Kate Morrison
@katecmorrison.bsky.social
Author. Debut novel 'A Book of Secrets' published by Jacaranda Books in 2019. Rep'd by Judith Murray at Greene & Heaton.
https://katecmorrison.com/
https://katecmorrison.com/
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It shows that the criticial Goodreads review had gone largely unnoticed, that many couldn't stomach the book privately, but didn't feel able to speak up (how right they were), until Clanchy poured petrol on the review, set it alight for everyone to see, and then blamed everyone else for the fire.
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It shows that the criticial Goodreads review had gone largely unnoticed, that many couldn't stomach the book privately, but didn't feel able to speak up (how right they were), until Clanchy poured petrol on the review, set it alight for everyone to see, and then blamed everyone else for the fire.
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Reminder this all started off when someone quoted her book on Goodreads and she threatened to sue them. For quoting words that she wrote. In her book. That she wrote.
BBC Sounds: "We're doing a very nuanced look at the Kate Clanchy affair."
BBC News: "Publisher apologises to Kate Clanchy" 😐
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News: "Publisher apologises to Kate Clanchy" 😐
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Publisher apologises for 'the hurt' it caused Kate Clanchy over controversy
Kate Clanchy was accused of using racist descriptions of children in her book.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Reminder this all started off when someone quoted her book on Goodreads and she threatened to sue them. For quoting words that she wrote. In her book. That she wrote.
Tried to write a thread on this as Kate Clanchy is back in the news but it won't post. This is a good article on the whole shameful affair, by @michaeljarvie.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Tried to write a thread on this as Kate Clanchy is back in the news but it won't post. This is a good article on the whole shameful affair, by @michaeljarvie.bsky.social
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www.culturematters.org.uk/kate-clanchy... my review.
Kate Clanchy’s Class Conflict – Culture Matters
www.culturematters.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
www.culturematters.org.uk/kate-clanchy... my review.
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As the latest rehabilitation tour revs up its engines, here’s something more honest to read.
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/a...
Pointing out racism in books is not an ‘attack’ – it’s a call for industry reform | Monisha Rajesh
I was called aggressive for criticising passages in Kate Clanchy’s memoir. But the real problem lies deep in the overwhelmingly white world of publishing
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
As the latest rehabilitation tour revs up its engines, here’s something more honest to read.
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/a...
57, 100 words now god help me
I have written 45,000 words of my new book and if I write another 45,000 I'll have 90,000 and that's a book
spongebob has a rainbow on his head and the word maths is on the bottom of his face .
Alt: spongebob has a rainbow on his head and the word maths is on the bottom of his face .
media.tenor.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
57, 100 words now god help me
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Sharing again in case anyone is able to help support #LGBTQ+ refugees in the Kakuma camp in Kenya, who are facing extreme hardship & threats to their safety. Donations can help with security, basic needs, education & healthcare:
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Donate to Help the LGBTQ Refugees of the Kakuma Camp, organized by Brie Harris
Thank you all so much for your donations! The situation is still dire there so … Brie Harris needs your support for Help the LGBTQ Refugees of the Kakuma Camp
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September 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Sharing again in case anyone is able to help support #LGBTQ+ refugees in the Kakuma camp in Kenya, who are facing extreme hardship & threats to their safety. Donations can help with security, basic needs, education & healthcare:
www.gofundme.com/f/the-lgbtq-...
www.gofundme.com/f/the-lgbtq-...
Sharing again in case anyone is able to help support #LGBTQ+ refugees in the Kakuma camp in Kenya, who are facing extreme hardship & threats to their safety. Donations can help with security, basic needs, education & healthcare:
www.gofundme.com/f/the-lgbtq-...
www.gofundme.com/f/the-lgbtq-...
Donate to Help the LGBTQ Refugees of the Kakuma Camp, organized by Brie Harris
Thank you all so much for your donations! The situation is still dire there so … Brie Harris needs your support for Help the LGBTQ Refugees of the Kakuma Camp
www.gofundme.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Sharing again in case anyone is able to help support #LGBTQ+ refugees in the Kakuma camp in Kenya, who are facing extreme hardship & threats to their safety. Donations can help with security, basic needs, education & healthcare:
www.gofundme.com/f/the-lgbtq-...
www.gofundme.com/f/the-lgbtq-...
It looks like I put the book next to the cat but in fact the cat put herself next to the book.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For the whole Her Majesty's Royal Coven trilogy by @junodawson.bsky.social, I've not quite finished this final book (Human Rites) but I love this whole coven of witches ✨
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For the whole Her Majesty's Royal Coven trilogy by @junodawson.bsky.social, I've not quite finished this final book (Human Rites) but I love this whole coven of witches ✨
August 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It looks like I put the book next to the cat but in fact the cat put herself next to the book.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For the whole Her Majesty's Royal Coven trilogy by @junodawson.bsky.social, I've not quite finished this final book (Human Rites) but I love this whole coven of witches ✨
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For the whole Her Majesty's Royal Coven trilogy by @junodawson.bsky.social, I've not quite finished this final book (Human Rites) but I love this whole coven of witches ✨
Watched the waning gibbous moon rise up on Glastonbury Tor earlier this week ( actual moon not shown due to crapness of photo)
August 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Watched the waning gibbous moon rise up on Glastonbury Tor earlier this week ( actual moon not shown due to crapness of photo)
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I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.
