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		<title>LIFE IN LOCKDOWN&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cathy Cassidy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2020 17:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hello lovely ones&#8230; The current coronavirus pandemic is pretty grim for my readers all around the world, and life in lockdown&#8217;s not a whole lot of fun, either. If you feel the stress starting to get to you, help is at hand &#8211; my DREAMCATCHER reader blog, written by and for my readers, will be &#8230; <a href="https://www.cathycassidy.com/life-in-lockdown/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">LIFE IN LOCKDOWN&#8230;</span></a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello lovely ones&#8230;</p>
<p>The current coronavirus pandemic is pretty grim for my readers all around the world, and life in lockdown&#8217;s not a whole lot of fun, either. If you feel the stress starting to get to you, help is at hand &#8211; my <strong>DREAMCATCHER</strong> reader blog, written by and for my readers, will be posting lots of features to reassure and cheer you up. Pop over and give it a &#8216;follow&#8217;, and email me if you&#8217;d like to contribute!</p>
<p>https://cathycassidydreamcatcher.blogspot.com/2020/04/marti-season-of-uncertainty.html</p>
<p>Books are another great escape, and right now I am reading a chapter of <strong>LOVE FROM LEXIE</strong> every day especially for readers old and new. Pop over to my pop-up Cathy Cassidy YouTube (link below) to binge watch what you&#8217;ve missed so far and give the channel a &#8216;follow&#8217; so you don&#8217;t miss out on any more! Take care and stay safe,</p>
<p>Cathy xx</p>
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		<title>SASHA&#8217;S SECRET &#8211; OUT NOW!!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cathy Cassidy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hello lovely readers&#8230;  I&#8217;m back after a bit of a webby break &#8211; we&#8217;ve had a website makeover and all kinds of behind-the-scenes techy stuff has been going on. All is now sorted, so on with the show&#8230; hurrah! SASHA&#8217;S SECRET, the third in my Lost &#38; Found series, has been unleashed upon the world&#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://www.cathycassidy.com/sashas-secret-out-now/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">SASHA&#8217;S SECRET &#8211; OUT NOW!!</span></a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Hello lovely readers&#8230; </strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;m back after a bit of a webby break &#8211; we&#8217;ve had a website makeover and all kinds of behind-the-scenes techy stuff has been going on. All is now sorted, so on with the show&#8230; hurrah!</p>
<p><strong>SASHA&#8217;S SECRET</strong>, the third in my Lost &amp; Found series, has been unleashed upon the world&#8230; have you got YOUR copy yet? If so, email me a pic of you reading the book, or do an Insta-style pic of your book in an arty and/or summery setting &#8211; I&#8217;ll post the best ones here! The pic below is from reader Hollie&#8230; cool, no? Don&#8217;t forget to send in your reviews or post a review to amazon, too &#8211; it all helps!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be doing some cool<strong> library visits</strong> in the <strong>Worcester</strong> area in August, and one on the <strong>Wirral</strong>, so if that long summer holiday starts to drag check out the dates and come along and hear more about SASHA&#8217;S SECRET, buy a book and get it signed or just say hi!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to leave you with a question&#8230; <strong>what would you like to see more of on the website?</strong> I&#8217;m listening!</p>
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		<title>SAMI&#8217;S SILVER LINING TOUR!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucie Sharpe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 13:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m home after a gorgeous book tour to celebrate the launch of SAMI&#8217;s SILVER LINING! I want to thank the awesome schools who helped to make it so special&#8230; St Hilda&#8217;s; Worthing High; Connaught School for Girls; Whittingham Primary; Somers Park; Westacre Middle; Birches Head; Derby High; Sacred Heart; Cramlington School and all the visiting &#8230; <a href="https://www.cathycassidy.com/samis-silver-lining-tour/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">SAMI&#8217;S SILVER LINING TOUR!</span></a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m home after a gorgeous book tour to celebrate the launch of<strong> SAMI&#8217;s SILVER LINING!</strong> I want to thank the awesome schools who helped to make it so special&#8230; <strong><em>St Hilda&#8217;s; Worthing High; Connaught School for Girls; Whittingham Primary; Somers Park; Westacre Middle; Birches Head; Derby High; Sacred Heart; Cramlington School</em></strong> and all the visiting schools at those events. (Don&#8217;t **think** I&#8217;ve missed any but apologies if so!)</p>
