Alison Jones
@alisonjones.com
Publisher at Practical Inspiration; host at Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast. Author of Exploratory Writing.
Famously enthusiastic.
Runs/reads/writes/reflects.
Based in Northwich, with little parts of my heart left all over the UK.
Famously enthusiastic.
Runs/reads/writes/reflects.
Based in Northwich, with little parts of my heart left all over the UK.
This is very worth reading. Beautiful, raw, funny, challenging. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This is very worth reading. Beautiful, raw, funny, challenging. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Still grinning after the magic of Write it Wild last weekend. And now looking forward to WiW 2026: a unique combination of deep focused solo writing, small-group exploratory writing & reflection, 1-to-1 coaching, wilderness skills & time in nature. See you there? alisonjones.lpages.co/write-it-wild/
Write it Wild - the exploratory writing retreat
A unique blend of personal writing time, 1-to-1 mentoring, writing workshops and nature-based activities that will reenergise both you and your writing.
alisonjones.lpages.co
May 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Still grinning after the magic of Write it Wild last weekend. And now looking forward to WiW 2026: a unique combination of deep focused solo writing, small-group exploratory writing & reflection, 1-to-1 coaching, wilderness skills & time in nature. See you there? alisonjones.lpages.co/write-it-wild/
Here at #BBA25 shortlisting event - so many @practicalinspiration.com authors here! Good luck everyone…
April 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Here at #BBA25 shortlisting event - so many @practicalinspiration.com authors here! Good luck everyone…
The 10-day Business Book Proposal Challenge starts on Monday! Are you in?
Someone will win an all-expenses-paid #publishing deal and I don’t see why it shouldn’t be you…
Find out more at proposalchallenge.com!
#bookproposal #businessbooks #selfdevelopment #writing
Someone will win an all-expenses-paid #publishing deal and I don’t see why it shouldn’t be you…
Find out more at proposalchallenge.com!
#bookproposal #businessbooks #selfdevelopment #writing
March 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The 10-day Business Book Proposal Challenge starts on Monday! Are you in?
Someone will win an all-expenses-paid #publishing deal and I don’t see why it shouldn’t be you…
Find out more at proposalchallenge.com!
#bookproposal #businessbooks #selfdevelopment #writing
Someone will win an all-expenses-paid #publishing deal and I don’t see why it shouldn’t be you…
Find out more at proposalchallenge.com!
#bookproposal #businessbooks #selfdevelopment #writing
March 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
‘[Olympia’s] gorgeous vaulted glass roof feels like a metaphor for the Fair itself: rooted in history, but always looking upwards and outwards.’
The view of #LBF25 from the @practicalinspiration.com stand - #AI, #audio, #accessibility & global insanity
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-447-...
The view of #LBF25 from the @practicalinspiration.com stand - #AI, #audio, #accessibility & global insanity
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-447-...
Episode 447 – The 2025 LBF edit
‘[Olympia’s] gorgeous vaulted glass roof feels kind of like a metaphor for the fair itself. Rooted in history, but always looking upwards and outwards.’ Something a bit different …
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
‘[Olympia’s] gorgeous vaulted glass roof feels like a metaphor for the Fair itself: rooted in history, but always looking upwards and outwards.’
The view of #LBF25 from the @practicalinspiration.com stand - #AI, #audio, #accessibility & global insanity
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-447-...
The view of #LBF25 from the @practicalinspiration.com stand - #AI, #audio, #accessibility & global insanity
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-447-...
It’s Day 2 of #LBF25 and @practicalinspiration.com is SO here for it. We like business books and we cannot lie…
March 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It’s Day 2 of #LBF25 and @practicalinspiration.com is SO here for it. We like business books and we cannot lie…
I am in my happy place. Any guesses?
March 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I am in my happy place. Any guesses?
Monday is Extraordinary Business Book Club #podcast day - say hello to Ep 445 – Both/And Thinking with Wendy Smith. Paradox, interdependence, writing and 'rocky splashy' books. Have a listen.
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-445-...
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-445-...
