Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 31/07/2025On the hills this week. Poor sheep - it's so dry. 170
Reposted by Cath BartonLauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 26/07/2025It has been hard to breathe under the weight of despair about the genocide in Gaza and my complicity as a citizen and taxpayer in the USA. I gave, and hope others will, also. 116639
Reposted by Cath BartonFictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Our theme for #MicroMonday 25th August is "Second Chances." Do you believe in the opportunity for redemption? To start afresh? To try again after a mistake or failure? Max 400w. Deadline 17th August. Click on the link for guidelines #submissionsopen #microfiction fictivedream.com/submission-g... 035
Reposted by Cath BartonEuropean Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 08/07/2025We're excited for our online salon next Tuesday. Brilliant readers @elvisbego.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social @stillsquirrel.bsky.social @cathbwriter.bsky.social @nancyfreund.bsky.social & more. Host @kiklodge.bsky.social Quiz! Laughs! Friends! Book here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w... 0137
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 05/07/2025What kind of review is this?! 'Lovely short read. Not my cup of tea this time.' 020
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Did my final parkrun as a 74-year-old today. Onwards and upwards! 3220
Reposted by Cath BartonPete Geller @petegeller.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Nicely done, Oona puffin and Vets for Pets! 051
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 03/07/20255 faves, 5 tags Food: Risotto Season: Spring Drink: Black coffee Colour: Purple Music: J S Bach @judehiggins.bsky.social @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social @bookwormvaught.bsky.social @deborahzafer.bsky.social @brionycollins.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Cath BartonBlink Ink @blinkink50.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Just a couple of weeks left: Theme: PHONES 50 words… FREE to Enter Quick response #submissions blink-ink.org/current-subm... #WritingCommunitymedia.tenor.coma person is writing in a book that says " palace to share the prisoners "Alt: a person is writing in a book 031
Reposted by Cath BartonThe Lonely Crowd @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social · 27/06/2025@cathbwriter.bsky.social discusses her Issue 14 short story, ‘A Suitable Feast’, which is also now available to listen to on our site: thelonelycrowd.org/2025/06/27/c...thelonelycrowd.org‘Coping with Anxiety’ by Cath BartonCath Barton on the creative process behind ‘A Suitable Feast’ from Issue 14. You can also listen to Barton read the story below. My story ‘A Suitable Feast’ was esse… 051
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Copies of the new edition of my first book, now published by Parthian, are finally available. 020
Reposted by Cath BartonGeorge The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Night night sweet dreamies It’s okay to feel a little blue sometimes. Take a breath, be kind to yourself, and remember—this feeling won’t last forever It won’t….. 232119142
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I've booked to go on a trek in the Cevennes with donkeys. I am so happy. 240
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 30/04/2025View from our hotel window this evening. Yes, it is in the UK!! 010
Reposted by Cath BartonEuropean Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 14/04/2025✨Brussels Event Details✨ 📅 12-14 September If you're on the fence about joining our Annual Salon in Brussels, or are one of the 60+ people who’ve already signed up, our latest Substack is full of details for what to expect: ✨Guest speakers ✨Planned panels ✨Dining ✨Tours ✨Writing & workshopsopen.substack.comWhat to expect at our Brussels SalonDetails of what you'll do, see, eat, drink and learn! 186
Reposted by Cath BartonThe Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇change.orgSign the PetitionProtect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training 5213183
Reposted by Cath BartonKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 01/04/2025Oh this is good. @societyofauthors.bsky.social is organising a day of protest against Meta's wholesale theft of authors' work on Thursday. Details and socmed assets at societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s... 216580
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025First attempt at an origami aardvark. I will improve... 060
Reposted by Cath BartonThe Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Also on 27 March: How can writers respond to the environmental emergency? Join writers Tom Bullough and Nicola Davies in conversation with @cathbwriter.bsky.social Vice Chair of SoA Cymru Steering Group to discuss how creatives can engage in meaningful action societyofauthors.org/event/indust...societyofauthors.orgIndustry Insider – Creative responses to the climate emergency – The Society of Authors« All Events 131
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 23/03/2025societyofauthors.org/event/indust...societyofauthors.orgIndustry Insider – Creative responses to the climate emergency – The Society of AuthorsXFacebookInstagramVimeoApple PodcastsSearchShopping CartSearchToggle MenuVirtual EventVirtual EventVirtual EventV... 100
Reposted by Cath BartonValeria Vescina @valeriavescina.bsky.social · 22/03/2025There's 1 space left on my #writingretreat of June in the Swiss Alps, and 1 on the September retreat! Want to learn more? All details here: valeriavescina.com/teaching/wri... #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writing #writingretreats #writingcourses 152
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Am now asking for a Canadiano when I order a coffee, rather than an Americano. 020
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025This has been out in the world for nearly a year now and copies are still available from the publisher, Atomic Bohemian - www.atomicbohemian.com/product-page...atomicbohemian.comMr Bosch and His Owls - Cath Barton | Atomic BohemianReleased 29 March 2024 // Short Fiction // 76 pages ‘Mr Bosch and His Owls invites readers into a sphere where the mundane meets the surreal, offering a captivating fusion of magic realism and pastora... 043
Reposted by Cath BartonEtienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺 @plantepigenetics.ch · 02/03/2025In these terrible times we are going through, I wanted to share this beautiful crocus defiantly growing between cobblestones in our garden with you. Take care! Stay strong! 267150951176
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Stories by both me and Himself in here. Such a shame the magazine is not going to continue. storiesout.org/published-st...storiesout.orgPublished Stories – March EditionYou can read the stories as a flip book here Or read them here: Welcome to Volume 1, Issue 3, March 2025 edition of Who Let The Stories Out? Where the only rule is to tell good stories This collect… 000
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Jude is one special writer! Such a poignant story. 140
Reposted by Cath BartonSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles. 458168155319
Reposted by Cath BartonGooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Folding by @cathbwriter.bsky.social in the latest issue Gooseberry Pie Lit “…when I clap my hands everyone sits up as if they’re back in school; even the cat puts out an experimental paw…”gooseberry-pie.comFolding - Gooseberry Pie Lit MagazineCourtesy of freepix.com by Cath Barton I give out the papers, carefully cut into accurate squares, and when I clap my hands everyone sits up as if they’re back in school; even the cat puts out an expe... 032
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Awake in the middle of the night angry about everything. Feeling completely impotent. 120
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Did #parkrun at #ParcBrynBach. The course is described as fast, and blow me it was - my time was 34:20! 1130
Reposted by Cath BartonTal Lavin @handle.invalid · 20/02/2025A good thing to do if you are flailing a bit right now (as who is not??) is to get in touch with your own values, the things that you find life affirming and necessary in the world. Read some inspiring works about things you value - labor solidarity, scientific achievement, social justice. 873548667
Cath Barton @cathbwriter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Always a pleasure to share my work through @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 172
Reposted by Cath BartonThe Lonely Crowd @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025thelonelycrowd.org/2018/11/03/o...thelonelycrowd.orgOn Being Fallow / Arnold Thomas FanningTime goes by and I do not write. Despite Kafka’s warning – “A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity”[*] – I do not fret, I do not let this sit heavy upon me. Rather, this period o… 021
