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International Translation Day News Archive

October 4, 2015 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

International Translation Day 2015, held at the British Library, opened with buzzing euphoria. It is rare for a single book, let alone a translation, to generate such widespread excitement across the publishing industry. Joel Dicker’s […]

The Sponge Divers Yachar Kemal 4Translation

October 2, 2015 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Yachar Kemal worked as a journalist for Cumhuriyet from 1951-63 before turning to fiction which he wrote under a pseudonym, (real name Kemal Sadık Gökçeli). As Turkey’s most prominent novelist, his books have been published […]

Patrick Modiano: public novelist, private man Spotlight

September 20, 2015 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Patrick Modiano is a private man who remains aloof from the Parisian literati; a refreshing antithesis to the self-promoting writer blasting forth at every opportunity. “Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting […]

On the Road with Illegal Immigrants, Fabrizio Gatti bookblast review

Fabrizio Gatti On the Road with Illegal Immigrants 4Translation

June 8, 2015 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Although not a recent release, Bilal: On the Road with Illegal Immigrants remains as timely today as when it was first published. In 2011 I was commissioned to report on a Bilal: Sur la route […]

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Florent Massot, Independent Publisher Interview

May 2, 2015 Georgia de Chamberet 1

BookBlast interview with Florent Massot, independent publisher Independent publisher, Florent Massot, the visionary maverick who first published Virginie Despentes and Valérie Trierweiler; Kurt Cobain and Mike Tyson in French, talks to Georgia de Chamberet. Baise-moi […]

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A Tribute to Anthony Aris News Archive

March 29, 2015 Georgia de Chamberet 2

Tibetan & Himalayan Healing: An Anthology for Anthony Aris, published by Vajra Books, Kathmandu, was launched on Anthony’s birthday. “Authors get the light, publishers stay in the shade – a famous twinned Tibetan concept, nyin […]

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Translation in the UK: Boom Not Bust Spotlight

March 9, 2015 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Translation in the UK In a piece for The Swedish Book Review published in 1997, I stated that, “Roughly 3% of the titles published in the UK every year are translations (as opposed to 30-40% […]