Cathy J

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Gardener 🌱 | Avid reader | Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026 Judge | John Buchan fan | Book blogger always ready for the next chapter... 💙📚 https://whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/

Front cover of Dead Men Don't Ski by Patricia Moyes featuring ski lift and Alpine scene

White crab spider predating bumble bee on water mint flower in pond

Front cover of Seething Lane by Jack Jewers alongside press release fotr the book

Climbing French bean flowers growing around bamboo canes

Front cover of A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie featuring an image of a woman dressed in black unconscious in a red armchair with an overturned cup of tea/coffee on the floor beneath. Book is resting on a woven wicker background

Close-up of pink clematis flower

Still from Hitchcock's film adaptation of Rebecca showing Judith Anderson as Mrs Danvers and Joan Fontaine as Mrs de Winter

Shoots of wisteria against wooden trellis

Graphic showing stack of books on the longlist for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026

Close up of bud of allium schubertii,

Front cover of proof copy of Dwrll by Rue Baldry, alongside postcard, badge & bookmark against a dark grey background

Image of clump of dead nettle with yellow flowers and variegated leaves

Clump of yellow common primrose

Stack of five books, the first letter of each title spelling the word April. They are sitting on a white shelf with other books behind

Pink and white striped with pulmonaria (lungwort) plant in background

Image of Gladiator Fire above front cover of The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly and word 'incandescent' in inverted commas

Graphic for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2026 longlist with three added captions 'If the Gladiators chose the shortlist' 'Contenders ready?' 'Gladiators ready?'

Close-up picture of yellow daffodil flower

Close-up picture of yellow daffodil

Wooden carving of weird creature in choir of Truro Cathedral

Collage of images of the front covers of four books - The Draw of the Sea by Wyl Menmuir, Paper Sisters by Rachel Canwell, The River Days of Rosie Crow by Rebecca Stonehill and The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope

Stack of books, spines outward, resting on wooden shelf. From top to bottom Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale, Ancestry by Simon Mawer, River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer, Charlotte by Helen Moffett, Heartstone by C J Sansom

Front covers of That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack and Strange Flowers by Donal Ryan against a dark green background

Authors Carolyn Kirby and Andrew Taylor sitting in adjoining chairs talking to each other

Collage of six plants and flowers - pink tulips alongside pulmonaria, purple anenome blands, emerging leaves of lily bulbs, pale yellow primrose, yellow daffodils, white daffodil

Graphic showing front covers of the five books shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026

Front cover of hardback edition of What Remains After A Fire: Stories by Kanza Javed against a pale wood background. The front cover has a large image of a plant with bright green leaves and yellow flowers against a black background.

Rhubarb leaves and red stems

Close up of white blossom on damson tree

Palm tree against the background of a sunset

Front cover of The Millionaire Waltz by Anthony Quinn featuring an image of a couple in 1920s attire dancing against a gold background below crystal chandeliers

Graphic showing front covers of the five noveks shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026

Pulmonaria plant with speckled green and white leaves and pinkish purple fliwers surrounded by dried leaves

Collage of hyacinth, narcissus in bud, fennel and chive leaves emerging, allium seedlings, rosemary flowers and new growth on sedum

Stack of four books, spines outwards (The Artist by Lucy Steeds, Once tge Deed is Done by Rachel Seiffert, Edenglassie by Melissa Lukashenko and Boundary Waters by Tristan Hughes) resting on wooden shelf next to decorative brass table lamp

Side by side front covers of When The Cranes Fly South by Lisa Rizden and The Boy From the Sea by Garrett Carr against a brown background

Collage of six images showing chitting potatoes, buds on shrubs and spring bulbs

Front cover of The River Days of Rosie Crow by Rebecca Stonehill positioned in front of shelf of books and next to large white candle on cream china stand

Graphic showing front covers of five books shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026

Stack of four hardcover books spines outward plus Kindle showing front cover of a fifth. All books shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026

Graphic showing front covers of the five books shortlisted for the Winston Graham literary prize 2026

Graphic showing front covers of the five novels shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026

Graphic showing covers of 12 books longlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2026 with a black and white photograph of Dylan Thomas in the bottom right hand corner

Graphic showing the covers of the five books shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026

Oblong plate with breakfast items: sausages, bacon, tomato, mushrooms, baked beans, black pudding, haggis, fried egg & tattie scone

Front cover of hardback copy of Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier resting on a dark green background. The cover is yellow with the title, price (six shillings) and author name in pink text.

Graphic from Goodreads with caption 'Legendary reviewer!' And rosette with 'Top 5% reviewer' alongside cartoon imafe of two people reading

Flatlay of five biographies and books about John Buchan

Front cover of Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor. The cover is partly in shadow and resting on green fabric with the corners of two cushions just on the edge of the picture

Front cover of hardback edition of Sir Quixote of the Moors by John Buchan. It has a red cover with title and author name in black text.

Hand drawn Christmas card bearing colour sketch of four children, one of whom is holding a bunch of holly. The greeting at the top reads Merry Xmas. At the bottom it reads From... All of us'

Front cover of A Winter Bouquet by Susan Tweedsmuir (John Buchan's wife) featuring an illustration of a bouquet of red flowers and green foliage. Around the four sides of the cover are illustrations of garlands of green foliage with berries

Black and white photograph of Celia Johnson from the film In Which We Serve

Photograph of Bear Rock in Canada, a mountainous outcrop with water in foreground against cloudless blue sky

Front cover of Handheld Press paperback edition of The Runagates Club by John Buchan featuring a colour illustration of a man in a red shirt holding a whip advancing towards a prophet like figure in white robes

Flatlay of the front covers of three hardback books against a dark green background - The Artist by Lucy Steeds, Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor and Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey