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Dr Lorna Gibb

Assoc Prof in Creative Writing&Linguist.

English Studies Stirling

Dr Lorna Gibb

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Lorna Gibb joined Stirling in 2022. Prior to that she was the Head of Creative writing at the University of Hertfordshire. After an early academic career as a theoretical phonologist, Lorna worked in IT, first as a programmer then leading projects in speech technology for a variety of city firms. She returned to academia by way of an academic post in Qatar, teaching contracts at the University of Menton and the International University of Monaco and the publication of the first two of her mainstream books, biographies of Lady Hester Stanhope and Dame Rebecca West. She has given a British Academy lecture tour in Serbia and been an invited speaker in Leiden, Poland, Cyprus, Spain and the US. She has spoken at many UK Literary Festivals including Aye Write, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Dartington, Cheltenham and Wilderness. In addition to four non fiction books, she has written a novel and lots of short stories, articles and features for publications including Granta Magazine, Diva, The Telegraph, Red Magazine, La Piccioletta Barca, and academic articles about her research interests.

Research

Lorna is interested in the fiction and non-fiction overlap, autofiction and biography, global issues around women's reproductive health, minority languages, linguistic activism, Spiritualism, Thelema and travel writing. She would love to hear from PhD students interested in writing about or within any of the following areas: Creative Writing - Fiction and Non Fiction. Memoir, Biography, Gothic Novels, Ghosts and Vampires. Travel Writing. Linguistics (Phonology). Linguistics for non specialists. Biographical Novels. Rebecca West. Lady Hester Stanhope. 19th and 20th Century Mediums. Women's Reproductive Health. Endometriosis. Infertility. International Health Awareness.

Outputs (17)

Outputs

Website Content

Interview on Childlessness Stigma

Gibb L (2024) Interview on Childlessness Stigma. thenomobookclub [Interview] 09.04.2024. https://thenomobookclub.wixsite.com/otherwords/lornagibb

Composition

The Sheepdogs of St Kilda

Gibb L (2023) The Sheepdogs of St Kilda. [Flash Fiction in "Pushing out the Boat" - Issue 17] SCO, p. 61. https://www.pushingouttheboat.co.uk/issue-17/

Book Chapter

The Unborn Child Listens

Gibb L (2022) The Unborn Child Listens. In: Suspense & Fright: a collection of short stories: Book 4 in the Rebel Iris Collection of Short Stories. Rebel Iris Collection of short stories. Chicago: Rebel Iris.

Composition

Coiled Shells

Gibb L (2022) Coiled Shells. Texas: University of Texas. https://www.porterhousereview.org/articles/coiled-shells/

Composition

Coming Full Circle

Gibb L (2022) Coming Full Circle. Glasgow. https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2022/06/30/coming-full-circle/ 30th June 2022.

Composition

I learn My True Nature

Gibb L (2021) I learn My True Nature. [https://www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/i-learn-my-true-nature]. Italy. https://www.picciolettabarca.com/posts/i-learn-my-true-nature

Article

Reflections on my book Childless Voices

Gibb L (2019) Reflections on my book Childless Voices. Women's History Review, 28 (5), pp. 814-816. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2019.1602960

Authored Book

A Ghost's Story

Gibb L (2016) A Ghost's Story. London: Granta. https://granta.com/products/a-ghosts-story/

Article

Procedure

Gibb L (2014) Procedure. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 11 (3), pp. 279-282. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-014-9540-5

Teaching

Creative Writing UG and PG Linguistics PG Supervision PhD supervision.