About Me

Katherine Westwood

Katherine Westwood

Storyteller
& ink drinker. 

Non-binary aspiring author, avid reader, notebook obsessed, sticker collector, and professional internet wizard.

Katherine is a Winnipeg developing writer of First Nations Ojibwe and Nigerian ancestry. Katherine loves the horror genre, but reads everything from thrillers and mysteries, danmei, recently translated literary fiction, to manga.

Katherine has always been passionate about storytelling, and is studying the writing craft while working on a novel that encompasses occult fantasy, dark academia, and body horror.

Achievements

Reviewer in Residence

River Street Reads
River Street Writing

2025

Apprentice

Sheldon Oberman Mentorship Program
Manitoba Writers’ Guild

2023

Memberships

Black Professionals Canada
2026 to Present

Indigenous Editors Association
2024 to Present

Canadian Authors Association
2023 to Present

Creative Manitoba
2024 to Present

Manitoba Writers’ Guild
2019 to Present

Notes

Social updates, journal spreads, and favourite quotes.

  • Hot Gum by Sofia Isella

    I hold soft flames on my tongue
    And chew on them like chewing gum
    They burn the roof of my mouth
    But I won’t spit it out loud right now
    There’s an inferno in your mouth
    I can tell by the way you smile like it burns
    You press your lips together, like you’re kissing yourself
    To stop me from learning

  • “Logic is the tool of the weak when they lack the strength for honor. My race is dying, yes. But if the Vrail survive only as rapacious beasts, then the Plague of Silence has already won. We would be preserving a corpse.” – Varohk

    The Void Warlord’s Blood Mate by Vivienne Myrhi

    #quote

  • Are you hitting your reading goals?

    I have been writing reviews behind the scenes, and keep getting distracted by reading!

    embroidered patch that reads "the book was better" in blue, purple, read, and orange thread with a worm wearing glasses on top

Instagram

What I’m up to, where I’m at, and writers I’m connecting with in Winnipeg.

Thanks @ravensendbooks !
I removed a word from the quote, but the meaning remains the same. Welcome to May, and happy anniversary to me.
What do you think of my new reading tracker? (I think I need a bigger shelf, I can't fit all the little knick knacks that I want to 😭!) Let me know how your reading goals are coming along! I've passed the halfway mark earlier than I usually do!