Jenny Alexander
@jennyalexander.bsky.social
Writer, creative dreamer, workshop facilitator
Sunflowers: Writing the Bright Spirit of Summer - designed to boost your creativity and wellbeing! open.substack.com/pub/jennyale...
Sunflowers: Writing the Bright Spirit of Summer
Saturday 9th August 2025, 10.30-4.00 in zoom
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July 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Sunflowers: Writing the Bright Spirit of Summer - designed to boost your creativity and wellbeing! open.substack.com/pub/jennyale...
I thought, ‘If I don’t die in the back of this ambulance, I’m going to be old, and that means I need a plan - what do I want my old age to be?’ open.substack.com/.../the-inne....
July 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I thought, ‘If I don’t die in the back of this ambulance, I’m going to be old, and that means I need a plan - what do I want my old age to be?’ open.substack.com/.../the-inne....
Summer as a resource in ourselves that we can draw on throughout the dark times of the year - that's worth celebrating! jennyalexander1.substack.com/p/sun…
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July 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Summer as a resource in ourselves that we can draw on throughout the dark times of the year - that's worth celebrating! jennyalexander1.substack.com/p/sun…
I've been substacking! jennyalexander1.substack.com/p/the-key-to...
The key to creative living
Clue: it's the key to creative writing and creative dreaming too.
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May 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I've been substacking! jennyalexander1.substack.com/p/the-key-to...
I'm substacking! Three sections, newsletters, writing and being positively old (coming soon). You can subscribe or unsubscribe to all or any jennyalexander1.substack.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I'm substacking! Three sections, newsletters, writing and being positively old (coming soon). You can subscribe or unsubscribe to all or any jennyalexander1.substack.com
The Penzance Litfest programme is out! Last year my workshop sold out very quickly and so did the one I wanted to go to - I missed my chance then, so this time I've straight away looked and booked! You snooze, you lose
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Penzance-LitFest-2025.pdf
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May 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Penzance Litfest programme is out! Last year my workshop sold out very quickly and so did the one I wanted to go to - I missed my chance then, so this time I've straight away looked and booked! You snooze, you lose
drive.google.com/file/d/1bhgT...
drive.google.com/file/d/1bhgT...
I have a substack! jennyalexander1.substack.com I was just looking to move my newsletter after 10 years in mailchimp, but it looks like there are a lot of potential developments
Jenny Alexander: This Free-Range Writing Life | Substack
This Free-Range Writing Life is a substack about writing and living adventurously, with updates from my personal life and works-in-progress and news of my upcoming workshops in my monthly newsletter. ...
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April 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I have a substack! jennyalexander1.substack.com I was just looking to move my newsletter after 10 years in mailchimp, but it looks like there are a lot of potential developments
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Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.
This is the...
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March 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
My soul card - tap the energy of yours with a bit of memoir writing in session 3 of 'Writing the Tarot' jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...
February 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
My soul card - tap the energy of yours with a bit of memoir writing in session 3 of 'Writing the Tarot' jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...
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@samillingworth.com @kirstenjack.bsky.social can you share?
Poet in Residence wanted for the National Memorial Arboretum for two years to use the Arboretum's landscape and memorials for a series of original poems to share stories with brand new audiences. Details in link.
Please share :)
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Please share :)
www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...
Work at the Arboretum | About Us | National Memorial Arboretum
There are lots of ways to get involved with the National Memorial Arboretum, from volunteer roles to paid positions.
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February 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
@samillingworth.com @kirstenjack.bsky.social can you share?
It doesn't happen often but it's happening next month - and there are only three places still available! jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...
February 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It doesn't happen often but it's happening next month - and there are only three places still available! jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...
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I loved my time as a write in residence @gladlib.bsky.social in February 2018, where I had a revelation about what I was doing and thinking about what would become #SomeOfUsJustFall as well as the poetry I intended to focus on there. Apply, apply apply! www.gladstoneslibrary.org/news/volume/...
February 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I loved my time as a write in residence @gladlib.bsky.social in February 2018, where I had a revelation about what I was doing and thinking about what would become #SomeOfUsJustFall as well as the poetry I intended to focus on there. Apply, apply apply! www.gladstoneslibrary.org/news/volume/...
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Coming soon! April 24th -my new adult novel, with beautiful cover art and design by @owengent.bsky.social. When the ground shifts, where can one true thing be found? www.writersreviewpublishing.co.uk/our-books/th... #newbooks #newfiction #bookgroups #readinggroups #art #protest #purpose
The One True Thing - Our Books | Writers Review Publishing
The One True Thing. When the ground shifts, where is one true thing to be found? . Jane, in her twenties, is left parentless when her father dies suddenly; a second shock follows when his Will reveals...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Coming soon! April 24th -my new adult novel, with beautiful cover art and design by @owengent.bsky.social. When the ground shifts, where can one true thing be found? www.writersreviewpublishing.co.uk/our-books/th... #newbooks #newfiction #bookgroups #readinggroups #art #protest #purpose
Yes, yes. The joy of writing, it makes life bigger!
Unsolicited writing advice, no. #1006:
Much of a writer’s creative time is spent away from the desk and screen. Nourish your creativity by consciously experiencing life: by talking to people; asking questions; recording dreams; by noticing sounds, scents, scenes, sensations.
