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This may not be what you expected from me.I certainly never meant to write a dual timeline.
The schoolgirl assassin’s only in a fraction of the book,but she dominates its soul: the shadow life,the brave resister,the one who sacrifices herself so that we can be here today.

A glorious day. Our daughter successfully defended her MA thesis, which marks the end of 6 wonderful years for her University of Toronto. We celebrated right after at the Harbord House pub, then went book-shopping in Little Italy and grabbed this haul from She Said Boom! ❤️

Just noticed the date!
I write my books from May to May. It's like the adage about dating for 4 seasons before you commit! Love that #JaneAusten wrote over 12 months as well. It’s seasonal, it’s gestational, it’s wired to some inner clock for productiveness & hope🩷
#austenatsea

A brilliant novel of love and art, of grief and memory, of confronting the past and facing the future. Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society 3) by Natalie Jenner bit.ly/3VFjRrY

St. Martin's Press Natalie Jenner

A must-read for anyone interested in Canadian, WWII or women’s history, stories of sisters or tales of bravery - that would be us all🔥🔥🔥

Out today from 𝒢𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝒢𝓇𝒶𝒽𝒶𝓂, 𝒜𝓊𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓇 - simonandschuster.ca/books/The-Secr…

To copyright their look, clowns can submit their likeness to the Clowns International Group where their look will be painted onto an egg. This is then kept in the Clown Egg Register in the Dalston church where Grimaldi the Clown was buried in 1837. I did not make this up.

Book 4 ❤️

Coming spring 2025 in time for a very big #JaneAusten anniversary…

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Thrilled to be included in CBC Books list of their most anticipated Canadian books for spring - as a Canadian author published by an American company, who sets her stories in far-off lands, there is nothing like a shout-out from home 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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One of the very best things about being a writer is that you sometimes get an early sneak peek at other people's books ...

This beauty by Natalie Jenner arrived yesterday and I'm already halfway through. You're going to love it.

Out May 2025, cover art by Sally Dunne

My editor once asked me whose voice I hear when I write.
The narrator’s, I told him.
Who’s the narrator? he asked with surprise.
I don’t know, I replied—I just know it isn’t me.
But listening to this, now I know: it’s Juliet Aubrey ❤️

Je l’adore ❤️

My city ❤️

Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing:
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1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.⁣
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2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.⁣
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3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a…

On Sep 13, 1944, a princess from India lay dead at Dachau concentration camp. She had been tortured by the Nazis and then shot in the head. Her name was Noor Inayat Khan.

The Germans knew her only as Nora Baker, a British spy who had gone into occupied France using the code name…

“Italy’s great gift to me is the voice that tells me that I don’t have to follow the rules.”

From our interview with Jhumpa Lahiri. buff.ly/3Tg9doD

I'm thrilled to be going on tour for MISS MORGAN'S BOOK BRIGADE and hope to see you! Looking forward to talking about the incredible real-life heroines who worked just miles from the front in WWI France.

COVER REVEAL!

I'm so excited to share this gorgeous cover for my upcoming release, THE BOOKLOVER'S LIBRARY

Nottingham, England 1939
In every war, there is a story
In every heart, there is a book lover

Preorder your copy: bit.ly/3IPockG

#CoverReveal #Booklover

#mombrag ❤️
Our daughter Phoebe is graduating from the University of Toronto Master of Arts in Creative Writing program.Their annual gala is held Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 1 of the world’s most fascinating.I went to UofT for both my degrees & now my daughter has, too.We are so proud, as you can see!

“I seldom know where I’m headed, but if the story is meant to be, you cross over to the other side—you’re inside it, and there’s an engine.”

From our Art of Fiction interview with Jhumpa Lahiri in our new Spring issue. buff.ly/3Tg9doD

The joys of the traditional British seaside holiday, complete with donkey rides on the beach. Weston-super-Mare, 1968.