I am actively building a list of literary and upmarket fiction and non-fiction. Generally, I am looking for wonderful, clear writing with beauty at its heart, great hooky plot driven stories and/ or a combination of both. Authors whose work I admire includes: Elif Batuman, Miranda July, Sarah Moss, Katie Kitamura, Miriam Toews, Sarah Hall, Catherine Newman, Ali Smith, Ann Patchett and Helen Garner.

I love speculative and genre bending fiction such as The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley and The Echoes by Evie Wyld and novels that play with form and structure, such as Theory and Practice by Michelle de Kretser and Fair Play by Louise Hegarty. I am interested in short stories, both dark and gentle comedies and books on the edges of horror. I would love to find a really wild idea that is immaculate on the page.

I’m really keen to find a great (love) story set against the backdrop of historical events such as Matrix by Lauren Groff, Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck or In Memoriam by Alice Winn – as well as a swoony contemporary love story. I love literary crime and would like to find a detective novel or literary thriller such as Sebastian Barry’s Old God’s Time, Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood or Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie series.

In non-fiction, I am always looking to learn new things. Recent non fiction I’ve enjoyed includes: A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell, Monsters by Claire Dederer, A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar, and Question 7 by Richard Flanagan.

I would love to find a graphic novel on any subject.