The Secret History – Donna Tartt
In amongst the BBC’s Big Read’s overwhelming list of classics are a few hidden contemporary gems, of which Donna Tart’s The Secret History is one of the most compelling. I was interning at John Murray...
View ArticleThe House at Midnight – Lucie Whitehouse
On my last day of interning at Bloomsbury, I was told to help myself to books on my way out, a suggestion I took perhaps quite too literally as I soon found myself wandering through Soho with a stack...
View ArticleReview: The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
I first heard of Donna Tartt many years ago. Newly graduated, I was interning at Bloombsury when someone recommended I read her debut novel, The Secret History. I was to later discover it was on the...
View ArticleReview: Keep You Close – Lucie Whitehouse
There are a small number of writers whose newest releases I eagerly await – those whose websites and social media channels I check every few months, hoping for an update on when they might be releasing...
View ArticleReview: The Girls – Emma Cline
After a short term work contract ended earlier than I had anticipated, I found myself between jobs for the first time in years. And while many would chose to indulge in pillowy lie-ins, crawling out of...
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