The author, his writing and more
Trust or the absence of it can make or break someone when young especially if sexuality is involved. In this letter, Kate talks to a friend about trust, abuse and gender identity. These letters were written in August 1960 between the end of In Search of Lost Girls and the beginning of We Girls.… Read more
When you meet someone in the street in a French-speaking country, it is polite to address the person by saying “Bonjour Monsieur” or “Bonjour Madame”. This entails two things. Firstly, you need to identify whether it is a man or a woman.… Read more
Local Voices, the sequel to Stories People Tell, is now available in print and electronic format. For sample chapters, links to buy a copy and more information about the novel, click here.
I set aside a novel I was writing in April 2018 called People of the Forest and began Local Voices under the provisional title The Sisterhood of Witches.… Read more
My latest novel, The Cloud Catcher has just been published. For sample chapters, links to buy a copy (paperback or ebook) and more information about the novel, click here.
The Cloud Catcher was begun early September 2020 in parallel with Bursting With Life, of which I had already written nearly 60,000 words.… Read more
Imagine talking to a girl from another world where life is very different from ours. Many of the most basic aspects we take for granted are challenged. Take school, for example. How do you explain school to someone who’s never heard of such a place?… Read more
Fran’s father was a monster. He would regularly beat her and abuse her with the tacit complicity of her mother. What 18-year-old Fran didn’t know was that she was adopted. Nobody knew her real parents were a cloud and a handmaiden from a temple dedicated to clouds on another world.… Read more
I have just finished the first draft of my latest novel, The Cloud Catcher. From my perspective as a writer, it’s been a very strange journey. Begun in tandem with another novel, Bursting with Life! – writing two books in parallel was something I’d never done before – The Cloud Catcher won the battle for my attention, leaving me to complete the other, half-finished novel later this year.… Read more
The local boys are toying with their guns down at the shooting range, their pot shots echoing like whip cracks off the hills around. They’ve been let out for the first time since the pandemic had them rushing for cover. Overcome by an urge to celebrate, they’re firing off a round or ten.… Read more
Secret Paths Editions has recently collaborated in the publication of work by a new author/artist, Eric Avertin. His first comic entitled Pépette la miette is now available (in French). Click here for more details about the artist and his work.… Read more
Sharing experience across continents and time, especially when it is a question of gender, throws differences of culture, behaviour and expectations in a stark light as can be seen in this second letter of Kate.… Read more