Jenn Ashworth
@jennashworth.bsky.social
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Writer, reader, hiker
https://linktr.ee/jenn_ashworth
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Benjamin Myers
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Featuring
@adellestripe.bsky.social
@jennashworth.bsky.social
Jim Ghedi, Wendy Erskine (
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
), me and Bill Drummond.
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James Bailey
2 months ago
News! On 16 April (same day my book comes out) I'll be chatting with
@jennashworth.bsky.social
at
@blackwellsmcr.bsky.social
We'll be talking all about LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, and I’d love it if you could join us. Tickets here!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/like-a-cat...
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LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: James Bailey in conversation with Jenn Ashworth
Join us to celebrate the publication of James Bailey's illuminating biography of Muriel Spark
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/like-a-cat-loves-a-bird-james-bailey-in-conversation-with-jenn-ashworth-tickets-1969154309548
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THE NERVE
about 1 month ago
Out now: The Nerve's Best Books of 2025. Feat:
@elizabethalker.bsky.social
@faberbooks.bsky.social
@sevenstories.bsky.social
@jonathancape.bsky.social
@beckybarnicoat.bsky.social
@panmacmillan.bsky.social
@sceptrebooks.bsky.social
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The Ghost Story Book Club
about 1 month ago
🚨 NEW EPISODE S5 E10 🚨 Join me and my special guest Jenn Ashworth (
@jennashworth.bsky.social
) as we discuss 'The Breakthrough' by Daphne Du Maurier. Out now wherever you get your podcasts!
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Manchester University Press
3 months ago
Join
@lilydunn.bsky.social
and
@jennashworth.bsky.social
for a conversation on memory & the art of the memoir at
@blackwelloxford.bsky.social
. Both acclaimed memoirists, Lily & Jenn will discuss their new books and the craft of sharing your story. Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lily-dunn-...
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Lily Dunn and Jenn Ashworth in Conversation
Join authors Lily Dunn and Jenn Ashworth for an evening conversation on memory and the art of the memoir.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lily-dunn-and-jenn-ashworth-in-conversation-tickets-1355129110649
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Goldsmiths Press
3 months ago
It’s a triple release day, with Common by Nikolai Duffy, Maybe the Birds by
@ajashworth.bsky.social
, and Virus is a Language by Chris Hables Gray all publishing today!
www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...
@unamccormack.bsky.social
@jennashworth.bsky.social
@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
@mitpress.bsky.social
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Centre for Place Writing
3 months ago
TONIGHT
@blackwellsmcr.bsky.social
Nikolai Duffy is in conversation with
@jennashworth.bsky.social
launching his debut novel COMMON.
#BookSky
#Manchester
@mcrlitfest.bsky.social
@dcahf-met.bsky.social
@manchesterreview.bsky.social
@manmetuni.bsky.social
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COMMON: Nikolai Duffy in conversation with Jenn Ashworth
Join us for the launch of Nikolai Duffy's debut novel Common!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/common-nikolai-duffy-in-conversation-with-jenn-ashworth-tickets-1567298896189?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*1163szv*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTEwMTY0NDYwMi4xNzYwNTIyNzIx*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3NjA1MjI3MjAkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjA1MjI3MjAkajYwJGwwJGgw
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Rob Campbell-Roscoe
3 months ago
Looking forward to Prof Andy Tate &
@jennashworth.bsky.social
discussing writing, literature & radical hospitality as part of
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
#lecture
#culture
#discussion
#debate
#elcwlancaster
- some tix still available!
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Centre for Place Writing
4 months ago
New book (& first novel) by Dr Nikolai Duffy - Common - is due out next month. In celebration of the launch
@blackwellsmcr.bsky.social
are hosting Nick in conversation with
@jennashworth.bsky.social
#BookSky
#PlaceWriting
Coming up in October:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/common-nik...
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COMMON: Nikolai Duffy in conversation with Jenn Ashworth
Join us for the launch of Nikolai Duffy's debut novel Common!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/common-nikolai-duffy-in-conversation-with-jenn-ashworth-tickets-1567298896189
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The Bee
5 months ago
The Parallel Paths one of our favourite memoirs of 2025 so far, from and it's from a one this county's top-notch working-class writers.
