Follow me around during this international Halloween themed reading vlog in the UK and the Netherlands, where I tackle some of my scary and disturbing anticipated Halloween reads! ↓ All books, links and more here ↓
► In this video
0:00 My reading list
3:33 Rainy days in cafes in St Albans
4:54 Goblin Market & Horror She Wrote reading update
9:19 Buying Goblin Market-inspired books
11:55 Things Have Gotten Worse
14:16 Apple picking in the Netherlands
17:05 Clothbound Classic reading roundup
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► Books featured in this video
* = books I received for free from the publisher, without a specific requirement to feature them.
Through the Woods*
Goblin Market*
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
A Short Introduction to the Gothic
The Beauty*
Monster, She Wrote
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (Clothbound Classic)*
Of Ghosts and Goblins by Lafcadio Hearn (Clothbound Classic)*
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe (Clothbound Classic)*
Not Good for Maidens
The Sister of the Winter Wood
► Other things in this video
Books on the Hill bookshop in St Albans
Blokker Bookshop in Heemstede
Barbarian
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► About Me
Hoi! I'm Sanne. Ten years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 13 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!
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► Frequently asked questions
◦ Where is your accent from?
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, studied English Lit at Leiden University (also in the Netherlands), studied in the US for 3 months and have lots of American friends. Now that I live in London, I still mostly have my American accent, but with lots of British vocab mixed in.
◦ Where do you live?
I currently live in St Albans, just North of London.
◦ Where do you work?
I’m a Freelance Social Media Producer, public speaker and KZfaqr/blogger. Before that I was an Audience Manager at Penguin Random House UK.
◦ How did you get your job in the publishing industry?
I did publishing work experience on 3 different occasions, did a lot of networking and learned everything I know about social media from creating and running my KZfaq channel for 8 years. P.s. you don't necessarily have to study Publishing or English to get a job in publishing.
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