Reposted by Catherine JohnsonLetterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 26/11/2024And the winner of the #LittleRebelsAward ! littlerebels.org/2019/07/10/c... @catwrote.bsky.sociallittlerebels.orgCatherine Johnson is the 2019 Little Rebels Award WinnerThe Alliance of Radical Booksellers is delighted to announce that FREEDOM by Catherine Johnson (Scholastic) has been crowned the winner of this year’s Little Rebels Award for Radical Children… 093
Catherine Johnson @catwrote.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I love school visits. I love meeting readers and I know it’s a massive privilege to have my books in classrooms. I did a lovely one this week at Grey Coat Hospital. But remind me to just use cast iron contacts or go through an agency. 0100
Catherine Johnson @catwrote.bsky.social · 14/11/2023I have allergy sneezed so much I have but my tongue twice. Top quality insights and observations from someone who has forgotten how social media works 030
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonSF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 23/10/2023For the past year, I've been recommending JOURNEY BACK TO FREEDOM: THE OLAUDAH EQUIANO STORY by @catwrote.bsky.social to everyone. You could read this at any age and get something from it - but if you know the original text, it's absolutely mindblowing! www.barringtonstoke.co.uk/books/journe... 1172
Catherine Johnson @catwrote.bsky.social · 07/10/2023Hello mutual - ten things I am into 1. Knitting 2.ponies 3. Swimming (in pools unless it’s warm) 4. Lifting weights (new!) 5. Stories! (All kinds of delivery books telly film etc) 6. Talking about stories 7. Clothes 8.Dancing 9.Dinner 10.Turnip the cat and her friend Elsa the dog 171
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonLouie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 06/10/2023VERY excited to be interviewing @rozkaveney.bsky.social about her new book next Wed. Come along if London is reachable for you! It's in Bethnal Green. Details here: www.outsavvy.com/event/16425/... 0165
Catherine Johnson @catwrote.bsky.social · 06/10/2023Any children’s writers who teach c/w and fancy work for a college in central south/ west London pls message me 3711
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonSally Nicholls @sallynicholls.bsky.social · 04/10/2023Thanks to @elencaldecott.bsky.social for alerting me to the #Kidlituk_intro hastag. I'm Sally! I've written various books including Things a Bright Girl Can Do, Ways to Live Forever and The Button Book. Godfather Death and Yours From the Tower out now. Probably in bed in my pyjamas. 1215
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonSF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 03/10/2023I write children’s books because I believe they're the most important books of all. Yet there are so few spaces where they're taken seriously, championed & celebrated. So I was thrilled when The Week Jr started these new awards - and then Tyger won one last night!!! www.theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk 127013
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonSF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 03/10/2023ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING is one of the best books I've ever read on writing - I'd recommend it to anyone. My other favourites include BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lammott, which is brilliant on the emotional experience of writing; and STEERING THE CRAFT by Ursula Le Guin, which is just brilliant! 53510
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonDr Joanna Nadin @joannanadin.bsky.social · 30/09/2023I’m just a girl, standing in front of the entire publishing industry, saying please stop making hardbacks because they are too spendy and also too heavy for my feeble wrists. (i.e. I am desperate to read The Bee Sting but arthritis and economics say no) 1151
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonLouie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 30/09/2023THIS IS SO TRUE. Word of mouth is the dream, it really is. 1245
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonMatt @mattlibrarian.eurosky.social · 30/09/2023Ahead of Banned Books Week I made several book lists, starting with the Index Librorum Prohibitorumjocolibrary.bibliocommons.comA History of Book Banning: Index Librorum Prohibitorum - Johnson County LibraryA History of Book Banning: Index Librorum Prohibitorum by JCLMATTI - a staff-created list : Compiled by official censors, The first Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Latin: “Index of Forbidden Books”) ... 183
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonSF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 02/10/2023I'm very excited to be speaking at Cheltenham on Oct 14th! I'll be talking about all my books from Varjak Paw to Tyger, answering all questions & signing all books. Please pass it on to anyone you know who might be interested, adults & children alike! www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/w... 12915
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonHelen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social · 02/10/2023Just a reminder that this little cutie is out in the wild now. The Simulacrum is the world's most famous lost movie - what would *you* do to lay hands on a copy? 1157
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 02/10/2023SOA members! There are 4 places going on the Management Committee this year (including mine, as my term ends in January). So please, don’t forget to vote before October 25th. We need as many members to vote as possible in order to ensure maximum representation. Your voice matters. Use it! 76745
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonKit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 13/08/2023Check out The Paul McVeigh Residency at The Harrison Hotel in Belfast for two writers with an amazing package of support and mentoring. Please read, apply and share www.chambersofdistinction.com/the-p…chambersofdistinction.comThe Paul McVeigh Residency 02212
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonAbie Longstaff @abielongstaff.bsky.social · 27/09/2023Hiya!! xxx So few of us CAN cope on book income alone. The ALCS survey found the average UK author earns 7k a year. Far less than minimum wage!!! 021
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonAbie Longstaff @abielongstaff.bsky.social · 27/09/2023So much of writing is finding a way to fund yourself to write what YOU like writing. Ways: 1. Normal job part time 2. Teaching/mentoring writing 3. Copywriting for corporate sector 4. Commissioned work eg book packagers, ghostwriting 5. Manuscript advice 6. Grants eg Society of Authors, Arts Council 2299
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonFleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social · 26/09/2023The Children in Read website is up and running. Need a Christmas pressie? It'll be signed, dedicated - posted by my fair hand - involving a slog over several fields and a run in with the scary woman behind the counter. Perfect for the 11 yo in your life. www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...jumblebee.co.ukChildren in Read 2023Click on Book Icons to access lots. 068
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 26/09/20235. This is only one website of several, using pirated books to train AI. 18 of my books are on this database, and have already been used to train AI, without my consent. Authors, check here to find yours. full-stack-search-prod.vercel.app?search=full-stack-search-prod.vercel.appFull Stack SearchA full stack search app 29319
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 26/09/2023Lots of anxious, necessary talk about AI on Bluesky at the moment. Let's have #SixSkeets on AI. Follow the thread to collect them all! 1422191
Reposted by Catherine JohnsonHannah Sheppard @hannahlitagent.bsky.social · 25/09/2023Absolutely this, the query letter edition... 273
Catherine Johnson @catwrote.bsky.social · 25/09/2023I am on a train! To London! And taking @melindasalisbury.bsky.social ’s advice by watching for deer as it gets light 120
Catherine Johnson @catwrote.bsky.social · 25/09/2023When I was 13 I was handing out cups of tea at a recording of bbcradio 4 question time at the school my mum worked at and I managed to spill tea over Oscar winner Glenda Jackson :0 061
