Catherine Emmett Author
@catherineemmett.bsky.social
Geordie in Essex. Children’s Author.'The Pet' Oscar’s shortlisted - Winner Coventry Book Award. 'King of the Swamp' Winner BASH'22. @MandySuhrAgent @WriteMentor Rhyming PB Course Lead.
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Delighted to hear that ‘The Dodo Who Dreamed She Could Fly’ by me and Claire Powell was featured on CBeebies today as the lunchtime story!
I would love to be able to watch it! Anyone know if there is a way to watch? I can’t find it on Iplayer!
@simonkids.bsky.social @cbeebies.bsky.social
I would love to be able to watch it! Anyone know if there is a way to watch? I can’t find it on Iplayer!
@simonkids.bsky.social @cbeebies.bsky.social
Anyone have experience of Faber Academy writing courses?
Specifically the novel writing one?
Thank you!
Specifically the novel writing one?
Thank you!
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Anyone have experience of Faber Academy writing courses?
Specifically the novel writing one?
Thank you!
Specifically the novel writing one?
Thank you!
Thanks so much for including Trick or Treat with these lovely spooky books!
I’ve updated my Halloween book recommendations blogpost, adding in some recently published titles.
Happy spooky season reading!
#UkKidLit
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Happy spooky season reading!
#UkKidLit
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November 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Thanks so much for including Trick or Treat with these lovely spooky books!
Ok can someone please just come to my house and tidy it, sort me some lunch, make tea for the electricians and make sure everyone leaves me alone to write please?
Is that too much to ask? Really?!
Is that too much to ask? Really?!
October 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Ok can someone please just come to my house and tidy it, sort me some lunch, make tea for the electricians and make sure everyone leaves me alone to write please?
Is that too much to ask? Really?!
Is that too much to ask? Really?!
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Halloween is upon us.
Time to get this BOO!...tiful book. 🧙♀️👻
Halloween is upon us.
Time to get this BOO!...tiful book. 🧙♀️👻
It’s getting towards that time of year!
If you’re after the perfect Halloween picture book with a spectacular spooky twist, then look no further!
‘Trick or Treat’ is out!
The perfect TREAT for Halloween!
Delightfully spooky illustrations from the wonderful Laura Brenlla
If you’re after the perfect Halloween picture book with a spectacular spooky twist, then look no further!
‘Trick or Treat’ is out!
The perfect TREAT for Halloween!
Delightfully spooky illustrations from the wonderful Laura Brenlla
September 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨👇👇👇👇👇🚨
Halloween is upon us.
Time to get this BOO!...tiful book. 🧙♀️👻
Halloween is upon us.
Time to get this BOO!...tiful book. 🧙♀️👻
It’s getting towards that time of year!
If you’re after the perfect Halloween picture book with a spectacular spooky twist, then look no further!
‘Trick or Treat’ is out!
The perfect TREAT for Halloween!
Delightfully spooky illustrations from the wonderful Laura Brenlla
If you’re after the perfect Halloween picture book with a spectacular spooky twist, then look no further!
‘Trick or Treat’ is out!
The perfect TREAT for Halloween!
Delightfully spooky illustrations from the wonderful Laura Brenlla
September 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It’s getting towards that time of year!
If you’re after the perfect Halloween picture book with a spectacular spooky twist, then look no further!
‘Trick or Treat’ is out!
The perfect TREAT for Halloween!
Delightfully spooky illustrations from the wonderful Laura Brenlla
If you’re after the perfect Halloween picture book with a spectacular spooky twist, then look no further!
‘Trick or Treat’ is out!
The perfect TREAT for Halloween!
Delightfully spooky illustrations from the wonderful Laura Brenlla
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And Catherine is available for virtual visits!
Wooohooo!!!! DELIGHTED to see The Lionesses do it again!!!!
If your little ones enjoyed watching the game then they will LOVE Sammy Striker!
As endorsed by The Lionesses themselves!
#Lionesses #Euros #Euros2025 #Champions 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
If your little ones enjoyed watching the game then they will LOVE Sammy Striker!
As endorsed by The Lionesses themselves!
#Lionesses #Euros #Euros2025 #Champions 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
July 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
And Catherine is available for virtual visits!
Wooohooo!!!! DELIGHTED to see The Lionesses do it again!!!!
If your little ones enjoyed watching the game then they will LOVE Sammy Striker!
As endorsed by The Lionesses themselves!
#Lionesses #Euros #Euros2025 #Champions 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
If your little ones enjoyed watching the game then they will LOVE Sammy Striker!
As endorsed by The Lionesses themselves!
#Lionesses #Euros #Euros2025 #Champions 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
July 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Wooohooo!!!! DELIGHTED to see The Lionesses do it again!!!!
