Jane Wenham-Jones

Jane Wenham-Jones (12 January 1962 – 22 August 2021) was a British author, journalist, presenter, interviewer, creative writing tutor, and speaker who lived in Broadstairs, Kent, a town that appears in four of her novels.

Jane Wenham-Jones
Wenham-Jones in 2012
Born(1962-01-12)12 January 1962[1]
North Cray, Kent, England
Died22 August 2021(2021-08-22) (aged 59)[2]
Occupation(s)Author, journalist and presenter
Years active1990–2021

She was a regular contributor to Writing Magazine, Woman's Weekly and the Isle of Thanet News, and previously wrote columns for the Isle of Thanet Gazette, Booktime and Woman's Weekly Fiction Special.

Career

Wenham-Jones began her writing career in 1995 and 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 of her 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 had regular columns in Writing Magazine,[3] and was an occasional contributor to her local paper, The Isle of Thanet News. She wrote, or contributed to, articles in The Bookseller,[4] The Daily Express,[5] Family Circle, The Guardian,[6][7][8][9] The Isle of Thanet Gazette (a weekly column from 2001 to 2015),[10][11] My Weekly, The New Writer, Psychologies, Scarlet Magazine, She, Sunday Express,[12] The Sunday Times,[13] The Times,[14] Woman, Woman's Own, Woman's Weekly, Writing.ie[15] and The Weekender.[16][17]

She was a member of Equity and presented for both BBC Radio Kent and the BBC's Politics Show.[18] Other television appearances included The Heaven and Earth Show, Inside Out,[19] 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[20] and National Short Story Week.[21]

As a professional speaker, she gave lectures and after-dinner talks including for Women Speakers.[22] She 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:[23] actor Tim Bentinck (2011), crime novelist Peter James[24][25] (2012), Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan (2013), Darcey Bussell (2014), Barbara Taylor Bradford (2015), Fern Britton[26][27] (2016), Prue Leith[28] (2017), Richard Coles[29] (2018), Alison Weir (2019), Jenny Eclair[30] (2020), and Larry Lamb[31] (2021).

As well as hosting events at Guildford Book Festival,[32] Chipping Norton Literature Festival,[33] Belfast Book Festival,[34] Buckingham Lit Fest,[35] and Whitstable Literary Festival (WhitLit),[36] Wenham-Jones was a founding member of, and regular interviewer for, BroadstairsLit.[37]

Jane was listed on Fantastic Fiction,[38] Dorothy Koomson's,[39] Random House,[40] and HarperCollins[41] websites.

Death

She died on 22 August 2021, aged 59.[2]

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)
  • Old Enough to Know Better (2021)

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
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  2. "Author Jane Wenham-Jones dies, aged 59 - The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com.
  3. "Online Store - January 2017 - Latest Issue". Writers Online. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  4. Child, Lee (28 June 2010). "Indies storm People's Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. Wenham, Jane (4 October 2007). "Danger: A Man about the house | Express Yourself | Comment | Daily Express". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. "Effects of depression | Society". The Guardian. 6 August 2005. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  7. Jane Wenham-Jones (8 July 2005). "Jane Wenham-Jones: I love to love | Global". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  8. Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones (15 January 2008). "Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones experience the health retreat | Travel". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  9. Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones (15 January 2008). "Helen Pidd, Amy Fleming and Jane Wenham-Jones experience the health retreat | Travel". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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  13. Post (18 September 2005). "Tales of a Landlady: The rotters of Ramsgate". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  14. Published at, 18 September 2005 (18 September 2005). "The rotters of Ramsgate". The Times. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Trudi Davies (11 July 2007). "Programmes | Politics Show | The End of the Pier Show?". BBC News. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  19. "Euroferries on BBC - Inside Out". Adem Djemil. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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  28. "Romantic Novel of the Year goes to YA title Love Song | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  29. "Atkins wins Romantic Novel of the Year accolade | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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  35. "Jane Wenham Jones". Buckingham Literary Festival. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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  41. "HarperCollins". harpercollins.com/author/cr-130986/jane-wenham-jones. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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