Episode 445 – Both/And Thinking with Wendy Smith
When I first started, people were like, “Don’t say the word paradox… don’t say it because they won’t get it.” And now people are like, “Oh my goodness, I n…
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Monday is Extraordinary Business Book Club #podcast day - say hello to Ep 445 – Both/And Thinking with Wendy Smith. Paradox, interdependence, writing and 'rocky splashy' books. Have a listen.
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-445-...
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-445-...
A screenshot to treasure, 2+ years post-publication. Up amongst some of my favourite books (hello @drjuliesmith.bsky.social & @olveczky.bsky.social), and FINALLY into 3 figures for reviews/ratings! Exploratory Writing is a featured Kindle special deal this month.
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March 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A screenshot to treasure, 2+ years post-publication. Up amongst some of my favourite books (hello @drjuliesmith.bsky.social & @olveczky.bsky.social), and FINALLY into 3 figures for reviews/ratings! Exploratory Writing is a featured Kindle special deal this month.
amzn.to/3QGgPzS
amzn.to/3QGgPzS
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We're recruiting a Data and Projects Assistant!
To find out more about the role visit: practicalinspiration.com/work-with-us
Deadline for applications is 28 February – TOMORROW 🚨‼️
#PublishingCareers #WorkInPublishing #BooksMeanBusiness #HiringNow #PublishingJobs
To find out more about the role visit: practicalinspiration.com/work-with-us
Deadline for applications is 28 February – TOMORROW 🚨‼️
#PublishingCareers #WorkInPublishing #BooksMeanBusiness #HiringNow #PublishingJobs
February 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We're recruiting a Data and Projects Assistant!
To find out more about the role visit: practicalinspiration.com/work-with-us
Deadline for applications is 28 February – TOMORROW 🚨‼️
#PublishingCareers #WorkInPublishing #BooksMeanBusiness #HiringNow #PublishingJobs
To find out more about the role visit: practicalinspiration.com/work-with-us
Deadline for applications is 28 February – TOMORROW 🚨‼️
#PublishingCareers #WorkInPublishing #BooksMeanBusiness #HiringNow #PublishingJobs
Next it’s the force of nature that is Margaret Hewinson - self-belief as the key to unlocking the untapped potential in ourselves and our industry. #ipgsc
February 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Next it’s the force of nature that is Margaret Hewinson - self-belief as the key to unlocking the untapped potential in ourselves and our industry. #ipgsc
Communications masterclass with @lewisiwu.bsky.social to kick off the second day of #ipgsc - GENIUS. (And lovely walking of the talk.)
February 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Communications masterclass with @lewisiwu.bsky.social to kick off the second day of #ipgsc - GENIUS. (And lovely walking of the talk.)
If there’s a better person to wind up Day 1 of a publishing conference than @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social … well, there isn’t. That is all. #ipgsc
February 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If there’s a better person to wind up Day 1 of a publishing conference than @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social … well, there isn’t. That is all. #ipgsc
Brilliant to chair a YouTube masterclass session with @myleshoward.bsky.social - fascinating to see how @haymarketbooks.org stream in-depth conversations with their authors to ‘meet the moment’. #ipgsc
February 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Brilliant to chair a YouTube masterclass session with @myleshoward.bsky.social - fascinating to see how @haymarketbooks.org stream in-depth conversations with their authors to ‘meet the moment’. #ipgsc
Here at #ipgsc and caffeinated, ready for too-quality stuff from the @ipghq.bsky.social team, kicking off with the brilliant @timharford.ft.com .
February 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Here at #ipgsc and caffeinated, ready for too-quality stuff from the @ipghq.bsky.social team, kicking off with the brilliant @timharford.ft.com .
Come work with us - ditch the commute, embrace the flexibility, make great books!
Data and Projects Assistant @practicalinspiration.com £22,500. Closing date 28 February 22025.
For more info visit bit.ly/2Zt85SE
For more info visit bit.ly/2Zt85SE
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February 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Come work with us - ditch the commute, embrace the flexibility, make great books!
