Cathy Rentzenbrink

MAY 1ST 2022

The Guardian

If you want to hit the sleep sweet spot, you’ve got to show it some respect…

MARCH 6TH 2022

The Guardian

Fronted adverbials be damned…

JANUARY 15TH 2022

Belfast Telegraph

I thought I had to have all the answers…

JANUARY 2022

Women’s Prize for Fiction

How to silence your inner critic

JANUARY 6TH 2022

Welldoing.org

Top tips to start a regular writing practice

JANUARY 5TH 2022

Pan Macmillan

Bring your story to life

JANUARY 2ND 2022

The Guardian

We often fail to keep resolutions but writing in a notebook can bring great rewards

JANUARY 2ND 2022

The Observer

Write It All Down – An arm around the shoulder for aspiring writers

JANUARY 1ST 2022

The Times

How to write a memoir – tips from the people who have

DECEMBER 2021

Stylist

Gift idea for the book lover in your life. Featuring Everyone Is Still Alive.

OCTOBER 9TH 2021

The Irish Times

‘A thought-provoking novel, full of empathetic insight, Rentzenbrink asks what really matters amidst the complexity of the contemporary world and guides the reader towards a discovery of what the answer could be.’

JULY 30TH 2021

inews

40 best books for summer including Everyone is Still Alive

JULY 12TH 2021

The Guardian

Everyone Is Still Alive by Cathy Rentzenbrink review – the road to redemption

JULY 3RD 2021

The Flock

’20 questions for… author Cathy Rentzenbrink’

JULY 3RD 2021

Mail on Sunday

‘Rentzenbrink’s first novel is heartfelt and hopeful, its suburban setting the perfect backdrop to an absorbing drama.’

JULY 2ND 2021

i news

‘It is an unusually perceptive and resonant book, Rentzenbrink skilfully showing that there is as much drama in domesticity as there ever could be in, say, Whitehall or the Pentagon.’

JULY 1ST 2021

Daily Mail

‘Rentzenbrink is a brilliant observer of the minutiae of everyday domestic life, and scalpel-sharp when it comes to the mess and misunderstandings that come with marriage and motherhood.’

JUNE 30TH 2021

Red Magazine

‘This tender, astutely observed and gently funny novel navigates grief, infidelity, friendship and all the trials, triumphs and tedium of marriage and child wrangling.’

JUNE 27TH 2021

The Times

‘Perfect for fans of Motherland’

MAY 10TH 2021

Pan Macmillan

Novels and Neurons: The very real science of bibliotherapy and the fascinating ways that reading can change our brains for the better.

APRIL 16TH 2021

Book Brunch

‘[Everyone Is Still Alive] is kind and real, and it’s funny and touching’

DECEMBER 22ND 2021

North Cornwall Book Festival At Home

Watch Cathy’s short film where she reads from Dear Reader and also talks frankly about the delights and challenges of writing in the bosom of your family

NOVEMBER 27TH 2020

Pan Macmillan

Here Cathy shares her favourite books to read at Christmas.

OCTOBER 16TH 2020

The Compassionate Friends

Grenades and guillotines

OCTOBER 13TH 2020

The Irish Examiner

Cathy Rentzenbrink on the joy of reading: ‘After the wheel, the book must be one of the great inventions’

Stylist

Cathy Rentzenbrink was told “time heals”. The reality of grief, though, proved very different.

SEPTEMBER 28TH 2020

The Guardian

When comfort reading won’t cut it: books to restore hope in humanity.

JUNE 28TH 2020

The Guardian

Gossips, snacks and the odd proposal: why I loved growing up in a real pub.

DECEMBER 10TH 2019 to AUGUST 20TH 2018

Prospect Magazine

Read Cathy’s writing for Prospect Magazine here

JANUARY 26TH 2018

The Globe and Mail

How does one overcome grief?

JUNE 29TH 2017

The Telegraph

‘I’ve stopped hating myself for being alive.’

JUNE 25TH 2017

The Guardian

A Manual for Heartache review – sound advice for the grieving

JUNE 24TH 2017

The Times

Review: A Manual for Heartache by Cathy Rentzenbrink

Wellcome Book Prize Shortlist

A talk for the Wellcome Trust Prize 5 x 15 event

NOVEMBER 23RD 2015

The Guardian

Can reading fiction prepare us for tragedy?

NOVEMBER 19TH 2015

Northern Soul

‘We read to know we’re not alone’

JULY 9TH 2015

The Daily Mail

“Brilliant. moving memoir […] a happy ending in itself”

JULY 5TH 2015

The Observer

“Though it seems odd to call a book about loss uplifting, it really is… The book itself feels an act of love”

JULY 4TH 2015

The Times

‘Guilt, grief, anger, shame, love and hope are all caught in this beautifully written book’

JULY 4TH 2015

The Belfast Telegraph

‘I’ll never be free from the feeling that I failed my brother… that I didn’t keep him safe’

JULY 3rd 2015

BBC Radio Four Women’s Hour

Interview with Jenni Murray on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour (starts 22:15)

JULY 2ND 2015

The Daily Telegraph

‘Is my pain supposed to be a lesser thing?’

JULY 2ND 2015

Gransnet

‘Fates worse than death’

AUGUST 2015

Prima Magazine

‘I’ve known such sadness, but this decade will be all about joy’

JUNE 30TH 2015

The Evening Standard

‘It took 13 days for my brother to die — who lets that happen in a civilised society?’

JUNE 30TH 2015

The Times

‘My brother never woke up. We had to let him die’

JUNE 28TH 2015

Sunday Mirror

“Although there is pain on every page, this love letter to a beloved sibling is richly rewarding”

JUNE 28TH 2015

The Sunday Express

“What makes The Last Act Of Love so special, so readable and ultimately so uplifting is that it is a book as much about courage and hope as it is about loss”

JUNE 28TH 2015

The Daily Mail

‘How could I say I wanted my brother to die?’

JUNE 27TH 2015

The Times

“Beautifully written… Rentzenbrink brings an authenticity to the genre”

JUNE 25TH 2015

BBC Radio 5 Live

Listen to the programme on BBC iplayer (from 26:20)

JUNE 26TH 2015

New Statesman

“It is a great achievement to transform such a terrible, indeed grotesque, story – one of a kind with which, as a neurosurgeon, I am painfully familiar – into something rather beautiful and uplifting.”

JUNE 20TH 2015

The Guardian

‘If anyone was going to wake from a coma, it was my brother’