Jennie Godfrey
@jenniegauthor.bsky.social
Writer. Debut novel The List of Suspicious Things out now. New novel out next year. https://linktr.ee/BBQatno9?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=b303eb23-dff5-47e2-8848-2214d3452ca1
I am so happy that The List of Suspicious Things is a Library Reads pick for December in the US. This is v special to me because it’s chosen by librarians & as everyone who has read TLOST knows, libraries & librarians play a huge part in the book (as they did in my formative years).
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I am so happy that The List of Suspicious Things is a Library Reads pick for December in the US. This is v special to me because it’s chosen by librarians & as everyone who has read TLOST knows, libraries & librarians play a huge part in the book (as they did in my formative years).
The proofs of my second novel The Barbecue at No.9. arrived at my house today. I’m quite emotional. Not only are there quotes from two of my favourite authors (Marian Keyes & Rachel Joyce) but it just is incredible to me that this is my life. Feeling all the feelings.
September 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The proofs of my second novel The Barbecue at No.9. arrived at my house today. I’m quite emotional. Not only are there quotes from two of my favourite authors (Marian Keyes & Rachel Joyce) but it just is incredible to me that this is my life. Feeling all the feelings.
The List of Suspicious Things is out in the US on 30th December, and I CANNOT WAIT! If you want to preorder it, then this is your opportunity.
For a limited time, Barnes & Noble is offering 25% off all pre-orders for readers with a (free) B&N Rewards account. www.barnesandnoble.com
For a limited time, Barnes & Noble is offering 25% off all pre-orders for readers with a (free) B&N Rewards account. www.barnesandnoble.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The List of Suspicious Things is out in the US on 30th December, and I CANNOT WAIT! If you want to preorder it, then this is your opportunity.
For a limited time, Barnes & Noble is offering 25% off all pre-orders for readers with a (free) B&N Rewards account. www.barnesandnoble.com
For a limited time, Barnes & Noble is offering 25% off all pre-orders for readers with a (free) B&N Rewards account. www.barnesandnoble.com
The US reviews for #thelistofsuspiciousthings have started to come in & honestly? I’m so chuffed! I had this idea that maybe the novel would be too ‘northern’/specific to appeal & I couldn’t have been more wrong so far. I want to get the words from the Kirkus review tattooed on 😆 #booksky
August 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The US reviews for #thelistofsuspiciousthings have started to come in & honestly? I’m so chuffed! I had this idea that maybe the novel would be too ‘northern’/specific to appeal & I couldn’t have been more wrong so far. I want to get the words from the Kirkus review tattooed on 😆 #booksky
Thrilled (and pretty shocked TBH!) that The List of Suspicious Things has been shortlisted for the Glass Bell Award this year. It’s such a phenomenal shortlist, including some of my own favourite reads of the year (and my mate @sarahbrooks.bsky.social ) #booksky
August 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thrilled (and pretty shocked TBH!) that The List of Suspicious Things has been shortlisted for the Glass Bell Award this year. It’s such a phenomenal shortlist, including some of my own favourite reads of the year (and my mate @sarahbrooks.bsky.social ) #booksky
I also read This, My Second Life by Patrick Charnley, a debut out next year with my publisher @hutchinsonheinemann This novel is so many things, a crime story, a family story, a moving account of what it is like to live with a brain injury. I really loved it.
August 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I also read This, My Second Life by Patrick Charnley, a debut out next year with my publisher @hutchinsonheinemann This novel is so many things, a crime story, a family story, a moving account of what it is like to live with a brain injury. I really loved it.
Been v.busy writing this past couple of weeks so just 2 books for the round up, but both doozy’s.
My fave TV show is Somebody Somewhere & my fave character is that of Joel, played with the utmost humanity by @jeffhillers and his memoir, Actress of a Certain Age is just gorgeous
My fave TV show is Somebody Somewhere & my fave character is that of Joel, played with the utmost humanity by @jeffhillers and his memoir, Actress of a Certain Age is just gorgeous
August 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Been v.busy writing this past couple of weeks so just 2 books for the round up, but both doozy’s.
My fave TV show is Somebody Somewhere & my fave character is that of Joel, played with the utmost humanity by @jeffhillers and his memoir, Actress of a Certain Age is just gorgeous
My fave TV show is Somebody Somewhere & my fave character is that of Joel, played with the utmost humanity by @jeffhillers and his memoir, Actress of a Certain Age is just gorgeous
I am so happy to be returning to the Cheltenham Literature Festival this year, on Saturday 18th October 3-4pm, where we will have a book group session on The List of Suspicious Things.
