Elizabeth Sowden

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Studying English at Newnham College, Cambridge, then Victorian Studies at Birkbeck, London, I filled several bookshelves with weird and wonderful works. I wouldn’t wish to be parted from any of them (most would probably be of little use to anyone else, in any case, as I have a habit of scribbling my thoughts across the pages as I read!).

In my spare time I enjoy browsing in second-hand bookshops. My favourite discovery to date is an uncorrected proof of Donna Tartt’s fantastic novel The Little Friend. Thank you, Oxfam!

A keen writer, I particularly like producing articles about developments in the literary world. Work experience with CompletelyNovel provided me with the opportunity to hone my writing skills, and I very much enjoy contributing to this great website. By reinvigorating my appreciation of contemporary writing, the site’s strengthened my desire to build a career in publishing or a related field, as well as pursue freelance writing projects.

To this end, I recently began working as a Research Assistant/Course Administrator and am planning a children’s story in my spare time.

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    Hiya!

    You know, I’ve heard of it but haven’t yet come across it – yay for another book to add to the ‘to read’ pile! I’ve been making my way through Wolf Hall – only about 180 pages left to go :) I’m waiting to hear if there are out of town people coming in this weekend, but will get back to you about the exhibit, as I really want to see it…

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    Hi Heidi, has Sarah Waters’s The Little Stranger come your way at all? I’d highly recommend it – have been scaring myself silly! Liz

    Hi Heidi, has Sarah Waters’s The Little Stranger come your way at all? I’d highly recommend it -…

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    Hi Liz, I think the comments are working now. Hope it’s all going well…I loved the guardian article – agree that very sobering though at times!

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    Hi Anna,

    Hope you’re having a good weekend.

    Tried to post a comment to your ‘Rules are meant to be broken’ article, but received an error message from the badger!

    Just wanted to say I’d bought the Guardian especially for the writers’ advice. Mind you, Enright’s suggestion that ‘The first 12 years are the worst’ is pretty sobering!

    Liz

    Hi Anna,

    Hope you’re having a good weekend.

    Tried to post a comment to your ’Rules are mean…

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    Hi Heidi, the exhibition looks brilliant. I love looking at lush Victorian art :) Liz
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    Hey Liz!

    Thanks for the link – interesting read and website! I have one in return for you, on an upcoming exhibition at the V&A – I think it looks fantastic (even if we do have to wait a bit!): http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/future_exhibs/aestheticism/index.html

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    Thanks for the link – interesting read and website! I have one in return for you, on …

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    the nineteenth century, life-writing, rummaging around in second-hand shops, brushing up on my French and German, Victorian albums and scrapbooks, writing, theatre, herbal tea, vintage fashion dolls, word games, shoes, journalism, art history, drawing, organic/vegetarian cookery, gender, and the development of the novel

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