Now Then!
(How we greet each other in the North East of England.)

My name is Katie Metcalfe and I'm an English author, blogger, poet and musician. I tend to be a bit too weird for most people.

I think I must have been born with a pen in my hand because when I'm not writing, the world feels at odds. When I'm not writing, I feel uncomfortable in my skin. When I'm not writing, I feel I'm not being the person I was put here to be. So I'm navigating this writing life, one line of ink at a time, with my daughter in one hand and my pen in the other.

My career as a writer spans more than 15 years, and during that time (while battling numerous mental health conditions) I've published 9 books, written over 250 articles for sites such as Baby GaGa, Thought Catalogue and CVLT Nation, launched several popular blogs, set up half a dozen magazines, and released my debut album HEX with my band Cave Mouth.

I've also performed my poetry across the world, released a spoken word album, had my books adapted into award winning plays and seen my poetry, short stories and non-fiction published in dozens of anthologies, magazines and painted on walls at art exhibitions.

I hope that you feel that you know me a bit now!

If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to get in touch via my contact form or at katiemetcalfewriting@hotmail.com

"My new favourite book. This book is so finely crafted, beautifully written and painfully sad."
- Amazon Review

"All I can say is that I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book!"
- Amazon Review

"This is no book for kids or for those with a nervous disposition, as the author explores topics as dark as a young girl's family falling to the plague, and being buried alive by a bear."
- Life In Norway

"The settings are made so visible in this collection, each poem takes you to the freezing north and leaves you there. Very powerful literary art drawing parallels to our own traits. Unforgettable."
- Amazon Review