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Sam Pennington/Penny Mirren
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Author of romcoms & uplifting fiction - #GracieJenkinsRunsaMarathon #TheUnretirement #DoubleBookedinCorfu. Rep’d by Kate Nash. Published by Avon Books UK & Serendipity 📚 RNA member.

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Gracie Jenkins Runs a Marathon by Penny Mirren www.writing.ie/interviews/g...
Gracie Jenkins Runs a Marathon by Penny Mirren
Running with the Story: author Penny Mirren on the inspiration behind her delightful new novel, Gracie Jenkins Runs a Marathon.
www.writing.ie
September 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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#GracieJenkinsRunsaMarathon can be pre-ordered now from Amazon, Waterstones and if you’re local to Colchester, the brilliant Red Lion Books.
📚
Links to buy in my Linktree.
👟👟👟

www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/2531250...
New novel features Frinton pensioner who runs a marathon
Gracie Jenkins Runs a Marathon by Penny Mirren, which is set in Frinton, is due to be published next month.
www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Cover reveal time…
#GracieJenkinsRunsaMarathon coming Sept 25
#upliftingreads 🏃‍♀️📚
Available to pre-order now:

ow.ly/CYTJ50VIP1e
April 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Thank you @gemmapeplow.bsky.social of @skynewsrss.bsky.social for covering how a tech giant ‘allegedly’ stole all of our work to save money…

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British authors 'absolutely sick' to discover books on 'shadow library' allegedly used by Meta to train AI
Tech giant Meta is being sued by a group of authors in the US, accused of breaching copyright laws by using a prominent so-called "shadow library", LibGen, to develop its AI software. Meta has denied ...
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March 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Gosh. The new #BridgetJones really puts you through the ringer doesn’t it?
Bravo 👏
Perfection 💕
(even if my eyes are puffier than an eighties bridal gown)
February 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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This Valentines, chase away dreary February with your new book boyfriend. 💕

Available in ebook, paperback and audio!

#valentinesday #datewithabook #enemiestolovers #grumpyxsunshine #forcedproximity #tiktokmademebuyit #romcom #holidayromance #bookishlove #bookstagram #bookblogger
February 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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February 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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They’ll never notice, right? 🤣
February 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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How, as a writer, have I only just discovered #MagpieMurders ?? 🔍📚🤷‍♀️
January 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Beautiful day for a waterfront stroll and a mooch around Maldon Books.
📚 ☀️⚓️

#indiebookshops #writersofbluesky
January 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The littlest library, up in the hills, hidden away in woodland on the Isle of Arran. Every inch of space filled with messages from visitors. Magical ✨📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
#secretlibrary #booklovers
January 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Do people still send Christmas cards in the post?
December 17, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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December 14, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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I’m supposed to be editing. Instead, I’m recycling last years Xmas cards into this year’s gift tags. Anyone else do this?
December 14, 2024 at 9:14 AM
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Know what Masterchef? I think I’ll be good if I NEVER have to taste a pigs blood and chocolate tart 🤢
December 2, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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Golly. Forty Black Friday retailer emails in before 7.30am, got a little unsubscribing admin to do…
November 29, 2024 at 7:36 AM
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📢 My publisher Serendipty are doing a giveaway. You can WIN an ebook copy of my enemies-to-lovers romcom DOUBLE BOOKED IN CORFU by heading over to Insta and checking out their recent post, also pinned to my profile.
November 25, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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And now she’s migrated up to the top of my desk, for a nice snooze on my notes
#caturday
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
November 23, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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A new trend for Xmas, #catonashelf
November 23, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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As we all find our place in this lovely new space and connect with old friends and new ones, I’m sharing this article again, a piece on ‘community’ and how it can mean so many different things to different people.

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Community, and What it Means to Me: The Unretirement by Penny Mirren
As I began to write The Unretirement, which features recently widowed and retired 65-year-old Maggie bravely embarking on a new chapter . . .
www.writing.ie
November 22, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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Getting quite addicted to these…
November 22, 2024 at 9:15 AM
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Only for November - grab it on Kindle for 99p!
A cosy, uplifting story about chasing your dreams, no matter your age…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘My favourite book this year’
Amazon review

Link to buy ⬇️
ow.ly/veX750U335p
November 15, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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Brilliant, beautiful Budapest. How we loved you 🇭🇺
November 20, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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Why not all literary agents want to read your synopsis

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#amwriting #askagent
Why not all literary agents want to read your synopsis
Rather than providing the useful promised roadmap of a novel, I feel synopses suck the life out of it
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November 20, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Went on a little trip at the weekend. More pics to follow. I just love being way up above the clouds when the sun sets, especially as back on the ground in Blighty it was grey, bleak and foggy 🌅
November 20, 2024 at 12:28 PM