Apart from having biographies featured on the sites I’ve had work placed with (see the Links page), I’ve also performed my work and discussed my writing online and in the press.
- Interview with The Workshy Fop on the Tayleur, smell triggers when writing, and what links the Victorians to Americana – http://workshyfop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/gill-hoffs-on-sinking-of-rms-tayleur.html
- Review of ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ by The Workshy Fop – http://workshyfop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/review-sinking-of-rms-tayleur-by-gill.html
- Interview with Flash Fiction Chronicles (this version hosted on Pure Slush‘s site) about working on the ‘2014: a year in stories’ project – http://pureslush.webs.com/ffcaugustinterviews.htm#941867868
- Article in Liverpool Echo (later reproduced in the Metro) on ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ and my talk as part of the Warrington Lit Fest – http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/titanic-white-star-line-ships-6948767
- Listing of my talk on ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ on Friday 25th April, 7pm, at the Pyramid as part of Warrington Lit Fest – http://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/gill-hoffs-author-talk-the-sinking-of-rms-tayleur/
- Recommendation of ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ by Leeds Libraries as one of their #leedsreads – http://leedsreads.net/2014/04/15/the-sinking-of-the-rms-tayleur-the-lost-story-of-the-victorian-titanic/
- Review of ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ on Australian Heritage – http://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/bookreviews.php?id=83
- Promotional piece in Warrington Worldwide (online newspaper) about my talk on ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ as part of the Warrington Literary Festival – http://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/articles/18016/1/Author-to-speak-in-her-adopted-town/Page1.html
- Interview with US-based site Literary Orphans on wrecks, writing, and my rocking chair – http://literaryorphans.org/ttl/write-conversation-gill-hoffs-2/
- Excerpt from a review of ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ in Family Tree plus the chance to win a copy of the book – http://family-tree.co.uk/2014/03/win-sinking-rms-tayleur/
- Review of ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ by Edward Bourke for the Online Journal of Research on Irish Maritime History – http://lugnad.ie/book-reviews/book-shipwreck-rms-tayleur-victorian-titanic/
- Article on the RMS Tayleur and the plight of the anonymous orphan known as the “Ocean Child” in the Hereford Times
- Interview with Sitting On The Swings about why researching ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ left me a snottery mess and why schoolkids used to call me ‘Grotbags’ – http://sittingontheswings.com/2014/02/26/miles-vs-hoffs/
- Review by Julia Bohanna of ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ in The Inflectionist, covering the nature of bravery – http://theinflectionistreview.com/2014/02/24/what-it-is-to-be-brave-the-sinking-of-rms-tayleur/
- Gessy Alvarez interviews me about ‘Wild: a collection’ and ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ for her ‘Conversations‘ series, where we also discuss the Mary Celeste, slut’s pennies, and why writing can be like a balcony bra or pyjamas – http://diggingthroughthefat.com/2014/02/16/gill-hoffs-conversations-no-11/
- Interview with Frank Fallon (Irish artist who created the painting used for the cover of ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘) and article on ‘Victorian Titanic‘ in the Irish Independent‘s weekend review – http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books-arts/shipwrecked-the-victorian-titanic-that-foundered-on-dublin-bay-rocks-30009881.html
- Great review for ‘The Sinking of RMS Tayleur‘ in the February 2014 issue of Cheshire Life
- Interview with Gloria Garfunkel for Pure Slush about ‘2014: 12 Months of Stories’, including when I started pinching my mum’s Jilly Cooper books and how I feel about writing sex scenes – http://pureslush.webs.com/gginterviews.htm#932548624
- Forthcoming booksigning at Waterstones Warrington on 1st March at 1pm – http://www.liverpool.towntalk.co.uk/events/d/86511/the-sinking-of-rms-tayleur-author-book-signing-event-at-waterstones-warrington/
- Forthcoming booksigning and talk at Waterstones Argyle Street, Glasgow, on 19th February at 7pm – http://www.whatsonglasgow.co.uk/event/006610-book-signing-and-talk-on-the-sinking-of-rms-tayleur:-the-lost-story-of-the-victorian-titanic/
- Review (including spoilers) in the Daily Mail – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2548476/The-First-Titanic-An-awesome-ships-maiden-voyage-catalogue-blunders-blood-curdling-disaster-gripping-new-book-tells-forgotten-story-Tayleur-Tragedy.html
- Recording of my talk at Waterstones Warrington on “The Sinking of RMS Tayleur” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foYkXoP3n6k
- An interview with David Ball of Radio General (Warrington Hospital) about “The Sinking of RMS Tayleur” (forthcoming)
- An interview with James Little of Radio Warrington about “The Sinking of RMS Tayleur” (no link available as yet)
- An interview with BBC Radio Merseyside on 21/1/14, the 160th anniversary of the shipwreck of RMS Tayleur – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbimUu2-19g
- A feature on “The Sinking of RMS Tayleur” and how I came to write this book, in the Warrington Guardian – http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/10933059.How_a_day_out_with_her_son_provided_inspiration_for_Latchford_woman_s_book/?ref=var_6
- An interview with Jimmy Wagg on BBC Radio Manchester about “The Sinking of RMS Tayleur” and the ship’s links with the area – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQWVRqqs_X4
- A Q&A session with Michael J. Malone about “The Sinking of RMS Tayleur“, where we discuss research, Nutella, and bums – http://mickmal1.blogspot.se/2014/01/qna-with-my-bud-gill-hoffs.html
- An interview with Fife’s KingdomFM radio station about “The Sinking of RMS Tayleur“
