Alison Jones
@alisonjones.com
Publisher at Practical Inspiration; host at Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast. Author of Exploratory Writing. Famously enthusiastic. Runs/reads/writes/reflects. Based in Northwich, with little parts of my heart left all over the UK.
Happy #WorldBookDay! I - & all the @practicalinspiration.com team - spend every day celebrating books; today we dress up as our favourite business book character to do it. Here's me, for example, faceplanting with Faceplant. Thankful I didn't pick the short straw with 'The Naked Leader'....
This is very worth reading. Beautiful, raw, funny, challenging. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
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Still grinning after the magic of Write it Wild last weekend. And now looking forward to WiW 2026: a unique combination of deep focused solo writing, small-group exploratory writing & reflection, 1-to-1 coaching, wilderness skills & time in nature. See you there? alisonjones.lpages.co/write-it-wild/
Write it Wild - the exploratory writing retreat
A unique blend of personal writing time, 1-to-1 mentoring, writing workshops and nature-based activities that will reenergise both you and your writing.
alisonjones.lpages.co
Here at #BBA25 shortlisting event - so many @practicalinspiration.com authors here! Good luck everyone…
The 10-day Business Book Proposal Challenge starts on Monday! Are you in? Someone will win an all-expenses-paid #publishing deal and I don’t see why it shouldn’t be you… Find out more at proposalchallenge.com! #bookproposal #businessbooks #selfdevelopment #writing
‘[Olympia’s] gorgeous vaulted glass roof feels like a metaphor for the Fair itself: rooted in history, but always looking upwards and outwards.’ The view of #LBF25 from the @practicalinspiration.com stand - #AI, #audio, #accessibility & global insanity extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-447-...
Episode 447 – The 2025 LBF edit
‘[Olympia’s] gorgeous vaulted glass roof feels kind of like a metaphor for the fair itself. Rooted in history, but always looking upwards and outwards.’ Something a bit different …
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It’s Day 2 of #LBF25 and @practicalinspiration.com is SO here for it. We like business books and we cannot lie…
Monday is Extraordinary Business Book Club #podcast day - say hello to Ep 445 – Both/And Thinking with Wendy Smith. Paradox, interdependence, writing and 'rocky splashy' books. Have a listen. extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-445-...
Episode 445 – Both/And Thinking with Wendy Smith
When I first started, people were like, “Don’t say the word paradox… don’t say it because they won’t get it.” And now people are like, “Oh my goodness, I n…
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A screenshot to treasure, 2+ years post-publication. Up amongst some of my favourite books (hello @drjuliesmith.bsky.social & @olveczky.bsky.social), and FINALLY into 3 figures for reviews/ratings! Exploratory Writing is a featured Kindle special deal this month. amzn.to/3QGgPzS
We're recruiting a Data and Projects Assistant! To find out more about the role visit: practicalinspiration.com/work-with-us Deadline for applications is 28 February – TOMORROW 🚨‼️ #PublishingCareers #WorkInPublishing #BooksMeanBusiness #HiringNow #PublishingJobs
Next it’s the force of nature that is Margaret Hewinson - self-belief as the key to unlocking the untapped potential in ourselves and our industry. #ipgsc
Communications masterclass with @lewisiwu.bsky.social to kick off the second day of #ipgsc - GENIUS. (And lovely walking of the talk.)
If there’s a better person to wind up Day 1 of a publishing conference than @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social … well, there isn’t. That is all. #ipgsc
Brilliant to chair a YouTube masterclass session with @myleshoward.bsky.social - fascinating to see how @haymarketbooks.org stream in-depth conversations with their authors to ‘meet the moment’. #ipgsc
Here at #ipgsc and caffeinated, ready for too-quality stuff from the @ipghq.bsky.social team, kicking off with the brilliant @timharford.ft.com .
There is NOTHING like seeing the books you've brought into the world out there in the wild.
Practical Inspiration Publishing@practicalinspiration.com · 2y agoPopped into a couple of bookshops this week and discreetly pulled out some PI titles that eye-catching quarter-of-an-inch... we love you #booksellers.
'I don’t really think in terms of resolutions any more, because I have too much experience of them... Now I think in terms of life design so that I minimise the number of decisions I have to take.' New #NewYear thinking in this week's #podcast: extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-437-...
Episode 437 – Design not decisions: new New Year thinking
’Don’t let AI set your vision. But harness AI to help you execute your vision.’ For me, the start of a new year always brings a sense of potential. It’s a chance to make ch…
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Couldn’t go far on this morning’s run but didn’t need to: winter wonderland right there in the park next door. Day 2,413 of my #goldenyear running streak. #runhappy #winterrunning #sprollie #snow #sunrise
Just one week to go! The 1st 10-day Business Book Proposal Challenge of 2025 starts on Monday. Resolved to write your business or self-help book this year? This is where it all starts. Find out more and sign up at proposalchallenge.com. By the end of Jan, you could have a publishing deal.
The fact that Nigella’s ‘How to be a Domestic Goddess’, open at the bespattered recipe for banana bread, is lying on top of the pristine pages of ‘The Low-Carb Cookbook’ tells you everything you need to know about how this year is going so far 😬
And here it is: the Twixtmas TBR pile. Even I can see that this is a little geeky/non-fiction heavy. Hit me with your fiction recommendations pls.
My Mum at her 90th birthday party this weekend, with her big brother (96). I don't know if you've ever organized a more special event: I know I haven't.
I don’t know if this is a Thing, I don’t know who needs it right now, but here’s #30secondsofstillness brought to you by the Trent & Mersey canal and a sprollie called Sorcha. Sound up for maximum therapeutic benefit. #runhappy
New platform. New book. On Tuesday I will be a published author. Optimal YOU: Supercharge your Energy, Strengthen your Immunity. Thanks to my lovely publisher @alisonjones.com
It's only when you're posting on something that looks like Twitter but feels so very different that you realise just how awful it was. I hope we can keep the place tidy.
Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops. They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities. Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish . Thank you.
I am overcoming the overthinking of the First Post by just doing it. How are we all? I am here for book chat, dog memes, publishing news, running reflections, interesting ideas, thought-provoking people. Spare me the drama.