The festival runs is from 10th-19th October📚🍂
Tickets go on sale 4 September
The festival runs is from 10th-19th October📚🍂
Tickets go on sale 4 September
August 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I am so happy to be returning to the Cheltenham Literature Festival this year, on Saturday 18th October 3-4pm, where we will have a book group session on The List of Suspicious Things.
The festival runs is from 10th-19th October📚🍂
Tickets go on sale 4 September
The festival runs is from 10th-19th October📚🍂
Tickets go on sale 4 September
The copy-edits are done ✅
The map is on its way to the designers ✅
The kick-off meeting is in the diary ✅
The invitations to the Barbecue at No.9. will be going out soon….
#booksky
The map is on its way to the designers ✅
The kick-off meeting is in the diary ✅
The invitations to the Barbecue at No.9. will be going out soon….
#booksky
August 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The copy-edits are done ✅
The map is on its way to the designers ✅
The kick-off meeting is in the diary ✅
The invitations to the Barbecue at No.9. will be going out soon….
#booksky
The map is on its way to the designers ✅
The kick-off meeting is in the diary ✅
The invitations to the Barbecue at No.9. will be going out soon….
#booksky
At the @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 90th birthday party, guests were given a limited edition print to celebrate & mine was by the uber-talented Dapo Adeola. I’ve just collected it from the framers & omg I love it so much!
Thank you Dapo, thank you Penguin & HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY #booksky
Thank you Dapo, thank you Penguin & HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY #booksky
August 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
At the @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 90th birthday party, guests were given a limited edition print to celebrate & mine was by the uber-talented Dapo Adeola. I’ve just collected it from the framers & omg I love it so much!
Thank you Dapo, thank you Penguin & HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY #booksky
Thank you Dapo, thank you Penguin & HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY #booksky
Ey up. It’s Yorkshire Day, so it would be remiss of me not to point out that The List of Suspicious Things is my love letter to the county. #booksky
August 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Ey up. It’s Yorkshire Day, so it would be remiss of me not to point out that The List of Suspicious Things is my love letter to the county. #booksky
Today’s train selfie. Behind the smile is a woman so tired I could cry! But heading into London for secret squirrel 👀 (reference for all you 80’s kids out there!) meetings before a properly looooonnnnnggggg break. #booksky
July 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Today’s train selfie. Behind the smile is a woman so tired I could cry! But heading into London for secret squirrel 👀 (reference for all you 80’s kids out there!) meetings before a properly looooonnnnnggggg break. #booksky
The Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook @Writers_Artists was an essential tool for me in finding an agent & understanding publishing. I’m thrilled to have written for about my path to publication, dealing with rejection & setbacks along that path for the 2026 edition. Out on 17th July
July 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook @Writers_Artists was an essential tool for me in finding an agent & understanding publishing. I’m thrilled to have written for about my path to publication, dealing with rejection & setbacks along that path for the 2026 edition. Out on 17th July
What are your memories of Live Aid?
I asked lots of people this when I was writing The Barbecue at No9* & some of those memories have found their way into its pages.
(*Live Aid forms the backdrop to the events in the novel, links in bio)
PS check out my very glam perm 😆
I asked lots of people this when I was writing The Barbecue at No9* & some of those memories have found their way into its pages.
(*Live Aid forms the backdrop to the events in the novel, links in bio)
PS check out my very glam perm 😆
July 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
What are your memories of Live Aid?
I asked lots of people this when I was writing The Barbecue at No9* & some of those memories have found their way into its pages.
(*Live Aid forms the backdrop to the events in the novel, links in bio)
PS check out my very glam perm 😆
I asked lots of people this when I was writing The Barbecue at No9* & some of those memories have found their way into its pages.
