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Catherine Balavage Yardley

@catherineby.bsky.social

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Author of Ember and Where The Light is Hottest. Freelance writer. Editor-in-chief of Frost Magazine. Words in The Sunday Times, Mslexia, The Bookseller, The Guardian, Metro.

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Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 18h

What a cover! I cannot wait to read this amazing book with my children. I love Greek myths. Such a great concept and @honestmum never misses. Congratulations 🥂 It’s already had amazing reviews. #book #booksbooksbooks #authorssupportingauthors

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 1d

Well, the children had fun. #art #parenting #weekendfun

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 9d

I feel a Diane Keaton film marathon coming on.

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 9d

Farewell to my beloved robot hoover. Murdered by a toy hamster. I will miss you. 😢

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 11d

I have a photographer coming today to take pictures for a piece I’m doing for a dream publication. So of course my daughter dropped a glass bottle of fish oil and my house smells like sardines now. 😂😱

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Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 12d

My favourite books of 2025 shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/... #book #writingcommunity #bookreviews #authorcommunity

Want to know Catherine Yardley's Top 3 Books of 2025?

Catherine's top 3 reads of 2025 include Fundamentally and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!

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Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 13d

I have been told I’m in the new Downton Abbey movie in a flashback scene. Anyone else seen it and can confirm?

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 16d

Love before kids: please never die. I couldn’t live without you.
Love after kids: please never die. There is no way I could take care of these kids without you.

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 16d

Apropos of nothing: my mother always said the best way to judge a person’s character was by their friends.

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 18d

It’s my amazing, beautiful, loving, and kind daughter’s birthday today. She’s so tall and stunning. She was my one good birth, coming out mostly on her own. Here is the story of her birth in The Times: www.thetimes.com/article/b8a9...

I’ve had three very different births. Here’s what I learnt from each

When Catherine Balavage was expecting her first child she ‘buried her head in sand’ — but learnt preparation was key after two C-sections and a hypno-birthing course

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Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 19d

Wanted to buy myself something nice that my children definitely wouldn’t like. Anyway,
Guess what their favourite snack is now. 🤦‍♀️😱😭😂 #chocolate #darkchocolatecherries #m&s

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 23d

‘I tried to be softer, prettier, less awake,’ Beyonce in ‘Hold Up.’

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 24d

Things that are dangerous in pregnancy: a high fever and inflammation.
Things that solve fever and inflammation: paracetamol. Also known as Tylenol.

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 25d

Had the most amazing time at the launch of Murder in Moonlit Square by @paul_waters_author at @goldsborobooks Also had a lovely catch up with @authorivyngeow whose book, In Safe Hands, is out in November. #booklaunch #authorcommunity #authorlife #authorssupportingauthors

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 27d

It’s been a tough week so far, and only Tuesday. So I took myself to Champneys for a massage, mani, pedi and eyebrow shape. As someone who is self employed I am harder on myself than any boss. I need to practice more self care and treat myself better. Came home to books. 😍❤️

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · 28d

Imagine if people put as much effort into making the lives of people with autism easier than they do obsessively trying to find out the reason they dare to exist in the first place. #AutismAwareness #autismacceptance

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · Sep 17

I’m quoted in this brilliant piece by @_anareitz How And Just Like That lacked the magic of SATC, but maybe that's okay. oddcritic.com/was-ajlt-des...

Was AJLT Designed to Be Skipped Through?

How And Just Like That lacked the magic of SATC, but maybe that’s okay.

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Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · Sep 15

My latest Substack. On how our own identity can be a complex thing. open.substack.com/pub/catherin...

Yes, I'm Scottish, But It's Not That Interesting.

Identity is complex. We shouldn't have to cosplay who we are for other people.

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Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · Sep 15

Ended last week with a lovely writing commission and have started this week with another one.

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · Sep 12

Now that’s a cake! Happy birthday to my husband. ❤️🎁🥂

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you 🙏

Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · Sep 12

Ending the week with a lovely writing commission. Happy me. #WritingCommunity #writerlife

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Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · Sep 11

I don’t know who Charlie Kirk is, but no one should die because of their beliefs.

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Gary Panton @garypanton.co.uk · Sep 10

I think in September it's OK to consider all Christmas foods early rather than late. 😁

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Catherine Balavage Yardley @catherineby.bsky.social · Sep 11

Fantastic point.