by Catherine Chanter | Mar 15, 2026 | Reading & Writing
Thanks to the Birr Writers’Residency funded by Offaly Arts Office, I will have the opportunity in October to spend a week at Brendan House in the Centre of Birr, in Ireland. This Georgian Heritage Town has a remarkable history and a community with a thriving...
by Catherine Chanter | Jan 18, 2026 | Reading & Writing
Twelve years ago, I moved house, leaving a lot behind, not least my book club. I decided to take the opportunity to try something new, partly because at that stage I did not want the commitment of reading a lengthy novel every month, but I did still want the chance...
by Catherine Chanter | May 9, 2025 | Reading & Writing
One of the greatest pleasures of writing and publishing The Well has been to see how it is read, received and interpreted differently in other countries. I remember arriving on a book tour in Italy shortly after there had been a referendum on the privatisation of...
by Catherine Chanter | Mar 6, 2023 | Reading & Writing
When I am fully immersed in writing – and this is perhaps particularly true of writing fiction – I find it hard to read anything with a serious level of attention. Sometimes it’s a case of self-confidence as almost nothing I write seems as good as someone else’s...
by Catherine Chanter | Jul 14, 2022 | Reading & Writing
On Friday 8th July, 2022 A Child in the Middle was officially welcomed into the world. As well as fellow writers, family and old friends, a large number of colleagues from the world of mental health, adoption and education attended The Old Fire Station in Oxford for a...
by Catherine Chanter | Jun 8, 2022 | Reading & Writing
To set in motion. To send something out into the world, such as a ship into the ocean, or a rocket into space. We don’t talk about launching babies, but there are times in a child’s life where it feels as though launch could be the right verb. When they...
