Catherine Buckle

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| birth_date = 1957

| birth_place = Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Harare, Zimbabwe)

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| occupation = Author

| nationality = Zimbabwean

| period = 2000–present

| genre = Non fiction

| subject = Letters, books, and memoirs about Zimbabwe

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| website = {{URL|http://www.cathybuckle.co.zw}}

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Catherine "Cathy" Buckle is a writer and blogger,{{Cite web |last=Congress |first=The Library of |title=Buckle, Catherine - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies {{!}} Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88260336.html |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=id.loc.gov}} born 1957, in Southern Rhodesia, which is now modern-day Zimbabwe. Her blog, "Letters from Zimbabwe", includes print, photos, personal entries, and broadcast media outlets. She writes stories about wildlife, conservation, flora and fauna of her country.

Writings

Buckle has written four children's books, one of which, “The Animals of the Shashani.” was in 2018 selected by ZIMSEC as a set book for Form 1 and 2 English Literature students in Zimbabwean schools.{{Cite web |last=Buckle |first=Catherine |date=2 March 2024 |title=About Cathy Buckle |url=https://cathybuckle.co.zw/about/ |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=Cathy Buckle Letters from Zimbabwe}}

One of her memoirs, African Tears, chronicles the personal story of the government-approved invasion of her farm, which was bought after Zimbabwean independence. African Tears was serialized in The Sunday Times, Femina magazine and, Rapport newspaper.{{Cite web |title=Books By Cathy Buckle |url=https://cathybuckle.co.zw/books/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=cathybuckle.co.zw}}

In the book, Innocent Victims – Rescuing the stranded animals of Zimbabwe's farm invasions, Buckle informs readers of the Zimbabwe Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals's rescues of animals during the farm invasions.

Bibliography

African Tears. The Zimbabwe Land Invasions. (2001)
Beyond Tears. Zimbabwe's tragedy. (2002)
Innocent Victims – Rescuing the stranded animals of Zimbabwe's farm invasions. (2009)
Imire. The Life and Times of Norman Travers. (2010)
Can you Hear the Drums. Letters from Zimbabwe 2000 - 2004. (2013)
Millions, Billions, Trillions. Letters from Zimbabwe 2005 - 2009. (2014)
Sleeping Like A Hare (2015)
Rundi. Hand Rearing baby Elephants. (2016)
When Winners are Losers Letters from Zimbabwe 2009 - 2013. (2018)
Finding Our Voices Letters from Zimbabwe 2013 - 2017. (2018)
Surviving Zimbabwe (2020){{Cite web |url=https://cathybuckle.co.zw/about/ |website=Cathy Buckle - Letters from Zimbabwe |title=About Cathy Buckle: Publishing History |access-date=16 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223194210/https://cathybuckle.co.zw/about/ |archive-date=23 December 2021 |url-status=dead}}