ISBN 979-8267241748.^[8]

Selected short fiction & poetry

• “Sergius,” The Crank (Issue 2, 2021).^[9]
• “The Handkerchief,” Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine (Fall 2018).^[10]
• Further creative publications as listed by the author, including Bandit Fiction, Grief Dialogues, dyst: A Literary Journal, and Café Aphra.^[11]

Academic and professional writing

• “Hideous Progeny,” Writing in Practice (NAWE), Vol. 7 (2021/22).^[12]
• “Interrogating the notion of the seaside idyll in the context of initial teacher training,” BERA Blog (with Anne Parfitt), 18 May 2021.^[13]
• Employment-based routes into teaching: A Review of PGTAs in Cornwall (OneCornwall Teaching School Hub, 2025).^[14]
• PhD thesis: The Recollector and On Dystopian Fiction and Memory (University of Leicester, 2022).^[15]

Library catalogues

• Entries for Taylor-McCartney’s works are listed in the British Library catalogue (including Sisters of the Pentacle and The Mirror Box).^[16]

External links

• Official website
• "Society of Authors – Paul Taylor-McCartney (member profile)". Society of Authors. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
• "Sisters of the Pentacle (Hermitage Press)". Hermitage Press. Retrieved 15 October 2025.

Drptm (talk) 18:21, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Drptm. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page Draft:Paul Taylor-McCartney, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Just because you've declared the COI does not give you carte blanche to create articles about yourself! Equine-man (talk) 18:37, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Have declare COI on user and page tabs and submitted for review. 2A02:C7E:30EB:3000:EC4F:8663:6AC:6F0A (talk) 18:40, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

obviously you have not read the guidelines. The very first sentence states: avoid editing or creating articles about yourself. Equine-man (talk) 18:43, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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1. Taylor-McCartney, Paul (2022). "The Recollector and On Dystopian Fiction and Memory". University of Leicester Figshare. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
2. "A Conversation with Paul Taylor-McCartney – Head of Secondary Teacher Education". YouTube (University of Warwick, Centre for Professional Education). 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
3. Taylor-McCartney, Paul (2021). "16 – Hideous Progeny". NAWE (Writing in Practice, Vol. 7). Retrieved 15 October 2025. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
4. Parfitt, Anne; Taylor-McCartney, Paul (18 May 2021). "Interrogating the notion of the seaside idyll in the context of initial teacher training". BERA Blog. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
5. "Employment-based routes into teaching: A Review of PGTAs in Cornwall". OneCornwall Teaching School Hub. 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
6. "Sisters of the Pentacle". Google Books. Hermitage Press. 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
7. "Sisters of the Pentacle (product page)". Amazon UK. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
8. "The Mirror Box". Amazon UK. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
9. "Issue 2". The Crank. February 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
10. "Poetry G–L — The Handkerchief (Fall 2018)". Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
11. "Publications". Paul Taylor-McCartney (official site). Retrieved 15 October 2025.
12. "16 – Hideous Progeny". NAWE (Writing in Practice, Vol. 7). 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2025. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
13. Parfitt, Anne; Taylor-McCartney, Paul (18 May 2021). "Interrogating the notion of the seaside idyll in the context of initial teacher training". BERA Blog. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
14. "Employment-based routes into teaching: A Review of PGTAs in Cornwall". OneCornwall Teaching School Hub. 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
15. "The Recollector and On Dystopian Fiction and Memory". University of Leicester Figshare. 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
16. "British Library catalogue — search results for "Paul Taylor-McCartney"". British Library Explore. Retrieved 15 October 2025.