Bio
Janina Arndt is an author and playwright. Her debut novel, Spiral Mind, was published by Orange Pip Books on 4th February 2021. She graduated with a distinction in a Creative Writing MA at Durham University, after being awarded a first-class degree in English Studies and Psychology from Heidelberg University. Besides writing, she enjoys storytelling in every medium, which inspires her experiments with form. She has won three youth awards from Girls Go Movie and Club Arte for her short films, and staged several of her own plays with Durham Student Theatre and Aidan’s Creative Writing Society. Currently, she works as a copywriter in digital marketing in a lovely town by the sea side.
Publications
- Spiral Mind – A Sherlock Holmes Novel, Orange Pip Books, an imprint of MX Publishing (February 2021)
- Album of Written Photographs (Short Story) in Peninsula – A Durham University Creative Writing Anthology, Egg Box Publishing (September 2020)
- The Music of the Meteor (Short Story), Brittle Star Magazine, Issue No. 46, (June 2020)
- Illuminating Whale (Prose Poem), Palatinate Durham Student Newspaper (December 2019)
- Mysticète (Poem), The Bubble Durham Student Online Magazine (December 2019)
- I Don’t Write Poetry (Poem), Palatinate Durham Student Newspaper (January 2018)
- Consume the Mirror (Poem), The Bubble Durham Student Online Magazine (January 2018)
- Between the Shores (Poem), The Bubble Durham Student Online Magazine (January 2018)
- The Wind (Poem), Palatinate Durham Student Newspaper (January 2018)
Plays and Screenplays
- Vaudeville (Short Play) performed by St Aidan’s Creative Writing Society (January 2020)
- The Thing about Midsummer Night (Short Play) performed by Sixth Side Theatre Company (January 2020)
- Keep Calm and Carry Scones (Stand-Up Routine) performed by Janina Arndt (October 2019)
- Puns Intended (Play) performed by First Theatre Company (February-March 2018)
- ÜbermIch (Short Film), premiered at Girls Go Movie Festival (2016)
- Tiffany after Breakfast (Short Film), premiered at Girls Go Movie Festival (2015)
- Liquid Lightning (Short Film), premiered at Girls Go Movie Festival (2014)
- Identity (Short Film), premiered at Girls Go Movie Festival (2013)
Prizes
- Girls Go Movie Film Festival: Special Prize in the category of 12-16 years for short film ‘Liquid Lightning’ (2014)
- Student Art Prize for short ilfms ‘Identity’ and ‘Liquid Lightning’ from Club Arte e.V. (2014)
- Girls Go Movie Film Festival: 1st Prize in the category of 17-25 years for short film ‘Identity’ (2013)
- Spotlight film scholarship for students from the Follow Your Talent Foundation (2013)
- 3rd Prize in the Literature Competition of Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Literaturwettbewerb OWL, 2009)