Dr Gill Gregory

writer & speaker
Academic writer, Biographer, Literary editor, Non-fiction writer, Poet, Short fiction writer
Available for:
Festivals and other events, Judging, Lecturing and teaching, Live readings and performances, Media, Mentoring, Public speaking, Residencies, School visits, Workshops

I am the author of 4 books, including The Life & Work of Adelaide Procter: poetry, feminism & fathers, Routledge, 1998/2020; The Sound of Turquoise (award-winning fiction), KUP, 2009/10 – reviewed in the TLS; In Slow Woods (poetry with cover quote by Michael Morpurgo, former children’s laureate), Rufus Books, 2011; The Studio: a psychoanalytic legacy (literary memoir by way of paintings), Free Association Books, 2016 – ‘Recommended Reading’ (Janet Sayers) in Times Higher Education; Podcast: ‘Gill Gregory: On The Departure Platform’, Poetry Exchange, 2022, a discussion of Thomas Hardy’s poetry.  My extended essay, Gill Gregory, ‘Dr Hazel Chodak-Gregory, FRCP’, is a biographical & historical introduction to my late pioneering grandmother’s Infant Welfare (1926), a book about the new Infant Welfare Centres in 1920s London, Routledge, 2025.  I am currently editing The Mind of the Growing Child, 1928, and Anne Cuthbert, Love and Laughter, 1954, to be published by Routledge in 2026 and 2027.  Works in progress include Doctors In Bloomsbury: a pioneering line, a group biography, a novel and a collection of short stories. I am available online for mentoring & other activities.