
CatherineJohnson
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Doyenne. Chief Rebel @LittleRebelAward 2019 @IBBYUK 2020 honour list author. Knits and watches too much TV. Rep'd by @CBTheatreFilmTV & @rcwlitagency
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http://catherinejohnson.co.uk 02-02-2011 15:57:22
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Really enjoyed this conversation. Thanks to Just Imagine for inviting Karen Sands-O'Connor and me - and for the great questions! Video and text interviews here!


Six weeks to go until Hero gallops into bookshops on September 4! I think that's respectable enough time to start a count-down? Firefly Press

“The trauma, the shame, the loss of dignity, the violation of taboos, the breaking of social bonds …Those who inflict starvation are aware of this, they know that what they’re doing is actually dismantling a society.” Emma Graham-Harrison theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

MEET THE POETS First up for Best Single Poem Performed is the incredible Raymond Antrobus (🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus) with Dynamic Disks, 1933 — a powerful exploration of language, sound & absence. 🎥 Watch an excerpt + full poem/interview: buff.ly/nWB8ncv #ForwardPrizes2025

No unboxing video but…..They are HERE!!!! Finished copies of my latest book, #Refuge: Stories of War (and love). And they are GORGEOUS! Thank you Footnote Press and esp my editor Serena Arthur for the courage and conviction to publish this book 🙏🏽 Out on 7 August!


This book has a unreal & bewildering feel about it, just like how dreams are. Yet the author skilfully makes it just clear enough for me follow the story, & to turn the pages so I might get clarity in the next page. Then the next page, and the next. #teen justinelaismith.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/rev…


