Cathy Kelly
Cathy Park Kelly has had personal essays, poems and short stories published in Fair Lady, YOU Magazine, Huisgenoot, Brevity, Writing My City anthology, Short Story Review and POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse) anthologies.
Her first book, Inside Outside, a memoir of teaching juvenile offenders awaiting trial, was quoted extensively by the (then) South African Minister of Correctional Services in a speech. This is the closest she's ever gotten to Parliament.
Boiling a frog slowly is her second book.
Interview with Cathy Park Kelly, author of Boiling a frog slowly
2022-02-02"My heartfelt hope is that this book reaches those who are in toxic situations (whether at home or at work), where their boundaries are being transgressed, and that reading it helps them to see their situation with clearer eyes and take steps to protect themselves."
How writers make sense of a world in lockdown
2021-01-14"Noting my insights and emotions is not merely a tool for making sense of the past and sinking into the present. It’s also a way of starting a conversation with the future."