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three cities // one month // september

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Peter Hujar was an American photographer best known for his stark, intimate black & white portraits of the East Village’s art scene, showing a raw and unguarded perspective. ‘I photograph those who push themselves to any extreme, and people who cling to the freedom to be themselves.’

Read more of Stay Away from Nothing, a review written by Joanna Lucaciu.

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REVIEW: Stay Away from Nothing, written by Joanna Lucaciu.

‘Stay Away from Nothing is a monument to what cannot be recovered, built on a compelling dynamic between letting go and holding on, unfolding a story that was never told before.’

Read more on pagesstudio.net

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So the hype about The Pretender by Jo Harkin is real, and it’s my favourite novel of the year so far (sorry I mispronounced your name Jo, I was driving).

As the blurb has it, think Wolf Hall Meets Demon Copperhead. I loved it. Anybody else read it?

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London - April, 2026

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🇬🇧💷📵🦪🍾🍸💕

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If you had to choose one book to give to somebody else, what would it be?

So far we’ve had Mayflies and Any Human Heart. Did you read them? What did you think?

Here’s my answer this week - and let me know yours in the comments ✊#bookstagram

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Hackney Marshes - March, 2026

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Big thanks to @faberbooks @jo.readsalot @epilogue.series for sending me the new edition of the Bell Jar. I’m so excited for the book club on 19th March to discuss the sad girl bible. Anyone else coming along?

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currently reading Dracula for the first time 🩸 ready for our @epilogue.series classics book club tomorrow 📖

It’s a real treat to be able to read from this stunning clothbound edition kindly gifted by @fourcornersbooks ✨ this edition includes bespoke illustrations and immersive typography where each letter has a different font 🎨
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#classics #currentlyreading #specialedition #dracula #bookclub

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If you had to choose one book to give to somebody, what would it be? No wrong answers

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‘I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.’

ad: pr gift @fourcornersbooks

#ImiesClassicsChallenge 2026 book 2: Dracula by Bram Stoker

The most beautiful edition for an utterly gorgeous read. I was so lucky to be sent the @fourcornersbooks edition of Dracula for book club and I have swooned over it so many times. I sadly can’t make the book club session now due to my stupid back but I couldn’t resist taking the opportunity to rave about Dracula, reading this edition, and everything vampires.

Dracula is something I’ve wanted to read for a long time, I went into this thinking I knew the basic idea of Dracula but realised I was wrong (blame 10 year old Imie watching Van Helsing at a friends house). This is a multi POV story written through journal entries, articles and letters. It’s about good vs evil, faith, fear of the unknown, and so much more. All drenched in gothic vibes.

I think this is my favourite read for book club, it just captured me and I loved reading it. It was so interesting building the narrative through the different points of view and having the very personal lens of a journal. The specific edition I was reading added to this experience by having different typography for each character’s writings so it really felt like I was building the narrative from fragments which was such a fascinating experience.

I’m really excited for the pile of books I have which I’ve been saving until I had read this one. Things like Carmilla, The Historian, The Brides and other vampiric tales. I think the vampire in literature is such an interesting motif as it can represent so much so I’m excited to read all of these. And now I can say I’ve read the OG vampire novel.

Thank you again @fourcornersbooks for my gorgeous copy which I will treasure and (as always) to @jo.readsalot for organising such a great book club. Sad I won’t be able to chat about this one with the gang but hopefully will be back for the next one.

Have you read Dracula? What did you think? 🧛

#ClassicalLiterature #GothicLiterature #BeautifulBook #Classics On checkered bedding is a woven tray with a vase with dried pampas in and next to it a beautiful copy of Dracula by Bram Stoker

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