'I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.' - C. S. Lewis

Brewery Poets Fri 19 April - it's gonna be a good one!

Launch of Antony Christie’s new book: Conjuring a Ghost Road

With guest readers Katie Hale - novelist & poet 🌈 and Richard Smith and music and songs by The Demix

See here for tickets: ow.ly/tTW850RhZuK

Another wonderful quote about #TheEdgeOfSolitude ! Huge thank you to Clare Pollard for these kind words about the book!

Signed preorders from Sam Read Bookseller! samreadbooks.co.uk/product/TheEdg…

Guess who’s back??

We hadn’t seen our #GardenHare for months, and today she lolloped down the lane right in front of me, and hopped over the wall to explore the neighbour’s garden - before deciding it wasn’t for her and coming back out again.

Spring is springing! 💕

Visitors to the garden! (Didn’t stay long) 🦆

Here she is! Every year, I post an analysis of what I earn as a writer, and how I earn it. With colour-coded graphs & pie charts, and a breakdown of what it means on a personal & professional level.

Here’s my income post for 2023-24! halekatie.substack.com

Good evening from the #writing desk 👀

What's everyone else working on this week?

Thank you so much Cailean Steed for these knockout words about #TheEdgeOfSolitude ! Wow!! ❄️

And if you too want to read the novel which ‘everyone is going to be talking about’ (!) you can preorder from the lovely Sam Read Bookseller: samreadbooks.co.uk/product/TheEdg… Canongate

This time last year I was on my way to the Arctic! ❄️ Today I’m feeling rough and have gone to bed before 7pm. I guess not every day can be filled with adventure - sometimes you just have to let your body rest.

CACN Writers Meet-up, Online, 13 May, 6.30-8.30pm. This session will be facilitated by Katie Hale - novelist & poet 🌈 who says: “In this third meeting of the CACN Writers' Network, we'll look at some of the opportunities created by living and working in Cumbria. Book: buff.ly/3PRyBzU

A perfect place and time to discuss the first poem looked in our MA Poetry & Place class today - ‘Offcomer’ by Katie Hale - novelist & poet 🌈: ‘I come from a land where water/is ammunition hurled from the sky…I come from a land where rivers/unburden themselves/into farms and villages’ 🌧️

Ahhhh yay!! I love a good success story - and I'm delighted that Iqbal Hussain #NorthernBoy has been shortlisted for the Alpine Writing Prize, especially after finding out about it through #FiveThingsFriday ! Amazing news!

Lately I've been thinking about Writing Residencies, so I thought I'd share this post I wrote about them back in 2020.
Hopefully it's useful for anyone thinking of applying for one! halekatie.substack.com/p/a-few-though… MacDowell