The Aerialists The Borough Press, 2022
Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month
‘A heady and stylish read that had me swept away from the first page. Munnik has captured a fascinating world of daring with both beauty and heart.’ – Mahsuda Snaith
THE AERIALISTS is a rich historical novel based on the true story of Louisa Maud Evans, a fourteen-year old girl who died during the Great Exhibition in Cardiff, 1896, and whose demise – tumbling 8,000 feet into the Bristol Channel – captured the imagination of the city.
The Heart Beats in Secret The Borough Press, 2019
USA Today Bestseller
‘A powerful, multi-generational novel … full of secrets, stories and discoveries.’ Prima
A powerful story of three generations of women, the stories that define them and a wild goose that stalks the kitchen. It explores the wilderness of the heart and the secrets concealed with every beat, finding unexpected answers to haunting questions.
The Pieces We Keep Wild Goose Publications, 2017
‘Katie Munnik is an excellent storyteller… Her stories are flesh and blood. They bring those big stories to life, while opening up new insights and perspectives.’
Donald Smith, Director, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival
A collection of short stories, charting the changing cycles and seasons of the year. Drawing from history, folklore, scripture, myth and legend as well as the modern world, these stories direct our gaze to life’s small details – taking down the Christmas lights, swimming on a summer’s day, remembering the names of wild flowers – and make the familiar strange and the overlooked beautiful.
Stories and POetry
Katie Munnik’s stories have been published in literary journals, magazines, anthologies and blogs, commissioned by the National Library of Wales, the National Wool Museum, and broadcast on the CBC. Her poetry has been shortlisted by Ignition Press, longlisted for Nine Arches Primers and the CBC Poetry Prize. Other poems have been featured by Poetry Wales and published in The Cardiff Review, Chroma Magazine, Bywords, Amaryllis, and in Wild Goose Publications anthologies