Emily-Jane Clark
@emilyjaneclark.bsky.social
Author of THE BEASTS OF KNOBBLY BOTTOM series : Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlister, Comedy writer - Mash Report, Jonathan Ross, Mock The Week, Rep'd Anne Clark Literary Agency
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I can't even listen back to this it's too cringey 😭😭😭😭
EP 10 IS OUT NOW! The cringiest one yet!
I loved chatting to comedian & author @athenakugblenu.bsky.social about the VERY embarrassing thing she sent her high scool teacher, kids being snitches, the cringiest person from history & all the bodily functions....
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I loved chatting to comedian & author @athenakugblenu.bsky.social about the VERY embarrassing thing she sent her high scool teacher, kids being snitches, the cringiest person from history & all the bodily functions....
podfollow.com/cringe-club
September 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I can't even listen back to this it's too cringey 😭😭😭😭
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Update on Cringe Club: it was suitably unhinged. Uncringed? 😁 Erm, let's just say, I think we did a great job @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social ❤️
a woman in a leather jacket is clapping her hands in a room with other people
ALT: a woman in a leather jacket is clapping her hands in a room with other people
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September 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Update on Cringe Club: it was suitably unhinged. Uncringed? 😁 Erm, let's just say, I think we did a great job @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social ❤️
EP 10 IS OUT NOW! The cringiest one yet!
I loved chatting to comedian & author @athenakugblenu.bsky.social about the VERY embarrassing thing she sent her high scool teacher, kids being snitches, the cringiest person from history & all the bodily functions....
podfollow.com/cringe-club
I loved chatting to comedian & author @athenakugblenu.bsky.social about the VERY embarrassing thing she sent her high scool teacher, kids being snitches, the cringiest person from history & all the bodily functions....
podfollow.com/cringe-club
September 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
EP 10 IS OUT NOW! The cringiest one yet!
I loved chatting to comedian & author @athenakugblenu.bsky.social about the VERY embarrassing thing she sent her high scool teacher, kids being snitches, the cringiest person from history & all the bodily functions....
podfollow.com/cringe-club
I loved chatting to comedian & author @athenakugblenu.bsky.social about the VERY embarrassing thing she sent her high scool teacher, kids being snitches, the cringiest person from history & all the bodily functions....
podfollow.com/cringe-club
EPISODE 9 (SISTER SPECIAL) IS OUT NOW!
This week, my sister - actor & writer Laura Clark, joined me in the Cringe Club!
We share some of our cringiest tween diary entries and unleash some shameful childhood memories.
Check it out here pod.fo/e/324c19
This week, my sister - actor & writer Laura Clark, joined me in the Cringe Club!
We share some of our cringiest tween diary entries and unleash some shameful childhood memories.
Check it out here pod.fo/e/324c19
September 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
EPISODE 9 (SISTER SPECIAL) IS OUT NOW!
This week, my sister - actor & writer Laura Clark, joined me in the Cringe Club!
We share some of our cringiest tween diary entries and unleash some shameful childhood memories.
Check it out here pod.fo/e/324c19
This week, my sister - actor & writer Laura Clark, joined me in the Cringe Club!
We share some of our cringiest tween diary entries and unleash some shameful childhood memories.
Check it out here pod.fo/e/324c19
AUTHOR EVENT
Join me at Waterstones in Kettering tomorrow at 11am for a chat & a signed copy of CRINGE CLUB -my new funny book for tweens. Find out which cringes from the book are based on my own childhood & grab yourself an exclusive Cringe Club badge & bookmark. #authorevent #booksigning
Join me at Waterstones in Kettering tomorrow at 11am for a chat & a signed copy of CRINGE CLUB -my new funny book for tweens. Find out which cringes from the book are based on my own childhood & grab yourself an exclusive Cringe Club badge & bookmark. #authorevent #booksigning
August 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
AUTHOR EVENT
Join me at Waterstones in Kettering tomorrow at 11am for a chat & a signed copy of CRINGE CLUB -my new funny book for tweens. Find out which cringes from the book are based on my own childhood & grab yourself an exclusive Cringe Club badge & bookmark. #authorevent #booksigning
Join me at Waterstones in Kettering tomorrow at 11am for a chat & a signed copy of CRINGE CLUB -my new funny book for tweens. Find out which cringes from the book are based on my own childhood & grab yourself an exclusive Cringe Club badge & bookmark. #authorevent #booksigning
I wrote about gherkins!
“There is nothing we can’t do! I told my daughters! I was smashing single motherhood!
Until I wasn’t. One dark day I was faced with a challenge I could not overcome. An obstacle that I was NOT strong or capable enough to conquer.”
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“There is nothing we can’t do! I told my daughters! I was smashing single motherhood!
