Oskar Jensen
@oskarjensen.bsky.social
Novelist, Historian, BBC New Generation Thinker, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | Song, streets, balladry, Jacobins, Whodunnits | New novel Helle's Hound out now | he/him
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Oskar Jensen
@oskarjensen.bsky.social
· Oct 9
A dead art historian. Cold War skulduggery.
A reluctant Danish sleuth. And an extremely hungry dog...
A witty murder mystery that puts a modern spin on the classic Golden Age whodunnit, #HellesHound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social is out today in paperback🐾
viperbooks.co.uk/work/helles-...
A reluctant Danish sleuth. And an extremely hungry dog...
A witty murder mystery that puts a modern spin on the classic Golden Age whodunnit, #HellesHound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social is out today in paperback🐾
viperbooks.co.uk/work/helles-...
Today! In paperback! With this joyous new cover! The most fun I've ever had with writing!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hell...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hell...
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'Another entertaining whodunnit from the author of Helle and Death'
#HellesHound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social has been selected by the iPaper as a best new paperback to read this October 🐾
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#HellesHound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social has been selected by the iPaper as a best new paperback to read this October 🐾
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The best new paperbacks to read in October 2025
14 great books, now in their cheaper and lighter formats
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October 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
'Another entertaining whodunnit from the author of Helle and Death'
#HellesHound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social has been selected by the iPaper as a best new paperback to read this October 🐾
inews.co.uk/culture/book...
#HellesHound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social has been selected by the iPaper as a best new paperback to read this October 🐾
inews.co.uk/culture/book...
Today! In paperback! With this joyous new cover! The most fun I've ever had with writing!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hell...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hell...
A dead art historian. Cold War skulduggery.
A reluctant Danish sleuth. And an extremely hungry dog...
A witty murder mystery that puts a modern spin on the classic Golden Age whodunnit, #HellesHound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social is out today in paperback🐾
viperbooks.co.uk/work/helles-...
A reluctant Danish sleuth. And an extremely hungry dog...
A witty murder mystery that puts a modern spin on the classic Golden Age whodunnit, #HellesHound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social is out today in paperback🐾
viperbooks.co.uk/work/helles-...
October 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Today! In paperback! With this joyous new cover! The most fun I've ever had with writing!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hell...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hell...
Some news! Also known as fourth time lucky; I've wanted to do this for the best part of a decade...
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
Newcastle University academic hits the right note with UKRI Fellowship
Dr Oskar Jensen has been awarded £2m funding to research the history of song.
www.ncl.ac.uk
September 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Some news! Also known as fourth time lucky; I've wanted to do this for the best part of a decade...
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
I'm very much in love with this paperback cover... out in October!
July 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I'm very much in love with this paperback cover... out in October!
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BBC Radio 3
Sunday Feature: New Generation Thinkers shorts
New Generation Thinker, historian Oskar Jensen, explores the history of lullabies, in search of the power and the know-how that makes Hush-a-bye Baby do what it says in the title.
Sunday Feature: New Generation Thinkers shorts
New Generation Thinker, historian Oskar Jensen, explores the history of lullabies, in search of the power and the know-how that makes Hush-a-bye Baby do what it says in the title.
June 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
BBC Radio 3
Sunday Feature: New Generation Thinkers shorts
New Generation Thinker, historian Oskar Jensen, explores the history of lullabies, in search of the power and the know-how that makes Hush-a-bye Baby do what it says in the title.
Sunday Feature: New Generation Thinkers shorts
New Generation Thinker, historian Oskar Jensen, explores the history of lullabies, in search of the power and the know-how that makes Hush-a-bye Baby do what it says in the title.
That rarest of things – happy news from America! Hurrah for the Foreword
June 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
That rarest of things – happy news from America! Hurrah for the Foreword
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I have book news!
www.thebookseller.com/rights/harvi...
Deputy publishing director Katie Ellis-Brown has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to two new novels from Veronique Baxter at David Higham. The first in the series, The Drowning Place, will be published in April 2026.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/harvi...
Deputy publishing director Katie Ellis-Brown has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to two new novels from Veronique Baxter at David Higham. The first in the series, The Drowning Place, will be published in April 2026.
Harvill Secker snaps up Sarah Hilary's two new novels
Deputy publishing director Katie Ellis-Brown has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to two new novels by Sarah Hilary from Veronique Baxter at David Higham. The first in the series, The Drowning Plac...
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June 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I have book news!
www.thebookseller.com/rights/harvi...
Deputy publishing director Katie Ellis-Brown has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to two new novels from Veronique Baxter at David Higham. The first in the series, The Drowning Place, will be published in April 2026.
www.thebookseller.com/rights/harvi...
