self-publish – Joanne Barker Author Events

Like this blog? You can find more of my monthly reads here. My book choices are quite different from each other this month. Second chance romance, The Day Our Lives Collided, has been picked to support the author, Laura Pearson, who recently found herself in and out of hospital with a serious diagnosis during her…

The Holiday.

Sep 16, 2026

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Joanne Barker

in Story Shorts., Writing Community

It was a beautiful view, Mary couldn’t deny that. Brian had said it was ‘quintessentially English’. She didn’t know the actual definition of quintessential but he was sure to be right.

Staying Connected

Sep 8, 2026

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Joanne Barker

in News, Writing Community

You’ll often hear me talk about my online writing community, Keyboard to Kindle, as being connected – to each other, to other writers, to external events and to learning and development.

My September Reading List

Sep 1, 2026

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Joanne Barker

in Reading List, Writing Community

Like this blog? You can find more of my reading lists here. This Month’s Read: SENTENCED, by M J Whelan. (Contemporary, Psychological, Fiction. Published 2025) Liz’s world collapses when she learns the police have arrested her son and his partner. Forced to make a quick decision, she takes in their three-year-old daughter, Freya – a grandchild…

The Sky’s The Limit.

Aug 28, 2026

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Joanne Barker

in News, Writing Community

I was lucky enough to travel to Zaragoza in Spain to see the total solar eclipse this month, and too lazy to wake up at 4am this morning, (August 28th), to see the partial lunar eclipse from my home in Worcestershire, England.

Walking Down Main Street

Jul 14, 2026

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Joanne Barker

in News, Writing Community

Does Instagram make anyone else feel overwhelmed?

My Summer Reading List

Jul 7, 2026

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Joanne Barker

in Reading List, Writing Community

Scroll down to see what I’m reading – and recommending – this summer. Liked this blog? You can find more of my reading lists here. Each *month, I aim to read and review books that are either self-published or by less well known authors. All these summer picks are from authors I’ve had the pleasure of…

Phew! What a Scorcher!

May 26, 2026

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Joanne Barker

in News, Writing Community

This famous headline which may or may not have actually appeared on the front page of The Sun newspaper, during the two-week long, blistering summer of 1976, is still being talked about fifty years on, as we experience the hottest days in May since UK records began. Words – good and bad – can have…

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