Imagining the Other
“What if the world is not one, but multitude, with as many ways of being as there are beings? What if literature were the opportunity to glimpse such refractions, thrown by the world as though from a diamond?” – The Many Selves Of Katherine North
MY story
Welcome
The future starts in the imagination. Whether transporting people through stories or pushing for change through activism, my life’s work is trying to shape a better and more empathetic world through the power of creativity.
My debut novel is published by Bloomsbury and I am an adjunct lecturer, researcher and research assistant in creative writing. I hold an AHRC funded PhD in creative writing from Bath Spa University.
My other line of work is as a consultant for disability climate justice work. I co-produced the world’s first Community Climate Action Plan by and for Disabled people and have represented the issue on a local, national and international level. I am one of the authors of the City of Bristol Just Transition Declaration.
Media For The Many Selves of Katherine North
Reviews
Guardian, Interzone, The Maine Edge, Irish Examiner, Psychology Today, Guardian Best Books of 2016
Miscellaneous
Buzzfeed Quiz, Book Trailer One (Credit: Ngo Kathy), Book Trailer Two (Credit: Rachel J Mah), Strong Female Characters, Good Reading Magazine
Activism
Alongside my disability climate justice work, I am a general environmental activist. I previously worked for Extinction Rebellion, coordinating their UK and Global Twitter accounts, founded the clean air justice campaign Our Air Our City and volunteered for Mogg Watch and the Climate Emergency Centre network.
I was proud to be listed on the Bristol Post’s list of the ‘most influential women in Bristol’ in 2021 and 2022.
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