Hello ☺️ I'm back; let's catch up!
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- čas přidán 20. 04. 2024
- So, I've been away, I've had a baby. Now I'm back. Let's catch up. ☺️ xx
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MY BOOKS:
PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THIS EXHIBIT tinyurl.com/jndk3dpk
MARCELINE: DEFENDER OF THE SEA tinyurl.com/52za9cuj
THE SISTER WHO ATE HER BROTHERS tinyurl.com/7d266zxj
THE GIRL AQUARIUM: tinyurl.com/yc6tn9xs
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT tinyurl.com/lnz5bb6
FRANKLIN’S FLYING BOOKSHOP: tinyurl.com/hlsgkjq
FRANKLIN AND LUNA GO TO THE MOON tinyurl.com/yb2xnuv2
FRANKLIN AND LUNA AND THE BOOK OF FAIRY TALES: tinyurl.com/y2g9wqv5
THE BOOKSHOP BOOK: tinyurl.com/qbs3d2p
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Things mentioned:
Patreon: / jenvcampbell
Books Unbound: www.booksunboundpodcast.com/
End of the World Book Club podcast: www.booksandquills.co.uk/the-...
CZcams channels mentioned
Hannah Ricketts • Buying My Christmas Fo...
Hannah Lost the Plot • Paris in the springtim...
Ben Reads Good • Judging the Internatio...
Ali This Little Wonderful Life • April Vlogs Day 17 🌸 C...
Elyse Myers • I run away from things...
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WHO I AM
Hello, I'm Jen Campbell. I'm an award-winning poet and bestselling author of twelve books, spanning short stories, poetry, picture books, and nonfiction.
My books for adults include Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit, The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night, The Girl Aquarium, The Bookshop Book, and The Sunday Times bestselling Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops series. My picture book trilogy Franklin and Luna, and my middle-grade book The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers, are published by Thames & Hudson. I've won both an Eric Gregory Award and the Jane Martin Poetry Prize, and my books have been translated into twenty languages.
I've worked in the publishing industry for over fifteen years, initially as a bookseller, and now as a freelance editor, content creator and disability advocate. I review books online, in print and on the radio. I run a CZcams channel where I talk about books, the history of fairy tales, and the representation of disability and disfigurement. I also offer online writing workshops and editorial services, give talks at schools, publishing companies, universities and book festivals on a variety of topics, and I run a book club for TOAST clothing.
If you would like to speak with me about the possibility of working together, please get in touch via email: jenvcampbell@gmail.com x
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Where to find me:
Website: www.jen-campbell.co.uk
Editorial services: www.jen-campbell.co.uk/editorial
Writing Workshops: www.jen-campbell.co.uk/writing...
Twitter: / jenvcampbell
Instagram: / jenvcampbell
Patreon: / jenvcampbell
Events: www.jen-campbell.co.uk/events
Podcast: www.jen-campbell.co.uk/podcast
Facebook: tinyurl.com/3o3s4d2
Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile...
Email: jenvcampbell@gmail.com
(Since starting CZcams, some of you have been asking what's wrong with my hands. This video should answer any questions :) • My Disability | EEC Sy... )
This contains no sponsored content. Any books marked with * were kindly sent to me for review.
#Booktube #LifeUpdate - Zábava
When you said "my daughter" 🥲🩷
You know, for someone that just grew a human in their body, have had said human surgically ejected and then had to begin parenthood with a literal sagging brain (that whole experience sounds terrifying btw) you are sounding incredibly put together! Glad to hear your update and that your little family are doing well after the difficult start
return of the queen
somehow I found the conicderation of you not wearing wigs so your infant can regognize you better so wholesome. I never thought about that now it makes sense why so many babies react badly when their fathers shave their beards
Good grief that CFS leak sounds horrendous! So sorry you had to experience that, especially given all of the other postpartum pains I'm sure you were having. Glad you're feeling better x
So happy to see you. Sorry you have had such an awful start to motherhood however wishing you, Baby Girl, and Mr M well x x
Congratulations 🎉 on your new daughter. I’m sorry to hear that you went through so many complications, but glad you are on the mend. Much love to you and your family.❤
It was only a month? God, it felt like forever. 😅 Good to see you, Jen. 😊 Still very happy and excited for you.
