Jenn Bennett

This is something I and my fellow hyper literate types have a really hard time grasping. It’s frustrating to think you’re being really clear in writing, but still get wildly misunderstood because you’ve overestimated people’s literacy level.

This is…a real problem online.

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30

I love love love that they hired a painter to do these portraits and then acknowledged her by name. Artists of all kinds supporting each other is so beautiful.

Vital Cat Update It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…

It's time to talk to you about my cat.

It's not a badge of honor when books get banned. It stinks for everyone. For the book creators, who worked hard to create something special that now won't be shared. The kids who miss out. The librarians and teachers who are treated like criminals. And taxpayers who have to pay for this nonsense.

A Manticore with the caption "I am not a toy. I am not a pet. I am not a Christmas present. I am a 400 year commitment."

Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family

The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste

Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973

It's come to my attention that some people have received AI-generated emails about collaborating with me and/or my agent. I have not and would never send out those emails. If you get one...it's NOT ME!

Folks, a famous author isn't ever going to contact you out of the blue to offer you literary services. It's always a scam. Also, speaking as an at least semifamous author, you wouldn't want any services we did offer, we're just barely handling our own shit, much less anyone else's.

Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.

Should women be hated as witches or patronized as overgrown children? The paper of record debates the two available options.

Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!

This is the second most promising set of results. We need progressives and leftists to run for these school board and LIBRARY BOARD seats. www.librariesforthepeople.org

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight

Graphic from DecisionDeskHQ declaring Mamdani the winner.

DecisionDeskHQ has already heard enough and projects Mamdani as the winner! (I'm going to keep holding my breath and watch the returns come in.)

Promo for Jenn Bennett’s PRINCE OF MOURNING featuring a cover with a mysterious boy and the text: READ THE FIRST 6 CHAPTERS ON SIMONTEEN.COM THE PRINCE OF MOURNING JENN BENNET THIS MONTH

Read the first 6 chapters of my latest YA book PRINCE OF MOURNING on my publisher’s site in November at simonteen.com

They literally ruin everything they touch

✨NEW RELEASE✨
Raise your hand if you like your book boyfriends dark and mysterious! 🙋‍♀️Okay this new one by @jennbenn.bsky.social is for you 😉
A sizzling gothic romantasy that follows the forbidden romance between a young nurse and a mysterious young man imprisoned by a dangerous occultist.

Out now!

Moody, dark YA romantasy book cover of PRINCE OF MOURNING that features an illustration of a death god with an elaborate metal mask (my publisher wanted the mask on the cover; the character in the story doesn’t wear one)

My latest YA book releases today! PRINCE OF MOURNING is a romantasy that PW calls: “serpentine occult mystery with a gothic atmosphere that delivers steamy romance and propulsive adventure” #books bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

pickle car!

vending machine!

something good:

Downbound Books has installed its Richard Scary Busy People mini print automat!

www.downboundbooks.com

YES! Love that detail, too

Aw, thanks for thinking about me! (I’m doing about the same as you.)

Hey, thanks! I’m very pleased with it!

Summer of Lost Things by Jenn Bennett. Illustrated book cover for a New Adult romcom from Harpercollins featuring soft “golden hour” colors a la Outer Banks on three panels (a group of college kids floating in river, a romantic couple, and a pirate ship.

Cover art for my next book, New Adult romcom!

The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)

Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Hey!! 🤗Thanks so much, I really love what they did with this cover. Hope you are well!

Hey, thanks! 😊 Harpercollins did such a good job with this.

Trying to get the illustrator’s name: will update when I know it! (It’s so pretty, yes?)

Summer of Lost Things by Jenn Bennett. Illustrated book cover for a New Adult romcom from Harpercollins featuring soft “golden hour” colors a la Outer Banks on three panels (a group of college kids floating in river, a romantic couple, and a pirate ship.

Cover art for my next book, New Adult romcom!

The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)

Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...