Books by John Sullivan

 When Story Stops, the Leak Begins is the story of accidental pilgrims on a journey through eerie, uncharted territory, having only each other as foils and resources, while they search for the key to their ultimate destination.  Along the way, they meet a grifter, an archetypal character and a spooky digital presence, who might possibly be an ally. In Hollywood parlance, this tale could be described as a spiritual adventure story in which Six Characters in Search of an Author jump headlong with no net into a Canterbury Tales style quest across a dreamscape merging scenography from Waiting for Godot with digital shards of Bladerunner in a rowdy and irreverent Voyage to Arcturus.   The key to meaning, style and emotional resonances in When Story Stops, the Leak Begins, is the poem-script, a hybrid form that combines poetic dialogue, a performance script format and a narrator – imbedded in what would normally be called stage directions – who speculates, comments and reports on feelings and thought processes in each character’s head. This storytelling format grew from the author’s experiences making non-traditional theatre where speech conveys its usual content but also works as a form of gestural action.  A series of routines weave through the poems-scripts and serve as armatures for developing character relationships. These routines also animate the pulse and cadences of the text. The dialogue derives from skaz, a Russian literary technique using singular dialect and speech rhythms to reveal motivations, intentions, even reliability as a narrator.  

These Somali pirates have no idea who they’ve just taken hostage.An action thriller movie script about a hero fighting modern day pirates.After experiencing a tragedy in foreign operations, British Intelligence Officer Cole Walker sets off on a suicidal adventure in the coastal waters off Africa.But before he can finish his bucket list, his boat is hijacked and he is captured by a ruthless group of modern Somali sea pirates.He discovers that these criminals kidnap young kids and turn them into child soldiers.After meeting and rescuing one of these children, 15-year old Max, Walker decides to fight back against this gang of villainous outlaws in an attempt to free the other children hostages in their jungle island hideaway.It’s like a British Rambo against modern sea pirates.Read the script. Imagine the movie. Screenplays as Literature Series are movie scripts published for readers to enjoy concise storytelling with a twist. Scripts are blueprints for producing films. Longer than a short story. Shorter than a novel. You’ll learn how to read a script so you can watch the movie in your mind as you read the story on the page.This screenplay is rated R for language and violence. It has not been produced as a movie.

Addressing questions such as the contentious nature of religious faith in the university environment, the expression of faith within the role of professor, and the consequences of consecrating oneself to learning, this pioneering and practical volume will be relevant to Christian scholars in any academic discipline.

Education in a Catholic Perspective explores Catholic philosophical and theological foundations for both education and for Catholic education in particular. With contributions spanning the theological foundations of Catholic education, the interplay of theology and education, and discussions of the social and missional dimensions of education.

This is the second volume of the Only Fools and Horses Scripts, following up The Bible of Peckham volume I. Every episode of the sixth and seventh series is reproduced in full here. Also included is specially-written material: Albert Trotters Hitler My Part in His Downfall; Whos Who in Peckham, and Del Boys family album.

Join the family Trotter with their get-rich-quick scheming and back-of-a-lorry sales pitch. This collection covers the first five series of the hilarious BBC sitcom and contains specially-written, original material, including the Trotter Dictionary, Rodney's CV and the Trotter Guide to Seduction.