Catherine Bateson
- Congratulations to Catherine Bateson for her book "Being Bee" being recognised as Winner in the 2007 CBCA Book of the Year - Younger Readers category.
- Congratulations to Catherine Bateson for her book "Millie and the Night Heron" being recognised as an Honour Book in the 2006 CBCA Book of the Year - Younger Readers category.
Catherine Bateson grew up in Brisbane, with a secondhand bookshop providing the landscape of her childhood.
Having been surrounded by books and having a talent in using words, Catherine began her writing career as a poet – her anthology Pomegranates from the Underworld, was published in 1990.
Combining her love of verse with a desire to present a longer, narrative piece, Catherine moved into the Young Adult arena with her verse novel A Dangerous Girl in 2000 and its sequel The Year It All Happened in 2001.
These were followed by three very successful prose novels, two for her YA fans and the third for a younger readership.
Painted Love Letters won Australian Family Therapist Award for Children's and Youth Novels in 2003. It was also an Honour Book in The Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year Awards – Older Readers.
Rain May and Captain Daniel won the The Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year Awards – Younger Readers 2003 and the Queensland Premier's Literary Award for a Children's Book.
The Airdancer of Glass is Catherine's most recent title and shows her to be a consummate sci/fi and fantasy writer.
Now living in Victoria, Catherine's work as an author and poet has broken new ground, especially with the success of her verse novels.
When addressing groups, Catherine is comfortable working with primary and secondary students as well as with adults, offering writing workshops, writer-in-residence programs and author talks.
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