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I’m at Helmsley Literature Festival this weekend talking about walking, writing, mourning and the north with Wendy Pratt. Come!
helmsleyarts.co.uk/whats-on/hel...
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Helmsley Literary Festival - Jenn Ashworth & Wendy Pratt - What's On - Helmsley Arts Centre
Helmsley Arts Centre is a thriving performance venue in the heart of Ryedale with a regular programme of theatre, cinema, music, comedy, dance and exhibitions. Ideal for the whole family
https://helmsleyarts.co.uk/whats-on/helmsley-literary-festival-jenn-ashworth-wendy-pratt
4 months ago
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Blackwell's Manchester
5 months ago
15/10: Nikolai Duffy in conversation with
@jennashworth.bsky.social
for COMMON.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/common-nik...
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Caught by the River
5 months ago
‘I’ve decided this is my mid-life crisis. Shirley Valentine in a North Face jacket.’ Read an extract from
@jennashworth.bsky.social
’s ‘The Parallel Path: Love, Grit and Walking the North’, our August Book of the Month
www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/jenn...
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Longbarrow Press
5 months ago
"You don’t really ever walk 192 miles, you just take one step, then another, and that’s how books are written too. I type a sentence, I follow the line, and a book unfurls behind me."
@jennashworth.bsky.social
interviewed for
@caughtbytheriver.bsky.social
www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/the-...
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Caught by the River
6 months ago
'There’s a joy that comes after submitting to what’s bigger than you. It took me a while to find it.'
@jennashworth.bsky.social
speaks to Karen Lloyd about anti-heroics, tethered beetles, and walking with Wainwright and Wordsworth breathing down her neck
www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/08/the-...
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The Bee
5 months ago
Watch this space for our interview with
@jennashworth.bsky.social
next week 🥾
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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown
5 months ago
Wonderful to see my excellent colleague's new book in my timeline 👇
@jennashworth.bsky.social
"The Parallel Paths"
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So delighted by this personal review of Notes Made While Falling by Scott Manley Hadley. It's been a while since this book came out and I am always so pleased to know that now and again people are still finding it.
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Notes Made While Falling by Jenn Ashworth
some notes on Notes Made While Falling, EXACTLY my kinda book
https://triumphofthenow.com/2025/08/04/notes-made-while-falling-by-jenn-ashworth/
6 months ago
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Adam Farrer
6 months ago
A brief author interview for
@hinterlandnf.bsky.social
in which I namecheck Beyonce,
@jennashworth.bsky.social
and
@christinamartin.bsky.social
's incredible Ashes to Admin.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Author Interview: Adam Farrer
Q&A with the contributors from Hinterland - and some course dates for your diary.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-169647100
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Jeremy Millar
6 months ago
I think that one of the fundamental questions one faces as an artist is: what do you do when you don't know what to do? Living with this, testing it, is at the heart of everything, and it is what Gen AI wants to deprive us of, the privilege of uncertainty.
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Julie Bell
6 months ago
What a privilege to hear
@jennashworth.bsky.social
and Clive Parkinson in conversation with Zoe Lambert this evening discussing Jenn’s new book
#TheParallelPath
@litfest.bsky.social
@billswainson.bsky.social
. It was beautiful & emotional event and it was a full house !
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Benjamin Myers
6 months ago
You should read.
@jennashworth.bsky.social
.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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The Parallel Path by Jenn Ashworth review – a soul-searching walk across England
Forget the Salt Path – this writer’s introspective journey provides genuine food for thought
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/21/the-parallel-path-by-jenn-ashworth-review-a-soul-searching-walk-across-england
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The Ghost Story Book Club
7 months ago
In S2 E13, recorded in 2021, I was joined by the brilliant
@jennashworth.bsky.social
and we discussed 'The Signal-Man' by Charles Dickens. Is there a ghost in this story or not...? 🚂 🥊 Listen & subscribe to The Ghost Story Book Club wherever you get your pods 👻
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Julie Bell
7 months ago
A very productive day yesterday with
#trustees
@litfest.bsky.social
discussing ideas and plans for the future. Our next event is this month and will be a celebration of
@jennashworth.bsky.social
new book - The Parallel Path. Tickets are still available.
www.linkedin.com/posts/litfes...
