Printed Publications

Evelyn’s written work comes in many forms. Her personal thoughts are published on this website as essays and blog posts. In addition, Evelyn has written for printed publications, which includes her own autobiography and a growing number of contributions to books by a range of authors. Below you can browse through a reference list of Evelyn’s written work for printed publication, both as an author and a contributor.

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Evelyn as Author

Good Vibrations: My Autobiography

May 1990

Hutchinson

ISBN: 091743052

Good Vibrations is Evelyn’s Story, in her own words, of how she achieved so much. We follow Evelyn from her simple upbringing on a farm in the North-East of Scotland, through her childhood battles not to be sent to a school for the deaf where her prodigious musical talent would have remained undiscovered, to her extraordinary schoolgirl performances as a remarkable percussionist. A testimony to one woman’s courage and determination to succeed, whatever obstacles life might put in her way, Good Vibrations is a book that resounds with music, hard work and sheer love of life. ‘You have made history’ were the words of the famous percussionist James Blades as rapturous applause greeted Evelyn’s first Prom. She has made history in more ways than one.

Evelyn as Contributor

The following contributions account for interviews, extended quotes, responses to general questions, chapter contributions, forewords, etc. The list does not include publications that have made use of biographical material or other generally available information about Evelyn.

Title	Author(s)/Editor(s)	Publisher	Publication Date	ISBN
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion	Shannon Stocker	Penguin Books	April 2022	0241547687
Conversations	John Palmer	Vision Edition	March 2015	0993176104
Only Remembered	Michael Morpurgo	Jonathan Cape Childrens	July 2014	0857551280
Don't Just Sign... Communicate! : A Student's Guide to the Deaf Experience	Michelle Jay	Judea Media	December 2013	0984529470
A History of the World in 100 Objects	Neil McGregor	Penguin	June 2012	0241951771
Musical Pathways	Chris Harrison & Liz McCullough	National Association of Music Educators	September 2011	0956654517
The Imagination Can Reach Up Into Itself and Grasp the Universe	VSA	VSA	2011	n/a
From Tragedy to Triumph: 100 Amazing and Inspiring Comebacks	John F. Groom & David Noon	Attitude Media	October 2010	0963270141
Hearing, Feeling, Playing	Shirley Salmon	Reichert Verlag	May 2009	3895006211
Days Life This: A Portrait of Scotland through the Extraordinary Stories of its People	Scottish Book Trust	Luath Press Ltd	February 2009	1906307970
1 Piece of Advice	Patricia J. Messer-Stern & Barbara K. Mosser	1 Piece of Advice Inc.	January 2009	098108320X
Foundations of Physical Science (Third Edition)	Tom Hsu, PhD	Cambridge Physics Outlet	2009	1604310146
Touched by Robert Burns	Andy Hall	Birlinn	October 2008	1841586889
Self-Help for the 21st Century	Malcolm Good	Luath Press Ltd	July 2008	190630758X
Learning for Life: From Inspiration to Aspiration	David Lorimer	Learning for Life	March 2008	095353331X
Meet the Instruments of the Orchestra!	Genevieve Helsby	Naxos Books	March 2007	1843791129
The Illustrated Musical Instruments Handbook	Lucien Jenkins	Flame Tree Publishing	August 2006	1844514206
Musical Communication	Dorothy Miell, Raymond MacDonald & David J. Hargreves	Oxford University Press	July 2005	0198529368
Water Music	Marjorie Ryerson	University of Michigan Press	August 2003	0472113380
The Mastery of Music: Ten Pathways to True Artistry	Barry Green	Crown Archetype	May 2003	0767911563
The World of Women in Classical Music	Dr Anne K Gray	Word World Publishing	March 2003	1599753200
Björk: There's More to Life Than This	Ian Griffiths	Thunder's Mouth Press	November 2002	1560254165
St Magnus Festival: A Celebration	Pamela Beasant	Orcadian Ltd	June 2002	1902957172
Voices	Jim Reisler	McFarland & Co. Inc.	May 2002	0786412662
A Sense of Belonging to Scotland: The Favourite Places of Scottish Personalities	Andy Hall	Mercat Press	2002	1841830364
Post	Björk Guðmundsdóttir	Bloomsbury	September 2001	0747523738
The Young Musician's Survival Guide: Tips from Teens and Pros	Amy Nathan	Oxford University Press	May 2000	0195367391
Rhythm & Beauty: The Art of Percussion	Rocky Maffit	Watson-Guptill Publications	July 1999	082308406X
The Virtuoso	Ken Carbone	Stewart, Tabori & Chang	April 1999	1556709080
Musical Prodigies	Claude Kenneson	Amadeus Press	December 1998	1574670462
These I Have Met...	James Blades	Thames Publishing	December 1998	0905210778
Being Deaf	Maggie Wooley	Belitha Press	August 1998	1855617978
Unstoppable: 45 Powerful Stories of Perseverance and Triumph from People Just Like You	Cynthia Kersey	Sourcebooks	July 1998	1570713383
A Scottish Childhood: Over 70 Famous Scots Remember	Nancy E. M. Bailey	HarperCollins	April 1998	0004721764
Silver Linings: Triumphs of the Chronically Ill and Physically Challenged	Shaena Engle	Prometheus Books	November 1997	1573921718
Reflections on Success	Martyn Lewis	Lennard	May 1997	1852977328
Living Legends: Six Stories About Successful Deaf People (Volume I)	Darlene Toole	Butte Publications	May 1996	1884362133
Great Journeys of the World	Ernie Dingo, Evelyn Glennie, Damian Gorman, Tony Robinson, Juliet Stevenson & Sandi Toksvig	BBC Books	November 1994	0563370505