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.

Wenham-Jones was an interviewee Sue Cook for The Write Lines in conjunction with Talking Bookshelf[18] and National Short Story Week.[19]

As a professional speaker, she gives lectures and after-dinner talks including Women Speakers.[20] She has hosted the award ceremony for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, hosting with [21] hosting with: actor Tim Bentinck (2011), crime novelist Peter James.[22][23] (2012), Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan (2013), Darcey Bussell (2014), Barbara Taylor Bradford (2015), Fern Britton (2016),[24][25] Prue Leith 2017,[26] and Richard Coles 2018 [27]

As well as hosting events at Guildford Book Festival,[28] Chipping Norton Literature Festival,[29] Belfast Book Festival,[30] and Whitstable Literary Festival (WhitLit),[31] Jane is also a competition judge for writing competitions including Flash 500[32] and is listed on Fantastic Fiction,[33] Dorothy Koomson's[34] and Random House websites.[35]

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

  • Raising the Roof (2001)
  • Perfect Alibis (2003)
  • One Glass is Never Enough (2005)
  • Prime Time (2011)

Writing guides

  • Wannabe a Writer (2007)
  • Wannabe a Writer We've Heard Of (2010)

Short Story Anthologies (contributor)

  • Sexy Shorts For Christmas (2003)
  • Sexy Shorts For Lovers (2004)
  • Sexy Shorts For Chefs (2005)
  • Sexy Shorts For Summer (2005)
  • Café Olé Too Hot To Handle (2005)
  • Shorts for the Beach (2006)
  • Loves Me, Loves Me Not (2009)
  • Diamonds and Pearls (2011)

Non-fiction (author)

  • 100 Ways to Fight the Flab – And Still Have Wine And Chocolate (2014)

Non-fiction (contributor)

  • Women Leading (2004)
  • The You Are What You Eat Cookbook (2005)
  • The Help for Heroes Cookbook (2009)
  • Tweet Treats (2011)

References

  1. ↑ "Online Store - January 2017 - Latest Issue". Writers Online. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  2. ↑ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4128398566_3bfa63ea32_o.jpg
  3. ↑ "legacythanetgazette.co.uk". Thisiskent.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  4. ↑ Child, Lee (2010-06-28). "Indies storm People's Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  5. ↑ Wenham, Jane. "Danger: A Man about the house | Express Yourself | Comment | Daily Express". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  6. ↑ "Effects of depression | Society". The Guardian. 2005-08-06. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  7. ↑ Jane Wenham-Jones. "Jane Wenham-Jones: I love to love | Global". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  8. ↑ Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones. "Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones experience the health retreat | Travel". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  9. ↑ Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones. "Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones experience the health retreat | Travel". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  10. ↑ "legacythanetgazette.co.uk". Thisiskent.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  11. ↑ Post (2005-09-18). "Tales of a Landlady: The rotters of Ramsgate". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  12. ↑ Published at 12:00AM, September 18, 2005 (2005-09-18). "The rotters of Ramsgate". The Times. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  13. ↑ "Write What You Know? It's 'Prime Time' for Jane Wenham Jones". Writing.ie. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  14. ↑ Wenham-Jones, Jane (2012-10-22). "Jane Wenham-Jones: Calm Together". The Weekender. Weekenderonline.net. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  15. ↑ Wenham-Jones, Jane (2012-08-30). "Jane Wenham-Jones gets ready for the beach – without the hassle of the gym". The Weekender. Weekenderonline.net. Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  16. ↑ Trudi Davies (2007-07-11). "Programmes | Politics Show | The End of the Pier Show?". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  17. ↑ "Euroferries on BBC - Inside Out". Adem Djemil. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  18. ↑ "SoundCloud Widget". soundcloud.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  19. ↑ http://www.nationalshortstoryweek.org.uk/thewritelines.htm
  20. ↑ "Jane Wenham-Jones at womenspeakers.co.uk". womenspeakers.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  21. ↑ "RoNA Romantic Novel of the Year shortlists - The Bookseller". thebookseller.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  22. ↑ http://www.peterjames.com/appearances/2012/October
  23. ↑ http://blog.peterjames.com/2012/03/thrilling-romance-bookseller.html
  24. ↑ "Iona Grey's Letters to the Lost wins The Goldsboro Books Romantic Novel of the Year 2016 - News - The Romantic Novelists' Association". romanticnovelistsassociation.org. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  25. ↑ "Book Trade Announcements - Iona Grey's Letters To The Lost Wins the Goldsboro Books Romantic Novel Of The Year 2016". booktrade.info. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  26. ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/chicken-houses-love-song-wins-goldsboro-books-romantic-novel-year-507591
  27. ↑ https://www.thebookseller.com/news/atkins-wins-rnas-romantic-novel-year-744691
  28. ↑ http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/book-valuation-day-guildford-book-4817890
  29. ↑ http://chiplitfest.com/authors
  30. ↑ https://mairetrobinson.com/tag/jane-wenham-jones
  31. ↑ http://www.visitkent.co.uk/events/206591
  32. ↑ "Flash 500 Competition Jane Wenham-Jones". flash500.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  33. ↑ http://www.fantasticfiction.com, webmaster@fantasticfiction.com -. "Jane Wenham-Jones". fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  34. ↑ http://www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/jane-wenham-jones-2
  35. ↑ "Penguin Books". randomhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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