Jan Kaneen. Northern. Writer. Granny
@jankaneen1.bsky.social
Award-winning writer, blogs https://jankaneen.com/ '23 Bath NiF winner, SL Rubery Award & First Pages Prize '24 Flash & Short story collection, Hostile Environments on sale https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/hostile-environments-paperback
Doing this next week at Wine in the Willows bookshop and bar, 103 High Street, PE28 3EH Somersham. Anyone local come along, it should be scary fun ☠️👻😱
October 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Doing this next week at Wine in the Willows bookshop and bar, 103 High Street, PE28 3EH Somersham. Anyone local come along, it should be scary fun ☠️👻😱
the Max Richter Sleep concert was mind blowing
September 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
the Max Richter Sleep concert was mind blowing
Off to Gdansk with some excellent reading material
August 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Off to Gdansk with some excellent reading material
It's publication day for Hostile Environments tomorrow, brought to you by the publishing legends that are @northodoxpress.bsky.social and I'm going to be on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire reading a flash from it called A Fairytale Ending. Tune in from 6pm tomorrow to have a listen.
August 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It's publication day for Hostile Environments tomorrow, brought to you by the publishing legends that are @northodoxpress.bsky.social and I'm going to be on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire reading a flash from it called A Fairytale Ending. Tune in from 6pm tomorrow to have a listen.
Airports are weird limbos, and feeling sad to leave Gdansk but also really looking forward to seeing flashy friends old and new @flashficfestuk.bsky.social this weekend.
July 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Airports are weird limbos, and feeling sad to leave Gdansk but also really looking forward to seeing flashy friends old and new @flashficfestuk.bsky.social this weekend.
Breakfast at a mobbed Stansted.
July 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Breakfast at a mobbed Stansted.
Crop so far of stoned, sun-dried sour cherries. Might not look much but they really pack a punch for cakes and cereal bars and to mix in couscous salads.
July 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Crop so far of stoned, sun-dried sour cherries. Might not look much but they really pack a punch for cakes and cereal bars and to mix in couscous salads.
Final proof - I’m going in. I may be some time 🤓🙇♂️🧐
July 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Final proof - I’m going in. I may be some time 🤓🙇♂️🧐
Garden broadbeans and new pots for lunch today. Yum x
June 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Garden broadbeans and new pots for lunch today. Yum x
The cherries are nearly there!
June 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The cherries are nearly there!
Love this display of yarrow - proper gorgeousness is those tiny white clusters - so many flowerheads, so many names: Thousand-Seal, Old Man's Pepper, Soldier's Woundwort, Milfoil, Sanguinary, Devil's Plaything, Achillea millefolium - and everyone with a backstory waiting to be unearthed...
June 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Love this display of yarrow - proper gorgeousness is those tiny white clusters - so many flowerheads, so many names: Thousand-Seal, Old Man's Pepper, Soldier's Woundwort, Milfoil, Sanguinary, Devil's Plaything, Achillea millefolium - and everyone with a backstory waiting to be unearthed...
Last of the light up the garden as I make some rare this year flash submissions.
June 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Last of the light up the garden as I make some rare this year flash submissions.
Hostile Environments, a collection of dark flash fictions and short stories by the winner of @molotovlitzine.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social @flash500.bsky.social and @bathflashaward.bsky.social novella-in-flash prize Pre-order here www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
June 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hostile Environments, a collection of dark flash fictions and short stories by the winner of @molotovlitzine.bsky.social @natflashfictionday.bsky.social @flash500.bsky.social and @bathflashaward.bsky.social novella-in-flash prize Pre-order here www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
Midsummer in the garden
June 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Midsummer in the garden
Getting prepped for the first garden risotto of summer. Yummy yummy
June 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Getting prepped for the first garden risotto of summer. Yummy yummy
Been a dry old spring. I know peeps sometimes look like their pets but me and the gaff have never had the same shade of thatch before - well not in June
June 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Been a dry old spring. I know peeps sometimes look like their pets but me and the gaff have never had the same shade of thatch before - well not in June
The cat plant’s not showing any signs of life as yet
May 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The cat plant’s not showing any signs of life as yet
Back in the UK and living the last of this year’s lily of the valley. Wish you could smell them. They smell like heaven
May 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Back in the UK and living the last of this year’s lily of the valley. Wish you could smell them. They smell like heaven
The bluebelling going on under the copper beech this morning is a proper full on peal. Good job you lovely campanoligists 🔵
April 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The bluebelling going on under the copper beech this morning is a proper full on peal. Good job you lovely campanoligists 🔵
This evening the fragrance war between wild garlic and lily of the valley at the top of the garden is defo being won by the lilies.
April 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This evening the fragrance war between wild garlic and lily of the valley at the top of the garden is defo being won by the lilies.
Going to be on BBC Cambridgeshire tomorrow night about 6 ish reading a flash fiction from my @bathflashaward.bsky.social winning novella-in-flash A Learning Curve You can tune in on the app here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
April 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Going to be on BBC Cambridgeshire tomorrow night about 6 ish reading a flash fiction from my @bathflashaward.bsky.social winning novella-in-flash A Learning Curve You can tune in on the app here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Know it’ll feel like midsummer by lunch but this is very much the vibe at my gaff this morning 🥶❄️
April 12, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Know it’ll feel like midsummer by lunch but this is very much the vibe at my gaff this morning 🥶❄️
The fen looks almost tame in this weather…almost…
April 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The fen looks almost tame in this weather…almost…
Ah the joy of tiny things. Speedwell, forget-me-nots and violets in a tiny bottle I dug up out of the garden ❤️🌸
April 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ah the joy of tiny things. Speedwell, forget-me-nots and violets in a tiny bottle I dug up out of the garden ❤️🌸
Essence of spring at my gaff today
April 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Essence of spring at my gaff today