Jan Dunning
@jandunning.bsky.social
📚YA Author #TheLastThingYoullHear and #MirrorMe published by Scholastic
🏆Winner Oxfordshire Book Award 2024
Rep: Anne Clark Literary
IG:@jandunningbooks She/her
Books: https://linktr.ee/jandunning
🏆Winner Oxfordshire Book Award 2024
Rep: Anne Clark Literary
IG:@jandunningbooks She/her
Books: https://linktr.ee/jandunning
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Jan Dunning
@jandunning.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Hello! Happy to be here! Hope to connect with the #kidlit community 🥰
I’m Jan, I write YA thrillers and twisted fairytales… #TheLastThingYoullHear is a dark mash-up of Sleeping Beauty + The Pied Piper, while my debut #MirrorMe has Dorian Gray + Snow White + supernatural fashion vibes! Pls follow ❤️
I’m Jan, I write YA thrillers and twisted fairytales… #TheLastThingYoullHear is a dark mash-up of Sleeping Beauty + The Pied Piper, while my debut #MirrorMe has Dorian Gray + Snow White + supernatural fashion vibes! Pls follow ❤️
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Find out about how @jandunning.bsky.social's experience of hearing loss in her family inspired The Last Thing You'll Hear in this fascinating post over at The Limping Chicken blog!
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Author Jan Dunning on her latest book, ‘The Last Thing You’ll Hear’ and her experience of deafness (BSL)
Hello! I’m Jan, and I’m an author of teen and young adult fiction. I live in Bath, with my husband and two children. When I’m not writing, I work as a teacher – I’m a qualified primary art speciali…
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July 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Find out about how @jandunning.bsky.social's experience of hearing loss in her family inspired The Last Thing You'll Hear in this fascinating post over at The Limping Chicken blog!
limpingchicken.com/2025/06/25/a...
limpingchicken.com/2025/06/25/a...
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#UKYASpotlight Annual Event 2025 Schedule
The Schedule for the 2025 Annual Event
ukyaspotlight.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Look! 👀 👀 👀
My dark YA festival thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear is only £1.09 on Kindle for a limited time!
Grab your next summer read but be quick! 🏕️☀️🎤🎸🎵🎧🔥
shorturl.at/2h7VS
My dark YA festival thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear is only £1.09 on Kindle for a limited time!
Grab your next summer read but be quick! 🏕️☀️🎤🎸🎵🎧🔥
shorturl.at/2h7VS
May 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Look! 👀 👀 👀
My dark YA festival thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear is only £1.09 on Kindle for a limited time!
Grab your next summer read but be quick! 🏕️☀️🎤🎸🎵🎧🔥
shorturl.at/2h7VS
My dark YA festival thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear is only £1.09 on Kindle for a limited time!
Grab your next summer read but be quick! 🏕️☀️🎤🎸🎵🎧🔥
shorturl.at/2h7VS
It never gets old seeing your own book FACE OUT and ON A TABLE! 💕🙏
Thanks Piccadilly @waterstones.bsky.social for embracing dark festival season 🔥⛺️🎵🎤🎸☀️ and @suehcunningham.bsky.social for the spot!
Looking for a chilling summer read?
www.waterstones.com/book/the-las...
Thanks Piccadilly @waterstones.bsky.social for embracing dark festival season 🔥⛺️🎵🎤🎸☀️ and @suehcunningham.bsky.social for the spot!
Looking for a chilling summer read?
www.waterstones.com/book/the-las...
May 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It never gets old seeing your own book FACE OUT and ON A TABLE! 💕🙏
Thanks Piccadilly @waterstones.bsky.social for embracing dark festival season 🔥⛺️🎵🎤🎸☀️ and @suehcunningham.bsky.social for the spot!
Looking for a chilling summer read?
www.waterstones.com/book/the-las...
Thanks Piccadilly @waterstones.bsky.social for embracing dark festival season 🔥⛺️🎵🎤🎸☀️ and @suehcunningham.bsky.social for the spot!
Looking for a chilling summer read?
www.waterstones.com/book/the-las...
Really enjoyed being interviewed by @rebeccafranks.bsky.social for her brilliant #WordsOnMusic blog and discussing the influences behind my music thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear
🏕️☀️🎸🎤🎵🔥 Thank you!
Read it here ⬇️
substack.com/@wordsonmusi...
#ukya #thriller #summerreads
🏕️☀️🎸🎤🎵🔥 Thank you!
Read it here ⬇️
substack.com/@wordsonmusi...
#ukya #thriller #summerreads
Rebecca Franks on Substack
It was an absolute treat to speak to novelist Jan Dunning about her music-inspired YA thriller The Last Thing You’ll Hear, which I gulped down last year. We talked about:
Taking songwriting lessons
...
substack.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Really enjoyed being interviewed by @rebeccafranks.bsky.social for her brilliant #WordsOnMusic blog and discussing the influences behind my music thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear
🏕️☀️🎸🎤🎵🔥 Thank you!
Read it here ⬇️
substack.com/@wordsonmusi...
#ukya #thriller #summerreads
🏕️☀️🎸🎤🎵🔥 Thank you!
