Star
When Star’s mum, Nell, begins to fall in love with Charlie and he moves in properly, Star isn’t sure how she feels about it.
Mimi and the Blue Slave
When grief strikes, you need an ally. For Mimi, that ally is Ableth, the wildly disobedient blue slave.
Catherine Bateson is a poet and writer for young adults and younger readers.
She lives in Kallista with her husband, a rescue dog called Winter, a wide assortment of tropical fish and whichever children have moved back home as well as her octogenarian mother.
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Winter is coming
I should love winter – I’m a knitter, after all – and winter is all about hand-knits. I prep for it, making socks, fingerless mittens, shawls and my husband’s annual jumper. In early autumn, I revive my sourdough and start investigating my baking books. The house begins to smell cosily of soup, roasts and bread. […]
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The Quiet American by Graham Greene
What to read when the world’s spinning out of control and seems doomed and even your sourdough starter has turned up its toes, leaving only a clear, pink liquid floating above what was once a thriving organism? I’d been meaning to dive into Graham Greene for ages. I’d only read a couple of his novels […]