Kate Cuthbert
@katydidinoz.bsky.social
Book lover and narrative nerd. Editor, genre fiction advocate, Doctor of Literature, proponent of reading for fun *and* education. Co-host What Would Danbury Do?
she/her. Naarm/Wirandjuri land
she/her. Naarm/Wirandjuri land
Good thing today: every single one of my scheduled in-person things have been cancelled.
Bad thing today: surprise in-person encounter with a huntsman spider in my laundry basket
Bad thing today: surprise in-person encounter with a huntsman spider in my laundry basket
December 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Good thing today: every single one of my scheduled in-person things have been cancelled.
Bad thing today: surprise in-person encounter with a huntsman spider in my laundry basket
Bad thing today: surprise in-person encounter with a huntsman spider in my laundry basket
This year, once again, I ask how people can post their 'best of the year' lists before they have enjoyed the prime reading time of Dec 26 - Jan 2.
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This year, once again, I ask how people can post their 'best of the year' lists before they have enjoyed the prime reading time of Dec 26 - Jan 2.
Last night, I went to see Whitefella Yella Tree at UMAC and it was extraordinary.
A two-person show about colonisation, told through monthly meetings over several years, it is nuanced and kind, taking familiar history and making it raw and personal and intimate.
all to say go see it if you can!
A two-person show about colonisation, told through monthly meetings over several years, it is nuanced and kind, taking familiar history and making it raw and personal and intimate.
all to say go see it if you can!
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Last night, I went to see Whitefella Yella Tree at UMAC and it was extraordinary.
A two-person show about colonisation, told through monthly meetings over several years, it is nuanced and kind, taking familiar history and making it raw and personal and intimate.
all to say go see it if you can!
A two-person show about colonisation, told through monthly meetings over several years, it is nuanced and kind, taking familiar history and making it raw and personal and intimate.
all to say go see it if you can!
Watching The Haunting of Hill House with eldest daughter and just got to 'Bent-Neck Lady' episode and she reacted *exactly* the way she was supposed to and I don't often feel like a good parent, but at this moment, I knew I'd done something really right.
October 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Watching The Haunting of Hill House with eldest daughter and just got to 'Bent-Neck Lady' episode and she reacted *exactly* the way she was supposed to and I don't often feel like a good parent, but at this moment, I knew I'd done something really right.
Really struggling with the 'first nice weather day of spring euphoria' and the 'calm down it's still Melbourne practicality' dressing decisions
September 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Really struggling with the 'first nice weather day of spring euphoria' and the 'calm down it's still Melbourne practicality' dressing decisions
It's just that insomnia makes no sense in the current climate.
If anything, the existential horror should keep me from wanting to *ever* be awake
If anything, the existential horror should keep me from wanting to *ever* be awake
September 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It's just that insomnia makes no sense in the current climate.
If anything, the existential horror should keep me from wanting to *ever* be awake
If anything, the existential horror should keep me from wanting to *ever* be awake
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Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file.
Here is the class certification:
Here is the class certification:
August 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file.
Here is the class certification:
Here is the class certification:
Hello, I'm sorry I can't come to work today, I have to solve the mystery of the 7th covenant of good business in my Tiny Bookshop neighbourhood? I'll probably be out for at least a week *cough cough*
August 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Hello, I'm sorry I can't come to work today, I have to solve the mystery of the 7th covenant of good business in my Tiny Bookshop neighbourhood? I'll probably be out for at least a week *cough cough*
Also I met Sarah Maclean and held a normal person conversation, which is 100% personal growth
August 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Also I met Sarah Maclean and held a normal person conversation, which is 100% personal growth
Publishing assistant looking after my copyedits always addresses me as Dr Cuthbert, so I told her to call me Kate and now she calls me Dr Kate 😂
August 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Publishing assistant looking after my copyedits always addresses me as Dr Cuthbert, so I told her to call me Kate and now she calls me Dr Kate 😂
Watched two movie while sewing this year's book week costume.
Will now be listening to the KPop Demon Hunter soundtrack on repeat forever and also I see why the fuss over Conclave, loved watching the gossipy lil' red guys gossip
Will now be listening to the KPop Demon Hunter soundtrack on repeat forever and also I see why the fuss over Conclave, loved watching the gossipy lil' red guys gossip
August 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Watched two movie while sewing this year's book week costume.
