Jane Fraser Writer
@janefraserwriter.bsky.social
Writer in Gower, Wales. ‘Weights and Measures‘ publishing Oct 2025. ‘The South Westerlies' & 'Connective Tissue' published by SALT. ‘Advent’ winner of Paul Torday Memorial Prize. Rep'd by Gaia Banks, Sheil Land Associates.
www.janefraserwriter.com
www.janefraserwriter.com
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'Weights and Measures' publishes today! I'd like to thank #AlanBilton, publisher #WatermarkPress, my husband, Philip at #NBDesign for the cover artwork, my agent @gaiabanks.bsky.social @sheilland.bsky.social, & the wonderful @fflurdafydd.bsky.social & #EurosLyn who were my first readers. Diolch.
Thanks to my husband Philip at #nb-design.com for a new look website for www.janefraserwtiter.com - it’s now up to date with latest news and details of forthcoming events.
www.janefraserwtiter.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Thanks to my husband Philip at #nb-design.com for a new look website for www.janefraserwtiter.com - it’s now up to date with latest news and details of forthcoming events.
'Weights and Measures' publishes today! I'd like to thank #AlanBilton, publisher #WatermarkPress, my husband, Philip at #NBDesign for the cover artwork, my agent @gaiabanks.bsky.social @sheilland.bsky.social, & the wonderful @fflurdafydd.bsky.social & #EurosLyn who were my first readers. Diolch.
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
'Weights and Measures' publishes today! I'd like to thank #AlanBilton, publisher #WatermarkPress, my husband, Philip at #NBDesign for the cover artwork, my agent @gaiabanks.bsky.social @sheilland.bsky.social, & the wonderful @fflurdafydd.bsky.social & #EurosLyn who were my first readers. Diolch.
Diolch/thanks for publishing this.
As I walked the paths I walked as a child almost seventy years before, memories crept into me, up through the soles of my feet. Such was the deep connection which had a profound effect on my fiction ✍️ Jane Fraser
On Writing Weights and Measures – a story made in Swansea
Jane Fraser It was the absence that sparked it, all gone: the butcher’s shop, the school, the church, the chapel, the old ‘square’, and above all the people of Cwmbwrla, Swansea. This was the ‘milltir...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Diolch/thanks for publishing this.
I'm excited to share the news that my second novel, 'Weights and Measures' will be published by #WatermarkPress on 31st October. As a proudly-based Welsh writer, I'm thrilled to be joining the list of a proudly-based Welsh publisher. More at www.janefraserwriter.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I'm excited to share the news that my second novel, 'Weights and Measures' will be published by #WatermarkPress on 31st October. As a proudly-based Welsh writer, I'm thrilled to be joining the list of a proudly-based Welsh publisher. More at www.janefraserwriter.com
Thanks to my publisher @saltpublishing.com for including a new short story of mine 'With You in Mind' in their brilliant House Magazine, "a place where readers can encounter new work, essays, reflections, and conversations from Salt’s writers."
You can read here: tinyurl.com/ymdrsk74.
You can read here: tinyurl.com/ymdrsk74.
September 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Thanks to my publisher @saltpublishing.com for including a new short story of mine 'With You in Mind' in their brilliant House Magazine, "a place where readers can encounter new work, essays, reflections, and conversations from Salt’s writers."
You can read here: tinyurl.com/ymdrsk74.
You can read here: tinyurl.com/ymdrsk74.
Great news. Llongyfarchiadau. It was great discover your wonderful writing last year. I hope you’re celebrating.
Wild Twin is off to London for this evening’s TLS Ackerley Prize event at Foyles, Charing Cross Road. Maybe we’ll see you there!
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Great news. Llongyfarchiadau. It was great discover your wonderful writing last year. I hope you’re celebrating.
Good to be back on my beach. Strong north westerly and a flow tide at Broughton Bay Llangennith Gower Wales. Ideal for kite surfing. I wish! #amwalking #amwriting #aminawe
July 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Good to be back on my beach. Strong north westerly and a flow tide at Broughton Bay Llangennith Gower Wales. Ideal for kite surfing. I wish! #amwalking #amwriting #aminawe
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Thanks to Jane Fraser for this thoughtful reflection on Ghost Town and Wild Twin in Nation Cymru.
‘… Young, through his writing, and his grief, enabled me to summon ‘the ghosts of loved ones.’
