Welcome to my site, where you will see my new book, Living in the Soul (with a bear), Audiobooks I have narrated, and a curated selection of audio samples of voice-over work, should you be looking for a narrator or voice-over artist. Do please use the contact form on yes, the contact page, should you wish to discuss anything related to any of these things
Available on June 1 as a paperback, hardback, audiobook and on kindle
This is my new book - three years in the making, although you could say Sixty Five years in the making. It is a memoir, and at the same time a Theological study, Living in the Soul (with a bear) examines at its heart the question 'What or who exactly is God?' which is something we can all pretty much disagree on, as all of our ideas are unique and different, as it is the great unknowable. Faith is a funny thing, though - When I was asked, in discussing this book, what answer I arrived at, I was given a look of what I would charitably call sympathy, yet that faith is a solid rock of granite I stand on, yet it is viewed by sceptics as cotton wool...
You can buy my book at the links below on Amazon in the UK
Living in the Soul (with a bear) will be orderable through all book stores as soon as it can be arranged
Do you ask the question, "Who or what exactly is God?"
What if faith is not about certainty, but about love, doubt, and the courage to keep asking questions?
Living in the Soul (with a bear) is a luminous theological memoir that follows one man’s lifelong spiritual journey beyond doctrine, dogma, and fear. Raised a Christian but uneasy with institutional religion, Peter Harpley explores belief as something lived rather than declared—shaped by childhood vulnerability, profound moments of grace, and an enduring sense that God is present not in authority, but in love.
Blending personal narrative with accessible historical scholarship, the book re-examines Jesus through the eyes of modern historians, unpicking myth from meaning and uncovering a wisdom often obscured by centuries of doctrine. Along the way, Harpley confronts Christianity’s uncomfortable legacies—patriarchy, violence, and exclusion—while reclaiming lost voices such as Mary Magdalene and the mystical traditions sidelined by orthodoxy.
At the heart of the book is an image both tender and unsettling: a childhood bear named Scrappy, a symbol of innocence, protection, and divine love that accompanies the author into adulthood. Through solitude, failed relationships, and deep reflection, faith slowly clarifies—not into certainty, but into trust.
Honest, questioning, and quietly radical, Living in the Soul is written for seekers, doubters, and anyone who believes that God may be found not in answers, but in the soul itself.