Until I wasn’t. One dark day I was faced with a challenge I could not overcome. An obstacle that I was NOT strong or capable enough to conquer.”
open.substack.com/pub/emilyjan...
How I failed to pickle the patriarchy
The gherkins that broke me - but ended up in my book
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August 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I wrote about gherkins!
“There is nothing we can’t do! I told my daughters! I was smashing single motherhood!
Until I wasn’t. One dark day I was faced with a challenge I could not overcome. An obstacle that I was NOT strong or capable enough to conquer.”
open.substack.com/pub/emilyjan...
“There is nothing we can’t do! I told my daughters! I was smashing single motherhood!
Until I wasn’t. One dark day I was faced with a challenge I could not overcome. An obstacle that I was NOT strong or capable enough to conquer.”
open.substack.com/pub/emilyjan...
EPISODE 7 OF CRINGE CLUB IS OUT NOW with the hilarious, Queen of Teen books, @tamsinwinterauthor.bsky.social
Find out why Tamsin licked a woman's arm and how she ended up covered in blood after her first kiss! We also solve more cringe dilemmas!
pod.fo/e/31904f
Find out why Tamsin licked a woman's arm and how she ended up covered in blood after her first kiss! We also solve more cringe dilemmas!
pod.fo/e/31904f
Cringe Club: EP7: Cringe Club with... Tamsin Winter
Send us a textEmily-Jane chats to the Queen of Teen books - Tamsin Winter. The very funny award-winning author of I Dare You, Bad Influence, Being Miss Nobody, Girl, In Real Life and Jemima Small.�...
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August 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
EPISODE 7 OF CRINGE CLUB IS OUT NOW with the hilarious, Queen of Teen books, @tamsinwinterauthor.bsky.social
Find out why Tamsin licked a woman's arm and how she ended up covered in blood after her first kiss! We also solve more cringe dilemmas!
pod.fo/e/31904f
Find out why Tamsin licked a woman's arm and how she ended up covered in blood after her first kiss! We also solve more cringe dilemmas!
pod.fo/e/31904f
EPISODE 6 OF CRINGE CLUB IS OUT NOW!
I loved chatting with Hotel Flamingo author & illustrator @alexmilway.bsky.social!
Find out what cringey gift Alex bought his high school crush (with £2 pocket money) & why selling vacuum cleaners made him cry...
podfollow.com/cringe-club/...
I loved chatting with Hotel Flamingo author & illustrator @alexmilway.bsky.social!
Find out what cringey gift Alex bought his high school crush (with £2 pocket money) & why selling vacuum cleaners made him cry...
podfollow.com/cringe-club/...
August 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
EPISODE 6 OF CRINGE CLUB IS OUT NOW!
I loved chatting with Hotel Flamingo author & illustrator @alexmilway.bsky.social!
Find out what cringey gift Alex bought his high school crush (with £2 pocket money) & why selling vacuum cleaners made him cry...
podfollow.com/cringe-club/...
I loved chatting with Hotel Flamingo author & illustrator @alexmilway.bsky.social!
Find out what cringey gift Alex bought his high school crush (with £2 pocket money) & why selling vacuum cleaners made him cry...
podfollow.com/cringe-club/...
EPISODE 5 OUT NOW!
This week in the CRINGE CLUB I spoke to very funny author of hit teen books and adult thrillers @kateweston.bsky.social We talk about being clumsy, getting over period cringe and the launch of our epic new girl band..Listen here pod.fo/e/30c389 or wherever you get your podcasts.
This week in the CRINGE CLUB I spoke to very funny author of hit teen books and adult thrillers @kateweston.bsky.social We talk about being clumsy, getting over period cringe and the launch of our epic new girl band..Listen here pod.fo/e/30c389 or wherever you get your podcasts.
Cringe Club: EP5: Cringe Club with... Kate Weston
This week Emily-Jane chats to hilarious author of teen book series' - Diary of a Confused Feminist and Murder on a School Night- Kate Weston. She also writes thrillers for grown ups includin...
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August 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
EPISODE 5 OUT NOW!
This week in the CRINGE CLUB I spoke to very funny author of hit teen books and adult thrillers @kateweston.bsky.social We talk about being clumsy, getting over period cringe and the launch of our epic new girl band..Listen here pod.fo/e/30c389 or wherever you get your podcasts.
This week in the CRINGE CLUB I spoke to very funny author of hit teen books and adult thrillers @kateweston.bsky.social We talk about being clumsy, getting over period cringe and the launch of our epic new girl band..Listen here pod.fo/e/30c389 or wherever you get your podcasts.
The above was inspired by recording a podcast with @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social about Cringe but we got diverted and mostly talked about Buffy.
