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Catherine Balavage Yardley

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Author of Ember and Where The Light is Hottest. Freelance writer. Editor-in-chief of Frost Magazine. Words in The Sunday Times, Mslexia, The Bookseller, The Guardian, Metro.

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Late to the childhood trend, as ever. This is who always had her head in a book and read magazines and papers her whole life. Now she writes books, and for those magazines and papers.

09.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy International Women’s Day to my daughter, my wonderful female friends, and all of the amazing women I have worked with. #InternationalWomensDay

08.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ever look at clothes from before you were pregnant and wonder how the hell you fit into them? πŸ˜‚ #postpartnum #clothes #pregnancy #parenting

07.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Catherine Balavage Yardley Author. - Author Catherine Balavage Yardley Hello and welcome to my website. I’m Catherine Yardley. I’m an author of women’s fiction and domestic noir. I write under Catherine Yardley and Catherine Balavage. Ember and Where The Light is Hottest...

My books are here if anyone is interested: www.catherinebalavageyardley.com

05.03.2026 11:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy World Book Day everyone. Here is to the magical power of books. #WorldBookDay2026 #WorldBookDay #WBD

05.03.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Built this over the weekend with my children. My daughter loves cats. πŸˆβ€β¬› It’s so adorable. #cats #lego #legocat

03.03.2026 10:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The saddest thing about Virginia Giuffre is that she was a victim of SA and trafficking before she even met Epstein. She went to Mar-a-Lago in the hope of a better life. It was a new beginning. Then Ghislaine Maxwell spotted her.

28.02.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s been a year since my second novel, Where The Light is Hottest, came out. What a ride! It’s an essential read on the acting industry. #acting #writingcommunity

27.02.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the most controversial thing I have ever posted. Do you dog ear books? Please don’t hate me. #runsawayscared #writingcommunity #booktok #booksbooksbooks
#TikTok vm.tiktok.com/ZNRa1a8Ya/

26.02.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can you ever walk away from someone you love, or do some fires never die out? #writingcommunity #author

25.02.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

father starts to creep back into their lives and family tensions resurface, affecting her relationship with her boyfriend, Rob. Will the couple find their way back to each other, and can a family that has been torn apart ever heal their wounds?

25.02.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the past thirty years later. As Natalie’s younger sister, Amanda, prepares for marriage and impending motherhood, her plea for the family to reunite uncovers pent-up tension and animosity. Can they forget the past and become a family again? Natalie’s life begins to unravel as their

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A love story about inter-generational childhood trauma that starts with grand theft auto. A romance that reads like a thriller. A book that has a 4.49 rating on Goodreads. Yes, I am proud of my debut. A family torn apart by their father’s infidelity are forced to confront

25.02.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The author: Catherine Yardley πŸ‘‹πŸ» The first page, and the cover.

24.02.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The highs and lows of publishing.
Received my latest royalty statement (yah!), followed by a horrible rejection 😭 Shall keep calm and carry on. #writinglife #writingcommunity

23.02.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why is the Co-op so expensive? What does it think it’s got going for it?

19.02.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It can be hard to believe in the world right now. With the Epstein files and other things. We should never lose hope. There is still goodness in this world. We can be the change we want to see in the world.

19.02.2026 11:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ll deal with the stress of half term in my own way: with champagne day drinking and eating my own body weight in chocolate. Don’t worry. The kids are having fun too πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‚

17.02.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Theory: adverts are the new social media. With short breaks for personal posts.

15.02.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What is with all of the super long adverts on social media? It takes me longer to read them than to scroll back to my date of birth.

15.02.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Last Valentine’s Day I celebrated a little too hard and now I have a scorpion. #valentines #ohbaby

14.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Mum, when I’m your age, you’ll be dead, but I will still love you,’ my 10-year-old. Happy Valentine’s everyone. πŸ˜‚β€οΈ

14.02.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Valentine’s Day. I hope it is full of love. I’m over here stuffing myself full of chocolate. #valentines

14.02.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry I’m late. I didn’t want to be here.

13.02.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The gorgeousness. #cats #bengal

13.02.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m in this weeks Take a Break magazine. #WritingCommunity #freelancewriter

12.02.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜I love you and I love me, but sometimes I need to be alone,’ my four-year-old.

SEND ALL EMERGENCY SERVICES 😭😭😱πŸ₯Ή

08.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the same.

08.02.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We made an upside down pineapple cake. OMG it was amazing 🀩 #cake #upsidedownpineapplecake #baking #bakingwithkids

08.02.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Epstein was in and out of Russia every few months according to his travel documents, but Mandelson was partying in nightclubs in St Petersburg and regularly in Moscow.

How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?

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