Imogen White Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Imogen White on Xculture @theeconomist • views my own, etc

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Hernan Diaz@riverheadbooks hi! I work for the Economist's culture section and would like to get a hold of a publicist for Trust by Hernan Diaz. Could you help? I don't seem to be able to get a response on emails, and can't find any phone numbers online. Thank you very much, Imogen
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Monkey Grip
Helen GarnerMy piece this week on Helen Garner & her classic Australian novel of 1977, "Monkey Grip": https://t.co/GAauplc4om
Hardcover, 2024
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Jailbirds: Lessons from a Women's Prison
MIM Skinnermy review in this week's @TheTLS about @HMPSurvival's witty, wise "Prison: A Survival Guide" & @MimSkinner's frank and empathetic "Jailbirds"— both books show the myriad ways the criminal justice system sets people up to fail https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/cattermole-prison-skinner-jailbirds/
Out of stock

Black Saturday: Not the End of the Story
Peg FraserI'm on today's episode of The Intelligence @EconomistRadio talking about Australia's deadly "Black Saturday" bushfires in 2009, & Chloe Hooper's excellent and unsettling book , "The Arsonist": https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2019/07/12/its-a-pro-western-democracy-yet-the-president-is-a-pariah-taiwans-leader-on-tour
Paperback, 2018
$29.95Member price:$29.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire
Chloe HooperI'm on today's episode of The Intelligence @EconomistRadio talking about Australia's deadly "Black Saturday" bushfires in 2009, & Chloe Hooper's excellent and unsettling book , "The Arsonist": https://t.co/kp4qNOgZDp
Paperback, 2020
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Secret River: (stage Version)
Kate Grenvillemy review from last week of @SydneyTheatreCo's stunning adaptation of Kate Grenville's novel "The Secret River", now on @NationalTheatre in London https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/08/30/a-haunting-adaptation-of-the-secret-river
Paperback, 2020
$22.95Member price:$21.80 + Free shipping5% off
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy BlumeAn adaptation of "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" landed in American cinemas this week. If you want to read my thoughts on how Judy Blume's books for teens have been simultaneously celebrated and censored, sign up for tomorrow's Plot Twist here: https://t.co/RpsZm3Z6xd
Paperback, 2014
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
It's True, It's True, It's True
Breach Theatre@breach_theatre I work at The Economist in the books/arts dept and would love to speak with someone re. "It's true, It's true, It's true". Could you please send me a direct message with the best point of contact? Thank you!
Out of stock

The Secret River
Kate Grenvillemy review from last week of @SydneyTheatreCo's stunning adaptation of Kate Grenville's novel "The Secret River", now on @NationalTheatre in London https://t.co/aL6KkJlgGD
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Still Born
Guadalupe NettelThis week I wrote about Guadalupe Nettel's latest novel, "Still Born": https://t.co/CynUxtRIwf
Hardcover, 2023
$26.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book