Karon Alderman
@karonalderman.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, living in hope.
Winner of NWN Hachette Prize 2022, Dark Flood published 2024. Seeking representation. I love mystery, history and wild places… I value friendship and light in the dark.
Winner of NWN Hachette Prize 2022, Dark Flood published 2024. Seeking representation. I love mystery, history and wild places… I value friendship and light in the dark.
Because sometimes you have to stand on a hill and hope. X
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Because sometimes you have to stand on a hill and hope. X
So autumn crept up on me.
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So autumn crept up on me.
A week of writing, swimming, watching the rain… and picking blackberries.
August 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A week of writing, swimming, watching the rain… and picking blackberries.
Plump and delicious!
August 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Plump and delicious!
Last July my first novel was published and was in Waterstones window… a year later, no agent, no deal but I have finished the last chapter of a new novel about women who sea swim. We write because we write. Finding the final words that are just right has been very satisfying.
July 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Last July my first novel was published and was in Waterstones window… a year later, no agent, no deal but I have finished the last chapter of a new novel about women who sea swim. We write because we write. Finding the final words that are just right has been very satisfying.
This afternoon I’m working on my novel about four women who swim, set on Ynys Mon, Anglesey. Cold water, another chapter, nearly there.
June 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This afternoon I’m working on my novel about four women who swim, set on Ynys Mon, Anglesey. Cold water, another chapter, nearly there.
Because sometimes you need to look at the small things and hope that the grass will grow and the flowers will be allowed to set seed.
June 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Because sometimes you need to look at the small things and hope that the grass will grow and the flowers will be allowed to set seed.
It’s nearly the end of term and Dorothy has definitely left the building…
June 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s nearly the end of term and Dorothy has definitely left the building…
All green fields should be yellow in June… this is what a lawn can be!
June 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
All green fields should be yellow in June… this is what a lawn can be!
Storm clouds, a safe harbour, the sea.
Cullercoats last Friday.
Cullercoats last Friday.
June 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Storm clouds, a safe harbour, the sea.
Cullercoats last Friday.
Cullercoats last Friday.
Yesterday I walked at the mouth of the Ouseburn. Crowds were gathering for the Late Shows, a festival of creativity in Newcastle. But the river ran smoothly, a silver path from past to future.
May 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Yesterday I walked at the mouth of the Ouseburn. Crowds were gathering for the Late Shows, a festival of creativity in Newcastle. But the river ran smoothly, a silver path from past to future.
Back on the Welsh Coastal path along the edge of the Dee. Wild flowers, industry and an egret, sun between showers.
April 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Back on the Welsh Coastal path along the edge of the Dee. Wild flowers, industry and an egret, sun between showers.
Thanks to Kate at 1b Books for inviting me to the young reader and writer group to talk about Dark Flood. What an amazing group of young people!
April 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Thanks to Kate at 1b Books for inviting me to the young reader and writer group to talk about Dark Flood. What an amazing group of young people!
The sun rose as we swam to celebrate International Women’s Day. We have to take each chill wave at a time and hold on to hope.
March 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The sun rose as we swam to celebrate International Women’s Day. We have to take each chill wave at a time and hold on to hope.
Tiny signs of spring in Jesmond Dene.
February 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Tiny signs of spring in Jesmond Dene.
A few weeks ago I watched the sun rise through the light house at the mouth of the Tyne. I am holding on to the light.
January 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A few weeks ago I watched the sun rise through the light house at the mouth of the Tyne. I am holding on to the light.
I wish I would I wish I could… have my name in lights like Trevor Wood!
January 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I wish I would I wish I could… have my name in lights like Trevor Wood!
Reflections at sunrise at Cullercoats. How lucky I am to live on Tyneside!
January 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Reflections at sunrise at Cullercoats. How lucky I am to live on Tyneside!
I met someone at a party whose eleven year old son had read my book and loved it. It’s so exciting to hear that he loved the map, enjoyed the story and has decided playing a fiddle is a cool thing to do.
January 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I met someone at a party whose eleven year old son had read my book and loved it. It’s so exciting to hear that he loved the map, enjoyed the story and has decided playing a fiddle is a cool thing to do.
It can be… and so should bunday.
December 14, 2024 at 4:21 PM
It can be… and so should bunday.
I think there should be a Bunday as well!
December 14, 2024 at 2:52 PM
I think there should be a Bunday as well!
What strange bird shed these frost feathers on my car windscreen?
November 30, 2024 at 8:05 AM
What strange bird shed these frost feathers on my car windscreen?