Read it here ⬇️
substack.com/@wordsonmusi...
#ukya #thriller #summerreads
OOH! #CloudNine by the fab @suehcunningham.bsky.social is on currently on Kindle for a bargain £1.69 - if you’re a fan of The Good Place you will love this!
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Happy Easter!🐣
If you like books with your chocolate, my YA supernatural romcom #CloudNine ☁️💘 is on a kindle deal this week - a bargain at just £1.69. Why not treat yourself? 😋 #Easter
@tbpagency.bsky.social
If you like books with your chocolate, my YA supernatural romcom #CloudNine ☁️💘 is on a kindle deal this week - a bargain at just £1.69. Why not treat yourself? 😋 #Easter
@tbpagency.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
OOH! #CloudNine by the fab @suehcunningham.bsky.social is on currently on Kindle for a bargain £1.69 - if you’re a fan of The Good Place you will love this!
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The (very windswept!) smiley face of an author after a fantastic school visit at the lovely Mendip School. Thanks so much to staff and students for the warm welcome and great engagement in our Idea Generation writing workshop! Love #schoolvisits so much 🥰📚
April 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The (very windswept!) smiley face of an author after a fantastic school visit at the lovely Mendip School. Thanks so much to staff and students for the warm welcome and great engagement in our Idea Generation writing workshop! Love #schoolvisits so much 🥰📚
Belated happy book birthday to the brilliant @cowfishdreams.bsky.social and the equally brilliant #SnailsoftheUnexpected 🎉🎉
Can’t express how much I love this title and concept!
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@fireflypress.bsky.social
Can’t express how much I love this title and concept!
💕🐌🐌🐌💕
@fireflypress.bsky.social
SNAILS OF THE UNEXPECTED is out today! Expect shapeshifting snails, an evil Slime Minister, funny stuff and characters to care about (even when they're a crisp packet or a pot plant). 😁🐌😁🐌
Big shoutout to Fergus and Shelby's illustrator, Brenda Figueroa and everyone at @fireflypress.bsky.social 🤩🤩🤩
Big shoutout to Fergus and Shelby's illustrator, Brenda Figueroa and everyone at @fireflypress.bsky.social 🤩🤩🤩
April 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Belated happy book birthday to the brilliant @cowfishdreams.bsky.social and the equally brilliant #SnailsoftheUnexpected 🎉🎉
Can’t express how much I love this title and concept!
💕🐌🐌🐌💕
@fireflypress.bsky.social
Can’t express how much I love this title and concept!
💕🐌🐌🐌💕
@fireflypress.bsky.social
Very excited to be a mentor on #WriteMentor Summer Programme 2025, partnering with my amazing CP @ajclack.bsky.social 💕 Applications open TODAY!
Find out more here: write-mentor.com/2025/03/23/w...
We can’t wait to read your work!
@write-mentor.bsky.social
#amwriting #yabooks #mentoring
Find out more here: write-mentor.com/2025/03/23/w...
We can’t wait to read your work!
@write-mentor.bsky.social
#amwriting #yabooks #mentoring
April 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Very excited to be a mentor on #WriteMentor Summer Programme 2025, partnering with my amazing CP @ajclack.bsky.social 💕 Applications open TODAY!
Find out more here: write-mentor.com/2025/03/23/w...
We can’t wait to read your work!
@write-mentor.bsky.social
#amwriting #yabooks #mentoring
Find out more here: write-mentor.com/2025/03/23/w...
We can’t wait to read your work!
@write-mentor.bsky.social
#amwriting #yabooks #mentoring
Chuffed to see my YA music thriller on this shortlist alongside some fabulous books 🎉🎉 Thanks to the readers and librarians who voted 🙏Happy #worldbookday everyone! 📚💕
March 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Chuffed to see my YA music thriller on this shortlist alongside some fabulous books 🎉🎉 Thanks to the readers and librarians who voted 🙏Happy #worldbookday everyone! 📚💕
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Really excited that Lie or Die: BLOOD MOON has been included in @waterstones pre order offer.
🌟 25%off RRP. 🌟
This weekend only!
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🌟 25%off RRP. 🌟
This weekend only!
🐺🗡🌖
February 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Really excited that Lie or Die: BLOOD MOON has been included in @waterstones pre order offer.
🌟 25%off RRP. 🌟
This weekend only!
🐺🗡🌖
🌟 25%off RRP. 🌟
This weekend only!
🐺🗡🌖
Cheesiest grin and a ridiculously huge banner - but LOTS of fun at #Festivaloflibraries in Bath today - met some old author mates and made some new ones ☺️ Thanks everyone who came, bought books and supported 🙏📚💕
February 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Cheesiest grin and a ridiculously huge banner - but LOTS of fun at #Festivaloflibraries in Bath today - met some old author mates and made some new ones ☺️ Thanks everyone who came, bought books and supported 🙏📚💕
I’ll be at Bath library this coming Saturday as part of this fun authors and publishers fair! Signed copies of my OBA winning debut #MirrorMe and new thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear will be for sale! Come and say hello!
