Jane Wenham-Jones

Jane Wenham-Jones
Born 1964
Occupation author, Television presenter and journalist
Years active 1990–present

Jane Wenham-Jones is an author, journalist, presenter, interviewer, creative writing tutor, writing competition judge, and speaker who lives in Broadstairs, Kent, a town that appears in two of her novels. She is a columnist for the Isle of Thanet Gazette, Woman's Weekly Fiction Special and Writing Magazine.

Career

Wenham-Jones began her writing career in 1995 and has published novels, short stories, non-fiction articles and two Wannabe writing guides, in which, in "Wannabe a Writer", she coined the phrase 'Writer's Bottom'.

More than a hundred short stories have been published in magazines across the world including Active Life, Bella, Best, Candis, Chat, More, My Weekly, The People's Friend, Pulp Fiction, Take a Break, Take a Break Fiction Feast, Woman, Woman's Weekly, Woman's Realm, and Your Cat. A selection of these stories have been reprinted in Australia, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, and The US.

Her short stories have also appeared in fiction anthologies including Café Olé Too Hot To Handle, Diamonds and Pearls, Loves Me, Loves Me Not, and the Sexy Shorts Charity Series.

Non-fiction contributions include The Help for Heroes Cookbook, Tweet Treats, Women Leading, and The You Are What You Eat Cookbook.

Wenham-Jones has regular columns in Woman's Weekly Fiction Special, Writing Magazine,[1] and her local paper, The Isle of Thanet Gazette.[2][3] She has written, or contributed to, articles in The Bookseller,[4] The Daily Express,[5] Family Circle, The Guardian,[6][7][8][9] My Weekly, The New Writer, Psychologies, Scarlet Magazine, She, The Sun, Sunday Express,[10] The Sunday Times,[11] The Times,[12] Woman, Woman's Own, Woman's Weekly, Writing.ie[13] and The Weekender.[14][15]

She is a member of Equity has presented for both BBC Radio Kent and the BBC's Politics Show.[16] Other television appearances have included The Heaven and Earth Show, Inside Out,[17] Just for Starters, Kilroy, Legal TV, Loose Lips, The Property Channel, Ready, Steady, Cook, The Russell Grant Show, The Salon, and The Wright Stuff.

She is a regular presenter / interviewer / panellist at various venues including the Guildford Book Festival,[18][19][20][21] Chipping Norton Literature Festival,[22] Belfast Book Festival,[23] and WhitLit (Whitstable Literary Festival) [24] with celebrities including Rachel Allen, David Baddiel, Lynn Barber, Tim Bentinck, Fern Britton, Kay Burley, Tania Carver, Mavis Cheek, Julian Clary, Ann Cleeves, Charles Collingwood (actor), John Crace (writer), Tim Dowling, Jenny Eclair, Katie Fforde, Judy Finnigan, Steve Furst, Joanne Harris, Veronica Henry, Victoria Hislop, Gill Hornby, Peter James, India Knight, Irma Kurtz, Helen Lederer, Kathy Lette, Richard Madeley, Lucy Mangan, Jill Mansell, Bel Mooney, Kate Mosse, David Nobbs, Amanda Ross, Penny Vincenzi, Fiona Walker, Jojo Moyes, Fay Weldon, Prue Leith and David Nicholls (writer).

Wenham-Jones was an interviewee Sue Cook for The Write Lines in conjunction with Talking Bookshelf[25] and National Short Story Week.[26]

As a professional speaker, she gives lectures and after-dinner talks including Women Speakers.[27] She has hosted the award ceremony for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, hosting with [28] hosting with: actor Tim Bentinck (2011), crime novelist Peter James.[29][30] (2012), Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan (2013), Darcey Bussell (2014), Barbara Taylor Bradford (2015) and Fern Britton (2016).[31][32]

She is also a competition judge for writing competitions including Flash 500[33] and is listed on Fantastic Fiction,[34] Dorothy Koomson's[35] and Random House websites.[36]

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

Writing guides

Short Story Anthologies (contributor)

Non-fiction (author)

Non-fiction (contributor)

References

  1. ↑ https://www.writers-online.co.uk/Writing-Magazine
  2. ↑ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4128398566_3bfa63ea32_o.jpg
  3. ↑ http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Author-Prime-Time-career/story-14411937-detail/story.html
  4. ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/indies-storm-peoples-book-prize.html
  5. ↑ http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/21028/Danger-A-Man-about-the-house
  6. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2005/aug/06/health.lifeandhealth?INTCMP=SRCH
  7. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2005/jul/09/weekend7.weekend3?INTCMP=SRCH
  8. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jan/15/spa.healthandwellbeing?INTCMP=SRCH
  9. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jan/15/spa.healthandwellbeing
  10. ↑ http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Prime-Time-Jane-Wenham-Jones-ndash-Accent-Press/story-16529748-detail/story.html
  11. ↑ http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/homes_and_gardens/article148136.ece
  12. ↑ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/property/prices-investment/article1773630.ece
  13. ↑ http://www.writing.ie/resources/write-what-you-know-its-prime-time-for-jane-wenham-jones
  14. ↑ http://weekenderonline.net/jane-wenham-jones-calm-together
  15. ↑ http://weekenderonline.net/the-fast-show
  16. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/6270744.stm
  17. ↑ http://ademdjemil.co.uk/blog/2010/01/euroferries-on-bbc-inside-out
  18. ↑ http://www.guildfordbookfestival.co.uk/festival-2012
  19. ↑ http://www.guildfordbookfestival.co.uk/uploads/images/Programme/GBF2012-Programme_web.pdf
  20. ↑ http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/entertainment/s/2122622_video_rachel_allen_lets_book_festival_eat_cake
  21. ↑ http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/entertainment/s/2120712_video_kay_burley_opens_guildford_book_festival
  22. ↑ http://chiplitfest.com/authors.asp?authorid=3
  23. ↑ http://www.belfastbookfestival.com
  24. ↑ http://www.whitlit.co.uk
  25. ↑ https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F63508274%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-1GqqY&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&color=ff7700
  26. ↑ http://www.nationalshortstoryweek.org.uk/thewritelines.htm
  27. ↑ http://www.womenspeakers.co.uk/speakerprofile/141/Jane%20Wenham-Jones
  28. ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/rona-romantic-novel-year-shortlists.html
  29. ↑ http://www.peterjames.com/appearances/2012/October
  30. ↑ http://blog.peterjames.com/2012/03/thrilling-romance-bookseller.html
  31. ↑ http://www.romanticnovelistsassociation.org/news/entry/iona_greys_letters_to_the_lost_wins_the_goldsboro_books_romantic_novel_of_t
  32. ↑ http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/63562
  33. ↑ http://www.flash500.com/index_files/JWJ.htm
  34. ↑ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/jane-wenham-jones
  35. ↑ http://www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/jane-wenham-jones-2
  36. ↑ http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/authors/jane-wenham-jones

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