Listen "Jenny Colgan - Romantic Novelist & Science Fiction Writer"
Episode Synopsis
Renowned worldwide for romantic fiction Jenny shares her earliest novel... about rabbits, as well as an unpublished bonkbuster set in the world of nuclear physics and a Dr Who TV series for very small children.
Clips performed by: Rachel Atkins, Beth Chalmers, Toby Longworth, Leah Marks, Nigel Pilkington and Keith Wickham.
Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including Christmas at the Cupcake Café and The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris. Meet Me at the Cupcake Café won the 2012 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance and was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, as was Welcome to Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams, which won the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2013. She also wrote the children's series Polly & The Puffin, and science fiction books and audio dramas for Dr Who under the name JT Colgan and Jenny T Colgan.
For more details about the writer, the offcuts and the actors performing them see the episode show notes: https://offcutsdrawer.com/jenny-colgan/
Clips performed by: Rachel Atkins, Beth Chalmers, Toby Longworth, Leah Marks, Nigel Pilkington and Keith Wickham.
Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including Christmas at the Cupcake Café and The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris. Meet Me at the Cupcake Café won the 2012 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance and was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, as was Welcome to Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams, which won the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2013. She also wrote the children's series Polly & The Puffin, and science fiction books and audio dramas for Dr Who under the name JT Colgan and Jenny T Colgan.
For more details about the writer, the offcuts and the actors performing them see the episode show notes: https://offcutsdrawer.com/jenny-colgan/
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