If your little ones enjoyed watching the game then they will LOVE Sammy Striker!
As endorsed by The Lionesses themselves!
#Lionesses #Euros #Euros2025 #Champions 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
If your little ones enjoyed watching the game then they will LOVE Sammy Striker!
As endorsed by The Lionesses themselves!
#Lionesses #Euros #Euros2025 #Champions 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Let’s have some lovely children’s book suggestions to cheer up a grey day! What’s your feel good read read? What makes you smile? Here are a few to get started…
May 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Let’s have some lovely children’s book suggestions to cheer up a grey day! What’s your feel good read read? What makes you smile? Here are a few to get started…
This looks gorgeous
The cover for my next book, WILD JOURNEY! Huge thanks to @joe.lillington for this amazing cover and illustrations inside! And to @theweekjunior for the grand reveal - a first for the magazine and truly an honour for me ❤️❤️❤️
Available to preorder now! geni.us/WildJourney
Available to preorder now! geni.us/WildJourney
March 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This looks gorgeous
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Thank you @catherineemmett.bsky.social for this lovely review of Millie’s Big Decision!
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#KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky #LGBTQ
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#KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky #LGBTQ
March 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thank you @catherineemmett.bsky.social for this lovely review of Millie’s Big Decision!
wonderlandbookshop.co.uk/product/mill...
#KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky #LGBTQ
wonderlandbookshop.co.uk/product/mill...
#KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky #LGBTQ
I think that having a child choose one of your characters for @WorldBookDayUK is a HUGE author goal!
And this year I was spoilt rotten!
Just LOOK at all these gorgeous Flamingos, Dodos and a Sammy! 🥰🥰🥰
Feeling like a very lucky author!
And this year I was spoilt rotten!
Just LOOK at all these gorgeous Flamingos, Dodos and a Sammy! 🥰🥰🥰
Feeling like a very lucky author!
March 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I think that having a child choose one of your characters for @WorldBookDayUK is a HUGE author goal!
And this year I was spoilt rotten!
Just LOOK at all these gorgeous Flamingos, Dodos and a Sammy! 🥰🥰🥰
Feeling like a very lucky author!
And this year I was spoilt rotten!
Just LOOK at all these gorgeous Flamingos, Dodos and a Sammy! 🥰🥰🥰
Feeling like a very lucky author!
There really is nothing like World Book Day and a school full of lovely kids to get the writing juices flowing!
And just look how brilliant the teachers were!
And just look how brilliant the teachers were!
March 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There really is nothing like World Book Day and a school full of lovely kids to get the writing juices flowing!
And just look how brilliant the teachers were!
And just look how brilliant the teachers were!
Delighted to see Jill Scott reading Sammy Striker!!
She’s the third Lioness legend to read it now! A hat trick for Sammy!
She shoots!
She scores!
⚽️⚽️⚽️
She’s the third Lioness legend to read it now! A hat trick for Sammy!
She shoots!
She scores!
⚽️⚽️⚽️
March 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Delighted to see Jill Scott reading Sammy Striker!!
She’s the third Lioness legend to read it now! A hat trick for Sammy!
She shoots!
She scores!
⚽️⚽️⚽️
She’s the third Lioness legend to read it now! A hat trick for Sammy!
She shoots!
She scores!
⚽️⚽️⚽️
Delighted that The Rainbow Flamingo has been shortlisted for the Calderdale Picture Book of the Year! 🎉
Go Adele! Show those feathers with pride!
Go Adele! Show those feathers with pride!
March 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Delighted that The Rainbow Flamingo has been shortlisted for the Calderdale Picture Book of the Year! 🎉
Go Adele! Show those feathers with pride!
Go Adele! Show those feathers with pride!
Back to writing picture books for the first time in a while - and it always surprises me how happy it makes me.
February 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Back to writing picture books for the first time in a while - and it always surprises me how happy it makes me.
Ooh we love Loki! I wish we were closer. People of Lincoln, check it out!
If you're at @waterstoneskids.bsky.social book festival in Lincoln this weekend, come and see me! I'm on Sunday morning at 10am at Southside. Tickets here! www.southsidelincs.com/event-detail... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Loki Fan Event with Louie Stowell | Southside Lincoln
Part of Waterstones' Children's Book Festival 2025
www.southsidelincs.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ooh we love Loki! I wish we were closer. People of Lincoln, check it out!
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Thanks to @catherineemmett.bsky.social for this lovely feedback on our 2024 Bury Lit Fest - it's buoying us up on this grey Monday morning!
"I really enjoyed being part of Bury St Edmund's Literature Festival! It was very friendly, well organised and also well attended. I had a great day!"
