Cat BlesingJan 17, 20204 minChild Migrant in the family updateIn my previous post I wrote about discovering my husband's Grandfather was a child migrant sent from England to a Western Australian farm...
Cat BlesingAug 21, 20192 minTruth mirroring fictionIt seems I was destined to research Child Migrants one way or another! Last week I chatted to my mother-in-law about her father as I've ...
Cat BlesingJun 2, 20191 minInspiration for Orphan of The KingThe inspiration for my novel, Orphan of The King, is the British Child Migrant Schemes. Between 1922 and 1967 about 150 000 children with...
Cat BlesingApr 23, 20192 minOrphan of The KingIn 1949, 8-year old, Margaret was stolen from Britain and rehomed in Australia along with thousands of children. Fifty years later, she f...
Cat BlesingJul 1, 20182 minIntroduction I've finally made the move to get my Author page and blog up and running. Over the last few years I've been writing a novel- length manus...