Betty Firth/Mary Jayne Baker
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Betty Firth/Mary Jayne Baker
@maryjaynebaker.bsky.social
Autistic Yorkshire lass, writer of words, collector of pen names. Also designs covers. Repped by @louisebuckley.bsky.social. Website: bettyfirthauthor.co.uk
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Cheap book alert! The latest in my wartime saga series set in the Yorkshire Dales is only 99p on Kindle at the moment. www.amazon.co.uk/Wartime-Wedd...
I’m so excited that’s it’s finally publication day for #ALittleMiracleInTheDales, the penultimate book in my wartime Dales series! geni.us/i4FUQL
October 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Bobby Book 6 sneak preview. My characters are off to Buckingham Palace to meet the king 👑
August 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Star Wars scarf is finally done! This might be my favourite thing I’ve ever knitted. Modelled here by the grateful recipient.
July 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Here it is – the gorgeous cover of my next Dales book! Out 16th October, and available to preorder now. I can’t wait until people can read the emotional next instalment in Bobby’s wartime adventures. geni.us/i4FUQL
June 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Cheap book alert! The latest in my wartime saga series set in the Yorkshire Dales is only 99p on Kindle at the moment. www.amazon.co.uk/Wartime-Wedd...
June 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Absolutely no one can tell I went to the pub before I took this supermarket selfie with my book in Morrisons Keighley.
May 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Handy when your knitting matches your dog…
May 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
An announcement from author me.
April 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It’s pub day again! I’m so happy to see this book out in the world. I feel like my heroine’s come a long way since we first met each other three years ago. There are two more books to come. With only one left to write, I’m already sad knowing we’ll soon have to say goodbye 😪

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April 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This beauty is out tomorrow! I’ll be celebrating by doing a pantomime 😂 I know my panto-loving heroine would approve. tinyurl.com/5bmhx9ys
April 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I’ve successfully managed to knit every day this month! Ten little cardigans and a blanket ready to donate to my local baby bank, and £153 raised for Alzheimer’s Research. Thank you so much to everyone who’s supported me!
March 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Look what arrived today 😍 Just two more weeks until these beauties are out in the world! Still available to request on @netgalley for a couple more days too. #bettyfirth #awartimeweddinginthedales #amreading #amwriting
March 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Smile!
March 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Day 1 of my Knit Every Day in March challenge for Alzheimer's Research UK. I’m only making charity items this month, and today clocked two hours adding to a newborn cardigan and cot blanket for a local baby bank. Please do consider sponsoring me for this good cause!

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March 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Hamilton!
February 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A little reversible bookscarf to teach myself double knitting.
February 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This yarn looks lovely but it’s the very devil to knit! Rowan Kidsilk Haze in marmalade. I’ve had this for yonks and every time I’ve tried to make something with it I’ve ended up pulling it out in frustration. This time I’m determined it won’t beat me though. Pattern is Lace Leaf Scarf from Ravelry.
January 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A soppy hound.
January 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Even in WW2, Bobby Bancroft is making the best of life in the Yorkshire village of Silverdale. But her happiness is cut short when fiancé Charlie is sent to battle...

A Wartime Christmas in the Dales is out now! geni.us/FR9Qo
January 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Hello BlueSky! Glad to be here.
January 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM