Cath Holland
@caththewriter.bsky.social
Writer of fiction. Published by Mslexia, NFFD, Dead Ink Books, Fictive Dream, Arachne Press. Features ed God Is In The TV:
https://bsky.app/profile/godisinthetvzine.bsky.social Infrequent DJ. Was trophy wife, now Andy's widow. cathbore@gmail(.)com.
https://bsky.app/profile/godisinthetvzine.bsky.social Infrequent DJ. Was trophy wife, now Andy's widow. cathbore@gmail(.)com.
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VIDEO: Adwaith In Conversation With Cath Holland At CWRW 'Solas' Listening Party - God Is In The TV
Last week, double Welsh Music Prize-winners Adwaith settled on the stage in front of a sold-out live audience at CWRW in the band's hometown of Carmarthen for
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Last week I went to Carmarthen for an in conversation with the MIGHTY @adwaithmusic.bsky.social + team at SLUSH CIC's ‘Solas’ listening party at #CWRW #Libertino @beastpruk.bsky.social @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social
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I'm reading my poem Soft Words, Hard Truths at the Merseyside International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (and girls) vigil tomorrow, Tues 25 November. 5-6pm
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I'm reading my poem Soft Words, Hard Truths at the Merseyside International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (and girls) vigil tomorrow, Tues 25 November. 5-6pm
Do as I say and not as I do
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Do as I say and not as I do
Incredible quote from Ashley Hickson-Lovence in support of Bread Alone, published by Indie Novella in March 2026. In my essay Dying Is An Expensive Business I write about how my writing was affected when caring for my husband Andy & my career change after his death in 2019
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Incredible quote from Ashley Hickson-Lovence in support of Bread Alone, published by Indie Novella in March 2026. In my essay Dying Is An Expensive Business I write about how my writing was affected when caring for my husband Andy & my career change after his death in 2019
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This week @welshmusicprize.bsky.social winners #RogueJones
removed their music from #Spotify The duo tell
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removed their music from #Spotify The duo tell
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why: godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/11/01/w...
@beastpruk.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This week @welshmusicprize.bsky.social winners #RogueJones
removed their music from #Spotify The duo tell
@caththewriter.bsky.social
why: godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/11/01/w...
@beastpruk.bsky.social
removed their music from #Spotify The duo tell
@caththewriter.bsky.social
why: godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/11/01/w...
@beastpruk.bsky.social
Thanks so much Launchpad Magazine for running a feature on me in the new issue, covering my fiction and nonfiction writing, public speaking, and media work. Much gratitude Cosy Kreations for their huge support.
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Thanks so much Launchpad Magazine for running a feature on me in the new issue, covering my fiction and nonfiction writing, public speaking, and media work. Much gratitude Cosy Kreations for their huge support.
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@caththewriter.bsky.social on #RiotWomen , ageism, Virginia Giuffre, class prejudice, all of it. godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/10/20/i...
I Hope You Like Feminist Rants # 5 : Women To The Front - God Is In The TV
Watching Sally Wainwright’s new BBC series Riot Women, the stories of *women of a certain age* (* Gregg Wallace) skilfully interwoven around the device of
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October 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
@caththewriter.bsky.social on #RiotWomen , ageism, Virginia Giuffre, class prejudice, all of it. godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/10/20/i...
Bought these candles today. The lady in the shop sniffed at them and said how nice they smell. I did the same, knowing full well they don't smell of anything until you light them. I was complicit in her lie.
October 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Bought these candles today. The lady in the shop sniffed at them and said how nice they smell. I did the same, knowing full well they don't smell of anything until you light them. I was complicit in her lie.
"The Stories So Far book launch, you say? At Write Blend Bookshop, Waterloo? 25 October at 1pm?"
I'm pleased to have a flash fiction /creative nonfiction in this book about surviving caring for a loved one with cancer. Scanxiety, heartbreak and hope. Published 24 Oct x
I'm pleased to have a flash fiction /creative nonfiction in this book about surviving caring for a loved one with cancer. Scanxiety, heartbreak and hope. Published 24 Oct x
October 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"The Stories So Far book launch, you say? At Write Blend Bookshop, Waterloo? 25 October at 1pm?"
