# William Paul Young Curation Memory

## Key facts about William Paul Young

- William Paul Young, often credited as Wm. Paul Young, is a Canadian author best known for *The Shack*.
- His work often explores grief, trauma, faith, forgiveness, reconciliation, love, and the character of God.
- He is also associated with books and conversations around *Cross Roads*, *Eve*, and theological/spiritual reflection.
- Public materials may include author interviews, church/conference talks, podcasts, university events, book-tour appearances, and video/audio recordings.

## Curation goals

- Build a comprehensive catalog of William Paul Young speaking events, past and upcoming.
- Locate and preserve source links for transcripts, audio recordings, video recordings, event pages, podcast pages, and host biographies.
- Prioritize publicly available, free sources only; avoid paywalls, login-required content, or anything behind authentication.
- Collect direct download links for audio/video when available and lawful.
- Create concise summaries suitable for a speaker/author website.
- Maintain bibliography entries with full URLs and source metadata.
- Track recurring themes across talks, interviews, podcasts, and events.
- Support later transcription workflows by organizing recordings and transcript notes clearly.
- Provide daily or batch updates when research is active.

## Working instructions

- Be concise and use bullet points.
- Batch research and file updates to save tokens on `openai-codex/gpt-5.5`.
- Prefer high-quality sources: official channels, universities, churches/conferences, verified podcasts, publisher pages, and speaker/event websites.
- Organize findings by speaker → topic → date whenever possible.
- Cite every source with the full URL.
- Mark uncertain dates, duplicate events, or inferred metadata clearly.