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It's two years since the first publication of Captain Kit! The book was commended in the self-published book category at the Scottish Association of Writers conference in March 2025. The book is a winner of The Golden Wizard Book Prize 2024.  It is available to purchase from: Amazon Captain Kit : Holme, Kathryn, Bolton, Maggie: Amazon.co.uk: Books Waterstones Captain Kit by Kathryn Holme, Maggie Bolton | Waterstones Blackwell's Captain Kit : Kathryn Holme (author), : 9781738456901 : Blackwell's (blackwells.co.uk) Barnes and Noble Captain Kit by Kathryn Holme, Maggie Bolton, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com) and various other bookshops. Purchase directly from Ingram Spark using the QR code or link below: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=Vzm0uTiu7F2B5T7QtRPKz6vB9G9rLw1npVnl84b9cdo The book is illustrated by Maggie Bolton .  Reviews can be found at Captain Kit by Kathryn Holme | Goodreads  

  Captain Kit is in Amazon's top 100 Adventure Fiction about Pirates for Children. Captain Kit : Holme, Kathryn, Bolton, Maggie: Amazon.co.uk: Books

  Kathryn had a great time this morning at Waterstones St Andrews with  Fiona Lowry .

Captain Kit is available to purchase directly from Ingram Spark. See the links below: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=Vzm0uTiu7F2B5T7QtRPKz6vB9G9rLw1npVnl84b9cdo

 

Delighted that Captain Kit was commended in the self-published book category at the recent Scottish Association of Writers conference.

Introducing Ollie and the Missing List.  The first in a series about the Great Eight, a group of Socktopus friends who live on a cube shaped planet. Kathryn has been experimenting with Kindle Kids' Book Creator. Huge thanks to her son Reuben for the idea and the illustrations, which he created using Scratch. If you have Kindle Unlimited, please have a look at the  book  and let me know what you think!

  Captain Kit is available to purchase from: Amazon UK  Captain Kit : Holme, Kathryn, Bolton, Maggie: Amazon.co.uk: Books Amazon US  Amazon.com: Captain Kit: 9781738456901: Holme, Kathryn, Bolton, Maggie: Books Waterstones  Captain Kit by Kathryn Holme, Maggie Bolton | Waterstones Blackwell's  Captain Kit : Kathryn Holme (author), : 9781738456901 : Blackwell's (blackwells.co.uk) Barnes and Noble  Captain Kit by Kathryn Holme, Maggie Bolton, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com) and various other bookshops.

On Saturday 30th November, Kathryn represented City Writers at  Discovery Point's  Christmas Market. Many thanks to everyone who came along and bought a copy of Captain Kit. 

Kathryn had a great time at Angus Book Fest today and achieved a new record in sales at an event. 

Kathryn h ad a fantastic time at Auchterarder Book Festival today and met up with Maggie Bolton. Kathryn read the story out to a group of children and then they decorated wooden swords.

Kathryn will  be busy in November at various events, including Auchterarder Book Festival and Angus Book Fest. Kathryn is delighted to have her first school visit booked as part of Book Week Scotland celebrations.

Huge excitement as Kathryn Holme features in the November issue of Writing Magazine Many thanks to everyone who has supported her on her self-publishing journey, especially: Maggie Bolton Sophie Hannah Pauline Tait Author & Writing Mentor and the teams at Waterstones St Andrews and Waterstones Dundee

 Captain Kit features in episode 8 of the Petit Pois podcast   Episode 8: Friends and Food! - Petit Pois Pod | Podcast on Spotify

  Kathryn features in the Autumn issue of St Andrews In Focus Magazine To download a free copy of the magazine, please go to https://www.peggysgiftemporium.co.uk/product-page/in-focus-magazine-issue-125-autumn-2024

  How amazing is this! Kathryn's children have created a Captain Kit Scratch game. To play the game, please go to https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1054607834 Many thanks to Gareth P Jones for letting us use the sea shanty as the music for this project.

  I had my final Captain Kit event of the summer at Waterstones Dundee yesterday. The event was mentioned in the current issue of the Alliance of Independent Authors member magazine. My next Captain Kit events will be in November. I'm looking forward to finishing my play 'Raffle' in the meantime. 

 Kathryn features in today's issue of The Table Read Magazine: Author Interview - Kathryn Holme - Captain Kit - The Table Read Magazine

  Kathryn was at Whitfield library this morning, along with Wendy H Jones and Elaine May Smith. They all read their stories out and then ran craft activities for the children. 

  Kathryn Holme and her son Kit were at W aterstones Sta Andrews this morning, talking about Captain Kit and Exposure. Three people expressed an interest in building their own combat robot!