diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 25209bd..1d6f24f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,4 @@ msgpack = ["extism-convert/msgpack"]
 protobuf = ["extism-convert/protobuf"]
 
 [workspace]
-members = [
-  ".",
-  "derive"
-]
+members = [".", "derive"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f0a878f..cfbb2c0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 pub use std::arch::wasm32::v128;
 
-mod macros;
-
 pub mod extism;
+mod logging;
+mod macros;
 pub mod memory;
 mod to_memory;
 
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ pub mod http;
 
 pub use anyhow::Error;
 pub use extism_convert::*;
-pub use extism_convert::{FromBytes, FromBytesOwned, ToBytes};
 pub use extism_pdk_derive::{host_fn, plugin_fn, shared_fn};
+pub use logging::*;
 pub use memory::{ManagedMemory, Memory, MemoryPointer};
 pub use to_memory::ToMemory;
 
@@ -40,28 +40,6 @@ pub type FnResult<T> = Result<T, WithReturnCode<Error>>;
 /// The return type of a `shared_fn`
 pub type SharedFnResult<T> = Result<T, Error>;
 
-/// Logging levels
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum LogLevel {
-    Trace,
-    Debug,
-    Info,
-    Warn,
-    Error,
-}
-
-impl LogLevel {
-    pub const fn to_int(self) -> i32 {
-        match self {
-            LogLevel::Trace => 0,
-            LogLevel::Debug => 1,
-            LogLevel::Info => 2,
-            LogLevel::Warn => 3,
-            LogLevel::Error => 4,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Re-export of `serde_json`
 pub use serde_json as json;
 
diff --git a/src/logging.rs b/src/logging.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fc5267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/logging.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use crate::{Error, Memory};
+use extism_convert::TracingEvent;
+
+/// Logging levels
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum LogLevel {
+    Trace,
+    Debug,
+    Info,
+    Warn,
+    Error,
+}
+
+impl LogLevel {
+    pub const fn to_int(self) -> i32 {
+        match self {
+            LogLevel::Trace => 0,
+            LogLevel::Debug => 1,
+            LogLevel::Info => 2,
+            LogLevel::Warn => 3,
+            LogLevel::Error => 4,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Log a message string.
+pub fn log(level: LogLevel, message: String) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let current_level = unsafe { crate::extism::get_log_level() };
+
+    if level.to_int() >= current_level && current_level != i32::MAX {
+        let memory = Memory::from_bytes(&message)?;
+        memory.log(level);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Log a `tracing` event.
+pub fn log_event(level: LogLevel, event: TracingEvent) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    log(level, serde_json::to_string(&event)?)
+}
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index b511dff..0abdfe3 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! log {
     ($lvl:expr, $($arg:tt)+) => {{
-        let level = unsafe { $crate::extism::get_log_level() };
-        if $lvl.to_int() >= level && level != i32::MAX  {
-            let fmt = format!($($arg)+);
-            let memory = $crate::Memory::from_bytes(&fmt).unwrap();
-            memory.log($lvl)
-        }
+        $crate::log($lvl, format!($($arg)+)).unwrap();
     }}
 }