I'm pleased to have a flash fiction /creative nonfiction in this book about surviving caring for a loved one with cancer. Scanxiety, heartbreak and hope. Published 24 Oct x
I'm pleased to have a flash fiction /creative nonfiction in this book about surviving caring for a loved one with cancer. Scanxiety, heartbreak and hope. Published 24 Oct x
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NEWS #baucat share spirited new single 'Silver Bangle' @caththewriter.bsky.social
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NEWS: Bau Cat Jangle Spirited New Single 'Silver Bangle' - God Is In The TV
North Wales three-piece Bau Cat spring hard out of the starting blocks with 'Silver Bangle', a first single for Libertino Records.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEWS #baucat share spirited new single 'Silver Bangle' @caththewriter.bsky.social
@beastpruk.bsky.social
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The annual sharing of the 2016 love letter from Andy who, had life not taken such a grim turn, would've celebrated 60 years on this earth last week to John who'd be 85 today x OPINION: John Lennon – a love letter from a lifelong fan
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OPINION: John Lennon - A Love Letter From A Lifelong Fan - God Is In The TV
I’m not sure how long it was ago, but I began to notice that more and more people were writing negative pieces about John Lennon. In fact, nowadays it has
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October 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The annual sharing of the 2016 love letter from Andy who, had life not taken such a grim turn, would've celebrated 60 years on this earth last week to John who'd be 85 today x OPINION: John Lennon – a love letter from a lifelong fan
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#DonLeisure wins @welshmusicprize.bsky.social Prize 2025 @caththewriter.bsky.social www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/10/07/d...
Don Leisure Wins Welsh Music Prize 2025 - God Is In The TV
This year's Welsh Music Prize has been won this year by Don Leisure for Tyrchu Sain (Digging Sain). Cardiff-based producer Aly Jamal blew the dust off
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October 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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I had a wonderful time at Celebrate The Winners at Wirral Poetry Festival this afternoon at Gladstone Theatre. I read my poem, runner-up in the Wirral category, to a lovely audience. Thanks to the festival team, judge Pauline Rowe & huge congrats to my fellow prize winners
October 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I had a wonderful time at Celebrate The Winners at Wirral Poetry Festival this afternoon at Gladstone Theatre. I read my poem, runner-up in the Wirral category, to a lovely audience. Thanks to the festival team, judge Pauline Rowe & huge congrats to my fellow prize winners
(Would have been) 60 today. Photo: Wirral Globe or Birkenhead News (2002)
October 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
(Would have been) 60 today. Photo: Wirral Globe or Birkenhead News (2002)
I'm ordering a skip for next week. Really looking forward to male neighbours coming out of their homes and interviewing me thus: 'is that a skip' and 'have you got a skip then'.
September 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm ordering a skip for next week. Really looking forward to male neighbours coming out of their homes and interviewing me thus: 'is that a skip' and 'have you got a skip then'.
Come and see me read at the Wirral Poetry Festival competition award ceremony at Gladstone Theatre in Port Sunlight, Wirral next Sunday 5 October. I'm so looking forward to this, and meeting my fellow winners.
#birkenheadwriter
#birkenheadwriter
September 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Come and see me read at the Wirral Poetry Festival competition award ceremony at Gladstone Theatre in Port Sunlight, Wirral next Sunday 5 October. I'm so looking forward to this, and meeting my fellow winners.
#birkenheadwriter
#birkenheadwriter
Entertaining the masses on a Friday with some Tim Buckley filth. Thanks Coffee and Turntables Vinyl Club and Artefact Liverpool
September 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Entertaining the masses on a Friday with some Tim Buckley filth. Thanks Coffee and Turntables Vinyl Club and Artefact Liverpool
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In conversation: #grifflynch
talks to @caththewriter.bsky.social
about his debut solo album Blas Melysa'r Mis (Flavour if the Month), bypassing the Welsh language music ceiling + much more! Photo credit: Carys Huws
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talks to @caththewriter.bsky.social
about his debut solo album Blas Melysa'r Mis (Flavour if the Month), bypassing the Welsh language music ceiling + much more! Photo credit: Carys Huws
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Griff Lynch On Solo Album Blas Melysa’r Mis + Bypassing The Welsh Language Music Glass Ceiling - God Is In The TV
‘There’s been a solo album on the cards for about ten years,’ laughs Griff Lynch when we meet up in Wrexham to talk about the long-awaited Blas Melysa’r Mis
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September 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In conversation: #grifflynch
talks to @caththewriter.bsky.social
about his debut solo album Blas Melysa'r Mis (Flavour if the Month), bypassing the Welsh language music ceiling + much more! Photo credit: Carys Huws
www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/09/25/i...
