Crafting a novel is one thing, but author Kate Solly loves crafting ‘crafty’ novels – including her latest title, The Paradise Heights Craft Store Stitch-up. Kate shares her journey from casual writing in her family group chats to getting her first publishing contract, as well as how she manages to stay accountable and fit writing in while bringing up six kids!
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- WIN The Last Fashion House in Paris by Renee Ryan
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- Facebook group for So You Want to be a Writer
Writer in residence: Kate Solly
Kate Solly writes funny, feel-good fiction with an eye for the profound within the domestic. Her latest novel, The Paradise Heights Craft Store Stitch-Up is a deliciously warm and witty cosy crime adventure with a young mum protagonist. Her first novel, Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance, is a hilarious and heartwarming read about community, bigotry and the power of grassroots craftivism. Kate is married and has six children. When she’s not writing, she spends her days saying ‘put that stick down’ in a firm voice and divesting her kitchen table of its cemented weetbix glaze.
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