Gillie Bolton

Books: single authored

• Bolton G (2010) Third Edition: Reflective Practice Writing and Professional Development.   London: Sage
• Bolton G (2005) Second Edition: Reflective Practice Writing and Professional Development.   London: Sage.
• Bolton, G. (2001) Reflective Practice Writing for Professional Development. London: Sage.
• Bolton, G. (1999) The Therapeutic Potential of Creative Writing: Writing Myself.  London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Books: edited

• Bolton G (2008) Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts.   London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Bolton G, Field V, Thompson K (2006) Writing Works: A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities.   London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Bolton G, Howlett S, Lago C, Wright J (2004) Writing Cures: An Introductory Handbook of Writing in Counselling and Psychotherapy.   London: Brunner-Routledge

Foreword

• In Hedges D (2005) Poetry, Therapy and Emotional Life.   Oxford: Radcliffe Press

Refereed Journal papers:

• Bolton G (2008) Boundaries of Humanity: Writing Medical Humanities (full keynote paper First ANZ Association of Medical Humanities conference 2006).   Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. 7(2)147-165
• Bolton G (2008) ”Writing is a way of saying things I can’t say.” Therapeutic Creative Writing: a qualitative study of its value to people with cancer cared for in cancer and palliative health care.   Journal of Medical Ethics: Medical Humanities.  34(1)40-47
• Bolton G (2007) ‘Narrative and Poetry writing for professional development: Keynote Paper for First ANZ Association of Medical Humanities conference (2006).’ Australian Family Physician, the Journal of the Royal College of Australian General Practitioners.  36 (12):1055-1056
• Bolton G (2006) Narrative writing: reflective enquiry into professional practice. Education Action Research Journal.14 (2): 203-218
• Bolton G (2005) Medicine and Literature: writing and reading.   Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice.   1 (2) 171-179
• Elford H, Wilson F, McKee K, Bolton G, Chung MC, Goudie F (2004)  Psychosocial benefits of solitary reminiscence writing.  Ageing and Mental Health.   In press
• Argyle E, Bolton G (2004) The use of art within a groupwork setting. Groupwork 14 (1) pp 65-81
• Bolton G (2003) Medicine, the Arts and Humanities (Commentary).   The Lancet. 362 (9378) 93-94
• Mckee K.J, Elford, H, Wilson F,Hinchliffe S, Goudie F, Chung MC, Bolton G
• (2001) The impact of reminiscence on quality of life.Gerontology, 47, suppl 1, 618
• Howe A, Bolton G, Smith BH (2001) Really good stuff: the use of creative writing for medical education.   Medical Education.   35 1075-1076
• Bolton G, Gelipter D, Nelson P (2000) Keep taking the words: therapeutic writing in primary care.   British Journal of General Practice. 50 (450) 80-81
• Hannay D, Bolton, G. (2000) Therapeutic Writing in Primary Care: a Feasibility Study.   Primary Care Psychiatry.   5 157-160.
• Bolton, G. (1999) Stories at Work: Reflective Writing for Practitioners. The Lancet.354 pp243-245
• Bolton, G. (1999) Reflections through the Looking Glass: The Story of a Course of Writing as a Reflexive Practitioner;  Teaching in Higher Education 4, 2, (193-212)
• Bolton, G. (1999) Every Poem Breaks a Silence which had to be Overcome: The Therapeutic Power of Poetry; Feminist Review 62 Summer, 118-133
• Bolton, G. (1995) Taking the Thinking out of it: Writing, a Therapeutic   Space; The Journal of the British Association for Counselling  6, 3, 215-    218
• Bolton, G. (1994) Stories at Work: Fictional~Critical Writing as a Means of Professional Development. British Education Research Journal; 20, 1, 55-68
• Bolton, G. (1994) Stories at Work: Writing Fiction for Professional Development. Issues in Social Work Education 14, 2, 21-33
• Bolton, G. (1992) Just a Bobble Hat: the Story of a Writing as Therapy  Training Workshop. Changes, International Journal of Psychology and Pychotherapy. 11, 1, 37-43
• Harrison, B.T, and Bolton, G. (1990) Realising Through Writing; The Creative Self in the New Era: Journal of   Institute of Education, Hull University, 42, 96-108
• Bolton (Rowland), G. Rowland, S. and Winter, R. (1990) Writing Fiction as Enquiry into Professional Practice; Journal of Curriculum Studies.22, 3, 291-193Edited Refereed journal sections
• Bolton G Editor: Opening the Word Hoard: Medicine and Literature in each issue of Journal of Medical Ethics: Medical Humanities, from its first issue June 2000 26 (1)
• Bolton G Editor: The Healer?s Art: Arts in Palliative Care in each issue of Progress in Palliative Care from 2004 12 (2) - 2006 Bolton G Editor: The Healer?s Art: Poetry Page in each issue of Progress in Palliative Care from 1996 4 (6) ? 2004 12 (1) 

In progress

• Narrative and Poetry writing for professional development: Keynote Paper for First ANZ Association of Medical Humanities conference (2006). Australian Family Physician,the Journal of the Royal College of Australian General Practitioners (in press: late 2007).
• Writing is a way of saying things I can’t say.” Therapeutic Creative Writing: a qualitative study of its value to people with cancer cared for in cancer and palliative health care.   Journal of Medical Ethics: Medical Humanities (in press: late 2007)

