I write poetry, novels for young adults and junior fiction. I teach creative writing at Gipps TAFE, writing for children at Box Hill TAFE and regularly appear as a writer in schools and writing festivals.

Welcome to my web site.

What you don't know about me

I bit the fingers off my favourite doll.
She was black and her fingers tasted like liquorice.
I used to cry loudly in the shower
where no one could hear me.
My mother told me I was adopted.
I believed her.
My children think I am too gullible.
I can't believe I'm as old as I am now.
My youngest step-daughter gave me a mother's day present.
She drew us together. I have surprisingly blue hair.
I'll keep that card forever, with my daughter's stern fairies.
If I could do anything in the world I'd still want to do this -
write these small messages to you.
That's joy.

May 2005 - Catherine Bateson©

CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers!

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