Lola Jaye Author
@lolajaye.bsky.social
Author of 'The Attic Child' & upcoming novel 'The Manual for Good Wives' (Macmillan Publishers) 📖 I'm also a practising psychotherapist & I like trees ALOT 🌳
My new novel is 99p on Kindle for November only 📚 amzn.eu/d/acnHnfQ
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My new novel is 99p on Kindle for November only 📚 amzn.eu/d/acnHnfQ
The Manual for Good Wives is out TODAY in paperback! A love letter to Black women in the Victorian era who have been erased from history & goes beyond the 'slave' & 'maid' narrative. About a women who is resourceful, wealthy & just happens to be Black...
Buy: share.google/Jho1Z3CRsmG4...
#booksky
Buy: share.google/Jho1Z3CRsmG4...
#booksky
September 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The Manual for Good Wives is out TODAY in paperback! A love letter to Black women in the Victorian era who have been erased from history & goes beyond the 'slave' & 'maid' narrative. About a women who is resourceful, wealthy & just happens to be Black...
Buy: share.google/Jho1Z3CRsmG4...
#booksky
Buy: share.google/Jho1Z3CRsmG4...
#booksky
I couldn't resist!
The fabulous Michelle Yeoh wearing Balenciaga vs my book cover
(both won)
#Oscars
#Oscars2025
#booksky💙📚
The fabulous Michelle Yeoh wearing Balenciaga vs my book cover
(both won)
#Oscars
#Oscars2025
#booksky💙📚
March 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I couldn't resist!
The fabulous Michelle Yeoh wearing Balenciaga vs my book cover
(both won)
#Oscars
#Oscars2025
#booksky💙📚
The fabulous Michelle Yeoh wearing Balenciaga vs my book cover
(both won)
#Oscars
#Oscars2025
#booksky💙📚
The joy of signing a book!
It never gets old, even 8 books in!
Thank you West End Lane books @welbooks.bsky.social
#booksky💙📚 #books #authors
It never gets old, even 8 books in!
Thank you West End Lane books @welbooks.bsky.social
#booksky💙📚 #books #authors
February 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The joy of signing a book!
It never gets old, even 8 books in!
Thank you West End Lane books @welbooks.bsky.social
#booksky💙📚 #books #authors
It never gets old, even 8 books in!
Thank you West End Lane books @welbooks.bsky.social
#booksky💙📚 #books #authors
‘Temi’ is a fictional character, but ‘guest stars’ appear, like Sarah Parker Remond the only known Black woman to sign the register for women's rights in 1866 & Alice Kinloch. Both these Black women have all made a difference at a time when women’s voices were muted.
I hope you enjoy it!
#newbook
I hope you enjoy it!
#newbook
February 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
‘Temi’ is a fictional character, but ‘guest stars’ appear, like Sarah Parker Remond the only known Black woman to sign the register for women's rights in 1866 & Alice Kinloch. Both these Black women have all made a difference at a time when women’s voices were muted.
I hope you enjoy it!
#newbook
I hope you enjoy it!
#newbook
I was deliberate about relying less on the 'slave' or 'maid' narrative and instead place the focus on a resilient, resourceful and wealthy Victorian woman who just happens to be Black.
#blackhistory
#blackhistory
February 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I was deliberate about relying less on the 'slave' or 'maid' narrative and instead place the focus on a resilient, resourceful and wealthy Victorian woman who just happens to be Black.
#blackhistory
#blackhistory
My new novel The Manual for Good Wives (Macmillan) is out TODAY!
🧵
When I set out to write this book, I knew I wanted to write about a Black women living in Victorian England...
#historicalfiction
#books
🧵
When I set out to write this book, I knew I wanted to write about a Black women living in Victorian England...
#historicalfiction
#books
February 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My new novel The Manual for Good Wives (Macmillan) is out TODAY!
🧵
When I set out to write this book, I knew I wanted to write about a Black women living in Victorian England...
#historicalfiction
#books
🧵
When I set out to write this book, I knew I wanted to write about a Black women living in Victorian England...
#historicalfiction
#books
Well, it's out of my hands now and hopefully in yours (tomorrow). Please buy my book so I can pay bills. And if you do buy it and don't like it - don't tell me! 😩 I am a writer and I am fragile!
February 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Well, it's out of my hands now and hopefully in yours (tomorrow). Please buy my book so I can pay bills. And if you do buy it and don't like it - don't tell me! 😩 I am a writer and I am fragile!
The uncorrected book proofs are in. It's a book (almost) and it's a lovely Chrismassy red. Happy.
But now people get to review my book and say what they think of something so personal to me; a representation of my creative output... 😩😩
But now people get to review my book and say what they think of something so personal to me; a representation of my creative output... 😩😩
February 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The uncorrected book proofs are in. It's a book (almost) and it's a lovely Chrismassy red. Happy.
But now people get to review my book and say what they think of something so personal to me; a representation of my creative output... 😩😩
But now people get to review my book and say what they think of something so personal to me; a representation of my creative output... 😩😩
Cue self doubt, tiredness, general fedupness and wanting to scream into the abyss when yet another well meaning person asks; 'When's the book coming out?'
February 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Cue self doubt, tiredness, general fedupness and wanting to scream into the abyss when yet another well meaning person asks; 'When's the book coming out?'
