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Catherine Deveny is an Australian comedy writer and stand-up comedian who was a regular columnist for The Age newspaper from 2001 to 2010.

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ABOUT ME

I am the author of ten books; ‘It’s Not My Fault They Print Them’ (2007), ‘Say When’ (2008), ‘Free To A Good Home’ (2009), ‘The Happiness Show’ (2012), ‘Use Your Words’ ( 2016), ‘Mental’, co written with psychiatrist Dr. Steve Ellen, (2018) and ‘True North: A Memoir’ (2022) are all published by Black Inc. Books. ‘Rank And Smelly’ (1997) is published by Addison, Wesley, Longman. ‘Babies, Bellies, and Blundstones’, (1999), and ‘Our New Baby’ (2005) are both published by Lothian Books. ‘Our New Baby’ was shortlisted for a Children’s Book Council Of Australia award.

I have contributed to numerous literary compilations including Destroying The Joint, Stamping Ground, Mothermorphois, and From The Outer. You’ll find my writing in places like Guardian, The Stick, Paper Sea Quarterly, Meanjin and ABC Online, and The Drum.

I have worked regularly as a corporate speaker, conference emcee, aft

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Summary

'Catherine Deveny is a blazing light in a world that is often grim. She brings her immense generosity of spirit to this beautiful memoir, and we are blessed to have her.'
Clementine Ford

When writer Catherine Deveny faced the end of a seventeen-year relationship with the father of her children, she had no idea what lay on the other side of the months of tumult- she just knew she had to create space for a new life.
But this wasn't the first time Deveny had taken a plunge into the unknown or let go of conventional assumptions. In True North, she shares how she emerged from an oppressive Catholic upbringing in working-class Reservoir, found her tribe in Fitzroy's sharehouses in the '80s, and learnt to live life on her own terms as she navigated the highs and lows of a creative life, family legacies and intimate relationships.

'This is the kind of story that stays with you long after you turn the final page.'
Michael Lallo, The Age

'Breathtaking.'
Chrissie Swan

'A bombshell of honesty and hope. This book has the power to heal hearts.'
Clare Bowditch

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ABOUT ME
Catherine Deveny is a writer, comedian, author of ten books, and speaker.
She is well known for her work as a columnist with The Age newspaper, as a Melbourne International Comedy Festival favourite, an ABC regular and the founder and creator of Gunnas Writing Masterclass. Deveny published over 1000 columns with The Age newspaper, has appeared on ABC’s QandA six times and participated in the Emmy award winning Go Back To Where You Came From on SBS television with Angry Anderson and Peter Reith.
Deveny was the Reason candidate for the lower house in the 2018 Victorian state election.
She is the mastermind behind Australia’s most popular and successful writing classes Gunnas Writing Masterclass, (9000 people since 2014 can’t be wrong). The brand has expanded to online monthly meetups, weekend retreats, workshops, and more recently Gunnas International, a 10 day writers retreat in Paris and Provence for writers and people who love them.
It’s Not My Fault They Print Them (2007), Say When (2008), Free To A Good Home (2009)