Cath Staincliffe

Today, we're publishing Don't Steal This Book - a (mostly) empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of their work by AI companies.

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Happy World Book Day! Here I am, age 3, nose in a book. The start of a lifelong pleasure.

Your regular reminder than a large majority of voters - and overwhelming majority of Labour voters - favour giving settled migrants access to the welfare state after five years or less. The Home Secretary is not reforming rules in line with public opinion. She is doing the opposite.

Just finished this. What a brilliant book. Moved me to tears many times.

so happy rn

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Legacy by Cath Staincliffe, Series 4, 2. Suspicious Minds Probate detectives race to locate the heirs to an unclaimed estate linked to Berlin.

21 days left to listen. Legacy: Suspicious Minds on BBC Sounds. Dan and Rachel's search for an heir to an unclaimed estate leads them to 1980s East Berlin. Stars William Ash and Jo Hartley.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Legacy by Cath Staincliffe, Series 4, 1. Eden The probate detective duo return to hunt down the rightful heirs to an unclaimed estate.

20 days left to listen!
Legacy: Eden on BBC Sounds. Dan and Rachel's search for an heir to an unclaimed estate leads them to the 1950s Kenyan Mau Mau rebellion. Stars William Ash and Jo Hartley.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Legacy by Cath Staincliffe, Series 4, 1. Eden The probate detective duo return to hunt down the rightful heirs to an unclaimed estate.

20 days left to listen!
Legacy: Eden on BBC Sounds. Dan and Rachel's search for an heir to an unclaimed estate leads them to the 1950s Kenyan Mau Mau rebellion. Stars William Ash and Jo Hartley. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Happy to answer 2 questions posed in today's Bookseller:

Q. Where are the 'childfree-by-choice' heroines?
A. In all my books, and many others.

Q. Can autistic writers capture emotions?
A. This doesn't really deserve any answer other than a massive eyeroll but guess what? Yes we can.

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Legacy by Cath Staincliffe, Series 4, 1. Eden The probate detective duo return to hunt down the rightful heirs to an unclaimed estate.

My series LEGACY is a Radio 4 Extra debut! Dan and Rachel's search for an heir to an unclaimed estate leads them to the 1950s Kenyan Mau Mau rebellion. Stars William Ash and Jo Hartley. Listen here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Legacy by Cath Staincliffe, Series 4, 1. Eden The probate detective duo return to hunt down the rightful heirs to an unclaimed estate.

My series LEGACY is a Radio 4 Extra debut! Dan and Rachel's search for an heir to an unclaimed estate leads them to the 1950s Kenyan Mau Mau rebellion. Stars William Ash and Jo Hartley. Listen here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Hail! Weather - not greeting.

This is happening loads. Writers won't email you out of the blue. Watch out for the word author in the subject line or email address. And gushing descriptions of your books is another giveaway.

Sprrring is in the air.

Earned settlement The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.

Calling on other UK immigrants and pro immigration citizens, today is the last day (til 11.59pm) to fill in the public consultation on the proposed changes to Earned Settlement, most notably moving the timeline from 5 years to 10 years www.gov.uk/government/c...

It’s the colour 🤗

Nice surprise today! Thanks to everyone who downloaded it.

My Tim. So proud of him. Oxford Rd train station.

FREE BOOK! Today only. THE FELLS (Detectives Donovan & Young Book 1) A missing woman. A cold case. A dark secret, buried deep beneath the Yorkshire Dales. Our duo fight to unearth the truth, navigating a labyrinth of secrets and lies.
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Thank you David!

FREE BOOK! Today only. THE FELLS (Detectives Donovan & Young Book 1) A missing woman. A cold case. A dark secret, buried deep beneath the Yorkshire Dales. Our duo fight to unearth the truth, navigating a labyrinth of secrets and lies.
📚 Grab your copy tinyurl.com/2fxedrvn

These Isles by Brian Groom review: 'concise, stylish and scholarly' Written in a coolly dispassionate tone, this book doesn’t follow the drumbeat of any particular theory of history and is all the better for it, writes David Robinson

'Concise, stylish, scholarly. This book doesn’t follow the drumbeat of any particular theory of history and is all the better for it' - Scotsman review of my book 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales'. Book due Feb 26th. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

This book. Blew me away.

Lovely stroll on Shipley Glen today.

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Just used the pastry brush to paint some chairs. How's your day going?

Just got my PLR statement through. Massive thanks to libraries, readers and PLR UK If you've not joined a library think about it, it's a brilliant way to read books (and more) for free and every loan helps an author. Happy reading!

Newcastle National Writing Centre to get £1m funding boost The grant should allow for the Newcastle building housing the centre to be bought.

BBC News - Newcastle National Writing Centre to get £1m funding boost - BBC News
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New book recommendations for the New Year! Enjoy. cathstaincliffe.co.uk/category/blog/