Catherine Johnson

Am making a cullercoats rocket gansey!

And the winner of the #LittleRebelsAward ! littlerebels.org/2019/07/10/c...
@catwrote.bsky.social

I love school visits. I love meeting readers and I know it’s a massive privilege to have my books in classrooms. I did a lovely one this week at Grey Coat Hospital. But remind me to just use cast iron contacts or go through an agency.

I have allergy sneezed so much I have but my tongue twice. Top quality insights and observations from someone who has forgotten how social media works

Thanks so much SF!!

For the past year, I've been recommending JOURNEY BACK TO FREEDOM: THE OLAUDAH EQUIANO STORY by @catwrote.bsky.social to everyone. You could read this at any age and get something from it - but if you know the original text, it's absolutely mindblowing!
www.barringtonstoke.co.uk/books/journe...

Hello mutual - ten things I am into
1. Knitting
2.ponies
3. Swimming (in pools unless it’s warm)
4. Lifting weights (new!)
5. Stories! (All kinds of delivery books telly film etc)
6. Talking about stories
7. Clothes
8.Dancing
9.Dinner
10.Turnip the cat and her friend Elsa the dog

Highgate, Kensal Green, abney Park, Brompton, Nunhead, Tower Hamlets and……?

When I was a teen I used to climb into Highgate (west) via st Michaels at the top when it was still closed to the public…..

Hello Fox they want someone to set up a course so it might be worth looking into, if you’re still on the hell site I might dm you x

Messaged you!

VERY excited to be interviewing @rozkaveney.bsky.social about her new book next Wed. Come along if London is reachable for you! It's in Bethnal Green. Details here: www.outsavvy.com/event/16425/...

Any children’s writers who teach c/w and fancy work for a college in central south/ west London pls message me

I actually used it yesterday morning to describe a mess of a draft

Yes! Belgian waffles, kludge, win-win! Win-win…. 1962

Cover of 'Yours From the Tower' by Aitch. Three girls writing letters against a background of plants, houses, hearts, ink and a stage.

Cover of Godfather Death by Julia Sarda. Death on a white horse against a castle. Lots of gold foil!

Thanks to @elencaldecott.bsky.social for alerting me to the #Kidlituk_intro hastag. I'm Sally! I've written various books including Things a Bright Girl Can Do, Ways to Live Forever and The Button Book. Godfather Death and Yours From the Tower out now. Probably in bed in my pyjamas.

Covid booster this morning!!

I write children’s books because I believe they're the most important books of all. Yet there are so few spaces where they're taken seriously, championed & celebrated. So I was thrilled when The Week Jr started these new awards - and then Tyger won one last night!!!
www.theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk

ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING is one of the best books I've ever read on writing - I'd recommend it to anyone. My other favourites include BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lammott, which is brilliant on the emotional experience of writing; and STEERING THE CRAFT by Ursula Le Guin, which is just brilliant!

I’m just a girl, standing in front of the entire publishing industry, saying please stop making hardbacks because they are too spendy and also too heavy for my feeble wrists. (i.e. I am desperate to read The Bee Sting but arthritis and economics say no)

THIS IS SO TRUE. Word of mouth is the dream, it really is.

Ahead of Banned Books Week I made several book lists, starting with the Index Librorum Prohibitorum

I'm very excited to be speaking at Cheltenham on Oct 14th! I'll be talking about all my books from Varjak Paw to Tyger, answering all questions & signing all books. Please pass it on to anyone you know who might be interested, adults & children alike!
www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/w...

Just a reminder that this little cutie is out in the wild now. The Simulacrum is the world's most famous lost movie - what would *you* do to lay hands on a copy?

SOA members! There are 4 places going on the Management Committee this year (including mine, as my term ends in January). So please, don’t forget to vote before October 25th. We need as many members to vote as possible in order to ensure maximum representation. Your voice matters. Use it!

The Paul McVeigh Residency

Check out The Paul McVeigh Residency at The Harrison Hotel in Belfast for two writers with an amazing package of support and mentoring. Please read, apply and share

https://www.chambersofdistinction.com/the-paul-mcveigh-residency?fbclid=IwAR13XH3MaajrXODMffb6fFqETCoRzyWb2ZPFKUMjjo_KSsgNK8LTsuO9jgs

I was a whole year late with a speculative first draft due to family stuff and work and it felt awful being so late but in the end all was ok xxx

Turnip of the day

Hiya!! xxx
So few of us CAN cope on book income alone. The ALCS survey found the average UK author earns 7k a year. Far less than minimum wage!!!

School visits so knackering! I would like someone to pay me to exercise their small (13.2/14hh) pony please