Jane Davis Author

Who was Dorcas Turton? Read my blog 'A woman of five and twenty' with an excerpt from The Bookseller's Wife. Ebook out now! #booklovers #bookworms #HistoricalFiction #Georgianera jane-davis.co.uk/2024/03/13/a...

Today's the day I release The Bookseller's Wife into the wild to fend for herself. See what advance readers had to say about her. #HistoricalFiction #booklovers goodreads.com/book/show/20...

Georgian frontage, Elder Street, Spitalfields.

Can you let me have an email address and I will send through. To many characters to post here!

‘To write, or read, or think, or inquire/ Would cloud our beauty, and exhaust our time.’ Read my blog about the education of daughters in the 18th Century, with an excerpt from The Bookseller's Wife. jane-davis.co.uk/2024/02/28/a... #historicalfiction #booklovers #bookworms #bibliophiles

Dr Samuel Johnson's writing table and chair. #booklovers #bookworms

Glorious Georgian architecture in London. #TheBooksellersWife

Thank you so much, Adara.

I also have a list if you'd like to compare notes! This is the story of Dorcas Lackington, wife of James Lackington, whose bookshop The Temple of the Muses was the largest in the world.

I don't care if it has a Not for Resale stripe, it's always quite a moment when you hold a copy of your book in your a hands for the first time. #booklovers #historical fiction

Remember this? 4 years ago. #parklife

Two excellent uses of blue and gold. #booklovers #bookworms

Available for Pre-Order Now! If you'd like to among the first to get your hands on a copy of The Bookseller's Wife (eBook), you can pre-order now and it will be delivered to you on 13 March. #booklovers #NewRelease #historical fiction #based on a true story books2read.com/thebooksellerswife

Planted in the age of Shakespeare, Carshalton's 400 year old 'miracle tree', has survived several arson assaults, one of which sent flames half way up a hollow area inside, thus its hobbit door. It has been recognised as one of London’s twenty greatest specimens. #carshalton #tree #trees #parklife

Happy Valentine's Day!

Chambermaids on caffeine.

At the launch of the new writing opportunity for new writers from the Black Country and West Midlands backed by the BBC with Lenny Henry & Tim Davie - al details here www.bbc.co.uk/writers/oppo...

Required reading for those of you who watched the two episodes of Bagpuss and the Oliver Postgate documentary shown on Channel 4 last night. Who says time travel isn't real? #booklovers #bookworms #childhood

Another find from clearing out my oddments drawer. A photo from my joint leaving do with Rob Lloyd. I was 18 and thought that shiny blue dress was the height of sophistication. In my defence, it was 1986.

I'd like to introduce you to one of my favourite trees, the Indian wing-nut at Beddington Park. #parklife

Snowdrops, two ways. I love seeing everything come back to life. #parklife.

Nothing beats the satisfaction of peeling a satsuma all in one go.

'Auntie Jane is going to babysit but can she do it sencerbly?' Probably not. Taken from the classic, Auntie Jane lives down a Lane. #godchildren

I am starting Active Align treatment soon and so decided to go out for a big boozy lunch. We ate so much Thai food that there was no room for pud, so we paid a visit to Bayley and Sage and bought these babies to bring home. Oh my word, the Cannoli are amazing!

All the essential coffee-making equipment because there is a writer in the house. #amwriting

Wonderful Highgate cemetery.

Coming soon! The Bookseller's Wife. #HistoricalFiction #booklovers #bookworms

That would be lovely, thank you!

Cormorant, Regent's Canal, London.

The tulip staircase, The Queen's House, Greenwich. #lovelondon