Novelist · Poet · Contemplative
Stories that stay with you.
Welcome to the world of Penelope Wilcock — a place for stories, reflection, imagination, and the quiet beauty of words.
Penelope Wilcock
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“My aim in writing is to make goodness attractive… that when you put down any book of mine, you will feel hopeful, peaceful and comforted.”
— Penelope Wilcock
A monastery in the imagination
The Hawk and the Dove novels follow the brothers of St Alcuin's, a fourteenth-century Yorkshire community where faith, failure, and forgiveness are daily companions.
Thirty-six years of story
From The Hawk and the Dove in 1990 to The Light of One Lamp in 2026, the series has grown to fourteen volumes — each one readable on its own.
Kindred of the Quiet Way
Penelope also writes a long-running blog of reflection and hedgerow wisdom from her home in Hastings, on England's south coast.
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