Twitchen, Twistin and Scream
in PaperBound, Summer 2025
Read it here

13 Steps to Being Normal (A Practickal Witch’s Guide, 1612 Edition)
in Paper Lanterns, issue 16
Buy it here

The Flame-Crossed Lovers and when i need a calm space, i am one
Winners of the PaperBound Spring/Summer 2024 Competition
Read them here

Night Climbing
in PaperBound, Autumn 2022
Read it here

The Russian Doll
in Paper Lanterns, issue 14
Buy it here or listen on YouTube

The Miracles of San Francesco
for Feast & Fast, Fitzwilliam Museum
Read it here

Sending Love
in The Emma Press Anthology of Love, Emma Press
Read it here

Love in the Anthropocene
in The Goose, vol. 17
Read it here

The Labourers to Proserpina
Winner of the Eugene Lee-Hamilton Prize for a Petrarchan sonnet, 2014

Ascent of Toubkal
Winner of the Foyle Young Poets Competition 2010
Read it here

Here are some of Catherine’s poems available online:

The School Cats and Beautiful Boots
in Tyger Tyger magazine
School Cats
Beautiful Boots

Worst Foot First and Higher! The Terrified Tale of a Young Fireman
in Tickets to Scaryness on The Poetry Express
Worst Foot First 
Higher! The Terrified Tale of a Young Fireman

Meteor Message, SMART Granny, No More Majes-tea and Scones, Window Holiday, If Anyfin Was Possible, Two Mums and Playchime.
in The Dirigible Balloon
Meteor Message
SMART Granny
No More Majes-Tea and Scones
Window Holiday
If Anyfin Was Possible
Two Mums
Playchime

Personaliteatime and Big Sister’s Tips for Starting School
in Northern Gravy
Poems by Catherine Olver

In books and magazines available to buy:

If Anyfin Was Possible
in Forgetting How To Fall
Oxford University Press
Available here

Dear Kate
in The Head That Wears the Crown: Poems About Kings and Queens,
Emma Press
Available here

Window Holiday
in Chasing Clouds: Adventures in a Poetry Balloon,
Yorkshire Times Publishing
Available here

Apollo 17 and the Blue Marble
in The Toy: Space
Available here

Autumnatopie, Goblin Snot and The Drive to Outer Space
in Little Thoughts Press Autumnatopoeia, Fabulous Facts and Space issues
Available here

A Puff of Sky
in The Caterpillar, issue 37
Available here

If A Tree Falls in the Woods…
in Spelt, issue 9
Available here

The Scottish Sphinx
in Parakeet, issue 2
Available here

Interviews

How can poetry make challenging environmental themes and complex scientific ideas appealing and emotionally engaging? Catherine discusses the challenges and rewards of writing for kids with Claire Taylor from Little Thoughts Press.