I have the most massive smile seeing this.
Congratulations Jen. Sorry to hear about your hospital experience, but so glad you seem to be doing well now. Enjoy your girl, as a first time mum trust your instincts, panic is entirely normal!
So thrilled to see you around again, Jen! Hope you, your daughter and Mr. M are all getting sleep and happy and well. ❤
That CSF leak must have been so traumatic and unexpected, but you seem to be coping brilliantly.
I understand what you mean about travelling between worlds and familiar books - I'm handling a tricky personal situation and each time I pick up a book, I wonder how it will be etched onto my memory.
Take the time you need to adjust, but I've missed your book chats (and baking vlogs)!
My heart melted at ‘my daughter’ ❤ I also have alopecia and my biggest fear would be the hair pulling stage as she gets older. Could be ‘interesting’ 😊😂
Lovely to see you looking so well Jen. Lucky little girl to have lots of books to enjoy as she grows. I remember our house was full of the "Little Golden Books' when I was a child, we had piles of them at one time. Actually I'm quite sad that we didn't manage to keep some. There were some wonderful Little Golden Books.
you look beautiful; enjoy your motherhood.
Sorry to hear you went through that, but this is such amazing news and I'm so happy for you! I wish your family many happy days ahead. I think you made the right decision keeping your child's life private, but thank you for sharing this with us. Congrats Jen!
So glad to see you again. So many things to adjust to, but you’ll make it if you’re patient with yourselves. Your little girl is going to be very lucky, with book loving parents!
It's great to see you back in my CZcams notifications! And I'm so glad you recovered from the csf leak, though sorry it happened in the first place. I had one once after a brain surgery and it was very scary yet also very boring (I had to lay flat on my back as much as possible so it wouldn't drip out my nose).
Jen! So happy to see you. Congratulations again on the birth of your little one. I'm sorry it was so painful and difficult in the beginning. Hope you continue to feel better and stronger. I'm 32 weeks pregnant with baby no.1 also so very interested :) Much love xx
It's so good to see you again! Glad to hear you're feeling better. Congratulations on baby girl. Sending lots of love....
I'm glad you are doing well now. Congratulations!
Congrats on your baby girl! Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Welcome back and congratulations
All the best for the family ❤
What a lovely video. I actually just came here from a Ben Reads Good video! I discovered his channel yesterday and immediately became obsessed. Glad to see you mention him! ❤
Woo hoo, great that you're back. Congratulations on baby!!! So very happy for you. xxx
I'm happy you're back, even if for now it's just one video 😄
It is wonderful to see you well. Enoy every moment, as time rushes by, take your time getting back to work xx
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!🎉🎉🎉
Hello.!!! Soo good to see you back.. Been waiting for this video. Now on to the video :)
Congratulations, and wow, what a scary, awful-sounding start to your parenting journey! Thank you for sharing, because hopefully folks will hear that and they ever (heaven forbid) experience something like it they'll know to be on high alert! I had something similar happen when I gave birth to my son - a symptom of something going very wrong, but I didn't tell anyone because I thought "I just gave birth, my body is supposed to be doing weird things." YIKES! But, again, congratulations, and so glad to see this video on CZcams today!!
'..he's broken by alcoholism and anxiety" - that's Al, not the horse 😂
Glad to have you back and congrats on your daughter!
So glad you are back!! Remember to prioritise rest though
Yay!!!! Welcome back! We missed you!
How on earth did they manage to damage the spinal cord? woah! I'm so glad you have recovered from that! enjoy your time with mini jen
Congratulations, Jen! I'm so happy for you and glad to see you!
