About

Disclaimer: I am not in the habit of referring to myself in the third-person. But Jonathan Franzen’s advice seems sound: “Write in the third-person unless a really distinctive first-person voice offers itself irresistibly.” My voice is many things, but irresistible, it is not. So:

Trisha Andres is a London-based writer with five years’ experience as a journalist and researcher. She covers arts & culture topics.

She is the Editor-in-Chief at Crane.tv, the premium online video-magazine for contemporary culture. Prior to this, she was a Journalism Associate at the Press Association, the UK and Ireland’s national news agency. Anything she’s written on the site are her personal views and not those of her employer.

Her work has appeared in the Guardian, the Scotsman, the Huffington Post and anothermag.com. Please have a look on Portfolio for sample clips, and ‘Published Articles’ on the right hand sidebar.

She holds a UK Press Card issued by the Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA).

Guardian Profile

Huffington Post Profile

About the books blog

Trisha started her books blog in March 2010 as a home for everything related to her one true love: books. She also wanted to meet others who were passionate about books and culture because quite frankly, Chatroulette wasn’t doing it for her. Trisha suspects that her mum may be her only reader. But she doesn’t mind at all though she does hope she has a few others. While the Journalism page of this site serves as Trisha’s portfolio, the Home or Blog page consist of musings and loves of a personal nature—books she genuinely feels are worth reading or revisiting.

Here, each day of the week, you’ll find a few things that make her happy (and which she hopes might make you happy too):

• Sunday browsing: Independent bookshop of the week
• Argumental Monday: Grumpy old woman musings on publishing news
• Afternoon Tea Tuesday: In conversation with an author or poet
• Read of the Week Wednesday: Book reviews
• Poetry doesn’t have to be highfalutin Thursday: Poem of the week
• Out & about Friday: Literary events
• Saturday connections: Literary links

She’ll mix it up a bit every now and then for fun. And you may find the occasional link to nerdy albeit smart reading accoutrements like lamps and bookshelves. But otherwise, it’s all about the words on the pages of a book.