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@janefraserwriter.bsky.social
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‘… Young, through his writing, and his grief, enabled me to summon ‘the ghosts of loved ones.’
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@janefraserwriter.bsky.social
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Culture Highlights 2024: Summoning the ghosts of loved ones
Jane Fraser Despite following the multi-talented and multi-faceted writer and all-round creative, Jeff Young, on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, I put my hand up and say that I ha...
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May 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Thanks to Jane Fraser for this thoughtful reflection on Ghost Town and Wild Twin in Nation Cymru.
‘… Young, through his writing, and his grief, enabled me to summon ‘the ghosts of loved ones.’
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@janefraserwriter.bsky.social
nation.cymru/culture/cult...
‘… Young, through his writing, and his grief, enabled me to summon ‘the ghosts of loved ones.’
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@janefraserwriter.bsky.social
nation.cymru/culture/cult...
Looking forward to this.
Absolutely delighted that my new novel, Boundary Waters, will be coming out June 2025 with Parthian Books t.co/kkk3v6cAIX
May 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Looking forward to this.
Can’t wait to read edition 1.
"England, Scotland and Ireland have Granta, Gutter and The Stinging Fly respectively as periodicals synonymous with their best and brightest authorial stars of the future. Wales now has Folding Rock."
Read the inaugural editorial for Folding Rock Magazine: foldingrock.com/issue-001-ed...
Read the inaugural editorial for Folding Rock Magazine: foldingrock.com/issue-001-ed...
Issue 001 Editorial – Folding Rock
The editors introduce the inaugural issue.
foldingrock.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Can’t wait to read edition 1.
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What an incredible way to welcome our new magazine into the world: with a sold-out event, amazing energy, and readings from four of our brilliant contributors to Issue 001.
THANK YOU to everyone who came out on this rainy Thursday night to celebrate with us. We're still reeling.
THANK YOU to everyone who came out on this rainy Thursday night to celebrate with us. We're still reeling.
March 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What an incredible way to welcome our new magazine into the world: with a sold-out event, amazing energy, and readings from four of our brilliant contributors to Issue 001.
THANK YOU to everyone who came out on this rainy Thursday night to celebrate with us. We're still reeling.
THANK YOU to everyone who came out on this rainy Thursday night to celebrate with us. We're still reeling.
The things we leave behind. Timber structures on Gower beaches over the last few days. #PortEynon #BroughtonBay #Llangennith #Gower #Wales #amwalking #amwriting #fiction #senseofplace #ecofeminism #novel
March 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The things we leave behind. Timber structures on Gower beaches over the last few days. #PortEynon #BroughtonBay #Llangennith #Gower #Wales #amwalking #amwriting #fiction #senseofplace #ecofeminism #novel
March 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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🗣️ Join us this April as we welcome renowned author Claire Keegan to Granard for an in-depth conversation with acclaimed writer Sinéad Gleeson.
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🎫 Tickets go on sale from 07/03/25, exclusively through our website. 🎫
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#granardbooktown #books #literature #writing #novels #longford #arts
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🎫 Tickets go on sale from 07/03/25, exclusively through our website. 🎫
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#granardbooktown #books #literature #writing #novels #longford #arts
February 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🗣️ Join us this April as we welcome renowned author Claire Keegan to Granard for an in-depth conversation with acclaimed writer Sinéad Gleeson.
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🎫 Tickets go on sale from 07/03/25, exclusively through our website. 🎫
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#granardbooktown #books #literature #writing #novels #longford #arts
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🎫 Tickets go on sale from 07/03/25, exclusively through our website. 🎫
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#granardbooktown #books #literature #writing #novels #longford #arts
One of my better decisions - happy 18th wedding anniversary to my lovely husband, Philip.
February 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
One of my better decisions - happy 18th wedding anniversary to my lovely husband, Philip.
Horses on Llanrhidian Marshes, Gower. Lovely to get out walking after all the rain.
February 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Horses on Llanrhidian Marshes, Gower. Lovely to get out walking after all the rain.