(*Live Aid forms the backdrop to the events in the novel, links in bio)
PS check out my very glam perm 😆
Have you seen the latest edition of @goodhousekeeping.bsky.social yet? As well as the always excellent book recommendations from @jofinneybooks.bsky.social there is an opportunity for you to submit your own writing, with the chance of being published in the magazine #writingcommunity
July 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Have you seen the latest edition of @goodhousekeeping.bsky.social yet? As well as the always excellent book recommendations from @jofinneybooks.bsky.social there is an opportunity for you to submit your own writing, with the chance of being published in the magazine #writingcommunity
So proud of my v talented friend @jodierobins.bsky.social on the publication of The Off-Season 😍 (part of the Northern Weird project published by @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social ) OUT TODAY #booksky
June 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
So proud of my v talented friend @jodierobins.bsky.social on the publication of The Off-Season 😍 (part of the Northern Weird project published by @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social ) OUT TODAY #booksky
Though it’s more of a backdrop to the story in The Barbecue at No.9. than the main event, going to see #liveaidmusical yesterday reminded me of what a huge deal that day in 1985 was. (BTW I’m so happy that there will be both @Waterstones & indie editions of #thebbqatnumber9 😍)
June 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Though it’s more of a backdrop to the story in The Barbecue at No.9. than the main event, going to see #liveaidmusical yesterday reminded me of what a huge deal that day in 1985 was. (BTW I’m so happy that there will be both @Waterstones & indie editions of #thebbqatnumber9 😍)
What a total THRILL that The List of Suspicious Things is on the @goldsborobooks Glass Bell Award longlist, and with so many brilliant books/writers 😍
June 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What a total THRILL that The List of Suspicious Things is on the @goldsborobooks Glass Bell Award longlist, and with so many brilliant books/writers 😍
It’s time to put this beauty on the shelf.
On the night, I got to thank the unsung heroes of the publishing industry - the bloggers and reviewers.
And I also got to dedicate the award to my dad. As it’s Father’s Day today I just wanted to dedicate it here too.
We miss you Dad
On the night, I got to thank the unsung heroes of the publishing industry - the bloggers and reviewers.
And I also got to dedicate the award to my dad. As it’s Father’s Day today I just wanted to dedicate it here too.
We miss you Dad
June 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It’s time to put this beauty on the shelf.
On the night, I got to thank the unsung heroes of the publishing industry - the bloggers and reviewers.
And I also got to dedicate the award to my dad. As it’s Father’s Day today I just wanted to dedicate it here too.
We miss you Dad
On the night, I got to thank the unsung heroes of the publishing industry - the bloggers and reviewers.
And I also got to dedicate the award to my dad. As it’s Father’s Day today I just wanted to dedicate it here too.
We miss you Dad
I can’t believe I get to do this again.
I am thrilled to announce that my second novel, The Barbecue at Number 9, will be published by the wonderful team at @HutchHeinemann next spring.
I’ve put a little outline below, & it’s available for pre-order now via the link in my bio
I am thrilled to announce that my second novel, The Barbecue at Number 9, will be published by the wonderful team at @HutchHeinemann next spring.
I’ve put a little outline below, & it’s available for pre-order now via the link in my bio
June 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I can’t believe I get to do this again.
I am thrilled to announce that my second novel, The Barbecue at Number 9, will be published by the wonderful team at @HutchHeinemann next spring.
I’ve put a little outline below, & it’s available for pre-order now via the link in my bio
I am thrilled to announce that my second novel, The Barbecue at Number 9, will be published by the wonderful team at @HutchHeinemann next spring.
I’ve put a little outline below, & it’s available for pre-order now via the link in my bio
May 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Haven’t been in to see my mates at Waterstones in Taunton for a few weeks so popped in to say hello and sign their tower of TLOST’s! Expert bookseller Dave is back from paternity leave (and bought me this milk bottle badge!) so they’ll be flying out the door already! #booksky
May 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Haven’t been in to see my mates at Waterstones in Taunton for a few weeks so popped in to say hello and sign their tower of TLOST’s! Expert bookseller Dave is back from paternity leave (and bought me this milk bottle badge!) so they’ll be flying out the door already! #booksky
What a beautiful day in Fowey at the festival here - one of those days where I can’t believe I get to say ‘this is my job.’ The session was impeccably chaired by Veronica Henry who is the loveliest of authors, with a generous, warm audience #booksky
May 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a beautiful day in Fowey at the festival here - one of those days where I can’t believe I get to say ‘this is my job.’ The session was impeccably chaired by Veronica Henry who is the loveliest of authors, with a generous, warm audience #booksky
If you’re a US reader who is also on @netgalley and you fancy an early read, #thelistofsuspiciousthings🐦⬛ is available to ‘read now’ for a short time only! #booksky
May 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If you’re a US reader who is also on @netgalley and you fancy an early read, #thelistofsuspiciousthings🐦⬛ is available to ‘read now’ for a short time only! #booksky