Kate Simkins
Kate Simkins
Kate Simkins is a multi-genre author with several titles published by Big Thinking Publishing, including middle-grade fantasy, poetry collections, and adult fantasy adventures.
Upcoming titles include Oak & Thorn and The Brightwell Chronicles.
For author enquiries:
kate@kate-simkins.com
Kate’s Books
The Mysterious Life & Times of Bug: Volume 1
The Mysterious Life & Times of Bug follows Bug’s adventures as he gets into all sorts of trouble and scrapes. Bug’s stories are irreverent and funny and our lovely but mischievous Bug finds himself being responsible for things much bigger than himself, including losing the library of Alexandria and the flooding of Atlantis.
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INKED
This collection of stories and poems invites the reader to explore hidden worlds and unknown galaxies whilst finding space for thought-provoking reflection. These tales and poems show that what instinctively makes us human transcends time, place and genre and reveal that the most important truths, are universal.
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Oak & Thorn
Hattie is a bookseller, caught between the World of Men and the Fae realms. When she is trapped in the World of Men by Snicket, a well-meaning hobgoblin, she must rely on her friends to get her safely back home.
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The Wonderchild (The Brightwell Chronicles #1)
Release date: 1 March, 2026
Twelve-year-old Arlo Thorne never quite fitted in. Well, not at school, anyway.
So when he finds out that he is destined to become a student at Brightwell academy, (following a long line of Thornes in the House of Wonder), Arlo begins the feel that he has found his place in the world at last.
But not all is bright and rosy at Brightwell…
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Emberwatch (The Brightwell Chronicles #2)
Release date: 1 July, 2026
Kit Featheringale wants nothing more than to be Head of the Guard and maybe one day, if she works hard enough, Head of the House of Watch.
But when Arlo Thorne goes missing and Ashwing Squadron are sent on a special mission, Kit’s world is turned upside down.
What can Kit fight for when the future she longed for may not even exist?
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