- An interview with Sione Aeschliman about pitching nonfiction, and how my shipwreck book came about – http://sioneaeschliman.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/interview-with-author-gill-hoffs.html
- I write about my Top 5 Reads of 2013 for Luca Veste (author of ‘Dead Gone’, out now as an ebook) – http://lucaveste.com/2013/12/10/gill-hoffs-top-5-reads-of-2013/
- The highs and lows of 2013, written about for Vic Watson – http://elementaryvwatson.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/gill-hoffs-reviews-her-2013/
- The record-breaking backwards joggler Nate Tower reads ‘Creating a Stink’ (from ‘Wild: a collection’) as part of his Cold Reads series of podcasts – http://nathanieltower.podomatic.com/entry/2013-06-17T12_16_30-07_00
- An interview with Sitting on the Swings, who I’ll be writing for now and again, featuring my horrible teenage years, love of Nutella and the Manic Street Preachers, and collection of relatives’ teeth – http://sittingontheswings.wordpress.com/gill-hoffs/
- I talk about grave rubbing and spirit writing in a guestblog for the Trans-Oceanic, INK! project from Literary Orphans – http://www.literaryorphans.org/playdb/?page_id=213
- I chat about my Top 5 Reads of 2012 with Luca Veste – http://lucaveste.com/2012/12/05/top-five-reads-of-2012-by-gill-hoffs/
- Interviewed by Luca Veste about the charity anthology ‘Off The Record 2’ – http://www.lucaveste.com/2012/09/interview-with-off-record-2-writer-gill.html
- Performed ‘Firework Sand’ (included in ‘Wild: a collection’ OUT NOW from Pure Slush!) as part of Little Bit Of Theatre at the 13th Note in Glasgow – https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/events/350095821737578/
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Interview with Christopher Allen about psychology, ‘Wild: a collection’, growing up in Scotland, and not getting pee on my socks – http://networkedblogs.com/zZiwA
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An interesting article about ‘Stripped’, an anthology I have work in – but I can’t tell you what till the authors are matched to their pieces next year! It starts with a straightforward (and gratifyingly positive) review of ‘Stripped’, then includes tables of which gender Zin thinks each piece is by, plus the results of two gender analysis websites – quite mixed findings, and I can’t really comment on them further than to say some are a surprise! – http://sloopie72.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/sunday-with-zin-stripped-edited-by-nicole-monaghan-ps-books-2011/
- Interview with Sarah Collie about writing, ‘Wild’, key people in my writing life, and a competition to win a free copy of ‘Wild’ (plus my confession about breastmilk and a businessman) – http://spud09.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/gill-hoffs-interview-and-competition-to.html
- Interview with Jane Riddell about writing, publishing, how ‘Wild’ came about, snacks, and sending work to others – http://wwwbloggercom-janelilly.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/interview-with-gill-hoffs.html
- A bit of background on some of the stories included in ‘Wild’, with many thanks to Vic Watson. Psoriasis, the Moors Murderers, sniffing and submissions – http://elementaryvwatson.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/getting-to-know-you-gill-hoffs/
- Find out what beds, bras, and the Bangles have to do with writing and my unusual surname – http://spillinginkreview.com/2012/05/10/welcome-gill-hoff/
- My confession about blue hair, rant books, teenage rebellion and best and worst writing – http://linnadrehmel.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-confession-1-gill-hoffs.html
- Interview with the ever energetic Meg Tuite at Connotation Press about the inspiration and writing of my two stories ‘The Tupperware Baby’ and ‘What To Do When You Wake Up Raped’ now published there – http://connotationpress.com/fiction/1181-gill-hoffs-fiction
- Article by the lovely Matt Potter of Pure Slush up at Every Day Fiction, which mentions my cake-related comments regarding his site and also the very pleasing news that he has included my story ‘Snow Go’ in his top 12 stories at Pure Slush – http://www.everydayfiction.com/flashfictionblog/come-to-the-birthday-party-and-get-slushed/comment-page-1/
- Article about some of my recent publications in the Warrington Midweek, 15th November 2011 – https://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=e2b7bb34c30a9632cf55deaad4a833b5#!/photo.php?fbid=2647348980715&set=a.1482141691261.2065851.1165405431&type=1&theater
- Interview with the multi-talented Susan Tepper at fictionaut, where we discuss my piece for the Lost Children Charity Anthology – http://blog.fictionaut.com/2011/10/31/monday-chat-with-gill-hoffs/
- Profile piece as part of the publicity for the Lost Children charity anthology, which is available to buy on Amazon – http://networkedblogs.com/oZtJW
- Appeared as part of Wire Writers’ Group, 1st October 2011 – http://warringtonartsfestival.co.uk/events/event/fallen-angels-5/
- Performed ‘Janice, Josh, and the new evolution’ at the Duality side event in the Forrest Cafe as part of the Edinburgh Festival, 9th August 2011
- Warrington Guardian, 16th June 2011 – http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/whereilive/9088384.Author_appeal/
- Performed “The Perfection of Ten” at Words Per Minute, The Arches, Glasgow, 11th June 2011 – read review here: http://raymondsoltysek.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/wpm-13-the-arches-11611/
- Profile in Writers’ News, June 2011
- Performed an early version of ‘The Starveling’ at the Spilling Ink Review Volume 1 launch party, The Anatomy Museum, Glasgow, 19th April 2011
- Letter in Writers’ Forum, March 2011
- Article about my piece ‘It’s Considered Unlucky To Kill Them…’ winning 1st Prize and a place in the Unbound Press ‘Loose Leaves’ print anthology, in the Warrington Guardian, 20th January 2011 – https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1482141691261.2065851.1165405431#!/photo.php?fbid=1808369446751&set=a.1482141691261.2065851.1165405431&type=1&theater