Much of a writer’s creative time is spent away from the desk and screen. Nourish your creativity by consciously experiencing life: by talking to people; asking questions; recording dreams; by noticing sounds, scents, scenes, sensations.
February 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Yes, yes. The joy of writing, it makes life bigger!
I have a newsletter. It comes out on the first of every month. Here's today's. It's got a cat. mailchi.mp/78daaa014279...
Life, Writing, Workshops 🐈⬛
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February 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I have a newsletter. It comes out on the first of every month. Here's today's. It's got a cat. mailchi.mp/78daaa014279...
The Fool is the wonderful energy of beginning - see how he sets aside fear of the future he steps blithely into the unknown! You can harness that energy in yourself when you grab a place on my 'Writing the Tarot' course, starting soon jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...
January 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The Fool is the wonderful energy of beginning - see how he sets aside fear of the future he steps blithely into the unknown! You can harness that energy in yourself when you grab a place on my 'Writing the Tarot' course, starting soon jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...
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Here’s a wishlist of what #literaryagents at Curtis Brown are looking for.
Hope it is useful.
#publishing #writerscommunity
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Hope it is useful.
#publishing #writerscommunity
curtisbrown.co.uk/news/book-ag...
Curtis Brown
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January 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Here’s a wishlist of what #literaryagents at Curtis Brown are looking for.
Hope it is useful.
#publishing #writerscommunity
curtisbrown.co.uk/news/book-ag...
Hope it is useful.
#publishing #writerscommunity
curtisbrown.co.uk/news/book-ag...
I love writing retreats but I never try to write anything! I'm there for the writers, the lovely creative atmosphere, but perfectly happy to enjoy the local area in the daytime when other people are at their desks
In case this helps anyone feel better, I went on a writing retreat once and found it ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE to write. I felt trapped and constantly guilty for not writing, and aware everyone else as beavering away. It was like being in an exam when everyone's scribbling and you're not.
January 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I love writing retreats but I never try to write anything! I'm there for the writers, the lovely creative atmosphere, but perfectly happy to enjoy the local area in the daytime when other people are at their desks
Big yes to this
It was so much fun helping @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social announce the Oxford Children’s Word of the year at an assembly in Banbury today - and what an amazing word it was too.
I think we need to take inspiration from the kids and all have a bit more kindness in our lives.
I think we need to take inspiration from the kids and all have a bit more kindness in our lives.
January 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Big yes to this
Yes yes yes - Frank Cottrell Boyce doing a great job for children and children's reading
Yes yes! Huge applause for @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social and @booktrust.bsky.social for being brilliant! Let’s all get the message out. We can read with our kids and support libraries that give everyone access to books. It makes so much difference to children’s lives and their futures
"It's easy to get depressed about the situation, but there's a huge amount of happiness and optimism to be drawn on."
Here's another super #ReadingRights interview with @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Here's another super #ReadingRights interview with @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Yes yes yes - Frank Cottrell Boyce doing a great job for children and children's reading
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar... Kindness is children's word of the year - it's one of my words of always www.amazon.co.uk/Dare-Care-Ch...
January 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar... Kindness is children's word of the year - it's one of my words of always www.amazon.co.uk/Dare-Care-Ch...
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Please do keep sharing and telling people! Some beautiful work so far but numbers are much smaller than in 2022. #carers #writingcommunity 💙📚
In 2022 I launched a new literary prize for writer-carers (UK & ROI), the #Curae award. A wealth of wonderful prizes from across industry, publication and many entries. The second prize opened 1/02/25 and so far we have far fewer entries. There are around 7million unpaid carers: industry PLEASE help
January 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Please do keep sharing and telling people! Some beautiful work so far but numbers are much smaller than in 2022. #carers #writingcommunity 💙📚
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TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, PARENTS! If you're looking for a free bookish activity for your kids, here's a lesson-long virtual school visit I did with @booktrust.bsky.social, all about how I went from being a young reader to writing books like Varjak Paw & Tyger! #BookSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWHw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWHw...
January 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, PARENTS! If you're looking for a free bookish activity for your kids, here's a lesson-long virtual school visit I did with @booktrust.bsky.social, all about how I went from being a young reader to writing books like Varjak Paw & Tyger! #BookSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWHw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWHw...
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Thank you #PLR and thank you to all the librarians out there - especially in the children’s section. What you’re doing is incredibly important in this time where money is tight for so many families. To be able to find books and read widely is crucial for children. #SupportLibraries
January 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thank you #PLR and thank you to all the librarians out there - especially in the children’s section. What you’re doing is incredibly important in this time where money is tight for so many families. To be able to find books and read widely is crucial for children. #SupportLibraries
I'd like to thank anyone who ordered one of my books from their library too - I'm sure that's helped my PLR from self-published books to start catching up with my trad published ones this year
A huge THANK YOU to librarians and library users for supporting my books this year. Writing is a tough way to make a living so the fact that we have the PLR, paying authors for every book borrowed, is a wonderful thing! 🙏📚🩷 #lovelibraries
January 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I'd like to thank anyone who ordered one of my books from their library too - I'm sure that's helped my PLR from self-published books to start catching up with my trad published ones this year