Claire North is the pen name for the Carnegie-nominated Catherine Webb, who also writes under the name Kate Griffin. Her latest book is the Pursuit of William Abbey. Catherine currently works as a live music lighting designer, teaches women’s self-defense, and is a fan of big cities, long walks, Thai food and graffiti-spotting. She lives in London.
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News from Claire North

The 2020 (2021?) Hackney Half (Again)
There were a lot of storms between the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020. Storm Clara, Storm Ciara, Storm… Caitlin – I know they didn’t all begin with ‘C’ owing to Met Office naming […]

In Praise of… the Witchling’s Girl
Bias disclaimer: I have known the author of The Witchling’s Girl, Helena Coggan, since she was a teenager starting out in her writing adventures. We met on a very wet day in a cafe in […]

Christmas 2020
Today across the UK, offices and workshops are starting to close down for the Christmas break, and frankly I think we’re all ready for it. To everyone about to go on holiday – and to […]

Getting Through Being 2020 Fine
A wee while back I wrote a post about being fine in 2020. It was an ode to how we’re basically fine but not fine but sorta fine only not really. You can read that […]

The 2020 Fine
It is a 2020 truth that if you’re not currently a) unemployed b) grieving a loved one or c) ill then what you are… is fine. “How are you?” asks a friend over a […]

In Praise of… How To Save A Planet (and Drilled)
Being an environmentalist has sucked for many years. In the US, there has been (and he’s still clinging on – illegally) a rampantly corrupt climate-change denier running the show, and the entanglement between oil […]