Reposted by Jenn AshworthRichard V. Hirst @richardvhirst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Made a little video for this book using a voice note from @jennashworth.bsky.social 121
Reposted by Jenn AshworthAmy Lord @tenpennydreams.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Book news! New ghost story coming 15 October in this collection from @confingopublishing.bsky.social, inspired by Britain's concrete landscapes www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page... 2126
Reposted by Jenn AshworthThom @thisthom.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Really, really excited to be part of this. 17 ghost stories connected to brutalist architecture. Check out, #BrutalistGhostStories, edited by the brilliant @richardvhirst.bsky.social, available for preorder @confingopublishing.bsky.social right now. #BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersOfBlueSky 1144
Reposted by Jenn AshworthDavid Gaffney @ggaffa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I am so excited to be part of this new anthology ‘We live among ruins, surrounded by places built for a future that never arrived.’ Brutalist Ghost Stories is an anthology inspired by Britain's brutalist buildings and landscapes. pre-order your copy here www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page... 056
Reposted by Jenn AshworthRichard V. Hirst @richardvhirst.bsky.social · 20/08/2026New book! Coming this autumn, Brutalist Ghost Stories - 17 brand new ghost stories inspired by brutalist buildings and structures from across the UK. Featuring Daisy Johnson, Naomi Booth, Jeremy Dyson and many others. Pre-order now and it's a mere £9. www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page... 1167
Reposted by Jenn AshworthRichard V. Hirst @richardvhirst.bsky.social · 01/08/2026A choose-your-own-adventure style novel! Written by me and @jennashworth.bsky.social! Set in Preston Bus Station! Grief! Woe! The dead returning! Black Magic chocolates! richardvhirst.co.uk/blog/bus-sta... 074
Reposted by Jenn AshworthAdam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Ran a life writing workshop in Ilkley with @jennashworth.bsky.social followed by a super fun event at The Grove bookshop and it wasn’t until I saw the photo on the left that I realised, throughout the day, I’d developed Deputy Andy hair. 062
Reposted by Jenn AshworthAdam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026On June 13th I'm doing two literary things with @jennashworth.bsky.social in Ilkley; a workshop and a book event. Jenn taught me so much, so if you come you'll be getting everything she knows plus everything she taught me, as pushed through my brain. Anyway, tickets: linktr.ee/adamjfarrer #booksky 052
Reposted by Jenn AshworthDavid Maloney @dtrmcr.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Picked up Bog People from my local library on Friday and powered through it over the weekend. Superb anthology of #folkhorror - no filler, all great tales. Highly recommended. www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781784...awesomebooks.comBog People (New) | Hollie Starling | 9781784745820 | Awesome Books'A masterful collection' MAXINE PEAKE'Astonishing and long overdue, you really need to read this’ ALAN MOORE'An absolute treat' ADAM S. LESLIEUnleash the dark… 384
Reposted by Jenn AshworthLancaster University media relations team @lancasteruninews.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Looking forward to tuning into the brilliant @jennashworth.bsky.social's ghost story, ‘The White Lady of Morecambe’, read by Julie Hesmondhalgh, on BBC Radio 4 next week! (Monday to Friday 10.45pm-11pm) bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qrllbbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - The White Lady of Morecambe by Jenn AshworthJulie Hesmondhalgh narrates a new ghost story, set on the shifting sands of Morecambe Bay. 063
Reposted by Jenn AshworthBenjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Featuring @adellestripe.bsky.social @jennashworth.bsky.social Jim Ghedi, Wendy Erskine (@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social), me and Bill Drummond. 252
Reposted by Jenn AshworthJames Bailey @drjamesbailey.bsky.social · 18/11/2025News! 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...eventbrite.co.ukLIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: James Bailey in conversation with Jenn AshworthJoin us to celebrate the publication of James Bailey's illuminating biography of Muriel Spark 1347
Reposted by Jenn AshworthTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 06/12/2025Out 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 @jennashworth.bsky.social 25824
Reposted by Jenn AshworthThe Ghost Story Book Club @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social · 10/12/2025🚨 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! 192
Reposted by Jenn AshworthManchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Join @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-...eventbrite.co.ukLily Dunn and Jenn Ashworth in ConversationJoin authors Lily Dunn and Jenn Ashworth for an evening conversation on memory and the art of the memoir. 062
Reposted by Jenn AshworthGoldsmiths Press @goldsmithspress.bsky.social · 21/10/2025It’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 174
Reposted by Jenn AshworthCentre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 15/10/2025TONIGHT @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 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/common-nik...eventbrite.co.ukCOMMON: Nikolai Duffy in conversation with Jenn AshworthJoin us for the launch of Nikolai Duffy's debut novel Common! 011
Reposted by Jenn AshworthRob Campbell-Roscoe @robcampbe11.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Looking 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! 022
