Jack Edwards
Jack Edwards shares book reviews, reading challenges and celebrity reading lists, and brings readers together through his Inklings Book Club and podcast.
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YouTubeOverview
- Known as
- The internet’s resident librarian
- Education
- English literature at Durham University
- Early work
- University videos and advice for prospective students
- Now
- Book creator, author, interviewer and Inklings founder
Mini bio
How it started.
Jack’s route into book talk began with a rejected newspaper review of The Hunger Games. Encouraged to start a blog instead, he eventually moved to YouTube. At Durham, he documented university life to help prospective students feel more at home in higher education.
Finding his readers.
After graduating, he shared lockdown reading reviews and found a new audience of book lovers. He recalls reading the books referenced in Normal People as an early book-focused project. His channel grew around reviews, reading challenges and the books recommended by familiar faces from popular culture.
Beyond the bookshelf.
Jack published The Uni-Verse in 2020 and hosted the Booker Prize’s official livestream in 2023, followed by the International Booker livestream in 2024. In 2025 he launched Inklings, a book club and podcast pairing shared reads with author conversations, and became a contributing literary editor at Esquire UK.
Required Reading.
His celebrity interviews ask people about the books that matter to them. In a 2026 interview, he described his conversation with Cillian Murphy as a turning point after years of pitching the idea.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
Audio and editorial
- 2025Inklings Book ClubCreator and host
- 2025Esquire UKContributing literary editor
Presenting
Awards
Quotes
I love exploring the craft of storytellingJack Edwards, The Booker Prizes
In a November 2023 Q&A before hosting the Booker Prize livestream, Jack explained what draws him to the prize.
Trivia
- He says he reads many books recommended by viewers in his comments.
- He is especially drawn to detailed character studies and admires Irish storytellers.
- His most annotated copy of The Handmaid’s Tale is so covered in red pen that he describes it as barely legible.
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