August 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I wrote about CRINGE CLUB - my new funny book for tweens- and how i went about writing it in such a unique format! fcbg.org.uk/cringe-club-...
Cringe Club by Emily-Jane Clark
Cringe Club is a book written as a series of text messages between three special friends as they suffer through the trials of starting secondary school! Author,
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August 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I wrote about CRINGE CLUB - my new funny book for tweens- and how i went about writing it in such a unique format! fcbg.org.uk/cringe-club-...
EPISODE 4 IS OUT TODAY!
I loved chatting to the brilliantly funny author - @bendavisauthor
Find out what happened when Ben's homemade magazine got covered in cream, why he slapped a Boston crab on his dad and his unique cringe inception method...
pod.fo/e/307546
I loved chatting to the brilliantly funny author - @bendavisauthor
Find out what happened when Ben's homemade magazine got covered in cream, why he slapped a Boston crab on his dad and his unique cringe inception method...
pod.fo/e/307546
August 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
EPISODE 4 IS OUT TODAY!
I loved chatting to the brilliantly funny author - @bendavisauthor
Find out what happened when Ben's homemade magazine got covered in cream, why he slapped a Boston crab on his dad and his unique cringe inception method...
pod.fo/e/307546
I loved chatting to the brilliantly funny author - @bendavisauthor
Find out what happened when Ben's homemade magazine got covered in cream, why he slapped a Boston crab on his dad and his unique cringe inception method...
pod.fo/e/307546
NEW POST: I wrote about my tween trauma in a book because it was cheaper than therapy. open.substack.com/pub/emilyjan...
July 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
NEW POST: I wrote about my tween trauma in a book because it was cheaper than therapy. open.substack.com/pub/emilyjan...
EPISODE 3 OF CRINGE CLUB IS OUT NOW!
I chatted to the brilliantly funny author of Bad Nana, Pizazz and the Happy Hills books- . @sophyhenn.bsky.social
Find out why Sophy wore custom-made verucca socks, who her 90s cringey crush was, and how hair gel turned her cool- kind of...
pod.fo/e/30342b
I chatted to the brilliantly funny author of Bad Nana, Pizazz and the Happy Hills books- . @sophyhenn.bsky.social
Find out why Sophy wore custom-made verucca socks, who her 90s cringey crush was, and how hair gel turned her cool- kind of...
pod.fo/e/30342b
Cringe Club: EP3: Cringe Club with...Sophy Henn
Emily-Jane chats to hilarious author of Bad Nana, Pizazz and the hit Happy Hills books- Sophy Henn! Find out why she wore custom made verucca socks and how hair gel turned her cool. We also chat...
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July 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
EPISODE 3 OF CRINGE CLUB IS OUT NOW!
I chatted to the brilliantly funny author of Bad Nana, Pizazz and the Happy Hills books- . @sophyhenn.bsky.social
Find out why Sophy wore custom-made verucca socks, who her 90s cringey crush was, and how hair gel turned her cool- kind of...
pod.fo/e/30342b
I chatted to the brilliantly funny author of Bad Nana, Pizazz and the Happy Hills books- . @sophyhenn.bsky.social
Find out why Sophy wore custom-made verucca socks, who her 90s cringey crush was, and how hair gel turned her cool- kind of...
pod.fo/e/30342b
The second episode of Cringe Club- the podcast that celebrates everything cringe is here!
I chat to comedian @tiernandouieb.bsky.social about what he keeps in his jars, mustard disasters and we discuss the cringiest things we have said at the school gates... 😬
pod.fo/e/3007a8
I chat to comedian @tiernandouieb.bsky.social about what he keeps in his jars, mustard disasters and we discuss the cringiest things we have said at the school gates... 😬
pod.fo/e/3007a8
Cringe Club: EP2: Cringe Club with... Tiernan Douieb
Emily-Jane talks to the hilarious comedian, writer, podcaster and co-creator of Comedy 4 Kids, Tiernan Douieb! Find out what Tiernan keeps in his jars, the worst thing to say at the school gates, ...
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July 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The second episode of Cringe Club- the podcast that celebrates everything cringe is here!
I chat to comedian @tiernandouieb.bsky.social about what he keeps in his jars, mustard disasters and we discuss the cringiest things we have said at the school gates... 😬
pod.fo/e/3007a8
I chat to comedian @tiernandouieb.bsky.social about what he keeps in his jars, mustard disasters and we discuss the cringiest things we have said at the school gates... 😬
pod.fo/e/3007a8
A new epsiode of CRINGE CLUB is out tomorrow! Featuring comedian @tiernandouieb.bsky.social. Find out what he keeps in jars, the worst thing to say at the school gates & using your cringe as material.
