Jane Mansour
@janem.bsky.social
Reading, writing, tea and all the biscuits
Winner: W&A/whitefox'23|LWB p100 Prize'22|#EWPP '22
Winner: W&A/whitefox'23|LWB p100 Prize'22|#EWPP '22
Reposted by Jane Mansour
Calling all small charities!
The Boring Fund is now open for applications.
It offers small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups to cover boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 Nov
#Funding
The Boring Fund is now open for applications.
It offers small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups to cover boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 Nov
#Funding
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Calling all small charities!
The Boring Fund is now open for applications.
It offers small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups to cover boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 Nov
#Funding
The Boring Fund is now open for applications.
It offers small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups to cover boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 Nov
#Funding
Reposted by Jane Mansour
Thanks to everyone who has come to the show so far. It’s been a blast. There’s about 11 or 12 to go, with tix remaining in a couple of places inc Hull, Bradford and Stoke. And a few in Richmond. Fane.co.uk/jon-ronson
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thanks to everyone who has come to the show so far. It’s been a blast. There’s about 11 or 12 to go, with tix remaining in a couple of places inc Hull, Bradford and Stoke. And a few in Richmond. Fane.co.uk/jon-ronson
Saw @jonronson.bsky.social talking brilliantly about psychopathy on stage tonight with two fascinating guests. Not sure how many dates left on the tour, but if you can go, do.
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Saw @jonronson.bsky.social talking brilliantly about psychopathy on stage tonight with two fascinating guests. Not sure how many dates left on the tour, but if you can go, do.
Blue Lights is SO good. Rare for TV series to start well and get better series by series but Blue Lights does. Brilliant acting, characters to invest in, gripping stories. Loved it. Roll on season 4.
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Blue Lights is SO good. Rare for TV series to start well and get better series by series but Blue Lights does. Brilliant acting, characters to invest in, gripping stories. Loved it. Roll on season 4.
I went to the cinema twice in the last week. I used to go so often and fell out of the habit. It really is such a fab thing to do - and to focus on the film, not be distracted by all the other things that need doing
October 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I went to the cinema twice in the last week. I used to go so often and fell out of the habit. It really is such a fab thing to do - and to focus on the film, not be distracted by all the other things that need doing
Pure joy
Alan's highlight reel after just 2 episodes. A LEGEND ✨ #traitors #celebritytraitors
October 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Pure joy
Reposted by Jane Mansour
So this summer was spent doing up a house 🙌 Some thoughts on pocket doors, progress over perfection, and why painting walls is like writing drafts... www.andreamann.com/blog/an-atti... #scriptsky #scriptsky+ #writing
An Attic Landing Of One’s Own | Andrea Mann
Why painting walls is like writing drafts – and why it’s progress, not perfection, that matters
www.andreamann.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
So this summer was spent doing up a house 🙌 Some thoughts on pocket doors, progress over perfection, and why painting walls is like writing drafts... www.andreamann.com/blog/an-atti... #scriptsky #scriptsky+ #writing
Reading my first Anne Enright - only 20 pages in, but, my God, it’s SO good. How did she pass me by for so long?
September 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Reading my first Anne Enright - only 20 pages in, but, my God, it’s SO good. How did she pass me by for so long?
Reposted by Jane Mansour
If you've been mulling over doing a creative writing MA, now might be the time to sign up for Leicester where I am Writer in Residence.
Great campus, a brilliant literary festival, lovely people (er, me...) and a course that will help you become the writer you want to be.
Get in touch :)
Great campus, a brilliant literary festival, lovely people (er, me...) and a course that will help you become the writer you want to be.
Get in touch :)
Creative Writing MA | University of Leicester
This degree is geared towards studying and experimenting across genres and forms, and will challenge you both intellectually and imaginatively.
le.ac.uk
September 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
If you've been mulling over doing a creative writing MA, now might be the time to sign up for Leicester where I am Writer in Residence.
Great campus, a brilliant literary festival, lovely people (er, me...) and a course that will help you become the writer you want to be.
Get in touch :)
Great campus, a brilliant literary festival, lovely people (er, me...) and a course that will help you become the writer you want to be.
Get in touch :)
Holiday reads! They were a good mix of quick reads and thought provoking, page turners and paragraphs to revel in. Fingersmith had come v highly recommended and lived up to the hype. Pick of the bunch for me was Girls. Loved it. Characters, setting, story. Fab.
August 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Holiday reads! They were a good mix of quick reads and thought provoking, page turners and paragraphs to revel in. Fingersmith had come v highly recommended and lived up to the hype. Pick of the bunch for me was Girls. Loved it. Characters, setting, story. Fab.
This is a study in false memories where the time slips between chapters echo the confusion felt by the MC. The replay of childhood trauma, depression, self-medication is set against a beautifully dressed, self-absorbed, wealthy Manhattan.
August 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is a study in false memories where the time slips between chapters echo the confusion felt by the MC. The replay of childhood trauma, depression, self-medication is set against a beautifully dressed, self-absorbed, wealthy Manhattan.
I have had a v poor reading month. I started a book, read the first hundred pages slowly, realised that was because I had no interest in what happened next, put it down, picked this up and read it, too, very slowly. It was OK. I think the hype probably set unreasonable expectations in my head.
