Time To Talk: Why Do I Write Books About Mental Health?
It’s no secret that mental health is one of the topics closest to my heart. It has been since I was twelve years old, setting up a...
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Katherine's Corner
This is the space in which I semi-regularly spout off about whatever springs to mind. If you want to know anything at all about how my mind works, I recommend you check out my musings!
I am now open to guest blogs! If you have a blog post inside you but don't want the commitment of a full-time blog, send it my way and I might post it on here! Find out more here.
Katherine Blakeman
Sep 15 min read
Undiscovered: 150 Sapphic Books That Haven't Received Enough Love!
Over the last few months, you might have seen a couple of lists floating around. Lists that I have put together, of Sapphic books that,...
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Katherine Blakeman
Aug 294 min read
The Story Behind The Story: A Different Kind Of Pride
As a general rule of thumb, I’m a one-book-a-year author. The Silent Chapter in 2022. The Summer We’ve Had in 2023. Love You However ...
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Katherine Blakeman
Jul 2812 min read
How Books Built Me: 21 Books, 21 Years
The other day, I was out driving with my mother, and I noticed a little girl walking along the pavement wearing a Cinderella dress. “I...
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Katherine Blakeman
Jun 193 min read
Undiscovered 2.0: 50 MORE Sapphic books you probably don't know about!
Since the first edition went down so well, I thought I’d make a part two. If you’re new here – hi, I’m Katherine Blakeman, and it upsets...
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Katherine Blakeman
Jun 83 min read
Undiscovered: 50 Sapphic books you probably don't know about!
It’s no secret that it’s Pride month right now. Yes, that glorious month of colours and gayness, where companies stick a rainbow on their...
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Katherine Blakeman
May 193 min read
Helen West: Mental Health Musings 2024
You know when you find a book that you literally cannot stop reading? The kind of book that you fall into whenever you have a spare...
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Katherine Blakeman
May 183 min read
Laury A. Egan: Mental Health Musings 2024
I first got to know Laury (she/her) last year, when she and I discovered that we both had an interest in Dissociative Identity Disorder....
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Katherine Blakeman
May 178 min read
Jacqueline Ramsden: Mental Health Musings 2024
In my humble opinion, Jacqueline Ramsden (she/they) has an absolutely uncanny ability to hit the nail on the head with her characters....
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Katherine Blakeman
May 165 min read
Hayden Quinn: Mental Health Musings 2024
Those of you who followed last year’s Sapphic Fiction February may recall Hayden’s first interview with me. We touched briefly on mental...
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Katherine Blakeman
May 153 min read
Violet Morley: Mental Health Musings 2024
If you haven’t read a book by Violet Morley (she/her) yet… I mean, WHAT are you doing? Violet is an immensely talented writer who can...
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Katherine Blakeman
May 144 min read
Hayley Anderton: Mental Health Musings 2024
Hayley Anderton (she/her) does such a lot for indie authors. From online events such as Indie April (in which I was lucky enough to...
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Katherine Blakeman
May 133 min read
Teresa Purkis: Mental Health Musings 2024
A stalwart of the Sapphic Fiction community, you may know Terry Purkis (she/her) through her Coming Home series, and her books that...
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Katherine Blakeman
May 125 min read
Everybody's talking about ME... well, some hopes!
ME being Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, of course. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Not ME as in, well, me. Although who knows, perhaps if my plans...
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Katherine Blakeman
Apr 263 min read
Lesbian Visibility Week: What is it, and what does it mean?
Provided you’ve not been hiding in a hole over the last four days (or potentially prior) when it comes to social media, you will have...
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Katherine Blakeman
Mar 284 min read
The big question: Why did I write Love You However?
Well hello there! It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me on Katherine's Corner! You’ve heard from lots of other people –...
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Katherine Blakeman
Mar 310 min read
Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannadrea: A Sapphic Fiction February Interview
I had so much fun reading Vaela and Micah’s answers to my questions, and it is for this reason that I chose them to headline Sapphic...
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Katherine Blakeman
Mar 23 min read
Anna Burke: A Sapphic Fiction February Interview
Author, teacher, gardener, dog mom… are there any titles that Anna Burke does not hold? I was delighted when Anna agreed to be...
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Katherine Blakeman
Mar 13 min read
Kate Gavin: A Sapphic Fiction February Interview
I know it’s technically March now, but Sapphic Fiction February continues with the final three interviews! Today, we have...
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Katherine Blakeman
Feb 293 min read
Bookish & Unbalanced: Ami Spencer's Sapphic Fiction February Interview
Those of you who followed last year's Sapphic Fiction February may recall I interviewed the wonderful Ami Spencer, author of Broken, The...
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