15 June 2009 - First blog by new Intern - Amy

Hi, I’m Amy. This is my first day as an intern at Inpress, and rather fittingly, my first ever blog! I’m looking forward to mastering the art of blogging and Twitter, used by Inpress to publish the latest news, and hope these will add some variety to my Facebook-consumed days (well, I am a student after all!). Having been talked through the main objectives of Inpress by the extremely friendly publisher services officer, Carol, I was delighted to be handed a brochure of new titles to browse. With a Costa mocha in hand and the prospect of choosing several new releases to review, I was settling in quickly! After ten minutes of browsing and coffee-sipping, I opted for the juicy looking Love Lessons by David Belbin. I couldn’t resist the allure of a book which deals with a English teacher’s affair with his pupil, stemming from a school production of Romeo and Juliet, one of my all-time Shakespeare favourites, it has to be said! A reference to the teacher and pupil as ‘star-crossed lovers’ had me enthralled – will this be a version of the timeless, controversial love affair with an ingenious modern twist? It certainly looks like it! Feeling slightly shamed by the novel’s ‘young adult’ classification, however, I opt for Brian Johnstone’s sensitive poetry, entitled The Book of Belongings, as my second read. I eagerly await the arrival of the books, images of Baz Luhrmann’s contemporary Romeo + Juliet filling my mind! Stay tuned for reviews! With more work to be done, I start researching a news piece on the recent poetry magazine North 43, and before I know it, it’s time for lunch…