There is NOTHING like seeing the books you've brought into the world out there in the wild.
Popped into a couple of bookshops this week and discreetly pulled out some PI titles that eye-catching quarter-of-an-inch... we love you #booksellers.
January 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There is NOTHING like seeing the books you've brought into the world out there in the wild.
'I don’t really think in terms of resolutions any more, because I have too much experience of them... Now I think in terms of life design so that I minimise the number of decisions I have to take.'
New #NewYear thinking in this week's #podcast: extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-437-...
New #NewYear thinking in this week's #podcast: extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-437-...
Episode 437 – Design not decisions: new New Year thinking
’Don’t let AI set your vision. But harness AI to help you execute your vision.’ For me, the start of a new year always brings a sense of potential. It’s a chance to make ch…
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
'I don’t really think in terms of resolutions any more, because I have too much experience of them... Now I think in terms of life design so that I minimise the number of decisions I have to take.'
New #NewYear thinking in this week's #podcast: extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-437-...
New #NewYear thinking in this week's #podcast: extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-437-...
Couldn’t go far on this morning’s run but didn’t need to: winter wonderland right there in the park next door. Day 2,413 of my #goldenyear running streak. #runhappy #winterrunning #sprollie #snow #sunrise
January 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Couldn’t go far on this morning’s run but didn’t need to: winter wonderland right there in the park next door. Day 2,413 of my #goldenyear running streak. #runhappy #winterrunning #sprollie #snow #sunrise
Just one week to go! The 1st 10-day Business Book Proposal Challenge of 2025 starts on Monday.
Resolved to write your business or self-help book this year? This is where it all starts.
Find out more and sign up at proposalchallenge.com.
By the end of Jan, you could have a publishing deal.
Resolved to write your business or self-help book this year? This is where it all starts.
Find out more and sign up at proposalchallenge.com.
By the end of Jan, you could have a publishing deal.
January 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Just one week to go! The 1st 10-day Business Book Proposal Challenge of 2025 starts on Monday.
Resolved to write your business or self-help book this year? This is where it all starts.
Find out more and sign up at proposalchallenge.com.
By the end of Jan, you could have a publishing deal.
Resolved to write your business or self-help book this year? This is where it all starts.
Find out more and sign up at proposalchallenge.com.
By the end of Jan, you could have a publishing deal.
The fact that Nigella’s ‘How to be a Domestic Goddess’, open at the bespattered recipe for banana bread, is lying on top of the pristine pages of ‘The Low-Carb Cookbook’ tells you everything you need to know about how this year is going so far 😬
January 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The fact that Nigella’s ‘How to be a Domestic Goddess’, open at the bespattered recipe for banana bread, is lying on top of the pristine pages of ‘The Low-Carb Cookbook’ tells you everything you need to know about how this year is going so far 😬
And here it is: the Twixtmas TBR pile. Even I can see that this is a little geeky/non-fiction heavy. Hit me with your fiction recommendations pls.
December 26, 2024 at 5:53 PM
And here it is: the Twixtmas TBR pile. Even I can see that this is a little geeky/non-fiction heavy. Hit me with your fiction recommendations pls.
My Mum at her 90th birthday party this weekend, with her big brother (96). I don't know if you've ever organized a more special event: I know I haven't.
November 19, 2024 at 11:15 AM
My Mum at her 90th birthday party this weekend, with her big brother (96). I don't know if you've ever organized a more special event: I know I haven't.
I don’t know if this is a Thing, I don’t know who needs it right now, but here’s #30secondsofstillness brought to you by the Trent & Mersey canal and a sprollie called Sorcha.
Sound up for maximum therapeutic benefit.
#runhappy
Sound up for maximum therapeutic benefit.
#runhappy
November 16, 2024 at 11:15 AM
I don’t know if this is a Thing, I don’t know who needs it right now, but here’s #30secondsofstillness brought to you by the Trent & Mersey canal and a sprollie called Sorcha.
Sound up for maximum therapeutic benefit.
#runhappy
Sound up for maximum therapeutic benefit.
#runhappy