The Literary Edit

Cleopatra and Frankenstein: A beautiful debut by Coco Mellors

05.28.22 Read More

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Book Review

03.29.22 Read More

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Book Review

11.17.21 Read More

The latest bump in the well-worn visa road

04.01.22 Read More

This much I know for sure after six years away from home

09.03.21 Read More

On the bittersweet joy of two more years down under

05.25.21 Read More

On a final farewell to my beloved Gramps

02.08.21 Read More

Beautiful Bookstores: Readings Melbourne

06.29.22 Read More

A storied stay at Soho’s Hazlitt’s Hotel

01.19.22 Read More

Desert Island Books: Jyoti Patel

06.16.22 Read More

Desert Island Books: Femi Kayode

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Desert Island Books: Joanne Harris

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Welcome!

I’m Lucy, an award-winning book blogger, bibliotherapist and writer with a passion for brilliant books, independent bookstores, literary travel and book festivals around the world. The Literary Edit is a boutique book blog designed with readers in mind.

The Literary Edit was named the London Book Fair’s inaugural Book Blog of the Year, and here you’ll find everything from weekly book reviews, to musings on the 1001 books to read before you die, to features on some of the best book blogs around, to write-ups on beautiful bookstores from around the world, to literary city guides and some personal insights into the agony and ecstasy of life of an expat.