Reposted by Jenn AshworthCentre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 28/09/2025New 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...eventbrite.co.ukCOMMON: Nikolai Duffy in conversation with Jenn AshworthJoin us for the launch of Nikolai Duffy's debut novel Common! 053
Reposted by Jenn AshworthThe Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social · 08/08/2025The 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. 191
Jenn Ashworth @jennashworth.bsky.social · 10/09/2025I’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...helmsleyarts.co.ukHelmsley Literary Festival - Jenn Ashworth & Wendy Pratt - What's On - Helmsley Arts CentreHelmsley 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 032
Reposted by Jenn AshworthBlackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · 29/08/202515/10: Nikolai Duffy in conversation with @jennashworth.bsky.social for COMMON. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/common-nik... 111
Reposted by Jenn AshworthCaught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 23/08/2025‘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... 062
Reposted by Jenn AshworthLongbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 14/08/2025"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-... 0124
Reposted by Jenn AshworthCaught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 07/08/2025'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-... 0115
Reposted by Jenn AshworthThe Bee @beelitmag.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Watch this space for our interview with @jennashworth.bsky.social next week 🥾 021
Reposted by Jenn AshworthProf. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Wonderful to see my excellent colleague's new book in my timeline 👇 @jennashworth.bsky.social "The Parallel Paths" 021
Jenn Ashworth @jennashworth.bsky.social · 04/08/2025So 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.triumphofthenow.comNotes Made While Falling by Jenn Ashworthsome notes on Notes Made While Falling, EXACTLY my kinda book 160
Reposted by Jenn AshworthAdam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 30/07/2025A 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-...substack.comAuthor Interview: Adam FarrerQ&A with the contributors from Hinterland - and some course dates for your diary. 082
Reposted by Jenn AshworthJeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 24/07/2025I 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. 3347
Reposted by Jenn AshworthJulie Bell @buliejell.bsky.social · 23/07/2025What 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 ! 071
Reposted by Jenn AshworthBenjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 21/07/2025You should read. @jennashworth.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...theguardian.comThe Parallel Path by Jenn Ashworth review – a soul-searching walk across EnglandForget the Salt Path – this writer’s introspective journey provides genuine food for thought 1114
Reposted by Jenn AshworthThe Ghost Story Book Club @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social · 11/06/2025In 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 👻 0125
Reposted by Jenn AshworthJulie Bell @buliejell.bsky.social · 06/07/2025A 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...linkedin.comLitfest is delighted to announce a very special event to celebrate the launch of Lancaster writer Jenn Ashworth’s brilliant new book. | LitfestLitfest 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 ... 023
Reposted by Jenn AshworthCaroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · 16/05/2025A 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 091
Reposted by Jenn AshworthCaroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · 14/04/2025My @thebookseller.com #nonfiction Book of the Month by July is this marvellous multi-layered north country odyssey by @jennashworth.bsky.social @sceptrebooks.bsky.social 0112
Reposted by Jenn AshworthManchester Literature Festival @mcrlitfest.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Let'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:... 83220
Reposted by Jenn AshworthCaroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Loved the many layers of this northern odyssey by @jennashworth.bsky.social. Out in July @sceptrebooks.bsky.social 121
Reposted by Jenn AshworthAdam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Pairing cakes with my reading. Cinnamon buns go great with @jennashworth.bsky.social’s forthcoming The Parallel Path. 0163
Reposted by Jenn AshworthOut-Spoken Press @outspokenpress.bsky.social · 17/02/2025ICYMI @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... 023
Reposted by Jenn AshworthSídhe Press @sidhepress.bsky.social · 16/02/2025We 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, 🧵 49342
Reposted by Jenn AshworthOut-Spoken Academy @outspokenacademy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025OPEN 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... 152
Reposted by Jenn AshworthOut-Spoken Academy @outspokenacademy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025NEW! 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... 165
Reposted by Jenn AshworthDamian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Now 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...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Whose Truth Is It Anyway?Writer and broadcaster Damian Barr explores reality, truth and fiction in literature. 24910
Reposted by Jenn AshworthAdam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 14/01/2025I 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 54811
Reposted by Jenn Ashworthword diver @theworddiver.bsky.social · 06/01/2025A 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 021
Reposted by Jenn AshworthAdam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Because 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 13714
Jenn Ashworth @jennashworth.bsky.social · 01/01/20252025 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. 050
