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Katie Daysh is an author from the Isle of Wight who loves to explore unheard voices in fiction. In her main genre, historical fiction, she enjoys placing queer characters at the heart of the narrative, and most of her books are set on the sea. She is the author of the Nightingale/Courtney queer naval adventure series.

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Katie Daysh Hi there! Thank you! I’m hoping to have the first one up today, just a little round-up of my July writing and reads, but I have a few more planned to …moreHi there! Thank you! I’m hoping to have the first one up today, just a little round-up of my July writing and reads, but I have a few more planned to coincide with my TikTok and Instagram reels, about history and maritime trivia related to my books :) (less)
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I'm so excited that Leeward is currently a Featured Deal on BookBub!!! The ebook is 99p for a limited time, so grab those queer sailors quickly! Leeward

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Katie is on page 159 of 448 of The Frozen River: It’s a compelling story but the anachronisms are unfortunate and (sometimes) glaring. ‘Adrenaline’ is not easily forgiven in an 18th century setting 🙈 I’ve found with reading and writing historical fiction, it is always the throwaway small lines that trip people up.
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An absolutely astonishing and powerful feminist collection of short stories, poems, analyses and mini essays about historical and fictional women. It is brilliantly written and utterly jammed with emotion and strength.

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The first read of my plan to get through at least some of the Goodreads reading challenges and I have to say, I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. It’s an incredibly sharp
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‘No lingering consciousness in that wilderness of ice, with the thing that walks.’

Read for the second time as my suggestion for my LGBTQ book club (I had it in my head that there was way more queer content in this than there actually is, BUT in my
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