Australian writer of books for younger readers, young adults, verse novels and poetry.

Mimi and the Blue Slave

When grief strikes, you need an ally. For Mimi, that ally is Ableth, the wildly disobedient blue slave.

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.

The Wish Pony

A classically heartwarming story that perfectly captures the everyday life of children.

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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  • Books, Baking and Making

    Posted by Catherine

    I’m moving! I’ve started a Substack – ‘Books, Baking and Making’ which combines three of my favourite things. I’ll be documenting reading, bread-making, sewing, knitting and spinning over at Substack because I am so sick of getting spammed here by weird comments. I know it’s easy to get lost on Substack – but that’s fine. […]

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  • A Very Phryne Time

    Posted by Catherine

    What to do with a head cold? Fortunately I have the perfect solution! A couple of months ago I bought the late Kerry Greenwood’s last Phryne Fisher book. I opened it up a couple of weeks ago and fell down the Phryne Fisher rabbit hole.  Murder in the Cathedral has inspired me to do a […]

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