Deputy publishing director Katie Ellis-Brown has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to two new novels from Veronique Baxter at David Higham. The first in the series, The Drowning Place, will be published in April 2026.
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Feel for @oskarjensen.bsky.social, who came along to a scholarly day to talk about his excellent special issue plans & suffered the indignity of being forced to sign a copy of his second detective fiction book to Mummy Willie (a fan)
May 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Feel for @oskarjensen.bsky.social, who came along to a scholarly day to talk about his excellent special issue plans & suffered the indignity of being forced to sign a copy of his second detective fiction book to Mummy Willie (a fan)
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Please do join us on May 24th in Cambridge to celebrate the work of Bruce R, Smith, and explore the future of early modern sound studies. We would love to meet you! www.tickettailor.com/events/sound...
Reserve a Place – The Future of Sound Studies: Remembering Bruce R. Smith – GR06/07, English Faculty, West Road, Cambridge
Sound studies, sensory approaches and phenomenology are now so established in the contemporary practice of Shakespeare and earl...
www.tickettailor.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Please do join us on May 24th in Cambridge to celebrate the work of Bruce R, Smith, and explore the future of early modern sound studies. We would love to meet you! www.tickettailor.com/events/sound...
For anyone in London or Bradford: www.coma.org/whats-on/tak...
A really great looking musical endeavour by the brilliant @uriagnon.bsky.social.
Maybe of interest to @electricvoice.bsky.social? Spread the word...
A really great looking musical endeavour by the brilliant @uriagnon.bsky.social.
Maybe of interest to @electricvoice.bsky.social? Spread the word...
Take part in MARCH by Uri Agnon at New Music Biennial 2025
Contemporary Music for All
www.coma.org
April 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
For anyone in London or Bradford: www.coma.org/whats-on/tak...
A really great looking musical endeavour by the brilliant @uriagnon.bsky.social.
Maybe of interest to @electricvoice.bsky.social? Spread the word...
A really great looking musical endeavour by the brilliant @uriagnon.bsky.social.
Maybe of interest to @electricvoice.bsky.social? Spread the word...
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Win this book!
Helle's Hound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social up for grabs: www.facebook.com/CrimeFiction...
Today only!
Helle's Hound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social up for grabs: www.facebook.com/CrimeFiction...
Today only!
April 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Win this book!
Helle's Hound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social up for grabs: www.facebook.com/CrimeFiction...
Today only!
Helle's Hound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social up for grabs: www.facebook.com/CrimeFiction...
Today only!
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His old mentor is dead and Torben Helle is on the case in Helle's Hound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social 🇩🇰
If you like a cosy crime story with a few bonkers twists and a sprinkling of Nordic noir, then this is it!
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If you like a cosy crime story with a few bonkers twists and a sprinkling of Nordic noir, then this is it!
crimefictionlover.com/2025/04/hell...
April 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
His old mentor is dead and Torben Helle is on the case in Helle's Hound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social 🇩🇰
If you like a cosy crime story with a few bonkers twists and a sprinkling of Nordic noir, then this is it!
crimefictionlover.com/2025/04/hell...
If you like a cosy crime story with a few bonkers twists and a sprinkling of Nordic noir, then this is it!
crimefictionlover.com/2025/04/hell...
Ain't it gorgeous? And, somehow, potent? Our new book on the (very long) history of protest songs, the culmination (or is it?) of www.oursubversivevoice.com – available for a jolly reasonable £25.99 or, you know, get your library to get it...
www.mqup.ca/our-subversi...
www.mqup.ca/our-subversi...
March 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Ain't it gorgeous? And, somehow, potent? Our new book on the (very long) history of protest songs, the culmination (or is it?) of www.oursubversivevoice.com – available for a jolly reasonable £25.99 or, you know, get your library to get it...
www.mqup.ca/our-subversi...
www.mqup.ca/our-subversi...
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What a lineup at this Cambridge event on the future of sound studies, in memory of the great Bruce R. Smith. There's @jennyrichards.bsky.social, Tiffany Stern, Richard Wistreich, @oskarjensen.bsky.social, Katherine Hunt, @racheljwillie.bsky.social — not to be missed if you're in the area!
Reserve a Place – The Future of Sound Studies: Remembering Bruce R. Smith – GR06/07, English Faculty, West Road, Cambridge
Sound studies, sensory approaches and phenomenology are now so established in the contemporary practice of Shakespeare and earl...
www.tickettailor.com
March 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
What a lineup at this Cambridge event on the future of sound studies, in memory of the great Bruce R. Smith. There's @jennyrichards.bsky.social, Tiffany Stern, Richard Wistreich, @oskarjensen.bsky.social, Katherine Hunt, @racheljwillie.bsky.social — not to be missed if you're in the area!
