Catherine Balavage Yardley

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Owner and Editor-in-Chief, Frost Magazine
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Arts and Entertainment, Beauty, Fashion, Health, Politics, U.S.

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Covers: Culture, women's issues, parenting, film, music and politics.

Author Ember and Where The Light is Hottest. ✍️ Words in Sunday Times, Telegraph, i Paper, Stylist, Writers and Artists, Metro.

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Author of Ember and Where The Light is Hottest. Words in Sunday Times, Mslexia, The Bookseller, The Guardian, Metro and Writing Magazine.

Editor-in-chief of Frost Magazine

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The Blake Lively row shows how toxic film sets can be. I should know

The row between Lively and Justin Baldoni over It Ends with Us has shone a spotlight on abuse claims in the i…

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The Blake Lively row shows how toxic film sets can be. I should know

The row between Lively and Justin Baldoni over It Ends with Us has shone a spotlight on abuse claims in the i…

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The Blake Lively row shows how toxic film sets can be. I should know

The row between Lively and Justin Baldoni over It Ends with Us has shone a spotlight on abuse claims in the i…

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The Blake Lively row shows how toxic film sets can be. I should know

The row between Lively and Justin Baldoni over It Ends with Us has shone a spotlight on abuse claims in the i…

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The Blake Lively row shows how toxic film sets can be. I should know

The row between Lively and Justin Baldoni over It Ends with Us has shone a spotlight on abuse claims in the i…

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The Blake Lively row shows how toxic film sets can be. I should know

The row between Lively and Justin Baldoni over It Ends with Us has shone a spotlight on abuse claims in the i…

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I saw myself in the new Downton Abbey movie.

May 12, 2026 |

By Catherine Balavage Yardley

| Substack

Who’s that girl? Back in the day, otherwise known as my 20s, I was an actress. I was also a girl about town. I combined my freelance journalism with acting. I also started Frost magazine in 2010 and I’m still running and editing it alongside my other amazing editors and writers. It all worked well. I lived off canapés and champagne. I really feel I lived my 20s to the full. I was watching the latest Downton Abbey film and there I was! I worked as an on-set walk-on for about six months.

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Author Spotlight: Where the Light is Hottest by Catherine Balavage Yardley

May 22, 2025 |

By Catherine Balavage Yardley

The spotlight is on Catherine Balavage Yardley, a prolific author and freelance journalist in SW London. I first met Catherine when I attended her book talk at the local library in 2023. I read Ember (2022) a thoughtful, character-driven family novel about a philandering father who breaks up his family. It is a taut and emotional drama which gripped me. At Catherine’s talk, I was impressed with how she managed to write while having 3 children under the age of 6 (at the time).

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Where The Light is Hottest, The Second Book From Catherine Yardley, Out in February. It’s Relevant In The Midst of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.

Jan 20, 2025 |

By Catherine Balavage Yardley

| Frost Magazine

I have been holding this in for so long I thought I might combust. My new book, Where The Light is Hottest, is out soon. It is my second book after Ember which came out in 2022, but Where The Light is Hottest is actually the first book I ever wrote. It is based on my experience working in the film industry as an actor, casting director, producer and director. I am very proud of this book. Especially since it took me six years to write and nine years to get it published.

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What was your first job as a journalist?

Local papers. The Guestlist Network. The Fringe Report.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I used a word processor once.

How is social media changing news?

It's making it worse and better. Better because it is more democratic. Worse because no one fact checks or seems to care about the truth.