Lovely to see you back ❤
Yeah!!!!
Welcome back! What a lovely update video ☺️ always a lovely treat to watch your videos when they come out Sundays, whether they’re weekly or more occasional as they rightly should be currently 😉📚 So many of my books (read & to be read) are thanks to your recommendations - and your own writing 👍 Got me back into the reading habit after years of almost no reading
Jen, so great to see you back! The CSF leak sounds like a literal nightmare but wonderful to hear you and your daughter(!!!) are doing well. Hope it’s all blue skies from here ❤
And thanks so much for the mention! 🙌 I didn’t get a tag notification so I was very confused about where the new subs were coming from 😂 But really delighted to hear you’ve been enjoying my vids. Thank you!
Yeah for a Jen video. ❤️Sorry you had such a horrible time but pleased you are doing better now xx
Ben is the best. He’s so so funny and clever.
I remember the Topsy & Tim books!!
Lovely natter 🥰 ❤
Lovely to see you looking & sounding well. Sounds like it's been a ride! Hope you continue to recover & figure out how to deal with looking after a brand new human as well as everything else!!
So happy you are healing well.
Congratulations on the birth of beautiful daughter, many blessings to the both of you and to your partner, Mr. M. I hope you have a successful recovery from your surgical complications.
Welcome back 🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤ so genuinely happy for you
Delighted to hear of your daughters arrival.. ❤ xx I have not been around so missed knowing you were pregnant 11:55
Congratulations!
Lovely to have a catch up video from you. Good to hear you are feeling better and settling into life as a family. Used to love Topsy and Tim books so much. 💛
Great to see your face again, so glad all is well with you all.
Wishing you and your family all of the best!
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!
So great to see you! I can’t tell you how happy I am that you’re a mom. ❤
So lovely to see you back ☺️☺️☺️ Really happy to hear that you are better now and looking forward to your future videos. Take care x
Congratulations 🎉❤
So happy to see you again ! Lots of love, Karen
Congratulations Jen, I was really happy to hear from you... And I really really hope you're doing better now. How kind of you to film and post a video when your world must have been turned upside down in such a deep way!
Please do take care of you(s), no pressure whatsoever regarding BookTube ❤
Take good care if yourself...glad to know you are recovering from your delivery...wishing you well with your baby daughter 💕
Congratulations 🎉❤💕🤩🤗💐😍Wonderful news.
Great to see you back and many congratulations x
I'm so glad you're feeling better, and congratulations on your new addition!
Congratulations on the long-awaited arrival of your daughter, despite the difficult start. I'm sure we'll all be happy with whatever content you provide, whenever you feel up to it and whenever you have the time.
It was really great to see you back again, take your time and enjoy your lovely new life with your daughter. Reading to and later with your child is the best experience ever just thinking about it brings back wonderful memories. So sorry you had a bad time but glad that you are feeling better now. 😊
Dear Jen! Its so lovely to see you again. You are positively shining!! I'm so pleased to hear that you are all doing okay, after the bumpy start. Sending good wishes your way!!
Congratulations!!! Thank you for coming on to say hi, what a coherent video, I wouldn't have been able to do this at 6 weeks!! 😮 look after yourself and take your time, we will all be here 😊
Welcome back Jen, congratulations on the arrival of your new little human. 😊😊
Good to see you back and glad you are doing better. :) Congratulations, I'm very happy for you!
Welcome back!
So nice to see you back, Jen. Glad you're doing well, and congratulations to you and Mr M on the birth of your little daughter. What a joy she must be to you, having waited so long for her. Sending love 💛
Congratulations Jen❤
So glad to c see you. CONGRATS SHE IS THE BEST..So Happy for you..Been there..Take care time time.love ya.Take care Just take care of you and her and Husband .Hard Hard but get easier.one day at a time...Time is the answer..It will get easier..Been there been there.. Take time.