<p>Have <strong>YOU</strong> read the new book yet? If so, send your reviews to me via the <strong>EMAIL CATHY</strong> link or post on the website books page or even on <a href="https://amazon.co.uk">amazon.co.uk</a> if you&#8217;re feeling extra lovely! <strong>SAMI&#8217;S SILVER LINING </strong>was a real labour of love for me &#8211; I hope you&#8217;re going to love it just as much as I do!</p>
<p>So&#8230; have you heard about the new <strong>SAMI&#8217;S SILVER LINING COMP</strong>? <img decoding="async" class=" wp-image-11454 aligncenter" src="https://www.cathycassidy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/unnamed-300x156.jpg" alt="" width="358" height="186" srcset="https://www.cathycassidy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/unnamed-300x156.jpg 300w, https://www.cathycassidy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/unnamed-768x398.jpg 768w, https://www.cathycassidy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/unnamed-1024x531.jpg 1024w, https://www.cathycassidy.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/unnamed.jpg 1060w" sizes="(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px" /></p>
<p>Just nip over to the <a href="https://www.cathycassidy.com/comps/"><strong>COMPS</strong></a> page on this website to find out more&#8230; basically, you need to take a supercool photo of <strong>your fave CC book</strong>&#8230; style it, make it look arty and fab&#8230; and either post it on social media using the tags shown on the<a href="https://www.cathycassidy.com/comps/"> <strong>COMPS</strong></a> page or email it to me via the <strong>EMAIL CATHY</strong> link on the website homepage! You can win a copy fo the two newest books for you, your school or even to give to a friend, and also an amazing <strong>&#8216;INSTA&#8217; INSTANT CAMERA!</strong> Wow!</p>
<p>What are you waiting for? Get those phones and cameras out <strong>NOW!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Cathy xxx</strong></p>
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		<title>HOME FROM THE LEXIE TOUR&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucie Sharpe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 21:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m just home from a week&#8217;s tour talking to thousands of readers old and new all around the UK&#8230; it was SO much fun, and the feedback on LEXIE has been awesome! I&#8217;m now hunkering down to do a final proof read on the next book, SAMI&#8217;S SILVER LINING, before it goes off to print&#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://www.cathycassidy.com/home-from-the-lexie-tour/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">HOME FROM THE LEXIE TOUR&#8230;</span></a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m just home from a week&#8217;s tour talking to thousands of readers old and new all around the UK&#8230; it was<strong> SO</strong> much fun, and the feedback on <strong>LEXIE</strong> has been awesome! I&#8217;m now hunkering down to do a final proof read on the next book, <strong>SAMI&#8217;S SILVER LINING</strong>, before it goes off to print&#8230; it will be out on 28th June and it&#8217;s <strong>SUCH</strong> a special book to me. I think you&#8217;ll love it!</p>
<p>After that, I&#8217;ll be chilling for a while before thinking about the book after that, and getting sorted for my events at<strong> HAY</strong> &amp; <strong>EDINBURGH</strong> amongst other things! I also have a new <strong>COMP</strong> planned for you all, and I&#8217;ll be posting news about that on here <strong>VERY</strong> soon!</p>
<p>I just wanted to say a<strong> HUGE</strong> thank you to all the kids, parents, librarians, teachers and booksellers who helped to make this tour such a gorgeous one&#8230; you were all <strong>AWESOME!</strong> Off to do my edits, but I&#8217;ll be back soon with news of that <strong>COMP!</strong></p>
<p>Cathy xxx</p>
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		<title>WINNERS!!!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucie Sharpe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>You've been SOOOO patient... but at last I have picked the winners (from a hat, of course!). And I've found a few more copies of BROKEN HEART CLUB so there are going to be FIVE lucky winners!!!</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve been SOOOO patient&#8230; but at last I have picked the winners (from a hat, of course!). And I&#8217;ve found a few more copies of BROKEN HEART CLUB so there are going to be FIVE lucky winners!!!</p>
<p>Here goes&#8230; the winners are: ZARIN K; EVA, age 11; WICTORIA M, age 13; NYAH G, age 10; and LAUREN E, age 12. Please can all the winning readers EMAIL ME through the link on the website homepage with their full name and postal address, so I can get the books packed up and posted off!</p>