Will now be listening to the KPop Demon Hunter soundtrack on repeat forever and also I see why the fuss over Conclave, loved watching the gossipy lil' red guys gossip
Will now be listening to the KPop Demon Hunter soundtrack on repeat forever and also I see why the fuss over Conclave, loved watching the gossipy lil' red guys gossip
Copyedit win: they let me keep my Oxford comma
August 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Copyedit win: they let me keep my Oxford comma
Finally getting around to watching Wolf Hall s2 with my husband, the man who, in s1, said, 'I like this Anne Boleyn character. I hope everything turns out okay for her.'
August 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Finally getting around to watching Wolf Hall s2 with my husband, the man who, in s1, said, 'I like this Anne Boleyn character. I hope everything turns out okay for her.'
Is there a gender-neutral term for in-law? My spouse's parents, for example – parent-in-law? or siblings? or for a child's spouse – child-in-law?
Someone smarter than me probably has a good solution for this?
Someone smarter than me probably has a good solution for this?
August 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Is there a gender-neutral term for in-law? My spouse's parents, for example – parent-in-law? or siblings? or for a child's spouse – child-in-law?
Someone smarter than me probably has a good solution for this?
Someone smarter than me probably has a good solution for this?
Just got the copyedits for my book? I wasn't sure what I'd feel, having been on the other side for so long, but I'm really excited.
Mind you, I haven't *opened* them yet, so it's possible that this excitement will turn into horror, defensiveness, and depression.
So I guess stay tuned?
Mind you, I haven't *opened* them yet, so it's possible that this excitement will turn into horror, defensiveness, and depression.
So I guess stay tuned?
August 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Just got the copyedits for my book? I wasn't sure what I'd feel, having been on the other side for so long, but I'm really excited.
Mind you, I haven't *opened* them yet, so it's possible that this excitement will turn into horror, defensiveness, and depression.
So I guess stay tuned?
Mind you, I haven't *opened* them yet, so it's possible that this excitement will turn into horror, defensiveness, and depression.
So I guess stay tuned?
my daughter is currently studying WWI by assigning countries to Mean Girls characters:
Germany - Regina George, Austro-Hungary – Gretchen Weiner, Ottoman – Karen, Italy – Regina's mom
Britain – Ms Norbury, France - Damien, Russia - Janice.
Kady is absolutely the US.
Germany - Regina George, Austro-Hungary – Gretchen Weiner, Ottoman – Karen, Italy – Regina's mom
Britain – Ms Norbury, France - Damien, Russia - Janice.
Kady is absolutely the US.
May 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
my daughter is currently studying WWI by assigning countries to Mean Girls characters:
Germany - Regina George, Austro-Hungary – Gretchen Weiner, Ottoman – Karen, Italy – Regina's mom
Britain – Ms Norbury, France - Damien, Russia - Janice.
Kady is absolutely the US.
Germany - Regina George, Austro-Hungary – Gretchen Weiner, Ottoman – Karen, Italy – Regina's mom
Britain – Ms Norbury, France - Damien, Russia - Janice.
Kady is absolutely the US.
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The kids on Tumblr know what's what
May 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The kids on Tumblr know what's what
Reposted by Kate Cuthbert
Been laughing at this video for almost an hour
May 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Been laughing at this video for almost an hour
obviously little empathy for the Aus Liberal Party, but isn't this just another case of promoting a woman into an impossible situation so that she will fail (and therefore prove that women can't hold leadership positions)?
May 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
obviously little empathy for the Aus Liberal Party, but isn't this just another case of promoting a woman into an impossible situation so that she will fail (and therefore prove that women can't hold leadership positions)?
If I could bottle that fresh sheets feeling, I could afford all the books I want to buy
April 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If I could bottle that fresh sheets feeling, I could afford all the books I want to buy
RIP to the actual best Batman, my first celeb crush, co-star in the best Christmas movie, the maddest of Martigans, the true Top Gun
a man with long hair and a fur coat is waving
Alt: a man with long hair and a fur coat is waving ‐ Val kilmer as Mad Martigan in the film Willow
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
RIP to the actual best Batman, my first celeb crush, co-star in the best Christmas movie, the maddest of Martigans, the true Top Gun
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March 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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