Lucy Christopher

Lucy Christopher is an Edinburgh based fundraiser and arts journalist. She studied history at Glasgow University, focusing on both Scottish and American history. Her disertation examined slavery and was entitled Partriarcy and Plantations: Sexual Relations in the Antebellum South. As a fundraiser she has worked for Alzheimer Scotland, Capability Scotland, and the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Her articles on literature and music have appared in UK publications The Leither and The Skinny. She is a voracious reader and has a passion for contemporary literature.

Book Reviews by Lucy Christopher

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Sarah Winman's third novel, Tin Man, begins in 1950 in rural Oxfordshire, when a pregnant housewife, Dora, disobeys her husband by choosing a painting over a bottle of whisky at a charity

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Jenny Diski’s short stories are often unsettling, describing in minute detail the troubled thoughts that accompany her characters’ everyday activities as they go for a lunchtime walk, take a bath,

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“an adventure with family, love, and destiny at its core, and an authentic and unique triumph of skill and imagination.”

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Katie Kitamura’s A Separation begins with a young woman embarking on a trip to Greece.

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When promoting Inside Joy Division in 2012, Peter Hook hinted that a tell-all New Order book might be in the pipeline.

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Kate Tempest was born to work with words.

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And Still I Rise: Black America Since MLK is a companion to a PBS series of the same name and chronicles the last 50 years of black history and culture in an illustrated timeline featuring