Catherine A. O'Toole
@otoolecatherine.bsky.social
Writer, businesswoman. Shorts in Mslexia, the Fiddlehead, dANDelion, +. On offer a novel, DIRTY WORK. In progress, A Slaughter of Peacocks. I want you to get lost in my dreams.
When life pivots to babies, what's a businesswoman to do? Many thanks to The Balance Dilemma Podcast for inviting me on to discuss. Listen to the whole interview here
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdcm...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdcm...
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
When life pivots to babies, what's a businesswoman to do? Many thanks to The Balance Dilemma Podcast for inviting me on to discuss. Listen to the whole interview here
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdcm...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdcm...
Gotta write now bc writing > posting and my 4th draft has waited (impatiently) long enough ;)
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September 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Gotta write now bc writing > posting and my 4th draft has waited (impatiently) long enough ;)
catherineaotoole.substack.com
catherineaotoole.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Costuming + Cocktails = Fun
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Read about book launches i want to attend, Mona Awad's juggernaut and a new girlie-first era in publicity 🍸🐰📚
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Read about book launches i want to attend, Mona Awad's juggernaut and a new girlie-first era in publicity 🍸🐰📚
September 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Costuming + Cocktails = Fun
catherineaotoole.substack.com
Read about book launches i want to attend, Mona Awad's juggernaut and a new girlie-first era in publicity 🍸🐰📚
catherineaotoole.substack.com
Read about book launches i want to attend, Mona Awad's juggernaut and a new girlie-first era in publicity 🍸🐰📚
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Short fiction writers with collections published/forthcoming: Would you share your publisher’s name to help the rest of us find one? Best if they charge no reading fees, but if they do, maybe share what writers get in return? (Quick response, great feedback, high royalties, etc)
September 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Short fiction writers with collections published/forthcoming: Would you share your publisher’s name to help the rest of us find one? Best if they charge no reading fees, but if they do, maybe share what writers get in return? (Quick response, great feedback, high royalties, etc)
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My sister would've been 55 today. She died 10 yrs ago & her presence has inspired me to make films, write my acclaimed memoir about our utopian commune childhood, Home Is Where We Start, Penguin, my novel The Orange Notebooks @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social & more...
RIP 💔
RIP 💔
August 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My sister would've been 55 today. She died 10 yrs ago & her presence has inspired me to make films, write my acclaimed memoir about our utopian commune childhood, Home Is Where We Start, Penguin, my novel The Orange Notebooks @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social & more...
RIP 💔
RIP 💔
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Come to this! Even sloppy latte drinkers welcome.
Coffee tour and writing session - Try one of Brussels’ finest coffee spots, hear some coffee-inspired writing and maybe write your own. Hosted by @markabowles.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Come to this! Even sloppy latte drinkers welcome.
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Read our reporting on McCann here:
Canadian Neo-Nazi Protester Charged For Assaulting Man With Flagpole In Nashville
While marching through Nashville waving neo-Nazi flags, Canadian man Ryan McCann allegedly struck a local bartender in the face and ribs with a flagpole before both men were arrested.
www.antihate.ca
July 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Read our reporting on McCann here:
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Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
Prize — Galley Beggar Press
www.galleybeggar.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Closing date 8 November!
Wrote a love letter to my dear future reader. Please find it on my substack #Fireworking
July 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Wrote a love letter to my dear future reader. Please find it on my substack #Fireworking
I'm writing on substack. Fireworking 🔥Am in a booth in the back in a corner in the dark ;)
July 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I'm writing on substack. Fireworking 🔥Am in a booth in the back in a corner in the dark ;)
Fireworking otoolecatherine.substack.com/subscribe?pa... Time to start sharing without cringing (i hope). See you soon,
Subscribe to Fireworking
businesswoman & writer, love & money, dreams & hallucinations + recipes. Click to read Fireworking, a Substack publication. Launched 2 hours ago.
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July 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fireworking otoolecatherine.substack.com/subscribe?pa... Time to start sharing without cringing (i hope). See you soon,
I'll be there. Will you be there? Will RS be there ✨
Staring 6 July and on subsequent Sundays I'll be giving a four part course for the PRS looking at four key figures in the western esoteric tradition . First up, the incomparable Madame Blavatsky. www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-tea...
Secret Teachers of the Western World - Online Class Series w/Gary Lachman
This class series will focus on four key figures in the Western Esoteric Tradition: Madame Blavatsky, Rudolf Steiner, G.I. Gurdjieff, & Jung
www.eventbrite.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'll be there. Will you be there? Will RS be there ✨
Kìweckì Point
June 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Kìweckì Point
Eastern redbuds are blooming !
May 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Eastern redbuds are blooming !
Serviceberries are blooming. Time to bury the dead.
May 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Serviceberries are blooming. Time to bury the dead.
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Congratulations to Richard Harrison on receiving the Golden Pen Award from the Writers' Guild of Alberta for a lifetime of achievement by an Alberta writer! You can learn more about the awards here: writersguild.ca/2025-alberta...
April 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Congratulations to Richard Harrison on receiving the Golden Pen Award from the Writers' Guild of Alberta for a lifetime of achievement by an Alberta writer! You can learn more about the awards here: writersguild.ca/2025-alberta...
Not minding nothin' like Niki de Saint Phalle
April 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Not minding nothin' like Niki de Saint Phalle
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I have sent a copy of:
Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social
To Donald Trump.
Tariff free.
It is a book about kindness.
@thebookseller.com
@thetimes.com
@dcmsgovuk.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
@labourlewis.bsky.social
Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social
To Donald Trump.
Tariff free.
It is a book about kindness.
@thebookseller.com
@thetimes.com
@dcmsgovuk.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
@labourlewis.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I have sent a copy of:
Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social
To Donald Trump.
Tariff free.
It is a book about kindness.
@thebookseller.com
@thetimes.com
@dcmsgovuk.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
@labourlewis.bsky.social
Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social
To Donald Trump.
Tariff free.
It is a book about kindness.
@thebookseller.com
@thetimes.com
@dcmsgovuk.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
@labourlewis.bsky.social
Great great info here ⭐️
Alia asked which kinds of books coverage get the most engagement. Here's my answer:
March 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Great great info here ⭐️
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Good morning.
Please support writers and artists and musicians.
The Tech bros don't give an algorithm for creative folk.
All they're interested in is your cash.
Here is a books by a very talented human.
Please support writers and artists and musicians.
The Tech bros don't give an algorithm for creative folk.
All they're interested in is your cash.
Here is a books by a very talented human.
March 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Good morning.
Please support writers and artists and musicians.
The Tech bros don't give an algorithm for creative folk.
All they're interested in is your cash.
Here is a books by a very talented human.
Please support writers and artists and musicians.
The Tech bros don't give an algorithm for creative folk.
All they're interested in is your cash.
Here is a books by a very talented human.