In the meantime check out EP 1 with king of cringey stories, Jules Howard
pod.fo/e/2fda2a
In the meantime check out EP 1 with king of cringey stories, Jules Howard
pod.fo/e/2fda2a
Cringe Club: EP1: Jules Howard has been added to Cringe Club
In the very first epsiode of Cringe Club, Emily-Jane Clark talks to zoologist and author Jules Howard, about what happened when his dog pooed at the school gate, the worst way to dump someone, cr...
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July 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A new epsiode of CRINGE CLUB is out tomorrow! Featuring comedian @tiernandouieb.bsky.social. Find out what he keeps in jars, the worst thing to say at the school gates & using your cringe as material.
In the meantime check out EP 1 with king of cringey stories, Jules Howard
pod.fo/e/2fda2a
In the meantime check out EP 1 with king of cringey stories, Jules Howard
pod.fo/e/2fda2a
To celebrate the publication of CRINGE CLUB- my new funny book for tweens - I have launched a podcast of the same name! Every episode, I chat to a hilarious guest about all things cringe! First up, it's author & zoologist @juleshoward.bsky.social Listen here podfollow.com/cringe-cl…
July 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
To celebrate the publication of CRINGE CLUB- my new funny book for tweens - I have launched a podcast of the same name! Every episode, I chat to a hilarious guest about all things cringe! First up, it's author & zoologist @juleshoward.bsky.social Listen here podfollow.com/cringe-cl…
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We are so thrilled that #TheBeastsofKnobblyBottom by @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social & Jeff Crowther has been voted #FantasticBookAwards winner by the children of Lancashire!
A laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated book for readers of 8+, full of unexpected magical beasts and wacky adventure!
A laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated book for readers of 8+, full of unexpected magical beasts and wacky adventure!
May 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We are so thrilled that #TheBeastsofKnobblyBottom by @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social & Jeff Crowther has been voted #FantasticBookAwards winner by the children of Lancashire!
A laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated book for readers of 8+, full of unexpected magical beasts and wacky adventure!
A laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated book for readers of 8+, full of unexpected magical beasts and wacky adventure!
I LOVED doing this. Lots of laughs with @tiernandouieb.bsky.social on my favourite podcast!
On this week’s @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social Radio Nonsense pod the guest is @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social who talks to me about oceans of peanut butter and her brilliant new book Cringe Club.
Get your kids to listen at: pod.fo/e/2f3ea5
Available all places podcasts exist.
Get your kids to listen at: pod.fo/e/2f3ea5
Available all places podcasts exist.
July 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I LOVED doing this. Lots of laughs with @tiernandouieb.bsky.social on my favourite podcast!
This is brilliant. How lovely to get a review by children themselves! Thank you.
Bottoms, Beasts, and Bunnies!
One of my favourite episodes as Year 6 chat about The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom Attack of the Vampire Sheep by
@emilyjaneclark.bsky.social; and Indigo Wilde and the Creatures at Jellybean Crescent by Pippa Curnick. Thanks to @kibworthbooks.bsky.social
One of my favourite episodes as Year 6 chat about The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom Attack of the Vampire Sheep by
@emilyjaneclark.bsky.social; and Indigo Wilde and the Creatures at Jellybean Crescent by Pippa Curnick. Thanks to @kibworthbooks.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is brilliant. How lovely to get a review by children themselves! Thank you.
Welcome to CRINGE CLUB. So excited to anounce my new book for tweens out on the 31st July!
If you like the look of this it would be LOVELY if you could pre-order my cringe fest please. amzn.eu/d/cMKjbk4
If you like the look of this it would be LOVELY if you could pre-order my cringe fest please. amzn.eu/d/cMKjbk4
May 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Welcome to CRINGE CLUB. So excited to anounce my new book for tweens out on the 31st July!
If you like the look of this it would be LOVELY if you could pre-order my cringe fest please. amzn.eu/d/cMKjbk4
If you like the look of this it would be LOVELY if you could pre-order my cringe fest please. amzn.eu/d/cMKjbk4
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Do men know how lucky they are?
Why hormones are dickheads
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March 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I procrastinate via newsletter now. Feel free to subscribe. Although, i probably shouldn’t write them at this time of the month… open.substack.com/pub/emilyjan...
I get a lot of messages from parents of (former!) reluctant readers about my BEASTS OF KNOBBLY BOTTOM books and they always make my day! It just takes one book to make a reader & i love how sometimes that book is my bottom!
Thanks so much for sharing these stories with me!
Thanks so much for sharing these stories with me!
December 8, 2024 at 10:42 AM
I get a lot of messages from parents of (former!) reluctant readers about my BEASTS OF KNOBBLY BOTTOM books and they always make my day! It just takes one book to make a reader & i love how sometimes that book is my bottom!
Thanks so much for sharing these stories with me!
Thanks so much for sharing these stories with me!