Covid-19 has stopped me from doing something I love. I can’t visit schools, I can’t be part of festivals, I can’t share my love of books and writing anywhere where I might be part of spreading the virus. While I desperately miss getting out and about and meeting readers in person, I am now offering…
Author: Kathryn Evans
Writer, Reader, Mum, Farmer's Wife, Fencer, Dancer, CO-RA for British SCBWI. More of Me Nominated for the Carnegie medal, winner of Edinburgh Book Festival First Book Award. Beauty Sleep shortlisted for Steam Book Prize. Represented by Sophie Hicks, published by Usborne.
Week 7 of #Lockdown
I know a few people who are enjoying Lockdown. I am genuinely pleased for them but I am not one of them.
Our Corona Diary
A few days ago, Covid-19 took hold in the UK, everything went weird, we were told to stay indoors and I had an idea. I felt lost, having life as I knew it just switched off, and I knew the many, many children I visit in schools and contact through programmes like Book Pen Pals…
Covid-19 Diary Project
A project to collate young people’s diaries during the Covid 19 outbreak
How Our Corona Diary Began.
A letter to all children affected by Corona Virus.
Beauty Sleep Book Club Questions.
Ideas for book club questions – from a book club!
Illustrated YA? What do you think? Chris Riddell Makes Beauty Sleep More Beautiful
An amazing thing happened to me a few weeks ago.
What do you mean, “I’m Privileged?”
When my daughter told me I wasn’t a modern feminist because I didn’t include everyone in my version of feminism, I thought she was wrong. I was insulted. I said something along the lines of, ‘What are you saying? I’m nice, I don’t care what people’s colour or sexuality is, I just see people…
Beauty Sleep Blog Tour Announced!
Absolutely thrilled to be hosted on all these AWESOME blogs! Links below 🙂 10th May: https://jessheartsbooks.blogspot.com/ 11th May: https://drinkingbooks.wordpress.com/ 12th May: https://neverjudgeabookbyitscover.co.uk/ 13th May: http://www.laurapatriciarose.co.uk/ 14th May: http://www.onceuponabookcase.co.uk/ 15th May: https://queensofgeekdom.com/ 16th May: https://alittlebutalot.com/ 17th May: https://bookmurmuration.wordpress.com/ 18th May: https://bookslovereadersblog.wordpress.com/ 19th May: http://yaundermyskin.blogspot.com/ 20th May: https://writingwithwolves.co.uk/ 21st May: https://www.wordsfromareader.com/ 22nd May: http://www.sarahschapter.co.uk/ 23rd May: http://www.teapartyprincess.co.uk/ Phew!!!…
Who to Follow on Instagram!
One of my author visit talks is all about beauty standards through the ages and how social media can make us place unrealistic expectations on ourselves that can have a detrimental effect on our mental health. Trying to be perfect is poisonous. And yet, I love social media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. I belong to…
Ten Tips to Support Authors You Love
I’ve got lots of friends with books coming out soon. Some of them are well established writers who already have a following but some of them are debut writers, who might struggle to get their books noticed amid all the noise and excitement that surrounds big name books. So what can we readers do to…
Beauty Sleep – Let the Launching Begin
The last two weeks I have been all over the place celebrating book week and preparing for the launch of Beauty Sleep. I can’t get over how lucky I am that this is part of my job – thanks to all the lovely schools and book shops that have welcomed me so far. We’ve laughed…
