STORYTELLING

An alumni of the selective ‘Writing Your Novel’ course by Curtis Brown Creative, Gabriel is currently working on her first novel which is set in Chile.

What I’m reading…

Books I read in 2025:

Five Days of Fog - Anna Freeman

Lincoln Highway - Amor Towles (NOTHING LIKE GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, BUT I ADORE TOWLES)

The Wind Knows My Name - Isabel Allende (READ EVERYTHING ALLENDE WRITES)

Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan (SHORT AND INTENSE)

Lady Susan - Jane Austen

Room on the Sea - Andre Aciman (LOVE ACIMAN, DRAWS YOU IN)

My Name is Emilia del Valle - Isabel Allende

The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro

The Key - Junichiro Tanizaki (DYSTIOPIC BEAUTY)

A Room with a View - E.M. Foster (LOVED. ADORE THE FILM, FIRST TIME READING)

Free Love - Tessa Hadley (NEW FIND, HADLEY IMMEDIATELY AMONG FAVOURITE WRITERS)

Maurice - E.M. Foster

Bel Canto - Ann Patchett (SLOW AND RICH)

The Golden Hour - Kate Lord Brown

Cleopatra - Natasha Solomans

Just a Little Dinner - Cecile Tlili

The Party - Tessa Hadley (AGAIN, HADLEY HITS THE SPOT)

The Wedding People - Alison Espach

My Father’s Island - Johanna Angermeyer

The Names - Florence Knapp (PAINFUL AND POWERFUL, STICKS WITH YOU)

Secrets of the Starlit Sea - Santa Montefiore (GRIPPING AND FUN)