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Litfest is delighted to announce a very special event to celebrate the launch of Lancaster writer Jenn Ashworth’s brilliant new book. | Litfest
Litfest is delighted to announce a very special event to celebrate the launch of Lancaster writer Jenn Ashworth’s brilliant new book. On Wednesday 23 July at 7.00pm, for one night only in The Lecture ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/litfest_litfest-is-delighted-to-announce-a-very-special-activity-7338959833989038081-6FGu?utm_medium=ios_app&rcm=ACoAAAg0weEBb7skxKlyikneJ92w6PgMLRRnHEE&utm_source=social_share_send&utm_campaign=copy_link
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Caroline Sanderson
8 months ago
A total pleasure to interview
@jennashworth.bsky.social
for this week's
@thebookseller.com
about her forthcoming "The Parallel Path: Love, Grit and Walking the North"
@sceptrebooks.bsky.social
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Caroline Sanderson
9 months ago
My
@thebookseller.com
#nonfiction
Book of the Month by July is this marvellous multi-layered north country odyssey by
@jennashworth.bsky.social
@sceptrebooks.bsky.social
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Manchester Literature Festival
9 months ago
Let's make Northern
#Booksky
grow! We've put together a list of Manchester & Northern writers we could find here, so check it out and give everyone a follow. This is, by all means, not an exhaustive list, so please tag who we've missed👇
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Caroline Sanderson
10 months ago
Loved the many layers of this northern odyssey by
@jennashworth.bsky.social
. Out in July
@sceptrebooks.bsky.social
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Adam Farrer
11 months ago
Pairing cakes with my reading. Cinnamon buns go great with
@jennashworth.bsky.social
’s forthcoming The Parallel Path.
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Out-Spoken Press
11 months ago
ICYMI
@outspokenacademy.bsky.social
four-week online Creative Non-Fiction course with
@amykey.bsky.social
&
@jennashworth.bsky.social
is open for registration. Course dates: 3–28 March 2025 Find out more & register now >
www.outspokenldn.com/academy-crea...
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Sídhe Press
11 months ago
We are opening submissions on the theme of GRIEF tomorrow! We are looking for poems and short CNF about grief. By this we mean not only the grief for a person/ for people, but also grief for animals, grief for a place, a home, a time, an idea, our health, the world, 🧵
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Out-Spoken Academy
11 months ago
OPEN for registration: our new Out-Spoken Academy online Creative Non-Fiction Course led by
@amykey.bsky.social
&
@jennashworth.bsky.social
! Dates: 3-28 March 2025 Workshops: Monday & Friday, 7-9pm UK Feedback 121 with each tutor Find out more & register >
www.outspokenldn.com/academy-crea...
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Out-Spoken Academy
12 months ago
NEW! We're excited to announce that our Creative Non-Fiction 4-week online course with
@jennashworth.bsky.social
&
@amykey.bsky.social
is open for registration! Dates: 3–28 March 2025 Classes: 7–9pm UK, Mon & Fri +individual tutorial with each tutor Learn more:
www.outspokenldn.com/academy-crea...
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Damian Barr
12 months ago
Now seems like a good time to share this series I made about how writers construct 'truth'. I look at memoir, novels and autofiction and talk to a host of incredible people including Olivia Laing,
@sathnam.bsky.social
and
@jennashworth.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Whose Truth Is It Anyway?
Writer and broadcaster Damian Barr explores reality, truth and fiction in literature.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001m4qc
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Adam Farrer
about 1 year ago
I was going to do an unboxing video but I struggled to get into the plastic shrink wrap and had to go off and find some scissors, so here are some photos instead starring my absolute delight and also my completely uninterested dog. Pre-order it now (please).
