In 1927, Mercedes Gleitze became the first British woman to swim the English Channel. Now her daughter Doloranda Pember has … read more
Category Archives: News & Press Coverage
Bad Girls Paperback
Bad Girls will be published in paperback on February 21st, 2019, with a brand new cover!… read more
Outdoor Swimmer Magazine
This month’s Outdoor Swimmer Magazine features Daisy Belle and a chat with Ella Foote about the women and ponds that … read more
Author in the Spotlight
Caitlin joined the Portobello Book Blog to answer questions about Daisy Belle and the writing life
and Laura Morningstar for … read more
The Victorian Women Who Inspired Daisy Belle
Daisy Belle was inspired by two forgotten Victorian champions – Agnes Beckwith and Annie Luker. Here’s a guest post … read more
Audio Book for Daisy Belle
Daisy Belle is a ‘must read’ for September on Bookchoice. It is one of eight featured books, offered … read more
Swimterview
I joined journalist Ella Foote this week for a ‘swimterview’ at the Mixed Pond on Hampstead Heath in London, the … read more
openDemocracy features Bad Girls
‘Black women were disproportionately jailed and mistreated in London’s infamous Holloway Prison’ – openDemocracy, the independent global media … read more
Inspirational Agnes
The Camden New Journal ran a feature on the inspiration behind Daisy Belle, ‘a woman born into a world that … read more
Read Daisy Belle on The Pigeonhole
Daisy Belle: Swimming Champion of the World will be offered to readers via The Pigeonhole next month. Subscribing to The … read more
Daisy Belle Blog Tour
Daisy Belle: Swimming Champion of the World will be on a blog tour in August. The tour will include reviews, … read more
Daisy Belle is Born
July 18th
The first copies of Daisy Belle: Swimming Champion of the World arrived today, the culmination of a crowdfunding … read more
American students study Bad Girls
As from this autumn, students at Endicott College in the USA will be studying Bad Girls as part of their … read more
Swimming, Books & Courageous Women
The new books magazine Strong Words has run an interview on the background to Daisy Belle: Swimming Champion of the … read more
Holloway Prison Exhibition
Islington Museum will be putting on an exhibition about Holloway Prison, with a focus on ‘the voices which remain unknown … read more
Almeida Theatre & Bad Girls
June 12th
Last night was press night at the Almeida Theatre in Islington, London, for a new production of Machinal, … read more
Suffragette Banners
Following a talk about the suffragettes and Holloway Prison at HMP Downview in Surrey earlier this year, inmates produced stunning … read more
10 Wonderful Books About Swimming
Strong Words, a new magazine about books, has listed ’10 wonderful books about swimming’, both fiction and non-fiction. They … read more
Jewish Chronicle extract
The Jewish Chronicle has run an extract from Bad Girls, from one of the chapters about Holloway Prison during … read more
Washington Post Summer Reading
‘What your favorite authors are reading this summer’ – The Washington Post asked 11 writers what books they will be … read more
Bad Girls and the Chalk Garden
Actor Amanda Root has been reading Bad Girls to help her understand Miss Madrigal – the character she plays in … read more
Double Standards of Justice
One of the joys of writing a book is hearing readers’ reactions, especially when they relate their personal or professional … read more
Holloway and the Victorian Supersleuth
Author Angela Buckley – the Victorian Supersleuth – has often found her criminal investigations lead her to Holloway Prison, particularly … read more
Islington History Society feature
The Spring issue of the Journal of the Islington Archaeology & History Society featured Holloway Prison on its cover, as … read more
New biography of the Duchess of Sutherland
The Life and Times of Mary, Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, by Catherine Layton, has been released by Cambridge Scholars … read more
Interview with Jackie McGlone in The Sunday Herald
‘A rich, superbly researched, definitive history of Holloway Prison, which closed in 2016, and of the many disobedient, defiant, dangerous … read more
Interview with the Museum of London
‘Prison to Parliament: the Suffragettes and Holloway. Caitlin Davies’ book Bad Girls delves into the history of Holloway, shedding new … read more
Holloway Prison and the struggle for the vote, The Islington Tribune
Interview with Emily Finch.
‘Suffragettes made the most of their prison experience – it was a powerfully run PR campaign. … read more
London Suffragette Sites in The Guardian
‘Smashed windows, broken rules: the dark suffragette sites of London’. Jo Griffin explores the importance of suffragette sites in London, … read more