Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Jan Dunning

@jandunning.bsky.social

320 followers 390 following 23 posts

📚YA Author #TheLastThingYoullHear and #MirrorMe published by Scholastic 🏆Winner Oxfordshire Book Award 2024 Rep: Anne Clark Literary IG:@jandunningbooks She/her Books: https://linktr.ee/jandunning

linktr.ee

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Nov 28

Hello! Happy to be here! Hope to connect with the #kidlit community 🥰
I’m Jan, I write YA thrillers and twisted fairytales… #TheLastThingYoullHear is a dark mash-up of Sleeping Beauty + The Pied Piper, while my debut #MirrorMe has Dorian Gray + Snow White + supernatural fashion vibes! Pls follow ❤️

3 8 29

Reposted by Jan Dunning

Scholastic UK @scholasticuk.bsky.social · Jul 7

Find out about how @jandunning.bsky.social's experience of hearing loss in her family inspired The Last Thing You'll Hear in this fascinating post over at The Limping Chicken blog!

limpingchicken.com/2025/06/25/a...

Author Jan Dunning on her latest book, ‘The Last Thing You’ll Hear’ and her experience of deafness (BSL)

Hello! I’m Jan, and I’m an author of teen and young adult fiction. I live in Bath, with my husband and two children. When I’m not writing, I work as a teacher – I’m a qualified primary art speciali…

limpingchicken.com

Reposted by Jan Dunning

UKYA Spotlight @ukyaspotlight.bsky.social · Jun 27

Our 2025 Annual Event Schedule is now live!

#UKYASpotlight #UKYA

ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/06/27/u...

#UKYASpotlight Annual Event 2025 Schedule

The Schedule for the 2025 Annual Event

ukyaspotlight.co.uk

1 8 11

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · May 25

Look! 👀 👀 👀
My dark YA festival thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear is only £1.09 on Kindle for a limited time!
Grab your next summer read but be quick! 🏕️☀️🎤🎸🎵🎧🔥

shorturl.at/2h7VS

Jan Dunning’s book The Last Thing You’ll Hear lying in the grass among daisies. The sinister cover features a pair of broken headphones

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · May 7

It never gets old seeing your own book FACE OUT and ON A TABLE! 💕🙏

Thanks Piccadilly @waterstones.bsky.social for embracing dark festival season 🔥⛺️🎵🎤🎸☀️ and @suehcunningham.bsky.social for the spot!

Looking for a chilling summer read?
www.waterstones.com/book/the-las...

A copy of Jan Dunning’s latest YA Thriller on the table at Waterstones, the eerie cover has a pair of broken headphones lying in a festival field

1 4

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Apr 26

Really enjoyed being interviewed by @rebeccafranks.bsky.social for her brilliant #WordsOnMusic blog and discussing the influences behind my music thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear
🏕️☀️🎸🎤🎵🔥 Thank you!

Read it here ⬇️
substack.com/@wordsonmusi...

#ukya #thriller #summerreads

Rebecca Franks on Substack

It was an absolute treat to speak to novelist Jan Dunning about her music-inspired YA thriller The Last Thing You’ll Hear, which I gulped down last year. We talked about: Taking songwriting lessons ...

substack.com

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Apr 15

OOH! #CloudNine by the fab @suehcunningham.bsky.social is on currently on Kindle for a bargain £1.69 - if you’re a fan of The Good Place you will love this!
👼😇

Sue H Cunningham☁️💘 @suehcunningham.bsky.social · Apr 15

Happy Easter!🐣
If you like books with your chocolate, my YA supernatural romcom #CloudNine ☁️💘 is on a kindle deal this week - a bargain at just £1.69. Why not treat yourself? 😋 #Easter
@tbpagency.bsky.social

1 1 5

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Apr 8

The (very windswept!) smiley face of an author after a fantastic school visit at the lovely Mendip School. Thanks so much to staff and students for the warm welcome and great engagement in our Idea Generation writing workshop! Love #schoolvisits so much 🥰📚

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Apr 7

Belated happy book birthday to the brilliant @cowfishdreams.bsky.social and the equally brilliant #SnailsoftheUnexpected 🎉🎉
Can’t express how much I love this title and concept!
💕🐌🐌🐌💕
@fireflypress.bsky.social

Terrie Chilvers @cowfishdreams.bsky.social · Apr 3

SNAILS OF THE UNEXPECTED is out today! Expect shapeshifting snails, an evil Slime Minister, funny stuff and characters to care about (even when they're a crisp packet or a pot plant). 😁🐌😁🐌

Big shoutout to Fergus and Shelby's illustrator, Brenda Figueroa and everyone at @fireflypress.bsky.social 🤩🤩🤩

2 4

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Apr 7

Very excited to be a mentor on #WriteMentor Summer Programme 2025, partnering with my amazing CP @ajclack.bsky.social 💕 Applications open TODAY!