#booksky
linktr.ee/adamjfarrer
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word diver
about 1 year ago
A good book & a special dog = bliss for the latest guest on the Pet Projects pod. Dip into a fascinating chat with author
@jennashworth.bsky.social
about her life, work and pet love by following the link in bio. Brand-new episode coming soon. As ever, best listened to through 🎧
#podcast
#petprojects
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Adam Farrer
about 1 year ago
Because an essay collection isn’t the easiest thing to convey in a single post, here's a thread outlining each of the essays, which are 'by turns tender, disarmingly honest and achingly funny' (
@tawseefkhan.bsky.social
) Pre-order it now if you like.
linktr.ee/adamjfarrer
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2025 report so far: wrote all afternoon, did some research into what former textile mills in my hometown of Preston are currently being used for, had a good tea and watched Crocodile Dundee. I am extremely happy.
about 1 year ago
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BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught
about 1 year ago
thecuraeprize.uk
The 2025
#Curae
prize for writer-carers opens on New Year’s Day (GMT!) Unpaid carers UK and ROI - this one’s just for you. Everything you need is on the site and it’s free to enter - for fun and focus, or maybe for steps into industry. Prizes are amazing Please share
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The Curae Prize
A writing prize - just for writers who are also carers
https://thecuraeprize.uk/
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Robin Ince
about 1 year ago
Just started
@jennashworth.bsky.social
‘s Notes Made While Falling - worth my time from the outset
newwritingnorth.com/journal/inte...
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I have been writing all morning and I can now confidently announce that a Bad Sex Award is somewhere in my future.
about 1 year ago
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Are people still making New Year’s resolutions?
about 1 year ago
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Good morning good morning
about 1 year ago
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word diver
about 1 year ago
Happy Christmas! Suggested festive listening: the Pet Projects bumper Christmas special - with acclaimed author and Professor of Creative Writing
@jennashworth.bsky.social
& her beloved dog, Brodie. Enjoy! 🎄❄️⛄️😺🐶🐭🐰https://open.spotify.com/episode/3XV8qE8QA2kzPOoeiADH7b?si=5965c8e81b2d4271
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Pet Projects - Episode 7 - Jenn Ashworth
Pet Projects · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3XV8qE8QA2kzPOoeiADH7b?si=5965c8e81b2d4271
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The Ghost Story Book Club
about 1 year ago
🚨NEW EPISODE - OUT NOW🚨 Join me, Jenn Ashworth (
@jennashworth.bsky.social
) and Andrew Michael Hurley as we discuss three Christmas ghost stories. Out wherever you get your podcasts! Just search: The Ghost Story Book Club.
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Adam Z. Robinson
about 1 year ago
Weds 18 December LIVE-STREAMED episode of my podcast The Ghost Story Book Club with the fantastic
@jennashworth.bsky.social
and Andrew Michael Hurley Pay whatever you like for your ticket!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1074490382...
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The Ghost Story Book Club LIVE STREAMED CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #2
A live-streamed Christmas episode of The Ghost Story Book Club with guests Jenn Ashworth and Andrew Michael Hurley
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1074490382659?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Something about this is warming my heart. Real effort has been made...
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about 1 year ago
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The Ghost Story Book Club
about 1 year ago
Second, on Weds 18 Dec, my guests will be authors
@jennashworth.bsky.social
& Andrew Michael Hurley. You can book a place and tickets are pay whatever you like, any amount is welcome. I hope some of you can make it! Adam
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ghost-...
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The Ghost Story Book Club LIVE STREAMED CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #2
A live-streamed Christmas episode of The Ghost Story Book Club with guests Jenn Ashworth and Andrew Michael Hurley
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ghost-story-book-club-live-streamed-christmas-special-2-tickets-1074490382659
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Shelley Harris
about 1 year ago
Have passed this thread on to my Masters students - a nicely-curated (ie short, but every link is useful) list of resources for writers looking to get published, and keep the wolf from the door in the current chilly climate.
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