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Wednesday 25th March 2026
To celebrate International Women's Day I shared my 'Women's Troubles' standup routine and within a few days it had 70k+ views on TikTok. It's been fun to beat my record on on social engagement.@catie.wilkins "WOMEN'S TROUBLES" Celebrating this #internationalwomensday with my "WOMEN'S TROUBLES" stand-up comedy routine from my 2025 Edinburgh Show WE'LL SEE. This was my most talked about routine of that show. So what better way to celebrate #IWD than with #womenstroubles #standupcomedy #comedy original sound - Catie Wilkins
Translations
Friday 20th March 2026
I love to see all the different translatios of my books coming in.
Praise for Cafe Chaos:
"A beautifully funny story - effortlessly brilliant." - Romesh Ranganathan
"This funny and relatable story will appeal to fans of Jacqueline Wilson, as well as children who, like Hope, have to stand up to their families to make their wishes heard." - The Bookseller.
Published by Nosy Crow. Illustrated by Katie Abey. Read by Stevie Martin. Available at all good book shops.
Cafe Chaos Book II
Thursday 12th March 2026
Cafe Chaos - The Way The Cookie Crumbles is launched!
Hope Crumble and her chaotic family serve up cakes, coffee and calamity in this hilarious new series from much-loved author Catherine Wilkins. Illustrated throughout by the brilliant Katie Abey.
The second heartwarming and hilarious story in the Caf Chaos series.
Hope's mum has mistakenly over-ordered the beans and they only have two months to get through them all! Several hilarious family meetings take place to discuss ideas. Aunt Rita comes over all 'flavours of Mexico' while Connor wants a bean-eating competition to catch the post-gym crowd.
Hope is trying to distance herself from it all in a bid to have 'time to be a child' and let her family sort out their own crises. But she can't deprive her family of her problem-solving abilities for long. Rescue comes in the unlikely form of Skyla... Hope's arch enemy and school bully - who needs a place to hold her charity fashion show.
Praise for Cafe Chaos:
"A beautifully funny story - effortlessly brilliant." - Romesh Ranganathan
"This funny and relatable story will appeal to fans of Jacqueline Wilson, as well as children who, like Hope, have to stand up to their families to make their wishes heard." - The Bookseller.
Published by Nosy Crow. Illustrated by Katie Abey. Read by Stevie Martin. Available at all good book shops.
Reviews
Monday 4th August 2025
Lovely review from Bobby Carrol in The British Comedy Guide.
"Razor sharp writing and calm unfussy delivery plus just enough spice to thrill."
We'll See is on at Stand 2 at 4.45pm and tickets are on sale now.
Hot Off The Press
Wednesday 16th July 2025
Lovely interview with Marissa Burgess for The List.
The List Edinburgh Festival Guide 25 (p88)
We'll See is on at Stand 2 at 4.45pm and tickets are on sale now.
Highlight Reel
Wednesday 9th July 2025
Catie takes brand new show 'We'll See' to the Fringe
Edinburgh Comedy Festival 2025
Thursday 5th June 2025
Catie takes brand new show 'We'll See' to the Fringe
Catie is returning to the Edinburgh Festival with her hotly anticipated new comedy hour, 'We'll See' her first in over a decade. Official Blurb:
Drunk Women Solving Crime star explores how to deal with flashers, cope with a snoring husband who insists he isnt snoring (or even asleep) and avoid being bullied by your own children. Plus how far into foreplay is it inappropriate to ask if the door is locked? How do you juggle work, family and healing generational trauma? Credits include Jon and Lucys Odd Couples, Pointless Celebrities, Guilty Feminist Mash-Up. Winner: Writers Guild Award for sketch comedy, Lollies Award for funniest teen fiction book. 'Properly funny' (Independent). 'Brilliantly funny and painfully true' (Jenny Colgan).
We'll See is on at Stand 2 at 4.45pm and tickets are on sale now.
Award Winning
Thursday 5th December 2024
'You're Not The Boss Of Me' wins Best Laugh Out Loud Book for Teens at the 2024 Lollie Awards.
Voted for by thousands of readers, the winners were announced at an Awards Ceremony at the Southbank Centre, hosted by Stephen Mangan on the 5th December 2024. The Teen Award was presented by Ella McLeod.The awards, (previously known as the Roald Dahl Awards, and The Smarties) celebrates the best and funniest childrens books in the UK and Ireland. Put on by Scholastic, the Lollies are widely considered to be the top prize for funny books in childrens publishing, and are voted for by the children themselves.
There are seven categories, Picture Books, Books for 6-8-year-olds, Books for 9-12-year-olds, Books for Teens, Poetry Books, Non-Fiction Books and Illustrator of the Year. Once the judges have decided on a short list, children get to vote. The shortlist is announced in May and the voting ends in October, with the Awards themselves in December.
One Publisher said, funny books dont always seem to get as much coverage in other book awards, so its great to have one that is especially for the hilarious books that lots of children love to read. Another said, Its fantastic that the children get to vote for their favourites, rather than it being decided by what the grown-ups think they should be reading.
Wilkins said she was thrilled to win the Teen Lollie Award and thanked her agent and publisher, and all the talented, creative people working so hard to celebrate and promote funny books.
This year the Ceremony was at The South Bank Centre and hosted by Stephen Mangan, with awards presented by Michael Rosen, George Webster, Axel Scheffler, Liz Pichon, Ella McLeod and some of the CBeebies Panto.
The audience largely consisted of children from selected schools, representing some of the wider voters, and it was a fun, slightly raucous environment for the authors, reminiscent of a Comedy Club 4 Kids gig.
Past winners include Liz Pichon, David Baddiel, Michelle Robinson, Joshua Seigal, David Solomons, Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet.
Cover Reveal
Tuesday 12th November 2024
Very Excited to reveal a first look at new book being published in March 2025!
Hope Crumble and her family serve up cakes, coffee and calamity in this hilarious new series from much-loved author Catherine Wilkins. Illustrated throughout by the brilliant Katie Abey.
Running a bustling caf is Hopes familys dream ' its just not hers! While Dad and Gran battle it out in the kitchen, Mum tries to balance the books while serving quiche to hordes of hungry pensioners. Meanwhile Hopes dramatic sister Stacey is determined to turn all of life into a stage and her "wishes-he-was-on-Wall-Street cousin Connor decides to buy novelty costumes to advertise the business. And then Auntie Rita rocks up
Caf Crumble is tipping straight into Caf Chaos! Luckily for her family, Hope is there to save the day, though ideally this wouldnt involve dressing up as a giant ice cream and dancing outside the school gates.
Youll laugh (a lot), youll cry (with even more laughter), youll develop a strange yearning for caroons (whatever they are!). Welcome to Caf Chaos!
Look out for these the laugh-out-loud funny books by Catherine Wilkins:
- My Best Friend and Other Enemies: A Jess Jackson Book
- Youre Not the Boss of Me! (WINNER Lollies 2024, Teen)
- My Brilliant Life and Other Disasters: A Jess Jackson Book
- And more caf capers in upcoming Caf Chaos stories!
"A beautifully funny story ' effortlessly brilliant. ' Romesh Ranganathan
Pre-order here, here, or wherever you get your favourite books.
Lollies Award
Friday 21st June 2024
'You're Not The Boss Of Me' is shortlisted for a Lollies Award.
Very excited to be on the short list for this awesome children's book award. So many hilarious books on this list, and you can vote for your favourites. I am in the teen category (hint hint).
The shortlisting will happen in May 2024. Then voting will open in June and close in October 2024. The winners are announced in December 2024. << Older News
