Jane Wenham-Jones

Jane Wenham-Jones is an author, journalist, presenter, interviewer, creative writing tutor, and speaker who lives in Broadstairs, Kent, a town that appears in three of her novels.

Jane Wenham-Jones
Jane Wenham-Jones in 2012
OccupationAuthor, journalist and presenter
Years active1990–present

She is a regular contributor to Woman's Weekly and Writing Magazine, and has previously written columns for the Isle of Thanet Gazette, Booktime and Woman’s Weekly Fiction Special.

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 inWriting Magazine,[1] and is an occasional contributor to her local paper, The Isle of Thanet News. She has written, or contributed to, articles in The Bookseller,[2] The Daily Express,[3] Family Circle, The Guardian,[4][5][6][7] The Isle of Thanet Gazette (a weekly column from 2001-2015),[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 of 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 for 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, 2017, 2018 and 2019, 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[24][25] (2016), Prue Leith[26] (2017), Richard Coles[27] (2018), Alison Weir (2019), and Jenny Eclair[28] (2020).

As well as hosting events at Guildford Book Festival,[29] Chipping Norton Literature Festival,[30] Belfast Book Festival,[31] Buckingham Lit Fest,[32] and Whitstable Literary Festival (WhitLit),[33] Jane is a founding member of, and regular interviewer for, BroadstairsLit.[34]

Jane is listed on Fantastic Fiction,[35] Dorothy Koomson's,[36] Random House,[37] and Harper Collins[38] websites.

Awards

Bibliography

Novels

  • Raising the Roof (2001)
  • Perfect Alibis (2003)
  • One Glass is Never Enough (2005)
  • Prime Time (2011)
  • Mum in the Middle (2018)
  • The Big Five-O (2019)

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 3 December 2016.
  2. Child, Lee (28 June 2010). "Indies storm People's Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. Wenham, Jane. "Danger: A Man about the house | Express Yourself | Comment | Daily Express". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  4. "Effects of depression | Society". The Guardian. 6 August 2005. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. Jane Wenham-Jones. "Jane Wenham-Jones: I love to love | Global". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones. "Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones experience the health retreat | Travel". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  7. Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones. "Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones experience the health retreat | Travel". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  8. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4128398566_3bfa63ea32_o.jpg
  9. "legacythanetgazette.co.uk". Thisiskent.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  10. "legacythanetgazette.co.uk". Thisiskent.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  11. Post (18 September 2005). "Tales of a Landlady: The rotters of Ramsgate". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  12. Published at 12:00AM, September 18, 2005 (18 September 2005). "The rotters of Ramsgate". The Times. Retrieved 3 December 2016.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. "Write What You Know? It's 'Prime Time' for Jane Wenham Jones". Writing.ie. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  14. Wenham-Jones, Jane (22 October 2012). "Jane Wenham-Jones: Calm Together". The Weekender. Weekenderonline.net. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  15. Wenham-Jones, Jane (30 August 2012). "Jane Wenham-Jones gets ready for the beach – without the hassle of the gym". The Weekender. Weekenderonline.net. Archived from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  16. Trudi Davies (11 July 2007). "Programmes | Politics Show | The End of the Pier Show?". BBC News. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  17. "Euroferries on BBC - Inside Out". Adem Djemil. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  18. "SoundCloud Widget". soundcloud.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  19. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  23. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. "Romantic Novel of the Year goes to YA title Love Song | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  27. "Atkins wins Romantic Novel of the Year accolade | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  28. "Jenny Eclair". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  29. Live, Surrey (13 October 2010). "Book valuation day for Guildford Book Festival". getsurrey. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  30. House, Chipping Norton Literary Festival-A. Private Limited Company Windrush; OX28 1HX, 55 Crawley Road Witney Oxfordshire. "Authors - ChipLitFest (en-GB)". Chipping Norton Literary Festival. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  31. "Jane Wenham-Jones". Mo Writes. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  32. "Jane Wenham Jones". Buckingham Literary Festival. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  33. http://www.visitkent.co.uk/events/206591
  34. "BroadstairsLIt". Jane Wenham-Jones. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  35. http://www.fantasticfiction.com, [email protected] -. "Jane Wenham-Jones". fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  36. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  37. "Penguin Books". randomhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  38. "Harper Collins". harpercollins.com/author/cr-130986/jane-wenham-jones. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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