Catherine Balavage Yardley

Catherine Balavage Yardley

@catherineby.bsky.social

Author of Ember and Where The Light is Hottest. Freelance writer. Editor-in-chief of Frost Magazine. Words in The Sunday Times, Mslexia, The Bookseller, The Guardian, Metro.

1,613 Followers 1,400 Following 660 Posts Joined Aug 2023
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It’s tough! Bit hugs 🥰

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When the going gets tough, the tough eat chocolate.
😂 #chocolate

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As a breastfeeding mum I can promise you I have cried over spilt milk.

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Late to the childhood trend, as ever. This is who always had her head in a book and read magazines and papers her whole life. Now she writes books, and for those magazines and papers.

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Happy International Women’s Day to my daughter, my wonderful female friends, and all of the amazing women I have worked with. #InternationalWomensDay

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Ever look at clothes from before you were pregnant and wonder how the hell you fit into them? 😂 #postpartnum #clothes #pregnancy #parenting

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Catherine Balavage Yardley Author. - Author Catherine Balavage Yardley Hello and welcome to my website. I’m Catherine Yardley. I’m an author of women’s fiction and domestic noir. I write under Catherine Yardley and Catherine Balavage. Ember and Where The Light is Hottest...

My books are here if anyone is interested: www.catherinebalavageyardley.com

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Happy World Book Day everyone. Here is to the magical power of books. #WorldBookDay2026 #WorldBookDay #WBD

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Built this over the weekend with my children. My daughter loves cats. 🐈‍⬛ It’s so adorable. #cats #lego #legocat

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The saddest thing about Virginia Giuffre is that she was a victim of SA and trafficking before she even met Epstein. She went to Mar-a-Lago in the hope of a better life. It was a new beginning. Then Ghislaine Maxwell spotted her.

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It’s been a year since my second novel, Where The Light is Hottest, came out. What a ride! It’s an essential read on the acting industry. #acting #writingcommunity

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TikTok - Make Your Day

This is the most controversial thing I have ever posted. Do you dog ear books? Please don’t hate me. #runsawayscared #writingcommunity #booktok #booksbooksbooks
#TikTok vm.tiktok.com/ZNRa1a8Ya/

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Can you ever walk away from someone you love, or do some fires never die out? #writingcommunity #author

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father starts to creep back into their lives and family tensions resurface, affecting her relationship with her boyfriend, Rob. Will the couple find their way back to each other, and can a family that has been torn apart ever heal their wounds?

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the past thirty years later. As Natalie’s younger sister, Amanda, prepares for marriage and impending motherhood, her plea for the family to reunite uncovers pent-up tension and animosity. Can they forget the past and become a family again? Natalie’s life begins to unravel as their

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A love story about inter-generational childhood trauma that starts with grand theft auto. A romance that reads like a thriller. A book that has a 4.49 rating on Goodreads. Yes, I am proud of my debut. A family torn apart by their father’s infidelity are forced to confront

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The author: Catherine Yardley 👋🏻 The first page, and the cover.

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The highs and lows of publishing.
Received my latest royalty statement (yah!), followed by a horrible rejection 😭 Shall keep calm and carry on. #writinglife #writingcommunity

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Why is the Co-op so expensive? What does it think it’s got going for it?

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It can be hard to believe in the world right now. With the Epstein files and other things. We should never lose hope. There is still goodness in this world. We can be the change we want to see in the world.

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I’ll deal with the stress of half term in my own way: with champagne day drinking and eating my own body weight in chocolate. Don’t worry. The kids are having fun too 😉😂

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Theory: adverts are the new social media. With short breaks for personal posts.

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What is with all of the super long adverts on social media? It takes me longer to read them than to scroll back to my date of birth.

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Last Valentine’s Day I celebrated a little too hard and now I have a scorpion. #valentines #ohbaby

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‘Mum, when I’m your age, you’ll be dead, but I will still love you,’ my 10-year-old. Happy Valentine’s everyone. 😂❤️

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Happy Valentine’s Day. I hope it is full of love. I’m over here stuffing myself full of chocolate. #valentines

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Sorry I’m late. I didn’t want to be here.

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The gorgeousness. #cats #bengal

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I’m in this weeks Take a Break magazine. #WritingCommunity #freelancewriter

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‘I love you and I love me, but sometimes I need to be alone,’ my four-year-old.

SEND ALL EMERGENCY SERVICES 😭😭😱🥹

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