Catrina Davies
Catrina Davies is an author and songwriter. She was born in Snowdonia and grew up in West Cornwall. She has worked as a TEFL teacher, gardener, waitress, flower-picker, DJ, circus musician and builder. Her first book, The Ribbons are for Fearlessness (Summersdale), is a true story about busking from Norway to Portugal. It was published in 2014. Her second book, Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed (Riverrun), is a first-hand account of the housing crisis, published in 2019. It was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction. Her second album, Belan, is released in January 2020. (photo: Mike Newman)
My Posts
Lost in Transit
Catrina Davies
12th November, 2019
Catrina Davies reflects on our perilous relationship with transport on an epic cycle across the badlands of Spain. From our anniversary issue REFUGE.
Why I Live in a Shed
Catrina Davies
16th January, 2019
From the archives, a short essay about home and the UK housing crisis.
My Tin Shed Technosphere
Catrina Davies
24th December, 2015
Catrina Davies writes about music, technology and living in a studio shed at the edge of the Atlantic for Dark Mountain: Issue 8 - Techne
Sheds and Stars: Another Sideways Look at the Housing Crisis
Catrina Davies
2nd June, 2015
I haven’t actually seen the shed in months. I have no way of knowing for...