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The Space We're In. The Space We’re In was selected as the Sunday Times Book of the Week, as well as being highly commended for the 2020 Branford Boase Award and longlisted for the 2021 Carnegie Medal. Buy! The Thames and Tide Club.
About Me. I’m Katya - I’m a children’s writer from London, England. I live with my partner and our two dogs - Raffi is a very old lurcher and Mouse is a little whippet. Before I was a writer I worked in special schools and for social care, as well as running a small charity that put on creative workshops for neurodivergent people.
Carnegie medal-winning children’s author. Cover artwork (c) Angela Harding, Sydney Smith and Laura Carlin.
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Katya read English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behaviour. She has worked in a variety of special needs schools as a teaching assistant, and more recently co-founded Mainspring Arts - a not-for-profit organisation that provides mentoring and creative opportunities for neurodiverg...
Ghostlines(Bloomsbury Children's Books) September 2024 Katya Balen, whose novel October, October won the Carnegie Medal, tells ReadingZone about her new book, Ghostlines. Set in a small island community whose families have lived there for generations, it follows what happens when a boy arrives from the mainland. Read a Chapter from Ghostlines Revie...
Oct 20, 2020 · Katya Balen is not only the author of October, October and The Space We’re In which came out last year, but is also co-director of Mainspring Arts, a charity dedicated to increasing neurodiversity in the arts and creative sectors.
Sep 17, 2020 · The year the woman who calls herself October's mother comes back. The year everything changes. Written in Katya Balen's heart-stoppingly beautiful style, this book is a feast for the senses, filled with the woodsmoke smell of crisp autumn mornings and the sound of wellies squelching in river mud.
The year the woman who calls herself October’s mother comes back. The year everything changes. Written in Katya Balen’s heart-stoppingly beautiful style, this book is a feast for the senses, filled with the woodsmoke smell of crisp autumn mornings and the sound of wellies squelching in river mud.