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Join Oskar Jensen at Waterstones Newcastle, talking all things #HellesHound with Howard Linskey 🐾
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February 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Join Oskar Jensen at Waterstones Newcastle, talking all things #HellesHound with Howard Linskey 🐾
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev... @oskarjensen.bsky.social
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev... @oskarjensen.bsky.social
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Happy book birthday to the lovely and stylish @oskarjensen.bsky.social for the delectable #HellesHound 🐾 and thank you
@viperbooks.bsky.social for inviting me to
@dauntbooks.bsky.social Holland Park for this wonderful launch 💕
@viperbooks.bsky.social for inviting me to
@dauntbooks.bsky.social Holland Park for this wonderful launch 💕
February 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Happy book birthday to the lovely and stylish @oskarjensen.bsky.social for the delectable #HellesHound 🐾 and thank you
@viperbooks.bsky.social for inviting me to
@dauntbooks.bsky.social Holland Park for this wonderful launch 💕
@viperbooks.bsky.social for inviting me to
@dauntbooks.bsky.social Holland Park for this wonderful launch 💕
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📢 Diary Date 📢 Super excited for the Viper panel on 1 March at 11am 😱 @guymorpuss.bsky.social @tariqashkanani.bsky.social @oskarjensen.bsky.social and I are in the firm hands of @emmaflint.bsky.social 🕵️ It's gonna be a BIG @baytales.bsky.social BLAST! Details below 👇
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February 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
📢 Diary Date 📢 Super excited for the Viper panel on 1 March at 11am 😱 @guymorpuss.bsky.social @tariqashkanani.bsky.social @oskarjensen.bsky.social and I are in the firm hands of @emmaflint.bsky.social 🕵️ It's gonna be a BIG @baytales.bsky.social BLAST! Details below 👇
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It felt SO good to be reunited with Torben Helle! 💚
A complex, witty and thoroughly entertaining mystery with brilliant characters and a baffling new murder to solve. Another triumph, @oskarjensen.bsky.social! Brilliantly done! 😊
Helle's Hound is out NOW! 🐾
@viperbooks.bsky.social
A complex, witty and thoroughly entertaining mystery with brilliant characters and a baffling new murder to solve. Another triumph, @oskarjensen.bsky.social! Brilliantly done! 😊
Helle's Hound is out NOW! 🐾
@viperbooks.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It felt SO good to be reunited with Torben Helle! 💚
A complex, witty and thoroughly entertaining mystery with brilliant characters and a baffling new murder to solve. Another triumph, @oskarjensen.bsky.social! Brilliantly done! 😊
Helle's Hound is out NOW! 🐾
@viperbooks.bsky.social
A complex, witty and thoroughly entertaining mystery with brilliant characters and a baffling new murder to solve. Another triumph, @oskarjensen.bsky.social! Brilliantly done! 😊
Helle's Hound is out NOW! 🐾
@viperbooks.bsky.social
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💙📚⚡️ #BookSky OUT TODAY: Helle’s Hound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social Torben Helle returns today in a new mystery as his mentor is found dead, and he’s off to upset the great and powerful to find out who and how!
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January 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
💙📚⚡️ #BookSky OUT TODAY: Helle’s Hound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social Torben Helle returns today in a new mystery as his mentor is found dead, and he’s off to upset the great and powerful to find out who and how!
thecosymoose.com/helles-hound...
thecosymoose.com/helles-hound...
Plus proof, as if it were needed, of having the best publisher – thank you @viperbooks.bsky.social !
January 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Plus proof, as if it were needed, of having the best publisher – thank you @viperbooks.bsky.social !
For my first actual post, it seems in the spirit of this place to share* these miniature biscuit simulacra of my book Helle's Hound, out today, courtesy of my wonderful agent Joanna...
*share visually, that is. Hands off!
*share visually, that is. Hands off!
January 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
For my first actual post, it seems in the spirit of this place to share* these miniature biscuit simulacra of my book Helle's Hound, out today, courtesy of my wonderful agent Joanna...
*share visually, that is. Hands off!
*share visually, that is. Hands off!
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Yay!! 🎉 Happiest of happy publication days to the lovely @oskarjensen.bsky.social for the wonderful second book in his delightfully ‘golden age’ Helle Torben murder mystery series 🥂🥳 #HellesHound is out now from @viperbooks.bsky.social 🐾🦴
January 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Yay!! 🎉 Happiest of happy publication days to the lovely @oskarjensen.bsky.social for the wonderful second book in his delightfully ‘golden age’ Helle Torben murder mystery series 🥂🥳 #HellesHound is out now from @viperbooks.bsky.social 🐾🦴