Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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I read this year's Women's Prize longlist. Phewf! Pull up a seat and join me. xx

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Serious Readers: try.seriousreaders.com/pages/JENCAMPBELL
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Join me over on Patreon: patreon.com/jenvcampbell

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MY BOOKS:

PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THIS EXHIBIT tinyurl.com/jndk3dpk

MARCELINE: DEFENDER OF THE SEA tinyurl.com/52za9cuj

THE SISTER WHO ATE HER BROTHERS tinyurl.com/7d266zxj

THE GIRL AQUARIUM: tinyurl.com/yc6tn9xs

THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT tinyurl.com/lnz5bb6

FRANKLIN’S FLYING BOOKSHOP: tinyurl.com/hlsgkjq

FRANKLIN AND LUNA GO TO THE MOON tinyurl.com/yb2xnuv2

FRANKLIN AND LUNA AND THE BOOK OF FAIRY TALES: tinyurl.com/y2g9wqv5

THE BOOKSHOP BOOK: tinyurl.com/qbs3d2p

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Things mentioned:

OWNING IT anthology: jen-campbell.co.uk/owning-it.html

Cake recipe: eatingbirdfood.com/smash-cake
Most Anticipated Books 2025: youtube.com/watch?v=VJmzVjcZX3Y&t=1s

Women's Prize womensprize.com/prizes/womens-prize-for-fiction

Good Girl by Aria Aber*
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley*
Somewhere Else by Jenni Daiches*
Amma by Saraid de Silva*
Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings*
All Fours by Miranda July*
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami*
The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji*
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie*
Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell*
A Little Trickerie by Rosanna Pike*
Birding by Rose Ruane*
The Artist by Lucy Steeds*
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout*
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden*
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis*

Michel Faber interview: youtube.com/watch?v=4qzz_mieaeU

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WHO I AM

Hello, I'm Jen Campbell. I'm an award-winning poet and bestselling author of twelve books, spanning short stories, poetry, picture books, and nonfiction.

My books for adults include Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit, The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night, The Girl Aquarium, The Bookshop Book, and The Sunday Times bestselling Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops series. My picture book trilogy Franklin and Luna, and my middle-grade book The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers, are published by Thames & Hudson. I've won both an Eric Gregory Award and the Jane Martin Poetry Prize, and my books have been translated into twenty languages.

I've worked in the publishing industry for over fifteen years, initially as a bookseller, and now as a freelance editor, content creator and disability advocate. I review books online, in print and on the radio. I run a Youtube channel where I talk about books, the history of fairy tales, and the representation of disability and disfigurement. I also offer online writing workshops and editorial services, give talks at schools, publishing companies, universities and book festivals on a variety of topics, and I run a book club for TOAST clothing.

If you would like to speak with me about the possibility of working together, please get in touch via email: jenvcampbell@gmail.com x

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Where to find me:
Website: jen-campbell.co.uk
Editorial services: jen-campbell.co.uk/editorial
Writing Workshops: jen-campbell.co.uk/writing-workshops
Twitter: twitter.com/jenvcampbell
Instagram: instagram.com/jenvcampbell
Patreon: patreon.com/jenvcampbell
Events: jen-campbell.co.uk/events
Podcast: jen-campbell.co.uk/podcast
Facebook: tinyurl.com/3o3s4d2
Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/jenvcampbell
Email: jenvcampbell@gmail.com

(Since starting Youtube, some of you have been asking what's wrong with my hands. This video should answer any questions :) youtu.be/yUq7UDTA7NM)

This video is very kindly sponsored by Serious Readers. Any books marked with * were kindly sent to me for review.

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