talks to @caththewriter.bsky.social
about his debut solo album Blas Melysa'r Mis (Flavour if the Month), bypassing the Welsh language music ceiling + much more! Photo credit: Carys Huws
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Having a bit of a clear-out. Looking at this 1990s poster through a 2025 lens - Oasis prepping for a Make Britain Great Again march, b/w Blur pretending to be working class.
September 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Having a bit of a clear-out. Looking at this 1990s poster through a 2025 lens - Oasis prepping for a Make Britain Great Again march, b/w Blur pretending to be working class.
I'm giving a talk about the moral and practical value of charity shops on the high street next Monday 29 September at 'In Our Neighbourhood' at Ignite - Little Leaf/One Fine Day, Old Hall St Liverpool igniteliverpool.com/2025/08/in-y...
September 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I'm giving a talk about the moral and practical value of charity shops on the high street next Monday 29 September at 'In Our Neighbourhood' at Ignite - Little Leaf/One Fine Day, Old Hall St Liverpool igniteliverpool.com/2025/08/in-y...
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Diolch o galon @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social a @caththewriter.bsky.social am enwebu 'Elan' am y Wobr Neutron - braint bod ymysg cwmni mor wych!
Huge thanks @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social and @caththewriter.bsky.social for nominating 'Elan' for the #NeutronPrize - an honour to be amongst such greats!
Huge thanks @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social and @caththewriter.bsky.social for nominating 'Elan' for the #NeutronPrize - an honour to be amongst such greats!
September 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Diolch o galon @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social a @caththewriter.bsky.social am enwebu 'Elan' am y Wobr Neutron - braint bod ymysg cwmni mor wych!
Huge thanks @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social and @caththewriter.bsky.social for nominating 'Elan' for the #NeutronPrize - an honour to be amongst such greats!
Huge thanks @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social and @caththewriter.bsky.social for nominating 'Elan' for the #NeutronPrize - an honour to be amongst such greats!
I'm so pleased my essay 'Dying Is An Expensive Business' is in Bread Alone : What Happens When We Run Out Of Working-Class Writers , published in March 2026 by Indie Novella. In my essay for the book I talk about widowhood and class. Pre-orders:
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September 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I'm so pleased my essay 'Dying Is An Expensive Business' is in Bread Alone : What Happens When We Run Out Of Working-Class Writers , published in March 2026 by Indie Novella. In my essay for the book I talk about widowhood and class. Pre-orders:
www.indienovella.co.uk/product-page...
www.indienovella.co.uk/product-page...
At the Change prose poetry and art exhibition private view yesterday at Sips and Stories, Smithdown Rd Liverpool. Lovely to meet fellow contributors and enjoy some damn fine coffee. Big thanks Cosy Kreations. Exhibition open until 21 September. #flashfiction #poetry
September 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
At the Change prose poetry and art exhibition private view yesterday at Sips and Stories, Smithdown Rd Liverpool. Lovely to meet fellow contributors and enjoy some damn fine coffee. Big thanks Cosy Kreations. Exhibition open until 21 September. #flashfiction #poetry
When your husband's bully from 30 years ago who called you 'middle class shite' on meeting you for the first time looks you up on Facebook for a nosey and sends a friend request by mistake. Victory is mine.
September 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
When your husband's bully from 30 years ago who called you 'middle class shite' on meeting you for the first time looks you up on Facebook for a nosey and sends a friend request by mistake. Victory is mine.
Turning my place into a 60s /70s time capsule. With less sexism, racism, classism, homophobia though.
September 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Turning my place into a 60s /70s time capsule. With less sexism, racism, classism, homophobia though.