Storyteller & Poet

Ben Palpant

An Axe for the Frozen Sea

Conversations with poets
about what matters most

Latest Release

In this collection of conversations, Ben Palpant has compiled his intimate, one-on-one interviews with seventeen powerful poets of the 21st century. These conversations cover an entire range of life experience, including grief, hope, culture, the writing craft, family life, and the imagination.

  • “Sometimes you can read just one sentence and know that the writer has a gift. Ben Palpant is one of those people.”

    Andrew Peterson
    Singer/Songwriter, Author of The Wingfeather Saga

  • “Ben Palpant tells his story so very well, weaving past and present, imagination and experience into an amazing tapestry."

    Gerald Sittser,
    professor of Theology at Whitworth University & author of A Grace Disguised and A Grace Revealed

  • “This book is a beautiful work of grace, bound by love and fueled by art, a blessing in every sense to the reader. I enjoyed every word.”

    Jeff Goins,
    author of The Art of Work

Bookstore

Coming August 2025

Brightwing Tales:

Mole’s Misadventure

In the tradition of Wind in the Willows and Green Ember comes an enchanting tale about Mr. Mole and his friends. A page-turning adventure set in the land of Brightwing where danger lurks in every shadow and where hope is kept alive by meek and mild animals who help each other make brave choices.