Weeks of procrastination and 'research' later- I start to tap stuff into the computer. Then type again and again and again until the edit monster almost consumes me and I decide I NEVER WANT TO SEE THIS MANUSCRIPT AGAIN. 😩
February 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Weeks of procrastination and 'research' later- I start to tap stuff into the computer. Then type again and again and again until the edit monster almost consumes me and I decide I NEVER WANT TO SEE THIS MANUSCRIPT AGAIN. 😩
My journey to publication in 5 uneasy steps. A quick🧵
I have an idea for a novel! Proceed to buy another notebook to add to the 1 trillion gathering dust. Fill with names and scenarios which mostly WON'T make the final cut. Feel pleased with myself. Give myself a treat.
I have an idea for a novel! Proceed to buy another notebook to add to the 1 trillion gathering dust. Fill with names and scenarios which mostly WON'T make the final cut. Feel pleased with myself. Give myself a treat.
February 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My journey to publication in 5 uneasy steps. A quick🧵
I have an idea for a novel! Proceed to buy another notebook to add to the 1 trillion gathering dust. Fill with names and scenarios which mostly WON'T make the final cut. Feel pleased with myself. Give myself a treat.
I have an idea for a novel! Proceed to buy another notebook to add to the 1 trillion gathering dust. Fill with names and scenarios which mostly WON'T make the final cut. Feel pleased with myself. Give myself a treat.
COMPETITION TIME 📚 Win a signed + personalised proof of my upcoming novel; The Manual for Good Wives.
How? Head to my website and hit 'subscribe'
www.lolajaye.com
*UK only for now*
#competition closes on the 19th Feb at 11:59pm GMT ⏰️
#bookgiveaway #booksky💙📚
How? Head to my website and hit 'subscribe'
www.lolajaye.com
*UK only for now*
#competition closes on the 19th Feb at 11:59pm GMT ⏰️
#bookgiveaway #booksky💙📚
February 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
COMPETITION TIME 📚 Win a signed + personalised proof of my upcoming novel; The Manual for Good Wives.
How? Head to my website and hit 'subscribe'
www.lolajaye.com
*UK only for now*
#competition closes on the 19th Feb at 11:59pm GMT ⏰️
#bookgiveaway #booksky💙📚
How? Head to my website and hit 'subscribe'
www.lolajaye.com
*UK only for now*
#competition closes on the 19th Feb at 11:59pm GMT ⏰️
#bookgiveaway #booksky💙📚
Even at this big age, I felt like an excited kid when that note flew out the card. A Very retro, aunty gift😀
(Now, what do I spend it on?)
(Now, what do I spend it on?)
February 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Even at this big age, I felt like an excited kid when that note flew out the card. A Very retro, aunty gift😀
(Now, what do I spend it on?)
(Now, what do I spend it on?)
You're welcome.
December 28, 2024 at 11:13 AM
You're welcome.
Stunning episode tonight #emmerdale
December 19, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Stunning episode tonight #emmerdale
To my handful of followers, allow me to reintroduce myself 🌟 Saw a photo of a little boy dressed in Victorian clothes (c.1873). Found out his name: Ndugu M'Hali & he died at 12. I wrote his story BUT reimagined what his life could have been like if he'd lived
The result:
👇🏾
#booksky💙📚 #blackbooksky
The result:
👇🏾
#booksky💙📚 #blackbooksky
December 3, 2024 at 2:18 PM
To my handful of followers, allow me to reintroduce myself 🌟 Saw a photo of a little boy dressed in Victorian clothes (c.1873). Found out his name: Ndugu M'Hali & he died at 12. I wrote his story BUT reimagined what his life could have been like if he'd lived
The result:
👇🏾
#booksky💙📚 #blackbooksky
The result:
👇🏾
#booksky💙📚 #blackbooksky
I took this picture of the northern lights a few weeks ago in London, dressed in my pyjamas & night cream & I just want to recreate that feeling of surprise & wonder all over again 🌟
#auroraborealis #northernlights #photography
#auroraborealis #northernlights #photography
November 22, 2024 at 7:39 PM
I took this picture of the northern lights a few weeks ago in London, dressed in my pyjamas & night cream & I just want to recreate that feeling of surprise & wonder all over again 🌟
#auroraborealis #northernlights #photography
#auroraborealis #northernlights #photography
What she said 👇🏾
November 21, 2024 at 7:25 PM
What she said 👇🏾
November 18, 2024 at 11:27 AM
November 18, 2024 at 11:20 AM
What is the book that will stay with you forever?
Mine's 'I know why the Caged Bird Sings' by Dr Maya Angelou.
#booksky💙📚 #authors
Mine's 'I know why the Caged Bird Sings' by Dr Maya Angelou.
#booksky💙📚 #authors
November 17, 2024 at 6:31 PM
What is the book that will stay with you forever?
Mine's 'I know why the Caged Bird Sings' by Dr Maya Angelou.
#booksky💙📚 #authors
Mine's 'I know why the Caged Bird Sings' by Dr Maya Angelou.
#booksky💙📚 #authors
Wasn't sure what to put in my brand spanking new Bluesky profile- so I admitted to liking trees 🌲🌳
November 16, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Wasn't sure what to put in my brand spanking new Bluesky profile- so I admitted to liking trees 🌲🌳