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Catherine Gildiner

Best-selling Author and Psychologist

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Book Talk: Women to Watch

April 27, 2015 By Catherine Gildiner

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Women to Watch: Catherine Gildiner

Catherine Gildiner is a best-selling author and psychologist. Born and raised in New York, Catherine moved to Canada at age 22 and now lives in beautiful Creemore in Southern Ontario. Catherine has written a successful and humorous series of memoirs which recount her life through self-mirroring character, Cathy McClure (Catherine’s maiden name). Catherine’s first memoir, Too Close to the Falls, which covers Catherine’s life up until age 14, remained number one on the Canadian Best Seller’s List for 172 weeks. Her second wildly popular memoir, After the Falls, continues her life story up until age 21. After writing two memoirs, Catherine wrote a Freudian thriller called Seduction – a fictional piece which also spent several weeks on the Best Sellers list. Most recently, Catherine completed her third memoir, Coming Ashore, as a continuation of her life up until age 25.

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Writers’ Trust Author Series

April 14, 2015 By Catherine Gildiner

Writers' Trust Author Series
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Book Talk: “Coming Ashore” Conversation and Reading

February 28, 2015 By Catherine Gildiner

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Book Talk: “Coming Ashore” Live Reading and Chat

February 27, 2015 By Catherine Gildiner

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Book Talk: Who Inspired My Writing and Why

February 26, 2015 By Catherine Gildiner

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Book Talk: “Coming Ashore” Interview with Terry O’Reilly

February 25, 2015 By Catherine Gildiner

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Book Talk: My Relationship With My Father

February 24, 2015 By Catherine Gildiner

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Podcast: “Coming Ashore”, CBC’s The Next Chapter

February 23, 2015 By Catherine Gildiner

CBC Radio's The Next Chapter Podcast

Listen to the podcast on the CBC Radio’s website.

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Book Talk: “After the Falls” Donut Incident

February 15, 2015 By Catherine Gildiner

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Book Talk: “After the Falls” Random House Interview

February 14, 2015 By Catherine Gildiner

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Best-selling author. Psychologist. Raconteur. Three memoirs. One novel and counting. Made in the US, imported to Canada. Toronto urbanite and Creemore farm hand.
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Coming Ashore Reviews



"Gildiner depicts herself as a hard-headed, risk-taking young woman who spoke her mind and fully embraced life. For readers, following that life is an irresistible roller-coaster ride full of humor, wise insights, and poignant reflections."
- Publishers Weekly

"...much of Gildiner’s gift as a storyteller is her ability to imbue anecdotes with hefty doses of humour."
- Quill and Quire

"This is the third memoir I’ve read by Catherine Gildiner and I hope it won’t be the last. Although in the preface she says that this is the final book, I’ll continue to hope she changes her mind."
- Goodreads

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3 months ago

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I've been in a writing frenzy of late. I have finally submitted my book about psychological heroes to my agent. It used to be named STILL STANDING, but that has changed to GOOD MORNING, MONSTER, (how one client's mother greeted her every morning.) I've changed the book to include my history as a psychologist and what I learned over the years.

Now I am working on another book about the Underground Railroad yet untitled. I grew up in Lewiston, New York which was the last stop on the underground railroad as it is on the border of Canada. I lived around the houses that had 3 fake basements where the slaves were hidden and my relatives were part of the underground railroad. All this local history fired my imagination as a child and I am writing like a wild woman now. Hope it works.
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2 years ago

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I'm pretty excited about the new book I'm writing. Just finished the 2nd draft. It is tentatively entitled STILL STANDING: PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILES IN HEROISM. I was a psychologist for 25 years before I was a writer. I am writing about patients I've had over the years who have been abused in one way or another but maintained their sanity. The book came about because I was fed up with how our society defines heroism. Heroes get a medal for short bursts of testosterone. They are measured in short term. I think it should be measured over time. What about patients who have mostly been prisoners of war in homes that have brainwashed and tortured them. They were tiny children who had to fight every day of their lives in cruel homes just to maintain their sanity. These people were brave for decades till they could get out. Then they had to learn how to live in the world. The book is a tribute to the patients I had in therapy who made it. ...

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2 years ago

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Ok so who is going to be in Florida in December or who do you know who will be there? I am going to be speaking at The bookstore, BOOKS AND BOOKS in Coral Gables. So whoever lives in Miami come on out on December 8th. Also I am in Palm Beach at the Society for the Four Arts on December 10th. See below. Both events are free! ...

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