Catherine Robertson
@cjrauthor.bsky.social
Author of Flora Valley, Miss Lovelock and Imperfect Lives series romcoms (catherinejrobertson.com) she/her, trans rights, vote Green, owner of cats, dogs and chickens. Banner pic is Bernie judging you
Did they have to use the word come?
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Did they have to use the word come?
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November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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In the fruit and veg shop today, an elderly Italian man, dapper in braces, lecturing two women waiting in line about how "People in this country know NOTHING! The artichoke has been used in Italian cuisine for CENTURIES!' He was buying an ice cream. I will never know who brought up artichokes
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
In the fruit and veg shop today, an elderly Italian man, dapper in braces, lecturing two women waiting in line about how "People in this country know NOTHING! The artichoke has been used in Italian cuisine for CENTURIES!' He was buying an ice cream. I will never know who brought up artichokes
No fan of this creepazoid, but at least he admitted it before the elections, unlike our government who's still clinging to their flagrant bullshit
Nigel Farage: Huge tax cuts not currently realistic
The Reform UK leader rows back on his party's previous promise to deliver £90bn of tax cuts.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
No fan of this creepazoid, but at least he admitted it before the elections, unlike our government who's still clinging to their flagrant bullshit
Reposted by Catherine Robertson
Didn’t quite make the deadline to apply for the MA in Creative Writing? Good news: we’ve extended it until Friday. It’s not too late to come and write your poetry/fiction/creative nonfiction/script with us next year!
Master of Arts in Creative Writing - Te Kohinga Auaha | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Join the Creative Writing programme with a national and international reputation for developing many of New Zealand's best writers.
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Didn’t quite make the deadline to apply for the MA in Creative Writing? Good news: we’ve extended it until Friday. It’s not too late to come and write your poetry/fiction/creative nonfiction/script with us next year!
Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin cameos in series 3 of Dark Winds.
November 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin cameos in series 3 of Dark Winds.
New novella up for pre-order. Slow-burn friends to lovers mid-spice rom-com, in the Miss Lovelock series. Trying a different tone with this one, less of the mildly bonkers external plot-line, more focus on the characters (more grit, also more swearing). On the Amazons and Kindle Unlimited. #romcoms
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
New novella up for pre-order. Slow-burn friends to lovers mid-spice rom-com, in the Miss Lovelock series. Trying a different tone with this one, less of the mildly bonkers external plot-line, more focus on the characters (more grit, also more swearing). On the Amazons and Kindle Unlimited. #romcoms
Lolz to The NY Times
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Lolz to The NY Times
Hawke's Bay right now - stay safe everyone
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Alt: thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me thunderbolt and lightning - from Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody
media.tenor.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Hawke's Bay right now - stay safe everyone
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October 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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May I present a dramatic pigeon. Hawke’s Bay A&P show yesterday
October 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
May I present a dramatic pigeon. Hawke’s Bay A&P show yesterday
I wish I could be as relaxed as my cat. His name is Reginald and he’s actually a lot more feral than he looks in this photo while also being deeply affectionate - a contradiction
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I wish I could be as relaxed as my cat. His name is Reginald and he’s actually a lot more feral than he looks in this photo while also being deeply affectionate - a contradiction
My Lock Screen
October 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
My Lock Screen
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Trans people are increasingly being painted as a threat to women.
We’re supporting @nionwomen.bsky.social to fight back against this harmful narrative. 👇
https://goodlaw.social/xmgc
We’re supporting @nionwomen.bsky.social to fight back against this harmful narrative. 👇
https://goodlaw.social/xmgc
Rejecting the false narrative that frames trans people as a threat to women
Trans people are increasingly being painted as a threat to women. We're supporting Not In Our Name (NION) Women to fight back against this harmful narrative.
goodlaw.social
October 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Trans people are increasingly being painted as a threat to women.
We’re supporting @nionwomen.bsky.social to fight back against this harmful narrative. 👇
https://goodlaw.social/xmgc
We’re supporting @nionwomen.bsky.social to fight back against this harmful narrative. 👇
https://goodlaw.social/xmgc
Not a National voter obvs, but we ended up sitting next to Jim Bolger in a corporate box at the Wgtn stadium when the All Whites were playing Bahrain in the world cup qualifiers, and he leapt up and hugged my husband when we saved the penalty
October 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Not a National voter obvs, but we ended up sitting next to Jim Bolger in a corporate box at the Wgtn stadium when the All Whites were playing Bahrain in the world cup qualifiers, and he leapt up and hugged my husband when we saved the penalty
“Fat chance, economan. Why acknowledge the wider policy decisions that fed into people’s circumstances when you could just tell them to buck up their ideas and move to Dargaville? Why rethink economic orthodoxy when you could ask people to consider not being poor?”
Nation upset at the inevitable result of its own actions
Step one: push people out of work and onto the streets. Step two: get mad at people being out of work or on the streets
thespinoff.co.nz
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“Fat chance, economan. Why acknowledge the wider policy decisions that fed into people’s circumstances when you could just tell them to buck up their ideas and move to Dargaville? Why rethink economic orthodoxy when you could ask people to consider not being poor?”
There are so many reasons not to read Dame Jilly now but in the 1980s her books blew everything else out of the water. She made me think writing could actually be huge fun (all double entendres deliberate)
Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88
The author of 18 ‘bonkbuster’ novels including Riders, Rivals and Bella has died following a fall
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
There are so many reasons not to read Dame Jilly now but in the 1980s her books blew everything else out of the water. She made me think writing could actually be huge fun (all double entendres deliberate)
Olive visits the neighbours #shameless
October 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Olive visits the neighbours #shameless
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The strongest National supporter I know told me last week how worried he was that his grandson had applied for so many jobs and was still unemployed. I think this comment will infuriate even him cause he believes in work & knows people aren't sitting on the couch.
www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-dail...
www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-dail...
'Stop playing PlayStation': PM tells school leavers to 'get off the couch', 'go find a job'
Improving school attendance was 'job number one' for cutting future unemployment, he said.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The strongest National supporter I know told me last week how worried he was that his grandson had applied for so many jobs and was still unemployed. I think this comment will infuriate even him cause he believes in work & knows people aren't sitting on the couch.
www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-dail...
www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-dail...
Hawke's Bay and nearby folk, the Hawke's Bay Readers & Writers Festival kicks off Friday 10th October! Here's one of our awesome Friday night sessions, Understanding Te Tiriti with Roimata Smail. Tickets only $15!
Festival Programme | Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers
www.hbreadersandwriters.co.nz
October 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hawke's Bay and nearby folk, the Hawke's Bay Readers & Writers Festival kicks off Friday 10th October! Here's one of our awesome Friday night sessions, Understanding Te Tiriti with Roimata Smail. Tickets only $15!