Claire North Posts

I have been training for the 2020 Hackney Half since autumn 2019, and in a few weeks it might actually happen on September 26th 2021.  This means that I have been hitting pavements for two […]

I am not a fan of using religious tropes and stories to communicate vital real-world issues.  But I’m also being regularly reminded that sometimes the way I like to communicate (i.e. at great length and […]

The U.N. has released it’s latest damning report on the state of climate change in the world, and everyone is sad.  It’s grim, grim reading, and everyone is exhausted.   However.  Exhaustion and sadness are […]

Notes From the Burning Age is now out in the UK and US in hardback, ebook and audio!  Hurrah!   As a reminder, this one is a semi-sorta spy-thriller set in a future environmentalist’s utopia […]

Well, it’s been a bit of a time.   I’m writing this blog post from day 2 of self-isolation, after my NHS Covid App pinged me with a warning that I’d had contact with someone […]

We’re a little over a week from publication of Notes From the Burning Age (which is July 22nd in the UK and I think also the US… and probably also audio too?) – and just […]

This is a reminder/permenant post placeholder thing of some lovely things coming up imminently, hurrah!   On June 17th – that’s this Thursday – I’m chatting with the lovely GX Todd and Gillie Hatton as […]

This is a thing what I did with people who I love and admire, and it is pure fun.   I mean, it’s DnD, it should just be pure fun.  And it is!  As part […]

Some nice things what are happening soon!   June 4th-6th is the Cymera Festival, which usually takes place physically in Edinburgh, and this year is taking place digitally everywhere.  On Saturday at 11.45 I’ll be […]

Today I got my second jab, and am very full of feelings.   I didn’t talk about the first jab when I got it, because I felt embarrassed that I was being jabbed only a […]

Who is this list for:  everyone who’s read one of my books as either Catherine Webb, Kate Griffin or Claire North and been a bit like “huh, I wonder if she’s written anything else oh […]

On May 6th swathes of the UK go to the polls to vote in regional, Assembly and local by-elections, and once again I’m standing for the Greens in the ward in which I live and […]