Bordering Grey

Jenny Knight is a prize-winning writer of short story, fiction and memoir, and was a contributor to Kit de Waal’s celebrated Common People anthology. Jenny has worked extensively as a copywriter, editor, and developmental editor, taught creative writing in prisons, worked with storytellers and actors for the UN and Comic Relief in Somalia and Kenya, chaired and spoken on panels, and held workshops…

Do you know someone who needs a little CHOPSY in their life.  Giving away a signed copy of the book and a sparkly CHOPSY brooch, from the fabulous Wear and Resist, along with booksmarks and badges.  For a chance to win simply head over to my Instagram tag a friend who needs some CHOPSY, then like and share.   Give me a follow for more CHOPSY…

I was hoping to have written a couple of blog posts this week; sharing my joy and being able to talk to people about my book, sharing the strength and solidarity that is International Women’s Day.  Unfortunately, I have been in bed since Tuesday with Bronchitis and I’m still there, though able to breathe a little bit easier. (chocking coughing while you wet your pants is not a vibe I would…

It’s been a funny week. All the excitement of a book out in the world, and a fair amount of stress. Yesterday I was brilliantly delivering a writing workshop with some magnificent women, signing books and being fabulous. Today I’ve barely made it off the sofa, my throat so exhausted I can barely speak. I can’t even muster a witty retort to the Mister’s lamentations and prayers that the mighty…

The M.E fairy is not happy. If you’ve never met her, she is small and green and thinks she is the boss of me. In reality she is the boss of me, but we don’t need to tell her that. She likes lying down. That’s pretty much it. She likes lying down which means that I have to lie down too. There is a lot that she doesn’t like. She doesn’t like; (in no particular order) Noise of any…

It’s been a mad few weeks here, getting ready for the book to come out. (Don’t pull that confused face, I know I told you I wrote a book!) The books arrived from the publishers! I made an arse of myself on Instagram, getting all giddy about my flaps! (Seriously, get your mind out of the gutter.) How pretty are these? Somethings have been difficult and sad, others have been so utterly bat-shit…

I was going to write a blog post. It was going to be full of the normal New Year roundups – how many books I read last year. How many I didn’t buy; Hooray! for the library. How many I actually bought anyway. It would have been fascinating, incisive, obviously witty, full of smart things to say about the brilliant books that I may or may not have read. So, I was going to write a blog post. But…

I am annoyed. We could change the name of the blog to I AM ANNOYED, as I’m pretty much always annoyed, but that would be really annoying, as ANNOYED is one of the words I struggle to spell. Mind, so is the word RESISTANCE, and I put that in my book title. So, I’m annoyed. Actually, that’s not entirely true; it’s more that everything is really annoying. There’s the usual fuck-wits parking on…

Despite what others might say, I am not a collector. I mean, you casually say that you like teapots and suddenly, every birthday and Christmas, it’s a teapot! Pink tea pots, red tea pots, vintage 70s matching tea and coffee pots. There was even an exquisite early 20th-century suffragette teapot, which, by the way, I was more than happy to receive. Still, despite owning several, I do not collect…