Hello 👋 I’m Catherine Pope, a trainer, academic coach, and technical content creator.
🎓 I have a PhD in Victorian literature, which I was awarded for my thesis on Florence Marryat, a prolific novelist who enjoyed a very colourful personal life. Her most famous novel is about a bisexual psychic vampire called Harriet. As you might have guessed, Marryat wasn’t a conventional Victorian.
✍️ I’ve written three books, along with some book chapters and introductions.
A couple of years ago, I left the tech sector to coach and train academics, from PhD researchers through to professors. You can find out more about my work.
🧠In 2023, just before my 50th birthday, I was diagnosed as autistic. Although this wasn’t a complete surprise, it took me a while to absorb the implications. Although I haven’t received a formal diagnosis, it’s likely I also have ADHD - which makes me AuDHD. The ADHD part of my brain loves learning new things; the autistic part enjoys developing systems for organising them. It’s mostly a harmonious relationship.
🎹 Like many autistic people, I develop intense interests and am able to hyperfocus on them. My current obsession is learning to play the piano. Because I often find it impossible to choose between things I love, I’m also learning classical guitar. Oh, and German, too.
I live in Brighton on the south coast of England with my partner Tanya and thousands of books.
đź“š My site contains affiliate links for bookshop.org. If you click on them, I get a tiny amount of commission … which I promise to spend on more books to share with you. And you won’t be funding a billionaire’s Venetian wedding.
About this Site
This site is written in Markdown and built with Hugo, using the PaperMod theme. Once committed to my GitHub repo, the site is automatically built and deployed through Netlify. I use Fathom for the analytics. As Fathom protects your privacy, I don’t need one of those wretched cookie notices 🎉
You can also see my kit list.