Heading up to London to record a podcast for the incredibly important ALCS plus top secret meetings Hachette UK and Penguin Books UK - bringing a shard of Cornish sunlight with me for good luck x

Like part of the problem

Just want to take a moment to thank all the publishing folk that support everything I'm doing to change the story in regards to #workingclass representation in publishing/books & EVERY single writer who steps up, steps in & stands tall alongside me, cheers & happy weekend! x

Merchandise #ClassFest25

Can't wait to reveal our ClassNature Octopus Publishing prize shortlist for #WorkingClass writers 8th June and stoked to announce that the celebratory party will again be held in the Hachette UK rooftop garden, 2nd July, save the date folks! 👊x

My brief review of Natalie Thomlinson and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite's excellent Women and the Miners' Strike 1984-5 is in this week's TLS - with a longer review to come in the Journal of Contemporary History as this book provides much food for thought

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No shit

Regional accents are the beating heart of this country, it is the blood that pumps proud with all the voices of our ancestors, never lose it for the sake of others, & if you're a writer, never sand down those rough edges for publishers, it is the shape & cut of you, shout it loud

Packing boxes for the big move and came across my first 'publicity' photo - once a poser always a poser x

For us in working class Cornwall, it meant more than just an escape from Thatcher’s Britain, it was a moment held in time, a moment and a place where folk could shout ‘this here, this land and these people are mine’

Natasha Carthew on the Elephant Fayre

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Nature making a point #Moss

In honour of MAY DAY WORKERS DAY I'd like to remind everyone (festivals, mags, podcasts, programmes, universities etc) that if you commission a writer for a thing, PLEASE FUCKING PAY US... ON TIME! (Cheers in advance) x #MayDay 2024 #MayDay #WorkingClass

Cus I grew up in poverty, I'll never be able to live by the sea in the Cornish village where I was born & raised, where the average house price is £800k I can only visit, collect the fragments of me that I left in the undercurrent, before leaving again #Cornwall #UndercurrentBook

LOVE Waterstones Plymouth 💚🤍

First and last time I was at Elephant Fayre/Port Eliot - Loved writing this article for The Quietus about our wild and unruly backyard festival: thequietus.com/articles/34085… #Cornwall #Festivals

Research road trip for new nonfic ;)

'That elephant was a dream come true, made of wicker and scrap wood, and to my eyes it walked the muddy banks of the estate like an exotic circus escapee'

Natasha Carthew on the Elephant Fayre

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So proud of all the incredible writers that entered our ClassNature Octopus Publishing Nature Writing Prize this year - can't believe it's been 5 years, so many doors kicked open for #WorkingClass writers! Any journos interested in our mission and background to the prize, hit me up!

My memoir isn't just about growing up in rural poverty, it's about what it took to lift myself up and out; I didn't want a life of menial dead-end jobs, I wanted to be a writer, and when I was told at school to aim lower, I learnt one thing as a result - RESILIENCE, cus fuck that