Sunflowers: Writing the Bright Spirit of Summer Saturday 9th August 2025, 10.30-4.00 in zoom

Sunflowers: Writing the Bright Spirit of Summer - designed to boost your creativity and wellbeing! open.substack.com/pub/jennyale...

The inner life, the outer world and the dream Susannah couldn't post her comment on my latest Life, Writing, Workshops newsletter so she emailed it to me. She wrote...

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I thought, ‘If I don’t die in the back of this ambulance, I’m going to be old, and that means I need a plan - what do I want my old age to be?’ open.substack.com/.../the-inne....

Summer as a resource in ourselves that we can draw on throughout the dark times of the year - that's worth celebrating! jennyalexander1.substack.com/p/sun…

The key to creative living Clue: it's the key to creative writing and creative dreaming too.

I've been substacking! jennyalexander1.substack.com/p/the-key-to...

I'm substacking! Three sections, newsletters, writing and being positively old (coming soon). You can subscribe or unsubscribe to all or any jennyalexander1.substack.com

The Penzance Litfest programme is out! Last year my workshop sold out very quickly and so did the one I wanted to go to - I missed my chance then, so this time I've straight away looked and booked! You snooze, you lose
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I have a substack! jennyalexander1.substack.com I was just looking to move my newsletter after 10 years in mailchimp, but it looks like there are a lot of potential developments

Signed and shared

No second state visit for Trump Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.  This is the...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

My soul card - tap the energy of yours with a bit of memoir writing in session 3 of 'Writing the Tarot' jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...

@samillingworth.com @kirstenjack.bsky.social can you share?

It doesn't happen often but it's happening next month - and there are only three places still available! jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...

I loved my time as a write in residence @gladlib.bsky.social in February 2018, where I had a revelation about what I was doing and thinking about what would become #SomeOfUsJustFall as well as the poetry I intended to focus on there. Apply, apply apply! www.gladstoneslibrary.org/news/volume/...

The One True Thing - Our Books | Writers Review Publishing The One True Thing. When the ground shifts, where is one true thing to be found? . Jane, in her twenties, is left parentless when her father dies suddenly; a second shock follows when his Will reveals...

Coming soon! April 24th -my new adult novel, with beautiful cover art and design by @owengent.bsky.social. When the ground shifts, where can one true thing be found? www.writersreviewpublishing.co.uk/our-books/th... #newbooks #newfiction #bookgroups #readinggroups #art #protest #purpose

I'm listening now! Waterstones Welsh book of the month - amazing!

Yes, yes. The joy of writing, it makes life bigger!

I have a newsletter. It comes out on the first of every month. Here's today's. It's got a cat. mailchi.mp/78daaa014279...

The Fool is the wonderful energy of beginning - see how he sets aside fear of the future he steps blithely into the unknown! You can harness that energy in yourself when you grab a place on my 'Writing the Tarot' course, starting soon jennyalexander.co.uk/writing_work...

I love writing retreats but I never try to write anything! I'm there for the writers, the lovely creative atmosphere, but perfectly happy to enjoy the local area in the daytime when other people are at their desks

Last year I celebrated Burns' Night at my granddaughter's school in Orkney - I'm missing my usual winter stay. No Burns' Night here in Hampshire

😂 give it time! Signs are for instant meanings - symbols unfold. It was lovely having you in the group Sophie

Big yes to this

Yes yes yes - Frank Cottrell Boyce doing a great job for children and children's reading

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar... Kindness is children's word of the year - it's one of my words of always www.amazon.co.uk/Dare-Care-Ch...

Please do keep sharing and telling people! Some beautiful work so far but numbers are much smaller than in 2022. #carers #writingcommunity 💙📚

Author SF Said with covers of his books Varjak Paw and Tyger

TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, PARENTS! If you're looking for a free bookish activity for your kids, here's a lesson-long virtual school visit I did with @booktrust.bsky.social, all about how I went from being a young reader to writing books like Varjak Paw & Tyger! #BookSky
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It's microsoft office's one that's driving me nuts - they imposed it, no opting in, and it's impossible to find out how to get rid of it. Infuriating.

Thank you #PLR and thank you to all the librarians out there - especially in the children’s section. What you’re doing is incredibly important in this time where money is tight for so many families. To be able to find books and read widely is crucial for children. #SupportLibraries