I came here after listening to your Jane Eyre video. I subscribed to your channel. Interesting Jane Eyre ended with her marriage to Rochester and having a child. Also interesting that Charlotte Bronte got married and had so much trouble in her pregnancy. She died from dehydration. Today she would have been helped with modern medicine. Now I find out about your birth journey.
Sorry you had such a traumatic experience. Glad you feeling much better and many congratulations on having a daughter x
Congratulations and welcome back 🥰
Love. Just Love. Congratulations 🎉❤
It’s so lovely to see your shining face! I thought of you often during your leave and focused on sending good energy to you and your family. Thank you for the lovely content as always. ❤
So happy to see you back!!! We have missed you.
Oh my, congratulations to all 3 of you!! So wonderful!!!!❤❤
Congratulations on the arrival of your baby girl! The brain injury sounds so scary, what a start! But also what a story for when she's older, my two girls love hearing about what went on around their births :) Thanks for mentioning me, that was a surprise as I have been watching you for a little while (I am rubbish at commenting)! 🤗 Thanks as well for the TV, podcast and CZcams recommendations, lots to explore! xx
♥️ I am also rubbish at commenting; we can be rubbish together 😂 x
Lovely to see you Jen! Take all the time you need. Just happy to know you are all well xxx
That sounds dreadful, Jen, I'm happy you are fine now though! How scary for you 😞Congrats on Baby-Girl though, yay! My girl is 28 now, wow, and she is wonderful and you 3 will have many happy years ahead 👶
I have to read The Book of Strange New Things. Been on my shelf for many years, so I should get 'round to it! Watched the Three Body Problem and loved it so much that I bought the trilogy, which I am really looking forward to reading. I guess Netflix had to 'dumb-down' the hard Sci-fi for the general audience, as it may've been a bit too hard to convert that to tv? So happy to see a fellow Kiwi in a lead role 🙌
Welcome back, Jen! 💕
Congratulations and welcome back.
Congratulations Jen ❤
So happy for you Jen - sending you all lots of big love
Mazel tov Jen on the birth of your daughter!
Nice to see you again! All the best for you and your family.
Yay!!!! Congratulations!!!😊
Congratulations on the birth of your daughter ❤ I’m so sorry you had such a post birth traumatic experience! Take care and get rest while you can ❤
I'm so happy for you, I didn't watch you for while. And this is the very best news xxx
You look great and once again congratulations to you & hubby ❤
Jen, it’s so good to hear from you and that you are all doing well. ❤ Sorry to have heard about the spinal fluid incident. I had the flu during my youngest son’s birth so that wasn’t fun. Blessings to your beautiful family! 🙏❤️
I just found you and am 5 months post partum myself with my first. Love books and your vibe and your content is very relatable right now. Also had a complicated outcome to my cesarean, although yours sounds much more complicated and challenging. Solidarity and compassion your way Mama. Thanks for sharing!
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Lovely to see you back and knowing you’re all doing well! ❤
thank you for sharing! ❤
Congratulations to you on the Safe arrival of your little one. You have done really well with this video given what you have gone through. Respect you for keeping her private but we will be guessing names for a good while. We will wait for videos , do them as and when you can.
Your voice has brought me comforting underwater vibes for 7 years. So chuffed for your new family and glad you're healing well!
So glad to be able to see and hear you again :) I cant wait to read Julia Armfield's new novel :_ ) She is the best
Congratulations 🖤
I will never forget the book I read during the he end of my pregnancy and the birth of Franklin. Unaware of what was to come, I remember lying on a park bench, with my dog sprawled across my extremely pregnant belly and reading The Grapes Of Wrath. A young man pushing an older gentleman in a wheelchair, stopped and said, “This is an amazing book, really good, enjoy,” and then walked off🖤
The next day I went into labour, and the book came with me🤭
missed your videos! so glad you're doing well :)
Yay! Happy youre back!
Congratulations on your little daughter’s arrival, and hope you are recovering from what sounds like a terrifying experience xxx