Old News
Great to feature on St Andrew’s Fair Saturday with the Bright Horizon’s Foy
Read my review of ‘May We Borrow Your Country’ on Riggwelter.
Delighted to have two poems in the Simmer issue of The New Shetlander
My flash fiction piece Dust will be appearing in Issue 39 of Northwords Now
Gabrielle Barnby and Sara Bailey, appearing in the Orkney Book Festival 9th-12th November.
The Oystercatcher Girl, excerpt in The Scotsman newspaper.
Preview of Death in April Creek in The Orcadian newspaper.
Last issue of Living Orkney, proud to have my poem Bivalvia and a little piece called Woman, the Ba’ included.
Lovely review of the Peace – Land performance at St Nicholas Church in the Orcadian.
Very happy for Miss Baikie is a Witch to be shortlisted for the Federation of Writers Scotland Short Story Competition.
Partnered with dance artist Julia McGhee for One Day to Play. She transformed my words into movement and gave a brilliant performance inspired by the birds around the Peedie Sea.
Pleased as punch to be announced winner of the GMB screenwriting competition this year. It was a privilege to find inspiration Orcadian film maker Margaret Tait’s writing. This year marks the centenary of her birth her writing was inspiration for my screenplay Rise.
Delighted to be shortlisted for the Bridport Prize with ‘Fluking’ a short story I wrote last year after visiting Bergen.
Review of The Oystercatcher Girl by Sarah Norquoy on her blog Norq from Ork. Peedie interview as well.
The Heart and Soul of Orkney, an Autumn Foy. Review from the Orcadian and Countrywoman’s Diary.
Magnus 900 – a reflection on a special year. Film produced by Start Point Media. Poems/reading by Gabrielle Barnby, Orkney, 2017.
The Fiction of J. Storer Clouston and Beyond – an afternoon of writing inspired by J. Storer Clouston.
The Oystercatcher Girl is included in Wadham College Alumni summer reads
Acrostics exhibition, Northlight, Stromness Review by Gabrielle Barnby
Interview with Shirley Whiteside about writing The Oystercatcher Girl.
The Oystercatcher Girl, excerpt in The Scotsman newspaper.
The Oystercatcher Girl, press release in the Orcadian newspaper.
Review by Fiona Grahame, The Orkney News
200 years of diaries, Life’s Documents chronicled, Dylan Stone. Review by Gabrielle Barnby in The Orcadian newspaper.
Gift by Gabrielle Barnby, Seasonal Short.
Widow Kharms’ Guesthouse – new short story in the Autumn edition of Northwords Now. There’s a huge amount of interesting work in here. Available for FREE at your local library.
Dipping my toe reviewing: Hot Milk by Deborah Levy, nominated for The Goldsmiths Prize.
There is a review of The House With The Lilac Shutters and Other Stories in the August edition of Living Orkney by John Ross Scott.
‘The chance encounters by the different characters build to create a montage of striking episodes – full of joy, desire, grief and an overpowering sense of spent youth…’
‘Once I’d finished this collection I was tempted to start reading it again to discover all the secret parts I had missed.’
Enjoy Summer Void ; a little vignette about a little secret on The Scottish Book Trust website, Secrets and Confessions.
Cumulonimbus from the House With The Lilac Shutters and other stories made an appearance on For Book’s Sake, The Weekend Read in July.
For Book’s Sake champions writing by women and delivers short fiction to thousands of subscribers every Friday by e-mail.
Review of The House With The Lilac Shutters in Northwords Now in Issue 31, Spring 2016.
Review by Cynthia Rogerson.
Delighted to feature in The Press and Journal ‘Write on! – The best books for Christmas’ list. There’s a great range of books in their selection, catering for a broad range of ages and tastes.
