the writer is a lonely hunter

I am a Dorset-based writer of fiction and poetry. My short fiction collection Paisley Shirt, was longlisted in the best short story category of the Saboteur Awards 2018 and my debut novel The String Games, about a child lost on a holiday in France, is published by Victorina Press. It was voted a finalist in The People’s Book Prize 2020 and shortlisted in the Dorchester Literary Festival Writing Prize 2020. My poetry pamphlet adversaries/comrades is published by Wordsmith_HQ. I co-write short plays and comedy sketches with 3-She that have been staged in Bridport, Dorchester, Salisbury and Brighton. I have appeared at national and international literary festivals including Bridport Literary Festival, Stockholm Writers Festival and the Mani Lit Fest in Greece. Published in 2020, my first children’s picture book Pandemonium features a purple panda who causes havoc in a department store and learns something about herself from the experience.  This Much Huxley Knows a coming-of-age novel was published in 2021 and was runner-up in the Dorchester Literary Festival Writing Prize 2022. Prior to repatriation due to Covid-19, I volunteered at Bidibidi in Uganda, the second largest refugee settlement in the world. When at home I write by a window overlooking water meadows. My next novel with be published by Bloodhound Books during the summer 2023. 

You can find my writing online Words for the Wild and in print anthologies including Flash Fiction Festival One (Ad Hoc Fiction, 2017), Gli-ter-ary (Bridge House Publishing, 2017) and Dorset Voices (Roving Press, 2012).

Competition prizes for my writing include a never-to-be-forgotten writing retreat at Moniack Mhor in Inverness, a monogrammed Smythson notebook presented by ElleUK, a celebration evening at a nightclub and cash.

Thank you for visiting. I can’t claim that the writer is a lonely hunter if you keep coming back.  I aim to post regular writerly thoughts and points for discussion.  Please leave a question or comment to keep the dialogue going.

If you would like to contact me, do get in touch using this email  gail@gailaldwin.com