The Literary Edit
Lucy Pearson, Joanna Rakoff, Dawn O'Porter, Beth Brower, Lucy ManganA newsletter for people who love reading—because life's too short for bad books.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 158 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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Chloë Ashby's Desert Island Books
Featuring a beloved classic, and her favourite Ali Smith novel...
I have an entirely unproven theory that if you start a month with a good book, said month will continue in much the same way: with one good read after another. Luckily for m...
Lucy Mangan's Desert Island Books
Featuring the children’s classic she simply couldn’t bear to be without, and her favourite Jane Austen...
As a lifelong bookworm, I bloody love a good book about books—and Lucy Mangan’s Bookish is a particularly delightful addition to the...
Joanna Rakoff's favourite campus novels
A guest edit by the author of My Salinger Year
A lot of my lovely readers here on Substack will know that I love a good literary list. Many moons ago I read my way through the BBC’s Top 100 Books, and I’m currently (if rather half-heartedl...
Chiara Barzini's Desert Island Books
Featuring a book that feels almost destined for a desert island and a collection of stories she found almost by accident...
This week’s Desert Island Books is such a detailed, juicy one, I’m going to keep my intro brief. My guest is Chiara...
An invite to my festive reading retreat, and what happened in Hay (part deux)
Christmas in the countryside and a rather belated story about my encounter with Miriam Margolyes…
Since landing back in Australia a few weeks ago, I have had a hot water bottle almost permanently strapped to my body—shoved down my trousers...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Award-winning book blogger, writer, bibliotherapist, library curator and reading retreat host. Total book bore. Prosecco fiend.
Author of the novel A Fortunate Age and the memoir My Salinger Year, now a movie starring Margaret Qualley as me. Next: The Fifth Passenger, a memoir, from Little, Brown.
Sunday Times bestselling author. Mum of boys, dogs, cats, and a tortoise. Co-founder of Choose Love. Masterchef Finalist. ‘Hungry Eyes' out NOW.
Beth Brower is the author of The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Volumes 1-8 (and counting!), The Q, The Queen's Gambit, The Ruby Prince, The Wanderer's Mark, and The Beast of Ten.
Journalist, mostly. Author, a bit
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