Find out more here: write-mentor.com/2025/03/23/w...

We can’t wait to read your work!
@write-mentor.bsky.social
#amwriting #yabooks #mentoring

2 3

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Mar 26

So good! Amazing detail in the hands!

1 1

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Mar 8

Oh I love the pink ones! (Sorry!)

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thanks, Sue xx

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Mar 6

Chuffed to see my YA music thriller on this shortlist alongside some fabulous books 🎉🎉 Thanks to the readers and librarians who voted 🙏Happy #worldbookday everyone! 📚💕

1 7

Reposted by Jan Dunning

A.J.Clack @ajclack.bsky.social · Feb 22

Really excited that Lie or Die: BLOOD MOON has been included in @waterstones pre order offer.
🌟 25%off RRP. 🌟
This weekend only!
🐺🗡🌖

1 1

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Feb 22

Cheesiest grin and a ridiculously huge banner - but LOTS of fun at #Festivaloflibraries in Bath today - met some old author mates and made some new ones ☺️ Thanks everyone who came, bought books and supported 🙏📚💕

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Feb 18

I’ll be at Bath library this coming Saturday as part of this fun authors and publishers fair! Signed copies of my OBA winning debut #MirrorMe and new thriller #TheLastThingYoullHear will be for sale! Come and say hello!
#libraries #UKYA #bath #books

1 3

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Feb 14

Such a fun evening celebrating the launch of #CloudNine, the new YA #romcom by the talented @suehcunningham.bsky.social out now! #Scholastic 🎉 Gorgeous venue in indie bookshop #HouseOfBooksAndFriends 📚💓

1 1 3

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Feb 12

Love this cover. Sounds great - I’m sold ❤️

Reposted by Jan Dunning

Claire Linney Author @clairelinney.bsky.social · Feb 12

Two great dystopian reads that aren’t hopelessly bleak. The Blue Book of Nebo is a stunning YA book that is heartbreaking in places. How I saved the world in a week is a great middle grade book about survival and tricky family dynamics. #booksky

How I saved the world in a week by Polly Ho Yen

The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros

1 4 14

Reposted by Jan Dunning

Terrie Chilvers @cowfishdreams.bsky.social · Dec 26

First there was a mind-reading sausage dog, and then there were... shapeshifting snails! Look out for SNAILS OF THE UNEXPECTED in April - written by me, illustrated by Brenda Figueroa, with cover design by @beckamoor.bsky.social 🐌⚡🐌⚡🐌

#kidlit #childrensbooks @fireflypress.bsky.social

4 8 19

Reposted by Jan Dunning

Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Jan 19

Join us for Episode 19 where we have an interview with @lucyannunwin.bsky.social and talk about her new book How to be a Revolutionary. We also discuss our New Year’s reading resolutions and do some book reviews of our holiday reading @uclanpublishing.bsky.social #kidlitUK #RfP

1 8 20

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Jan 7

It definitely is. We went the other day and they put on an amazing show. Hope you’re OK, Rachel x

1 1

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Dec 4

Ha depends on the muppet 🤣 Kermit, yes. Not Bunsen and Beaker (eek!)

Reposted by Jan Dunning

SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · Nov 29

I don't believe in "good reading" & "bad reading". Comic books, graphic novels, manga, picture books, joke books, sports reports, all kinds of poetry & prose: it's all reading, and it's all good! Let kids read for pleasure - and they'll be readers FOREVER! #reading #literacy

(Art: Bill Watterson)

Calvin and Hobbes cartoon by Bill Watterson, showing Calvin and Hobbes reading comics for pleasure

16 86 300

Jan Dunning @jandunning.bsky.social · Nov 30

Hi Abie, I’d love to be added to secondary please (especially KS3, years 7-9) Thank you!