Janet Olearski is the author of the novel A Traveller’s Guide to Namisa (2020), a poetry collection After the Fire (2022), and two short story collections, The Book of Reasonable Women (2022), and A Brief History of Several Boyfriends (2017).

Her books for children and young adults include The Boy Who Never Smiled (2021), Twins (2012), Mr Football (2008), and The Sunbird Mystery (1998).

PORTUGUESE PASTORAL, the latest novel by Janet Olearski, is currently available as a paperback on Amazon and will be in bookshops by April 2025. (ISBN 978-989-53633-4-6)

Set in the rural heartland of Central Portugal, Portuguese Pastoral explores the themes of friendship, ageing, immigration, and the Portuguese Dream through the trials of a Covid year.

A new poetry collection, GROWN-UPS, offering tips and observations for people who are struggling to grow up, is now available online through Waterstones and Amazon.