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Jenny O’Brien

@scribblerjb.bsky.social
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🇮🇪 Books! Read them. Write them. Breathe them. Also cats and sea swims. Follow for bookish chat. Newsletter sign up: jennyobrienauthor.com

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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Such a great photo. Thank you for sharing.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Thank you so much, Deborah. Delighted you enjoyed 😊
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Deborah Miles @againsttheflow.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Today on my blog I have a #BookReview of Jenny O'Brien's #dualtimeline #WWII #novel The Book of Lost Children buff.ly/wL6AjIF #HistoricalFiction #Guernsey #fiction Can't wait for more like this one! @scribblerjb.bsky.social
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Seals on the Alderney cam www.alderneywildlife.org/wildlife/web...
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Puffin Main Cam | Alderney Wildlife Trust
Live 24/7 webcams roaming around the main puffin colony area on Burhou, March to July every year.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Love this! Hope you enjoy x
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Looks amazing!
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 40,000+! You can #DoTheWriteThing & stop #MetaBookThieves by adding your signature here ✒️ authr.uk/sp40
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Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I get that! Thank you for sharing.
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
“I get melancholy if I don't [write]. I need the company of people who don't exist.” ― William Trevor
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Thanks. Not on this but I do know her. I’ve been lucky enough to speak to the son of one of the nurses, who was a mindfield of information.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Trying to get inside the head of a nurse… One who worked 80 years ago in occupied Guernsey. I’m a nurse too. But her world? Nothing like mine. No electronics. Often no electricity. No dressings. Few medicines. Little food. Just instinct, and decisions no one could train for.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
There’s no stopping you! Congratulations x
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Samantha Tonge @samtongeauthor.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
If you could spend just one more day with someone, who would it be? I'm excited to reveal the title of my next novel, out later this year! It's about Lili, her best friend Em, and an unexpected friendship with a man called Dylan. The setting is winter in Cornwall⛵️❄️
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Shifting Your Writing to the Fast Lane, at Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Guernsey on Monday 21st April 2025 at 12:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now! NB THIS IS EASTER MONDAY AND A FREE, TICKETED, EVENT! www.ticketsource.co.uk/literaryfest...
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
🤣
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
No. Just a buff
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
It was such a lovely evening
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Beautiful evening
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Jane Bettany @janebettany.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
My author copies of Murder on Bluebell Hill have landed! Out in paperback, eBook and audio book on 10 April. mybook.to/MurderOnBlue... Thank you @hqstories.bsky.social 😃📚
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Congratulations 👌
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Morning, I’m running a free session at the PEH, in conjunction with the lit fest, for would-be writers and those trying to get published/interested in self publishing. Places are limited and you need to book. Here’s the link. Thanks #CHOG www.ticketsource.co.uk/literaryfest...
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Thank you for this. I loved our chat.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I loved this!
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Delighted to be speaking again at this years Guernsey Literary Festival. So many sessions added to my list. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/gue...
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Emma (emreadsthebooks) @emreadsthebooks.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
What are you reading for #InternationalWomensDay ? I'm reading Nesting by Roisin O'Donnell and it's kind of perfect I found it in my @WomensPrize live tote bag and now it's longlised for the prize! I adore Irish writers, they're God Tier! #BookSky
Book Nesting by Roisin O'Donnell
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
That #worldbookday falls on my birthday 😍 Cake and books - deadly combination.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Fabulous cover, Kristie x
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
🤣
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Sara McKee FRSA @saramck.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Welcome to our London 2025 exhibition celebrating the richness of contemporary Welsh painting. This collection brings together a diverse group of artists whose works capture the essence of Wales through the medium of paint. Happy St David’s Day! lifefullcolour.co.uk/collections/...
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Contemporary Welsh Art London 2025
Welcome to this exhibition celebrating the richness of contemporary Welsh painting. This collection brings together a diverse group of artists whose works capture the essence of Wales' landscapes, cul...
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Happy publication day!!!
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Samuel Beckett’s three great novels, reissued for a new generation www.faber.co.uk/author/samue...
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Samuel Beckett | Biography, Books, Articles | Faber
During his career as a playwright and novelist in both French and English, Samuel Beckett redefined the possibilities of prose fiction and writing for the theatre.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
👌 Hope to see you in Guernsey 🙏
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I really enjoyed his debut.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
That’s a cover!!!
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I hope so. I live in Guernsey, which is next door. The scenery should be spectacular.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
❤️ I read both. An eReader is easier for me at night.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
I’ve just downloaded all my Amazon books onto my Kindle, in case they try to remove them. The good news is I don’t need to buy any more books ever - or is that the bad news? 🧐😳
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I remember watching that as a kid.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
One of the best views in the island, and there’s a compact and bijou property for sale too 👀 #Guernsey #CHOG
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Took a second - chalk it up to old age.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It’s a good job writers never believe what they read or I’d be in search of a bigger hat! Truly amazed by the latest review. Amazed and delighted. ‘A beautiful heart-rending book I wouldn't have missed for the world’.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
That sounds more than fine!
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
What’s your perfect day? For me it’s a day off, a swim, getting Wordle, someone supplying tea, a lap cat and a book 🤣. Not quite perfect, as too rough to swim.
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Morning!
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I always feel bereft without my daily dose of Vit. Sea
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
And then there are some days when I watch the sea and drink tea!
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Jenny O’Brien @scribblerjb.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
When you go for a walk and a stranger gives you mackerel for your tea. Only in #Guernsey!
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