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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · 28d

EP 10 IS OUT NOW! The cringiest one yet!
I loved chatting to comedian & author @athenakugblenu.bsky.social about the VERY embarrassing thing she sent her high scool teacher, kids being snitches, the cringiest person from history & all the bodily functions....
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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Sep 5

EPISODE 9 (SISTER SPECIAL) IS OUT NOW!
This week, my sister - actor & writer Laura Clark, joined me in the Cringe Club!

We share some of our cringiest tween diary entries and unleash some shameful childhood memories.

Check it out here pod.fo/e/324c19

Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Aug 26

AUTHOR EVENT
Join me at Waterstones in Kettering tomorrow at 11am for a chat & a signed copy of CRINGE CLUB -my new funny book for tweens. Find out which cringes from the book are based on my own childhood & grab yourself an exclusive Cringe Club badge & bookmark. #authorevent #booksigning

Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Aug 22

I wrote about gherkins!

“There is nothing we can’t do! I told my daughters! I was smashing single motherhood!

Until I wasn’t. One dark day I was faced with a challenge I could not overcome. An obstacle that I was NOT strong or capable enough to conquer.”
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How I failed to pickle the patriarchy

The gherkins that broke me - but ended up in my book

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Aug 22

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How I failed to pickle the patriarchy

The gherkins that broke me - but ended up in my book

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Aug 21

EPISODE 7 OF CRINGE CLUB IS OUT NOW with the hilarious, Queen of Teen books, @tamsinwinterauthor.bsky.social
Find out why Tamsin licked a woman's arm and how she ended up covered in blood after her first kiss! We also solve more cringe dilemmas!
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Cringe Club: EP7: Cringe Club with... Tamsin Winter

Send us a textEmily-Jane chats to the Queen of Teen books - Tamsin Winter. The very funny award-winning author of I Dare You, Bad Influence, Being Miss Nobody, Girl, In Real Life and Jemima Small.�...

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Aug 14

EPISODE 6 OF CRINGE CLUB IS OUT NOW!
I loved chatting with Hotel Flamingo author & illustrator @alexmilway.bsky.social!
Find out what cringey gift Alex bought his high school crush (with £2 pocket money) & why selling vacuum cleaners made him cry...
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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Aug 14

I loved it!

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Aug 7

EPISODE 5 OUT NOW!
This week in the CRINGE CLUB I spoke to very funny author of hit teen books and adult thrillers @kateweston.bsky.social We talk about being clumsy, getting over period cringe and the launch of our epic new girl band..Listen here pod.fo/e/30c389 or wherever you get your podcasts.

Cringe Club: EP5: Cringe Club with... Kate Weston

This week Emily-Jane chats to hilarious author of teen book series' - Diary of a Confused Feminist and Murder on a School Night- Kate Weston. She also writes thrillers for grown ups includin...

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Aug 7

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Aug 4

The above was inspired by recording a podcast with @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social about Cringe but we got diverted and mostly talked about Buffy.

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Aug 7

Haha it was so much fun to Buffy geek it up with you!

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Aug 3

I wrote about CRINGE CLUB - my new funny book for tweens- and how i went about writing it in such a unique format! fcbg.org.uk/cringe-club-...

Cringe Club by Emily-Jane Clark

Cringe Club is a book written as a series of text messages between three special friends as they suffer through the trials of starting secondary school! Author,

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Aug 1

EPISODE 4 IS OUT TODAY!
I loved chatting to the brilliantly funny author - @bendavisauthor
Find out what happened when Ben's homemade magazine got covered in cream, why he slapped a Boston crab on his dad and his unique cringe inception method...
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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Jul 30

NEW POST: I wrote about my tween trauma in a book because it was cheaper than therapy. open.substack.com/pub/emilyjan...

Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Jul 27

EPISODE 3 OF CRINGE CLUB IS OUT NOW!
I chatted to the brilliantly funny author of Bad Nana, Pizazz and the Happy Hills books- . @sophyhenn.bsky.social
Find out why Sophy wore custom-made verucca socks, who her 90s cringey crush was, and how hair gel turned her cool- kind of...
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Cringe Club: EP3: Cringe Club with...Sophy Henn

Emily-Jane chats to hilarious author of Bad Nana, Pizazz and the hit Happy Hills books- Sophy Henn! Find out why she wore custom made verucca socks and how hair gel turned her cool. We also chat...

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Jul 27

Haha I know i think i will have to do a grown up Cringe Club.. thanks for joining me!

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Jul 23

The second episode of Cringe Club- the podcast that celebrates everything cringe is here!
I chat to comedian @tiernandouieb.bsky.social about what he keeps in his jars, mustard disasters and we discuss the cringiest things we have said at the school gates... 😬
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Cringe Club: EP2: Cringe Club with... Tiernan Douieb

Emily-Jane talks to the hilarious comedian, writer, podcaster and co-creator of Comedy 4 Kids, Tiernan Douieb! Find out what Tiernan keeps in his jars, the worst thing to say at the school gates, ...

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Jul 22

A new epsiode of CRINGE CLUB is out tomorrow! Featuring comedian @tiernandouieb.bsky.social. Find out what he keeps in jars, the worst thing to say at the school gates & using your cringe as material.
In the meantime check out EP 1 with king of cringey stories, Jules Howard
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Cringe Club: EP1: Jules Howard has been added to Cringe Club

In the very first epsiode of Cringe Club, Emily-Jane Clark talks to zoologist and author Jules Howard, about what happened when his dog pooed at the school gate, the worst way to dump someone, cr...

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Jul 19

Briliant! I would love to write WereCows at one point!

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Jul 17

To celebrate the publication of CRINGE CLUB- my new funny book for tweens - I have launched a podcast of the same name! Every episode, I chat to a hilarious guest about all things cringe! First up, it's author & zoologist @juleshoward.bsky.social Listen here podfollow.com/cringe-cl…

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Scholastic UK @scholasticuk.bsky.social · May 23

We are so thrilled that #TheBeastsofKnobblyBottom by @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social & Jeff Crowther has been voted #FantasticBookAwards winner by the children of Lancashire!

A laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated book for readers of 8+, full of unexpected magical beasts and wacky adventure!

Image of The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Attach of the Vampire Sheep cover with the following text: Fantastic Book Awards Children's Choice for Ages 9 - 11 Winners 2025.

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Jul 15

I LOVED doing this. Lots of laughs with @tiernandouieb.bsky.social on my favourite podcast!

Tiernan Douieb @tiernandouieb.bsky.social · Jul 2

On this week’s @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social Radio Nonsense pod the guest is @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social who talks to me about oceans of peanut butter and her brilliant new book Cringe Club.

Get your kids to listen at: pod.fo/e/2f3ea5

Available all places podcasts exist.

Emily-Jane Clark returns to the show this week to talk to Tiernan all about traffic cones, peanut butter oceans and her brilliant new book 'Cringe Club'. PLUS: A competition to win a copy of Cringe Club! Have a listen to enter.
Pre-order Cringe Club here: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Cringe-Club/Emily-Jane-Clark/Cringe-Club/9781398543522
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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thank you. (On my annual Bluesky catch up!)

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Jul 15

This is brilliant. How lovely to get a review by children themselves! Thank you.

Nathan Human @thehumanish.co.uk · Jul 4

Bottoms, Beasts, and Bunnies!
One of my favourite episodes as Year 6 chat about The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom Attack of the Vampire Sheep by
@emilyjaneclark.bsky.social; and Indigo Wilde and the Creatures at Jellybean Crescent by Pippa Curnick. Thanks to @kibworthbooks.bsky.social

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Emily-Jane Clark @emilyjaneclark.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thanks so much! Sorry i totally forgot i was on Bluesky!

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