The Literary Edit
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I'm Lucy, an award-winning book blogger and writer with a passion for brilliant books, independent bookstores and literary festivals .
The Literary Edit
1y ago
The first time I remember hearing about the book Native Son by Richard Wright was when Cole Brown – a previous guest on my podcast – chose it as one of his desert island books. I’ve gone on to read – and love – a number of the books Cole recommended me, including the powerful ..read more
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1y ago
Welcome to Desert Island Books, a weekly series where I speak to authors, writers and journalists about the eight books they’d take with them to a desert island and why. This week my guest is Iman Hariri-Kia, a writer, editor, and author born and based in New York City. A recipient of the Annabelle Bonner ..read more
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1y ago
Welcome to Desert Island Books, a weekly series where I speak to authors, writers and journalists about the eight books they’d take with them to a desert island and why. This week my guest is Seán Hewitt, a book critic for The Irish Times and teaches Modern British & Irish Literature at Trinity College Dublin ..read more
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1y ago
Welcome to My Life in Books, a weekly series where readers, writers and content creators share how books have shaped them over the years. Charles Pignal was born and raised in Paris, and has now lived in Asia for the last ten years. He developed a love of reading at a very young age which ..read more
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1y ago
The Hungover Games by Sophie Heawood is one of the only books I have allowed myself to re-read in recent years. A hilarious memoir based between London and LA, such is my obsession with it that I will read anything and everything that Heawood subsequently recommends. And so it was that when she recently shared ..read more
The Literary Edit
1y ago
Welcome to My Life in Books, a weekly series where readers, writers and content creators share how books have shaped them over the years. Bill Muganda is a Kenyan native in Nairobi who romanticises his daily routine by disappearing into a book or two, takes photos for a living, and lives with two cats. You ..read more
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1y ago
I was recommended Daisy Alpert Florin’s debut – My Innocent Year – by Joanna Rakoff, an author who I like to think of as my literary kindred spirit. Joanna took part in my Desert Island Books series a little over a year ago, and I’ve loved every single book she’s recommended thus far. And so ..read more
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1y ago
I find seaside towns fascinating, especially outside the height of the season. There is something incredibly theatrical about them. Freshly painted and tidied for the first slew of visitors that will arrive at the start of the summer. There are a new set of cast members, employed as shop assistants and hospitality staff. Then, when ..read more
The Literary Edit
1y ago
Welcome to My Life in Books, a weekly series where readers, writers and content creators share how books have shaped them over the years. David Wade is a travel and weather forecasting content creator specialising in pastel imagery featuring the home sands of his local beach in Sydney, alongside the wider city and the world ..read more
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1y ago
Welcome to Desert Island Books, a weekly series where I speak to authors, writers and journalists about the eight books they’d take with them to a desert island and why. This week, my guest is Emma Forrest. Born in London, Emma Forrest began her writing career as a teenage columnist on the Sunday Times, going on ..read more