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Xan Brooks longlisted for £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025
Xan Brooks’s widely-reviewed second novel, The Catchers, has been nominated for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025. Discover more at www.walterscottprize.co.uk/news-and-media #WalterScottPrize2025
Xan Brooks’s widely-reviewed second novel, The Catchers, has been nominated for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025. Discover more at www.walterscottprize.co.uk/news-and-media #WalterScottPrize2025
February 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Xan Brooks longlisted for £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025
Xan Brooks’s widely-reviewed second novel, The Catchers, has been nominated for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025. Discover more at www.walterscottprize.co.uk/news-and-media #WalterScottPrize2025
Xan Brooks’s widely-reviewed second novel, The Catchers, has been nominated for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025. Discover more at www.walterscottprize.co.uk/news-and-media #WalterScottPrize2025
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Writing residency for older writers!
Please share!
Please share!
NEW Dorset Writing Residencies!
📝 For 2 UK writers based in The Midlands or North West who are working class and/or 60+
📝 Sun 22 June to Frid 27 June
📝 Supported by Kit de Waal, our honorary patron
📝 Apply at bridportprize.org.uk/news/residencies-2025/
📝 Application deadline 23:59pm 28 February
📝 For 2 UK writers based in The Midlands or North West who are working class and/or 60+
📝 Sun 22 June to Frid 27 June
📝 Supported by Kit de Waal, our honorary patron
📝 Apply at bridportprize.org.uk/news/residencies-2025/
📝 Application deadline 23:59pm 28 February
January 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Writing residency for older writers!
Please share!
Please share!
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Edna O’Brien: ‘She could be so queenly and dominating, but then totally wounded by criticism’ www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Edna O’Brien: ‘She could be so queenly and dominating, but then totally wounded by criticism’
With the release of her Edna O’Brien documentary imminent, documentary maker Sinéad O’Shea talks about the late writer’s remarkable and often difficult life
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January 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Edna O’Brien: ‘She could be so queenly and dominating, but then totally wounded by criticism’ www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Some very important and timely book news for you this morning.
We came by Sea by @horatioclare.bsky.social will be published in May.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/littl...
We came by Sea by @horatioclare.bsky.social will be published in May.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/littl...
Little Toller to publish Horatio Clare's 'moving' account of the small boats crisis
Independent publisher Little Toller Books has acquired Horatio Clare's 'moving' account of the small boats crisis.
www.thebookseller.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Some very important and timely book news for you this morning.
We came by Sea by @horatioclare.bsky.social will be published in May.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/littl...
We came by Sea by @horatioclare.bsky.social will be published in May.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/littl...
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Only a few remaining days left in our MASSIVE winter sale – don’t miss out on some amazing prices! 🛍️🛒😍
Sale
Special prices on selected titles while stocks last. Grab your next great read today. From children’s books to memoirs, novels to poetry, short stories to writers’ guides – there are superb books on o...
www.saltpublishing.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Only a few remaining days left in our MASSIVE winter sale – don’t miss out on some amazing prices! 🛍️🛒😍
This deserves a repost. Congratulations @neilcampbellwriter.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com
‘Short, sharp and scabrously funny’
Eithne Farry reviews Neil Campbell’s new short story collection
in today’s Daily Mail.
Eithne Farry reviews Neil Campbell’s new short story collection
in today’s Daily Mail.
The Short Stories to be reading now: Campbell, Garland, Okonkwo
Eithne Farry reviews the best Short Stories out now.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This deserves a repost. Congratulations @neilcampbellwriter.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com
Just seen this. Looking forward to listening in.
Proud to be on #bbcradio4 #ShortWorks series – #Feathertongue will be broadcast 24.01.25 then available #bbcsounds after that.
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#glöynbyw #cookedapples #LivingEmber #baitandswitchbullying
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#glöynbyw #cookedapples #LivingEmber #baitandswitchbullying
BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Feathertongue by Anthony Shapland
An original short story by Anthony Shapland, read by Nathan Sussex.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just seen this. Looking forward to listening in.
Good luck to @bathshortstory.bsky.social for the online launch of winners’ short stories’ anthology tonight. Sorry I can’t join the other readers but diolch to the BSSA Team for all their hard work and for reading an extract from my story #TheGlitterPath on my behalf. Enjoy the night everyone.
January 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Good luck to @bathshortstory.bsky.social for the online launch of winners’ short stories’ anthology tonight. Sorry I can’t join the other readers but diolch to the BSSA Team for all their hard work and for reading an extract from my story #TheGlitterPath on my behalf. Enjoy the night everyone.