#libraries #UKYA #bath #books
#libraries #UKYA #bath #books
February 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ll be at Bath library this coming Saturday as part of this fun authors and publishers fair! Signed copies of my OBA winning debut #MirrorMe and new thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear will be for sale! Come and say hello!
#libraries #UKYA #bath #books
#libraries #UKYA #bath #books
Such a fun evening celebrating the launch of #CloudNine, the new YA #romcom by the talented @suehcunningham.bsky.social out now! #Scholastic 🎉 Gorgeous venue in indie bookshop #HouseOfBooksAndFriends 📚💓
February 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Such a fun evening celebrating the launch of #CloudNine, the new YA #romcom by the talented @suehcunningham.bsky.social out now! #Scholastic 🎉 Gorgeous venue in indie bookshop #HouseOfBooksAndFriends 📚💓
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Two great dystopian reads that aren’t hopelessly bleak. The Blue Book of Nebo is a stunning YA book that is heartbreaking in places. How I saved the world in a week is a great middle grade book about survival and tricky family dynamics. #booksky
February 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Two great dystopian reads that aren’t hopelessly bleak. The Blue Book of Nebo is a stunning YA book that is heartbreaking in places. How I saved the world in a week is a great middle grade book about survival and tricky family dynamics. #booksky
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First there was a mind-reading sausage dog, and then there were... shapeshifting snails! Look out for SNAILS OF THE UNEXPECTED in April - written by me, illustrated by Brenda Figueroa, with cover design by @beckamoor.bsky.social 🐌⚡🐌⚡🐌
#kidlit #childrensbooks @fireflypress.bsky.social
#kidlit #childrensbooks @fireflypress.bsky.social
December 26, 2024 at 11:30 AM
First there was a mind-reading sausage dog, and then there were... shapeshifting snails! Look out for SNAILS OF THE UNEXPECTED in April - written by me, illustrated by Brenda Figueroa, with cover design by @beckamoor.bsky.social 🐌⚡🐌⚡🐌
#kidlit #childrensbooks @fireflypress.bsky.social
#kidlit #childrensbooks @fireflypress.bsky.social
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Join us for Episode 19 where we have an interview with @lucyannunwin.bsky.social and talk about her new book How to be a Revolutionary. We also discuss our New Year’s reading resolutions and do some book reviews of our holiday reading @uclanpublishing.bsky.social #kidlitUK #RfP
January 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Join us for Episode 19 where we have an interview with @lucyannunwin.bsky.social and talk about her new book How to be a Revolutionary. We also discuss our New Year’s reading resolutions and do some book reviews of our holiday reading @uclanpublishing.bsky.social #kidlitUK #RfP
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I don't believe in "good reading" & "bad reading". Comic books, graphic novels, manga, picture books, joke books, sports reports, all kinds of poetry & prose: it's all reading, and it's all good! Let kids read for pleasure - and they'll be readers FOREVER! #reading #literacy
(Art: Bill Watterson)
(Art: Bill Watterson)
November 29, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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If you have any interest in children's books, the #ReflectingRealities research done by @theclpe.bsky.social is absolutely essential reading. Look out for the new report tomorrow - and here's all their research so far:
clpe.org.uk/research/ref...
clpe.org.uk/research/ref...
November 28, 2024 at 8:44 PM
If you have any interest in children's books, the #ReflectingRealities research done by @theclpe.bsky.social is absolutely essential reading. Look out for the new report tomorrow - and here's all their research so far:
clpe.org.uk/research/ref...
clpe.org.uk/research/ref...
Reposted by Jan Dunning
Hello! I'm Ali, an author of dark and twisty YA thrillers. My debut Lie or Die is a murder mystery thriller based on a Reality TV game show- think The Traitors meets Big Brother🗡️📺 Reality TV just got real.
November 29, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Hello! I'm Ali, an author of dark and twisty YA thrillers. My debut Lie or Die is a murder mystery thriller based on a Reality TV game show- think The Traitors meets Big Brother🗡️📺 Reality TV just got real.
Hello! Happy to be here! Hope to connect with the #kidlit community 🥰
I’m Jan, I write YA thrillers and twisted fairytales… #TheLastThingYoullHear is a dark mash-up of Sleeping Beauty + The Pied Piper, while my debut #MirrorMe has Dorian Gray + Snow White + supernatural fashion vibes! Pls follow ❤️
I’m Jan, I write YA thrillers and twisted fairytales… #TheLastThingYoullHear is a dark mash-up of Sleeping Beauty + The Pied Piper, while my debut #MirrorMe has Dorian Gray + Snow White + supernatural fashion vibes! Pls follow ❤️
November 28, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Hello! Happy to be here! Hope to connect with the #kidlit community 🥰
I’m Jan, I write YA thrillers and twisted fairytales… #TheLastThingYoullHear is a dark mash-up of Sleeping Beauty + The Pied Piper, while my debut #MirrorMe has Dorian Gray + Snow White + supernatural fashion vibes! Pls follow ❤️
I’m Jan, I write YA thrillers and twisted fairytales… #TheLastThingYoullHear is a dark mash-up of Sleeping Beauty + The Pied Piper, while my debut #MirrorMe has Dorian Gray + Snow White + supernatural fashion vibes! Pls follow ❤️