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 for land 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 - My Name is Why

George Orwell - 1984

Alain De Botton - School of Life

Bella Mackie - Jog On

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