I wrote about crying on my birthday for Oh Comely magazine's 50th edition. Below is an extract: I turned 29 this year and, on my birthday, planned to meet my boyfriend in the William Morris Gallery. When he got there though, strolling in confidently I imagine, he couldn’t find me. I had arrived before him… Continue reading Crying on My Birthday
Author: Catherine Madden
River Fungi
Anthony Elliott has made this beautiful piece concerning the river Thames and information about mushrooms, voiced by me and Wail Qasim, we read from Food for Free by Richard Mabey and Edible Fungi by John Ramsbottom. https://soundcloud.com/anthony-elliott-451000818/river-fungi
Money For Laughing
Papaya Press- The Megabus
Desperate Literature Residency
Letter to my Teenage Self
This letter was originally written for the LUNAR Project screening of films by Jennifer Reeder, THE YOUNG-GIRL IS NOT ALWAYS YOUNG, AND NOT ALWAYS A GIRL Dear Cat Madden, I’m sorry I’ve overlooked you for so many years, but I am close to the child, she is easier to understand and I find you hard… Continue reading Letter to my Teenage Self
Letters to Barnacle 2
New Story and The Separation
Both these stories were published in separate issues of You Stumble Into A Room Full of Poets in 2012. It doesn't have an online presence but it was reviewed by Structo magazine. The Separation She used to have a husband and they would do all sorts of things like read poetry, contemplate their own mortality, and have… Continue reading New Story and The Separation
The Cheap Flat
This is a piece of flash fiction I had published in 3:AM Magazine. The Cheap Flat We negotiated the rent down with the landlords on the understanding that they would provide everything we needed in the flat, but nothing that we wanted. They clarified this by providing a quote from Wikipedia, which they stencilled… Continue reading The Cheap Flat