Writer of fiction. Published by Mslexia, NFFD, Dead Ink Books, Fictive Dream, Arachne Press. Features ed God Is In The TV: https://bsky.app/profile/godisinthetvzine.bsky.social Infrequent DJ. Was trophy wife, now Andy's widow. cathbore@gmail(.)com.https://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mkqdn3rugk2xI did a reading at Poetry Corner in MeCycle Cafe & Bike Workshop, Ainsdale. Thanks to @maryearnshaw.bsky.social Best gift bag ever - local freshly picked local asparagus, and a gorgeous poem! Photo (of me): Ron Davies30 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqdn3rugk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mknfnwt4es2nWhat a fantastic Balticfest, big thanks and full props Ivan Liverpool Psychedelic Society and Coffee and Turntables for organising such a positive, creative weekend for the Baltic community and beyond. #music #dj #liverpool29 Apr 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknfnwt4es2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mkclche6ds2bThe Balticfest pre-party last night kicked off the weekend something fabulous. TODAY - I'm DJing at 12 noon Half Space, Baltic Hotel 1pm, hosting the B-sides party at 9pm Hobo Kiosk (bring your most loved LP, we will play the B-Side and swoon over it).25 Apr 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkclche6ds2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mkblwz7hdc2iI brought out the big guns for the Balticfest pre-party tonight. More tomorrow!24 Apr 2026 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkblwz7hdc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mk4ayqkj2s2hMy blood donation from March went to Manchester to be prepped, before being sent to Hull Royal Infirmary. It will help produce platelets for cancer patients. In Andy's memory, as ever x ❤️22 Apr 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4ayqkj2s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mjx3kg4fo22yI have a short story 'A First KIss' in A Series of Significant Events - Memoir Extracts in Poetry and Prose, out now in beautiful paperback - edited and illustrated by Karen Little. A First Kiss isn't about a first kiss at all not really20 Apr 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx3kg4fo22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mjrfwuk7rk2hRecord Store Day 2017 - I was reporting on it that year, I told the photographer we needed more photos of women - I didn't mean me, but she sent me this one of me - and fair play, another woman. (and look how tall Andy is!)18 Apr 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrfwuk7rk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mjpjnenujc2lI'm playing records at Balticfest on Sat 25 & Sun 26 April. Spoken word from me on the Sunday too! Balticfest is supported by @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social & Liverpool City Council. Poetry/music https://coffeeandturntables.wordpress.com/balticfest-2026-live-music DJ https://coffeeandturntables.wordpress.com/balticfest-2026-vinyl-djs17 Apr 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpjnenujc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mjgougzgnk2dPacking essentials. Last time I was in Newcastle, colleagues there were not forthcoming with beverages. I had to buy a cup of tea from - shudders - a vending machine. Vile, it was.14 Apr 2026 05:52 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgougzgnk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3minpaoh45227Took Andy's first album on a Good Friday tour - Birkenhead to Chester04 Apr 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3minpaoh45227https://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3miekbfgwhc2nI got photobombed giving blood today. CHARMING. I donate in Andy's memory, he was given so much to keep him alive for all those months he was ill. My blood usually goes to help produce platelets for cancer sufferers, a poignant balancing out. Snacks: cheese and onion Seabrook Crisps + Mint Club31 Mar 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3miekbfgwhc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mi7hig5pas2yIn Make, Birkenhead. Tape on plastic. I now have boot envy.29 Mar 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7hig5pas2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mi4lqffm4c2rI know some of my fellow widows and widowers find somewhere peaceful and elegant to scatter or put ashes. A still calm Scottish loch with happy holiday memories attached maybe, or the romantic seaside where your person build sandcastles as a child.28 Mar 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4lqffm4c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mhygqqlpoc2z@sarahdeaves.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhygqqlpoc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mhxan3jtss2yTickets for this lovely event in a cafe & bike workshop in Ainsdale are snapped up rather quickly, I'm reliably informed. They go live at 1pm today: https://www.ticketsource.com/poets-corner/t-aaalyrg Thanks to @maryearnshaw.bsky.social26 Mar 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxan3jtss2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mhvdqs6bgc2bVery excited to be part of Acidfest this year!25 Mar 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvdqs6bgc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mhssfbprbk25Thanks so much The Scouse Press for this write up! 'A powerful new voice from Merseyside is set to feature in an upcoming book tackling something we do not talk about enough, class, grief, and the cost of both. Writer Cath Holland’s essay “Dying is an Expensive Business” will appear in Bread Alone24 Mar 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhssfbprbk25https://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mhlpmp2il224How nice to celebrate World Poetry Day at my local library. A gorgeous afternoon in such a historic building - Birkenhead Central Library. Thanks Wirral Libraries Poet-in-Residence Alison Schultz for organising, and of course all the wonderful library staff. Photos: Paul Rowlands Sharon Jones21 Mar 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlpmp2il224https://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mhkfmnfju22aJenni Murray interviewed me on Woman's Hour about my writing on social class. Pushed me on a couple of questions because she knew I could take it. Clever and compassionate, she was so supportive of other women. One of the good ones. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwj8e25ddgo?fbclid=IwY2xjawQrGVdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEejbIfcZv_o0WrbSVEfXjPutzWWt5a2ikx34S8zjotF6_nzXDapKwyBEcuhIc_aem_kWRURJzHCmBGuNlfQ2j3fw21 Mar 2026 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhkfmnfju22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mhgkbaore224Nice one Kavus Torabi for answering my questions for @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social with such grace and good humour. New Gong album Bright Spirit out now, UK tour starts tonight. READ: https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/03/19/gongs-kavus-torabi-on-the-4-ps-prog-punk-psychedelia-and-pop/19 Mar 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgkbaore224https://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mhbbpaf2z22uI was delighted to join fellow widow the author & podcaster Rosie Moss on her British Podcast Awards gold-winning Widowed AF, talking about my life with Andy, his illness, death, the effect it's had on me personally and professionally. Available where you get your podcasts - Spotify, YouTube, Apple17 Mar 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbbpaf2z22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mh26txr6rk2fBig thanks to all saying good things about Bread Alone and my essay Dying is an Expensive Business. Inciteful review by Carmel Walsh for @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social https://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/03/09/bread-alone-what-happens-when-we-run-out-of-working-class-writers/14 Mar 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh26txr6rk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/caththewriter.bsky.social/post/3mgwk2xvazs2rExcellent vibes courtesy of Antony Szmierek at Future Yard, Birkenhead 12/3/2613 Mar 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:b7ujqhku3uua3weu5dxfc2vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwk2xvazs2r