Kathryn Evans

Experience

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  Freelance Journalist

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1995

  Freelance Journalist

  Occasional freelance journalist writing for horticultural trade press.

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  Chichester Festival Theatre

  Oct 1990 - Mar 1991

  Back stage

  Box office to Green room!

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  Keymer Brook Nursery

  Nov 1990 - Jun 1994

  Managing Partner

  Small glasshouse salad business - built from nothing to provide a foundation for what later became Haygrove Sidlesham.

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  Haygrove Sidlesham Ltd

  Feb 1999 - Jul 2018

  Director

  Finance Director for Haygrove Sidlesham. Experienced with Sage Payroll, Farmplan, Office and Nest pensions.

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  Berries On Tap @keymerbrookfarm

  Mar 1999 - now

  Keymer Brook Farm has grown soft fruit on the south coast of England since 1999. Initially as Haygrove Sidlesham Ltd, supplying supermarkets and high end secondary markets, now focussing on carbon footprint and local customers with high-quality fruit sold through on-farm chilled vending machines @berriesontap

  • Partner

    May 2023 - now

  • Partner

    Mar 1999 - now
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  TV CHOICE LIMITED

  Sept 2006 - Sept 2006

  Actor

  Actor and chaperone

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  SCBWI British Isles

  Jul 2013 - Mar 2023

  • Co- Regional Advisor (Finance)

    Feb 2017 - Mar 2023

  • Finance Coordinator

    Jul 2013 - Feb 2017
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  Usborne Publishing

  Nov 2014 - now

  Author

  YA novel, More of Me, published in early 2016: Winner of the Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award, nominated for the 2017 Carnegie Medal and the YABuzz debut of the year 2016. Shortlisted for The Amazing Book Award, The Wirral Paperback of the Year, The Portsmouth Book Award, The Oxon Book Award and The Redbridge Teen Book Award. Winner of the 2017 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award.Multiple rights sold. Beauty Sleep published April 2019, shortlisted for the 2021 Steam Prize, Winner of the CrimFest YA Novel 2021, Portsmouth Book Award 2021, Shortlisted for the SCBWI Crystal Kite. Show less