<p>Once I&#8217;ve heard from everyone on the winners list, there will be a NEW competition linked to my new book LOVE FROM LEXIE. It will go live soon and I thought I&#8217;d ask you all to do something to be eligible to win&#8230; but WHAT? Any ideas? All suggestions welcome, just post your thoughts below!</p>
<p>THANKS to all who entered, and see you soon!</p>
<p>Cathy xxx</p>
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		<title>WIN BROKEN HEART CLUB!!!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucie Sharpe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I still have a signed copy of BROKEN HEART CLUB to give away&#8230; could YOU be the lucky winner? To be in with a chance, just comment below to tell me why you&#8217;d like a copy of the book&#8230; someone&#8217;s got to win! In other news, I am just putting the finishing touches to my &#8230; <a href="https://www.cathycassidy.com/win-broken-heart-club/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">WIN BROKEN HEART CLUB!!!</span></a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I still have a signed copy of BROKEN HEART CLUB to give away&#8230; could YOU be the lucky winner? To be in with a chance, just comment below to tell me why you&#8217;d like a copy of the book&#8230; someone&#8217;s got to win!</p>
<p>In other news, I am just putting the finishing touches to my new book, LOVE FROM LEXIE, which will be the first in a brand NEW series about a bunch of mismatched friends who accidentally form a band. I am very excited about it all, and I think you&#8217;re going to LOVE it&#8230; LOVE FROM LEXIE will be out in JUNE!</p>
<p>There are LOTS of giveaways almost every evening over on my FACEBOOK FANPAGE, so if you haven&#8217;t joined up, do &#8211; or get a parent to do so for you. Don&#8217;t miss out! Just going to make myself a hot chocolate and get back to work&#8230; but even though it&#8217;s freeezing just now, spring is definitely in the air!</p>
<p>Get those comments coming and tell me WHY you want to win a signed copy of BROKEN HEART CLUB!</p>
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		<title>OFF ON TOUR!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucie Sharpe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>BROKEN HEART CLUB is out in paperback and I am off on tour for a week to talk to readers old and new in schools all around the country!</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>BROKEN HEART CLUB</strong> is out in paperback and I am off on tour for a week to talk to readers old and new in schools all around the country! I&#8217;ll be signing books, answering questions and giving away a few secret hints about my new book, coming in JUNE &#8211; the first in a brand new series!</p>
<p>It has been a very busy start to 2017 for me, but it&#8217;s great to have lots of ideas in the pipeline! I have set aside a copy of <strong>BROKEN HEART CLUB</strong> to give away &#8211; if you&#8217;d like to be in with a chance, just comment below and tell me why it should be yours! Talking of giveaways, there are <strong>LOTS</strong> just now over on my <a class="popup" href="https://www.facebook.com/cathycassidyauthor/">Facebook Fanpage</a>, so if you or a parent has FB do go and &#8216;like&#8217; the page and check in every evening so as not to miss out on the freebies!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be updating the EVENTS page soon with the first few events for this year&#8230; hopefully I&#8217;ll be in your area soon!</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget to <strong>COMMENT BELOW</strong> to tell me what you&#8217;ve been up to, and to enter the giveaway for a signed copy of <strong>BROKEN HEART CLUB</strong>. What are you waiting for?!!</p>
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		<title>2016 &#8211; WHAT A YEAR&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucie Sharpe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I've missed chatting to you on here SOOOOO much... it has to be time for a catch-up, right? 2016 has been a very tricky year... not my favourite ever year, I have to admit! It's all been kind of sad and difficult, so i didn't expect to find myself looking</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe a little bit of <strong>Christmas</strong> magic can chase away the sad stuff&#8230; who knows? I lost my mum and my mum-in-law this year, after very difficult illnesses, and then my lovely dog <strong>Kelpie</strong> died after an accident in the park&#8230; you can read more about that <a class="popup" href="https://cathycassidydreamcatcher.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/goodbye-my-old-friend.html">here</a>, but as you can imagine it felt like the very last straw. I am getting through it all with the help of my family and my <strong>amazing readers</strong> (special thanks to all who have emailed, written or messaged to cheer me up!).</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve also adopted another rescue lurcher &#8211; <strong>Ziggy</strong> had been abused and abandoned, and although she&#8217;s only a year old, at some point she&#8217;s had a broken pelvis which has healed a little bit squint and left her with a zig-zaggy way of walking. In spite of this, she is the cutest, coolest dog <strong>EVER</strong>, and she&#8217;s shown me that there is always something to be happy about in life, especially when that something is dog-shaped!</p>
