The Lovers' Guide

Emily Dubberley's sex toys reviews...

Emily Dubberley's sex toys

Our guest writer and expert on all things sexual Emily Dubberley shares her thoughts on our Lovers' Guide sex toys. Here's the singularly impressive biog to date - and this is just the beginning!

Emily studied psychology at university, specialising in sexuality and covering topics including male and female attitudes to porn and whether women want their fantasies to come true. After being shortlisted for the Cosmopolitan Journalism Scholarship, and the Company Fiction Writer Award, she founded www.cliterati.co.uk in 2001: a text-based sex website for women featuring erotica, a problem page, sex news and more. It now attracts over half a million page impressions per month.

Emily was Founding Editor of Scarlet: a sex magazine for women that launched in October 2004. Combining erotic fiction, sex features and a feisty attitude, it attracts 50,000 readers per month. It’s sold in WH Smith, Tesco, Superdrug, Borders, Asda, Sainsbury’s, newsagents across the UK and internationally via www.ScarletMagazine.co.uk.

Emily is the sex agony aunt for Look magazine, has written for numerous publications including FHM, more, New Woman, Elle, Men’s Health, Forum, The Guardian, Penthouse, The Star and Glamour, and has had articles syndicated worldwide. She wrote the four most recent Lovers' Guide videos, edited the Lovers' Guide magazine and helped create http://www.loversguide.com. She also wrote for the Joan Rivers Position on Channel 5.

Emily has written numerous internationally published books. The Lovers' Guide Lovemaking Deck (Connections) was released in February 2004. Brief Encounters: The Women’s Guide to Casual Sex (Fusion Press – nominated for an Erotic Award), Things a Woman Should Know About Seduction (Carlton), Sex Play (Connections – also available for mobile phones) Sex for Busy People (Fireside) and You Must be My Best Friend Because I Hate You (Fusion) – about friendship conflict and how to deal with it – were released in 2005. Whip Your Life into Shape: The Dominatrix Principle (Andrews McMeel), I’d Rather Be Single Than Settle (Fusion) and More Sex Play (Connections) were released in 2006, The Ex Factor (Fusion), The Good Fantasy Guide and True Passion: A Tale of Desire As Told To Madame B were released in 2007 and she has various books already scheduled for publication this year including Girlfriends: The Art of Women Loving Women (Hollan) and The Going Down Guide (Elwin Street). She has also had erotic short stories featured in several erotica anthologies, including G is for Games and Ultimate Submission.

Emily has done copywriting for brands including Philips Satinelle, Schloer and Trojan Condoms, has been consultant on campaigns for brands including Gumtree, sextoys.co.uk and Virgin Megastores and has written SMS sex tips for various clients including Channel Four.

Emily's contact book has over 3,500 entries; from burlesque performers to porn stars, as well as authors, entrepreneurs and almost anyone else you can imagine. She has been involved in fundraising for sexual health/sex education charities and donates a percentage of profits from Brief Encounters and You Must Be My Best Friend… to charity.

Emily features regularly on radio stations including LBC, London Live and Kerrang! Throughout 2006 she wrote and presented a monthly podcast show Sex Talk With Emily Dubberley for Audible.co.uk, which included erotic stories, sex advice and reviews. She followed this with a series of erotica anthologies for audible.co.uk released this year. She is frequently quoted as a sexpert in magazines including Cosmopolitan, Elle and Company, has been involved with TV shows for all the terrestrial channels and various satellite channels (the most amusing of which entailed presenting QVC-style advertorials for the Jessica Rabbit, which ran on numerous shopping channels across cable and satellite) writes for numerous websites including iVillage.co.uk and has tested over 500 sex toys.