Hello! My name is Sophie Lay, and I’m the graduate trainee for the English Faculty Library this year – which is a delight for my literary and Tolkien-adoring tendencies.
Before joining the trainee scheme I was working in public libraries, and prior to that I studied a BA and MSc in Creative Writing from the Universities of Gloucestershire and Edinburgh. I knew from my student days that I wanted a career that revolved around books, but was never too keen on working in publishing or book-selling. Libraries seemed like an ideal fit. When the chance came up to progress my career and work in Oxford – a city I knew and loved from growing up in Oxfordshire – the opportunity was too good to miss.