August 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Another incredible resource is lifeline4gaza.com, which currently includes 400+ funding appeals from people in Gaza and displays the amount donated over the last 5 days. Open the link and you will see the appeals ordered from least to most donations so the most neglected campaigns are at the top.
lifeline4gaza - a list of appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza
lifeline4gaza gathers links to existing chuffed & gofundme appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza.
lifeline4gaza.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Another incredible resource is lifeline4gaza.com, which currently includes 400+ funding appeals from people in Gaza and displays the amount donated over the last 5 days. Open the link and you will see the appeals ordered from least to most donations so the most neglected campaigns are at the top.
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““As outsiders, we built everything from scratch. There’s still too little support for truly independent, diverse-led publishing – and the playing field isn’t level.”
We’re so sad to hear that Tiny Owl Publishing is closing after 10 years.
www.thebookseller.com/news/inclusi...
We’re so sad to hear that Tiny Owl Publishing is closing after 10 years.
www.thebookseller.com/news/inclusi...
Inclusive kids publisher Tiny Owl closes after decade due to 'little support for diverse-led publishing'
Inclusive children’s publisher Tiny Owl has closed after 10 years and 50 books, citing lack of support for diverse publishing and difficulties following the pandemic.
www.thebookseller.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
““As outsiders, we built everything from scratch. There’s still too little support for truly independent, diverse-led publishing – and the playing field isn’t level.”
We’re so sad to hear that Tiny Owl Publishing is closing after 10 years.
www.thebookseller.com/news/inclusi...
We’re so sad to hear that Tiny Owl Publishing is closing after 10 years.
www.thebookseller.com/news/inclusi...
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In the latest free post on ‘All Old Strange Things’ I enter the fairy toot… open.substack.com/pub/drfranci...
Into the fairy toot
One of the most remarkable archaeological experiences it is still possible to have in Britain (thanks to the care of English Heritage, Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland and other heritage bodies) is...
open.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In the latest free post on ‘All Old Strange Things’ I enter the fairy toot… open.substack.com/pub/drfranci...
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It's Monday again and today I'm reading Britain's Folklore Year by Norman Mark
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
August 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
It's Monday again and today I'm reading Britain's Folklore Year by Norman Mark
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
I have written 45,000 words of my new book and if I write another 45,000 I'll have 90,000 and that's a book
spongebob has a rainbow on his head and the word maths is on the bottom of his face .
Alt: spongebob has a rainbow on his head and the word maths is on the bottom of his face .
media.tenor.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I have written 45,000 words of my new book and if I write another 45,000 I'll have 90,000 and that's a book
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Soad in Gaza has had her bluesky account closed again. She's really scared she's going to lose her son Omar. He's getting weaker and thinner and keeps falling over. Can you help with some ££ for vitamins and food? It would mean a lot. www.gofundme.com/f/providing-... #FreePalestine
Donate to Providing a haven of hope for my child Omar, organized by Eva Bianco
My name is Eva Bianco, Soad Eqbal Al-Mutrabii asked me to make a gofun… Eva Bianco needs your support for Providing a haven of hope for my child Omar
www.gofundme.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Soad in Gaza has had her bluesky account closed again. She's really scared she's going to lose her son Omar. He's getting weaker and thinner and keeps falling over. Can you help with some ££ for vitamins and food? It would mean a lot. www.gofundme.com/f/providing-... #FreePalestine
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Remembering Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Queen Elizabeth I's Lord High Treasurer and most influential minister, who died #onthisday August 4, 1598 at Cecil House in Westminster, London, at the age of 77. #Elizabethan #Tudors
August 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Remembering Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Queen Elizabeth I's Lord High Treasurer and most influential minister, who died #onthisday August 4, 1598 at Cecil House in Westminster, London, at the age of 77. #Elizabethan #Tudors
Can you donate to this project supporting LGBTQ refugees? Their current aim is to set up a poultry project in the camp: 👇
July 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Can you donate to this project supporting LGBTQ refugees? Their current aim is to set up a poultry project in the camp: 👇
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This is the end result of anti-trans bigotry: more harassment of girls and women, more policing of gender roles, more gender McCarthyism.
July 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is the end result of anti-trans bigotry: more harassment of girls and women, more policing of gender roles, more gender McCarthyism.
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Its the last week of excavations by @wtm.uk @nattrustarch.bsky.social and Worthing Arch Soc on Highdown Hill above Worthing
They've found lots of exciting prehistoric, Roman and sub Roman material
Great to see the later life of this early hillfort being explored
📷 yesterday
#HillfortsWednesday
They've found lots of exciting prehistoric, Roman and sub Roman material
Great to see the later life of this early hillfort being explored
📷 yesterday
#HillfortsWednesday
July 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Its the last week of excavations by @wtm.uk @nattrustarch.bsky.social and Worthing Arch Soc on Highdown Hill above Worthing
They've found lots of exciting prehistoric, Roman and sub Roman material
Great to see the later life of this early hillfort being explored
📷 yesterday
#HillfortsWednesday
They've found lots of exciting prehistoric, Roman and sub Roman material
Great to see the later life of this early hillfort being explored
📷 yesterday
#HillfortsWednesday
An epic visit to @wtm.uk's Big Dig up on Highdown Hill - archaeologists are excavating sites including Anglo-Saxon graves and a Bronze Age Barrow. Tours of the site are taking place until August 1st, well worth a visit if you love a hill fort! (I LOVE a hill fort):
wtm.uk/news/the-hig...
wtm.uk/news/the-hig...
July 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM