The Stickleback Catchers

Touching, original and compelling, this is a nostalgic novel about old-fashioned childhoods, but it is also very much of our time. – Children’s Book of the Week * Sunday Times *
A moving, fantastical adventure story of coming to terms with challenge and change. – Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian *
The Stickleback Catchers is a magical tale sure to cast a spell over young readers. – Pam Norfolk * The Lancashire Post *
Auton’s brave kid voices ring true to age and region; the representation of differently abled people here is deeply matter-of-fact. – Kitty Empire * The Observer *
A magic realist fight to save a beloved grandmother from dementia … dialect, disability, neurodivergence and gender-nonconformity were all woven incidentally into this open-hearted book. * Guardian - Best Children’s Books of 2023 *

Lisette Auton is a northern disabled writer, activist, poet, novelist, spoken-word artist, actor, film and theatre-maker, and creative practitioner. She’s an award-winning poet who has performed at Northern Stage, ARC, the Southbank Centre and the Sage, in pubs, in a crypt, at festivals, indoors, outdoors, on a bridge and in a launderette.

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