Chapters in Books

• Bolton G. (2004)   ?The principle of life? Frankenstein or The Modern
• Prometheus, by Mary Shelley.   In Salinsky J (ed) Medicine and Literature II:The Doctors' Guide to the Classics.   Abingdon, Oxon: Radcliffe Medical Press.  pp 35-52
• Bolton G (2003) ?Around the slices of hersel?.   In Etherington K (ed)
• Transformations: Healing the Wounds of Childhood Trauma   London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Bolton G (2003) Riverside Community Health Project: Experiences told
• by workers.   In Kai J, Drinkwater C Primary Care in Urban Disadvantaged Communities.   Oxford: Radcliffe Press
• Bolton G. (2002) ?I recharge myself from my experience?: Reflective and
• therapeutic writing in palliative care.   In Mason C. (ed) Journeys
• into palliative care: roots and reflections. pp80-98   London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Bolton, G. (2001) Open the Box: Writing a Therapeutic Space.   In BAC
• Counselling Reader, Vol 2.   Ed.: Milner P.  London: Sage publications.  
• pp 106-112
• Bolton G. (2001) Beyond the shadow of the ship: a magical mystery tour
• with the ancient mariner.   In Salinsky J (ed) Medicine and Literature: the doctors' guide to the classics.   Abingdon, Oxon: Radcliffe Medical Press.   pp207-220
• Bolton, G. (2001) The Captain Unlocked his Word Hoard: Poetry as Key ?
• for Healthcare.   InMedical Humanities. Eds.:Martyn Evans, Ilora
• Finlay   London: BMJ Publications.   pp119-135
• Bolton, G. (2001) Understanding Misunderstanding in Medical
• Consultation.   In Medical Humanities. Eds.:Kirklin D, Richardson R .  
• London: Royal College of Physicians pp89-108
• Bolton G (2001) Writing for well being: the mystery and mastery of running
• writers groups.   In Getting better line by line.   Sheffield: Signposts
• Sheffield Writing Development Project

Articles in professional Journals

• Bolton G (2006) My magical mystery tour  Lapidus Quarterly Summer pp4-7
• Bolton G (2006) Why read?   Lapidus Quarterly Spring pp25-27
• Bolton G (2004) Discover the value of writing as therapyFive to Eleven.   3
• (12) pp21-23
• Bolton G, Stoner A (2004) Follow the Mind's Wings: therapeutic writing
• Context: the magazine for family therapy and systemic practice.  75 October, 22-24
• Bolton G (2003) The Best Medicine.   Mslexia.   Octnovdec pp23-24
• Wilson, F.,Elford, H.,Hinchliff, S, Bolton, G., Chung, MC., Goudie,F. Mckee, K. Reminisence: is living in the past good for wellbeing?   Nursing and Residential Care.   5 (10)
• Bolton G (2003) Lift the box lid: reflective practice writing for professional development.   Clinical Psychology.   27 July  34-41
• Wilson, F.,Elford, H.,Mckee, K., Bolton, G., Chung, MC., Goudie,F., and Hinchliff, S. (2001) Reflections on a reminiscence project:
• Engaging frail older people in a written approach to reminiscence type-activities. In Tester S, Archibald C, Rowlings C, Turner S (eds) 
• Proceedings of the British Society of Gerontology 30th Annual Conference,Stirling 187-190.
• Elford, H., Mckee, K.,Wilson, F., Hinchliff, S., Bolton,G., Chung, MC, Goudie, F. (2001) Evaluating the Impact of Reminiscence on the Quality of Life of Older People.  Proceedings of the British Psychological Society Conference Vol 9, No2, p180
• Bolton G (2001) The blood jet is poetry. Clinical Psychology. 7 39-42
• Mckee, K.J., Bolton, G, Chung, MC, Elford, H.,Goudie, F., and Wilson, F. (2000)     Evaluating the impact of reminiscence on quality of life. 
• Proceedings of the British Society of Gerontology 29th Annual Conference, p372.
• Bolton G (2000) On becoming our own shaman: creative writing as therapy.   Context: the magazine for family therapy and systemic practice.  47 pp18-20

Letters & Poetry in Refereed Journals

• Bolton G (2001) Doctors order a dose of ethics (letter) Times Higher Education Supplement.   15 June 2001, p17
• Bolton G (2001) Literature and medicine (letter) The Lancet.   357 p1441-2
• Bolton G (2000) A Christmas Gift from Siberia (poem)  British Journal of General Practice   50 (461) p1029
• Bolton G (2000) Of course Haloes are out of Fashion (poem) The Lancet 355 p1193.
• Bolton G. (2000)  Red Shoes (poem) British Journal of General Practice.   50 (453) p351
• Bolton, G. (1999)  Not Poetry Please (letter).   British Journal of General
• Practice.  49 449 p1010.
• Bolton, G. (1997) Reflections in Writing on H.E. (poem) Teaching in Higher Education.  2, 3,
• Bolton, G. (1997) Project will assess effects of patients writing about their terminal illness on self-perceived quality of life (letter); British Medical Journal  314, 7092, 1486
• Bolton, G (1997) A Log Fire Warms You Twice (poem).  The Lancet  349, p1183
• Bolton, G (1997) No Thank You (poem)  The Lancet   349, p217
• Bolton, G. (1997) Dregs (poem)   Progress in Palliative Care. 5, 1, p34

Pamphlets

• Bolton, G. (1995) Writing from the Source, Research for Spiritual Writing. London: Quaker Resources for Learning
• Bolton, G. (1995) Writing Yourself, Keeping a Spiritual Portfolio. London: Quaker Resources for Learning
• Bolton, G. (1994) Writing the Spirit, Material for Spiritual Exploration.  London: Quaker Resources for Learning

Creative Publications

• Bolton, G. (1997) Hole in the Moon  (poetry collection); Leicester: Waldean Press
• Bolton, G., Padfield, D. (1996) Reflections in Writing  (poetry/prose   anthology). Kelso: Curlew Press