"I really enjoyed being part of Bury St Edmund's Literature Festival! It was very friendly, well organised and also well attended. I had a great day!"
February 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thanks to @catherineemmett.bsky.social for this lovely feedback on our 2024 Bury Lit Fest - it's buoying us up on this grey Monday morning!
"I really enjoyed being part of Bury St Edmund's Literature Festival! It was very friendly, well organised and also well attended. I had a great day!"
"I really enjoyed being part of Bury St Edmund's Literature Festival! It was very friendly, well organised and also well attended. I had a great day!"
Is it too early to go back to bed?
January 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Is it too early to go back to bed?
Playing around with Lino printing. Lots of fun and a great way to pass a rainy ‘no-rugby’ Sunday!
January 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Playing around with Lino printing. Lots of fun and a great way to pass a rainy ‘no-rugby’ Sunday!
Nice to be here and see stuff about books again. My eyes need a rest from the bin fire that is Twitter 😬
January 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Nice to be here and see stuff about books again. My eyes need a rest from the bin fire that is Twitter 😬
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This is such a horrible message.
Do better, Bookbub.
Take away coffees are routinely more expensive than ebooks.
Setting a culture of $1/£1 books is undervaluing art and telling us it's disposable.
Do better.
Do better, Bookbub.
Take away coffees are routinely more expensive than ebooks.
Setting a culture of $1/£1 books is undervaluing art and telling us it's disposable.
Do better.
January 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is such a horrible message.
Do better, Bookbub.
Take away coffees are routinely more expensive than ebooks.
Setting a culture of $1/£1 books is undervaluing art and telling us it's disposable.
Do better.
Do better, Bookbub.
Take away coffees are routinely more expensive than ebooks.
Setting a culture of $1/£1 books is undervaluing art and telling us it's disposable.
Do better.
If you listen very carefully…
…you can hear the sound of a weekend without a single sports fixture!! 🎉🎉🎉
God bless you everyone! 😂
…you can hear the sound of a weekend without a single sports fixture!! 🎉🎉🎉
God bless you everyone! 😂
carefully.you
December 21, 2024 at 10:44 AM
If you listen very carefully…
…you can hear the sound of a weekend without a single sports fixture!! 🎉🎉🎉
God bless you everyone! 😂
…you can hear the sound of a weekend without a single sports fixture!! 🎉🎉🎉
God bless you everyone! 😂
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My favourite children's book of the year: SAFIYYAH'S WAR by Hiba Noor Khan. Absolutely beautiful & brilliant; every school & library should have a copy. To which end, I am giving away FREE COPIES TO SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES! Repost & follow to enter; closes 25th Jan 2025!
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
December 20, 2024 at 10:02 PM
My favourite children's book of the year: SAFIYYAH'S WAR by Hiba Noor Khan. Absolutely beautiful & brilliant; every school & library should have a copy. To which end, I am giving away FREE COPIES TO SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES! Repost & follow to enter; closes 25th Jan 2025!
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
#BooksOfTheYear #books #giveaway
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Soooooooooooo excited to read this! Absolutely LOVE @catherineemmett.bsky.social Dodo Who Dreamed She Could Fly Makes for a great storytime 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Delighted to hear that ‘The Dodo Who Dreamed She Could Fly’ by me and Claire Powell was featured on CBeebies today as the lunchtime story!
I would love to be able to watch it! Anyone know if there is a way to watch? I can’t find it on Iplayer!
@simonkids.bsky.social @cbeebies.bsky.social
I would love to be able to watch it! Anyone know if there is a way to watch? I can’t find it on Iplayer!
@simonkids.bsky.social @cbeebies.bsky.social
December 20, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Soooooooooooo excited to read this! Absolutely LOVE @catherineemmett.bsky.social Dodo Who Dreamed She Could Fly Makes for a great storytime 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Delighted to hear that ‘The Dodo Who Dreamed She Could Fly’ by me and Claire Powell was featured on CBeebies today as the lunchtime story!
I would love to be able to watch it! Anyone know if there is a way to watch? I can’t find it on Iplayer!
@simonkids.bsky.social @cbeebies.bsky.social
I would love to be able to watch it! Anyone know if there is a way to watch? I can’t find it on Iplayer!
@simonkids.bsky.social @cbeebies.bsky.social
December 20, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Delighted to hear that ‘The Dodo Who Dreamed She Could Fly’ by me and Claire Powell was featured on CBeebies today as the lunchtime story!
I would love to be able to watch it! Anyone know if there is a way to watch? I can’t find it on Iplayer!
@simonkids.bsky.social @cbeebies.bsky.social
I would love to be able to watch it! Anyone know if there is a way to watch? I can’t find it on Iplayer!
@simonkids.bsky.social @cbeebies.bsky.social