This week we are perusing the bookshelves of human rights campaigner, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer, Love Island inhabiter and all-round inspiration Camilla Thurlow! Camilla has worked forland mine charity The Halo Trust, she’s a vociferous reader and has recently published her first book, a memoir, called Not The Type. During a highly revealing conversation, we talked to her about the double-edged sword that is social media, the genius of Elizabeth Day, the appeal of old books and allowing stories to leak into your life.

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan – Insatiable

Camilla Thurlow – Not The Type

David Sedaris – Me Talk Pretty One Day

Lisa Taddeo – Three Woman

David Sedaris – Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls

Kiley Reid – Such a Fun Age

Elizabeth Macneal- The Doll Factory

Jessie Burton – The Muse

Alan Huffman – Here I Am

Paul Conroy – Under the Wire

Sebastian Junger – Tribe

David Nott – War Doctor

Anna Hope – Expectation

Gail Honeyman – Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Ken Follett – Pillars of the Earth

Elizabeth Day – The Party

Elizabeth Day – How To Fail

Abbi Waxman – Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Donatella Di Pietrantonio – A Girl Returned

Candice Brathwaite – I Am Not Your Baby Mother

Nimko Ali – What We’re Told Not To Talk About

Dolly Alderton – Everything I Know About Love

Daisy Buchanan – How To Be a Grown Up

Marian Keyes – Other Side of the Story

Jamie Bartlett – The People Vs Tech

Rachel DeLoache Williams – My Friend Anna

Lemn Sissay –

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