July 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I have had a v poor reading month. I started a book, read the first hundred pages slowly, realised that was because I had no interest in what happened next, put it down, picked this up and read it, too, very slowly. It was OK. I think the hype probably set unreasonable expectations in my head.
I found @jim.londoncentric.media's piece on the buses following the 7 July London attack incredibly moving - and really accurate in recapturing the spirit of defiance that grew out of the shock as the day wore on.
July 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I found @jim.londoncentric.media's piece on the buses following the 7 July London attack incredibly moving - and really accurate in recapturing the spirit of defiance that grew out of the shock as the day wore on.
June reads! I read five books this month - two were outstanding, one was good, and one was well written but I couldn't really get into it, and one was written by someone I know so that was extra-thrilling...
June 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
June reads! I read five books this month - two were outstanding, one was good, and one was well written but I couldn't really get into it, and one was written by someone I know so that was extra-thrilling...
How much cricket (village) is going to get played today… looks like games will definitely start, but unclear how long there’ll be until rain and how spotty it’ll be. Added levels of excitement!!
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
How much cricket (village) is going to get played today… looks like games will definitely start, but unclear how long there’ll be until rain and how spotty it’ll be. Added levels of excitement!!
Ooh I’m a bit behind with book posting and it’s been a bumper June for reading so far (lots of tube/train commutes have helped that), but real mix in terms of enjoyment.
May 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ooh I’m a bit behind with book posting and it’s been a bumper June for reading so far (lots of tube/train commutes have helped that), but real mix in terms of enjoyment.
Reposted by Jane Mansour
This Archie Bland piece is such a thing. Beautifully written, heartfelt, triumphant. He's on Bluesky but not active. He should know this is a lovely masterpiece.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This Archie Bland piece is such a thing. Beautifully written, heartfelt, triumphant. He's on Bluesky but not active. He should know this is a lovely masterpiece.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Reposted by Jane Mansour
@mmarymckenna.bsky.social One for the gang?
In the days of lovely Twitter I often put out a call for help with research in writing my books. So here goes, Bluskiers.
I'm looking for a social worker (adoption/fostering preferably) and a probation officer who worked between 2008 and 2012, the more senior the better.
Please share :)
I'm looking for a social worker (adoption/fostering preferably) and a probation officer who worked between 2008 and 2012, the more senior the better.
Please share :)
May 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@mmarymckenna.bsky.social One for the gang?
Was I distracted by Keane Reeves. Yes. Yes, I was.
Connections
Puzzle #703
🟩🟪🟨🟦
🟪🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Connections
Puzzle #703
🟩🟪🟨🟦
🟪🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
May 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Was I distracted by Keane Reeves. Yes. Yes, I was.
Connections
Puzzle #703
🟩🟪🟨🟦
🟪🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Connections
Puzzle #703
🟩🟪🟨🟦
🟪🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
Reposted by Jane Mansour
It’s the driest spring on record here in the UK.
Just a little reminder to please leave a couple of water trays out in your garden for the birds and little critters. They really, really need it right now. 🐦⬛🪲🐭
PLEASE SHARE TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE.
Just a little reminder to please leave a couple of water trays out in your garden for the birds and little critters. They really, really need it right now. 🐦⬛🪲🐭
PLEASE SHARE TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE.
May 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It’s the driest spring on record here in the UK.
Just a little reminder to please leave a couple of water trays out in your garden for the birds and little critters. They really, really need it right now. 🐦⬛🪲🐭
PLEASE SHARE TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE.
Just a little reminder to please leave a couple of water trays out in your garden for the birds and little critters. They really, really need it right now. 🐦⬛🪲🐭
PLEASE SHARE TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE.
Reposted by Jane Mansour
My grandmas were immigrants, my mum & sisters in law are immigrants; my sister & nephews are migrants. My kids study maths, Shakespeare, dance, act & score tries alongside the kids of immigrants. My dad’s life was saved by immigrants. Immigrants have made us richer, wiser, stronger
Win the fight
Win the fight
May 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
My grandmas were immigrants, my mum & sisters in law are immigrants; my sister & nephews are migrants. My kids study maths, Shakespeare, dance, act & score tries alongside the kids of immigrants. My dad’s life was saved by immigrants. Immigrants have made us richer, wiser, stronger
Win the fight
Win the fight
Reposted by Jane Mansour
I can personally confirm that best-selling author Tom Cox will send you four signed books for little more than the price of postage. Even if you, like myself, are a Canadian. And they are delightful summer reading!
May 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I can personally confirm that best-selling author Tom Cox will send you four signed books for little more than the price of postage. Even if you, like myself, are a Canadian. And they are delightful summer reading!
This was the book! It's so well written/crafted, I can't believe it's the only book she wrote. It's a coming of age story, a mystery & an exploration of the clash between wild fantasy and grubby reality. About the value of truth to understanding who we are. And it's short, compact, &full of dialogue
May 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This was the book! It's so well written/crafted, I can't believe it's the only book she wrote. It's a coming of age story, a mystery & an exploration of the clash between wild fantasy and grubby reality. About the value of truth to understanding who we are. And it's short, compact, &full of dialogue