Cath Staincliffe
@cathstaincliffe.bsky.social
Crime writer – novels, radio, TV, to-do lists. Reading junkie. Likes hill-walks, mum dancing, pootling in the garden. She/her. Latest book Fire on the Fells.
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FIRE ON THE FELLS
(Detectives Donovan and Young Book 2)
Out now 99p! Summer can be murder, out on the sun-scorched Yorkshire Fells. Leo and Shan must solve the case before it all goes up in smoke. tinyurl.com/4cbf4e6m
(Detectives Donovan and Young Book 2)
Out now 99p! Summer can be murder, out on the sun-scorched Yorkshire Fells. Leo and Shan must solve the case before it all goes up in smoke. tinyurl.com/4cbf4e6m
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The BBC, quite consciously, sets out to demean and belittle trans people. This is both morally contemptible and in breach of its Charter obligations. We've made it super easy for you to write to the BBC and tell it to stop.
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The BBC must stop attacking trans people | Good Law Project
The right wing accusations of ‘pro-trans’ bias are back to front. It’s time for the BBC to live up to its duty to be impartial on trans issues.
goodlaw.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The BBC, quite consciously, sets out to demean and belittle trans people. This is both morally contemptible and in breach of its Charter obligations. We've made it super easy for you to write to the BBC and tell it to stop.
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
Looking for a good read? I've some recommendations over on my latest post. cathstaincliffe.co.uk/category/blog/ Happy reading!
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Looking for a good read? I've some recommendations over on my latest post. cathstaincliffe.co.uk/category/blog/ Happy reading!
Library haul. Thank you @MancLibraries Happy days reading ahead.
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Library haul. Thank you @MancLibraries Happy days reading ahead.
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PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
Thank you so much!
This was excellent! I just read it and I really enjoyed it!
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Thank you so much!
Buzzards cruise the wide sky. And the birch sings yellow.
November 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Buzzards cruise the wide sky. And the birch sings yellow.
Meanwhile in Manchester already done two emergency sweet runs to the corner shop.
October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Meanwhile in Manchester already done two emergency sweet runs to the corner shop.
Great news. Go Ann!
Pan Macmillan has signed four new titles with author Ann Cleeves, securing her publishing until at least 2031. Cleeves’ next novel, published by Pan Macmillan in 2026 👇 #BookSky
Pan Macmillan signs four new titles with Ann Cleeves
ebx.sh
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Great news. Go Ann!
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Read in public. Read in private. Read e-books, genre books, comics, fanfiction. Read literature. Read nonfiction. Read books you’ve already read. Listen to audiobooks. Read what you want. There’s no such thing as “doing reading the wrong way.”
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Read in public. Read in private. Read e-books, genre books, comics, fanfiction. Read literature. Read nonfiction. Read books you’ve already read. Listen to audiobooks. Read what you want. There’s no such thing as “doing reading the wrong way.”
Good to visit the Turner Prize 2025 in my home town. Really interesting works.
bradford2025.co.uk/programme/tu...
bradford2025.co.uk/programme/tu...
October 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Good to visit the Turner Prize 2025 in my home town. Really interesting works.
bradford2025.co.uk/programme/tu...
bradford2025.co.uk/programme/tu...
Glorious autumn day. Savouring the colours of the trees.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Glorious autumn day. Savouring the colours of the trees.
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Lovely review of Best British Short Stories 2025 up at @manchesterreview.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=13063
Best British Short Stories 2025, edited by Nicholas Royle, reviewed by Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells - The Manchester Review
A timely reminder of the ability of the contemporary short form to move, shock and surprise its reader in a myriad of ways. Best British Short Stories 2025 | edited by Nicholas Royle | Salt Publishing...
www.themanchesterreview.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lovely review of Best British Short Stories 2025 up at @manchesterreview.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=13063
Acer looking pretty ace. #HappyAutumn
October 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Acer looking pretty ace. #HappyAutumn
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Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.
October 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.
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30 more women to tip this over 55k today? The calm, compassionate, inclusive feminists, who might not have seen the amazing support received for the trans community and the rejection of hate so far? Go on…
We expect to hit 55k signatures in support of our open letter this week, perhaps even today. Thank you to everyone who has signed or shared. Let’s keep this going:
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
Home - Not in our name
As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.
notinourname.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
30 more women to tip this over 55k today? The calm, compassionate, inclusive feminists, who might not have seen the amazing support received for the trans community and the rejection of hate so far? Go on…
Great to get my author copies of Then There Were More, Short Stories from @thecwa.bsky.social edited by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social I'm looking forward to reading the other stories in this vintage* collection. tinyurl.com/5yeaw2n5
*vintage, me, who'd have thought!
*vintage, me, who'd have thought!
October 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great to get my author copies of Then There Were More, Short Stories from @thecwa.bsky.social edited by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social I'm looking forward to reading the other stories in this vintage* collection. tinyurl.com/5yeaw2n5
*vintage, me, who'd have thought!
*vintage, me, who'd have thought!
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THE BOOK OF BRADFORD at Town Festival 📚
📅Thursday 16 Oct @ 6:30pm
📍 @bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Featuring the wonderful David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y. Alam✍
🎟️FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festi...
📅Thursday 16 Oct @ 6:30pm
📍 @bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Featuring the wonderful David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y. Alam✍
🎟️FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festi...
October 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
THE BOOK OF BRADFORD at Town Festival 📚
📅Thursday 16 Oct @ 6:30pm
📍 @bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Featuring the wonderful David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y. Alam✍
🎟️FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festi...
📅Thursday 16 Oct @ 6:30pm
📍 @bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Featuring the wonderful David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y. Alam✍
🎟️FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festi...
Back to my hometown to sample some culture.
September 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Back to my hometown to sample some culture.
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also I finished this painting - so happy with it! It's big - 60cm square - & available on my site now. "Cynnwys" (to contain), Acrylic paint and oil pastels. shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/cynn... #art #painting #crow #skull
September 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
also I finished this painting - so happy with it! It's big - 60cm square - & available on my site now. "Cynnwys" (to contain), Acrylic paint and oil pastels. shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/cynn... #art #painting #crow #skull
Hello bookworms. I've just posted some new recommendations for novels I've enjoyed on my website. Happy reading! cathstaincliffe.co.uk/category/blog/
September 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Hello bookworms. I've just posted some new recommendations for novels I've enjoyed on my website. Happy reading! cathstaincliffe.co.uk/category/blog/
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(Updated Version)
(Updated Version)
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(Updated Version)
(Updated Version)
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London Writers Award now open, great prizes, lovely people and different categories. Also details available in different formats.
Details in link below.
Please share :)
www.spreadtheword.org.uk
Details in link below.
Please share :)
www.spreadtheword.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
London Writers Award now open, great prizes, lovely people and different categories. Also details available in different formats.
Details in link below.
Please share :)
www.spreadtheword.org.uk
Details in link below.
Please share :)
www.spreadtheword.org.uk
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Coffee sketching
HB mechanical pencil
30 minutes
HB mechanical pencil
30 minutes
September 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Coffee sketching
HB mechanical pencil
30 minutes
HB mechanical pencil
30 minutes
Last few pickings from the garden.
September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Last few pickings from the garden.
Home to a good soaking. #RainyCity #Manchester
September 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Home to a good soaking. #RainyCity #Manchester