Jessica Ryn

The Imperfect Art of Baking by Jessica Ryn

Jessica Ryn has joined us on the blog to share a delicious gingerbread recipe like the one Violet Strong – the protagonist in her uplifting new novel The Imperfect Art of Caring – bakes with her mum. Happy baking! ‘Baking, like caring, is an imperfect art’ One of… Read More

IBW2021: Jessica Ryn on her number one bookshop memory

We’re continuing our Independent Bookshop Week series with a trip down memory lane with Jessica Ryn, author of The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside. Continue reading to reminisce along with her! My Number One Bookshop Memory What did you miss most about bookshops during lockdown? If… Read More

‘Who cares?’ by Jessica Ryn

As an author and a carer, I wanted to write a novel that puts unpaid carers in the spotlight. It was important to me to show the challenges that carers are presented with and do so in a hopeful way without shying away from the difficult emotions and problems carers… Read More

Kindness with Jessica Ryn

Today on Random Acts of Kindness Day 2021, author of The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside Jessica Ryn shares her thoughts on kindness, as well as ten ways we can be kind to both ourselves and others right now. Kindness: More than just a hashtag Kindness… Read More

Christmas Comforts: Jessica Ryn

Welcome to our Christmas Comforts blog series! In the run up to the festive season, we asked our authors to share with us what they love to read at this time of year. So over the next few weeks, we will be sharing their best wintry recommendations. Do keep checking… Read More