<p>What else is new? Well, I&#8217;m writing the first book of a new series which I am very, <strong>VERY</strong> excited about&#8230; it will be out in June, and I think you&#8217;re going to <strong>LOVE</strong> it! I&#8217;m just back from a book fair in PARIS where I got to meet more of my lovely French readers, and I&#8217;ve had a great meeting with my friends at PUFFIN HQ to talk about some AWESOME ideas for next year&#8230; I think you will approve!</p>
<p>So&#8230; what&#8217;s been happening in YOUR world in 2016? Post below to tell me everything! Meanwhile, me and Ziggy had better get back to work&#8230; check in just before Christmas for a new message, too!</p>
<p>Lots of love,</p>
<p>Cathy (and Ziggy!) xxx</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="left" title="Ziggy" src="/assets/0002/2001/IMG_2675_medium.jpg" alt="Ziggy" width="300" height="300" /></p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucie Sharpe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2017 10:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>There's a new post every day, ranging from fun stuff to cool stuff and serious, dramatic stuff stuff. Click on the 'Read Cathy's Blog' link to find out more...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m loving the new <a title="Mag" href="/dreamcatcher_mag">DREAMCATCHER</a> blog-zine &#8211; by my readers, for my readers! There&#8217;s a new post every day, ranging from fun stuff to cool stuff and serious, dramatic stuff stuff. Take a look at DREAMCATCHER and scroll back through the posts to see what you&#8217;ve missed &#8211; and remember to comment as you go!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;d like to contribute to <a title="Mag" href="https://cathycassidydreamcatcher.blogspot.com/">DREAMCATCHER</a>, join my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cathycassidyauthor">FACEBOOK FANPAGE</a> (if you&#8217;re old enough to have FB) as lots of posts start as discussions on the FB fanpage; or email me your ideas and suggestions <a href="mailto:mailcathycassidy@googlemail.com">here</a>. It&#8217;d be great to have you on board!</p>
<p>CCx</p>
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		<title>SWEET HONEY TOUR!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucie Sharpe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2017 10:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>That's it... I'm all packed and ready to hit the road for my SWEET HONEY tour around the UK. I can't wait to see what you all think of the new book!</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s it&#8230; I&#8217;m all packed and ready to hit the road for my SWEET HONEY tour around the UK. I can&#8217;t wait to see what you all think of the new book! I will be doing public signings in BROMLEY &amp; KINGSTON on Sat 31st May, BIRMINGHAM 1st June, NEWTON MEARNS after school on Friday 6th, EAST KILBRIDE &amp; EDINBURGH on Saturday 7th, DUMFRIES on Sunday 8th, CHESTER on Saturday 14th and BLUEWATER on Sunday 15th. In between, there will be lots of school visits&#8230; I can&#8217;t wait! You can find out more about my public signings on the <a title="Events" href="/events-page">EVENTS</a> page. The DUMFRIES event is a very cool afternoon tea with tickets at £3.50 to include cake&#8230; so book quickly before it sells out!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re coming along to a signing, why not bring a couple of friends? Groups of three or more attending will be entered into a prize draw to win a cool sleepover kit, and the overall winners from the tour will win a fun makeover session! If you can&#8217;t enter the EVENTS comp then try out fab SELFIES or SHELFIES comp&#8230; just send in a pic of you with your fave CC book (hopefully SWEET HONEY!) or a pic of your bookshelf with CC books on it! The best will be included in a playlist on CCTV and the overall winner will get a cool camera and tripod kit! Find out more about the comps <a title="Comps" href="/comps">HERE</a>.</p>
<p>In other news, I have been shortlisted for the fabby <a href="https://www.queenofteen.co.uk/vote.html">QUEEN OF TEEN</a> award again&#8230; I&#8217;d love to be the first author to win that crown twice, but I really need your votes! You can cast your votes <a href="https://www.queenofteen.co.uk/vote.html">HERE</a>&#8230; pretty please? I can pr</p>
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