February 2016 - BookBlast® Official

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Why Independent Publishing Matters Spotlight

February 25, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet 1

“Why this promotion of independent publishing leading up to the London Book Fair in April?” asked one entrepreneur as she merrily jumped on to BookBlast’s celebratory bandwagon. Why indeed? Even the smallest trade publisher now […]

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Aleppo Syria’s Great Merchant City Review

February 22, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

After four years of war, Aleppo, Syria’s great merchant city is in ruins, bombed by the Syrian air force, threatened by ISIL, its population decimated. Bread queues, electricity and water cuts, rationing and road-blocks are […]

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Philip Mansel Author & Historian Interview

February 22, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Philip Mansel, author & historian Philip Mansel, tell us a little bit about yourself? I am a historian of France and the Ottoman Empire, living in London. All my life I have […]

bookblast interview author Youssef Rakha

Youssef Rakha Author Interview

February 16, 2016 Ben F Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Youssef Rakha, author Youssef Rakha, tell us a little bit about yourself. I am the only child of a disillusioned communist and a woman who struggled against incredible odds to go to […]

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The Book of the Sultan’s Seal, Youssef Rakha Review

February 16, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Youssef Rakha explores a man’s “transformation during twenty-one days from a Europeanized intellectual to a semi-madman who believed he could perform magic deeds to resurrect the Islamic caliphate” is a very readable feast — taking […]

Michel Moushabeck Interlink Books USA Interview

February 16, 2016 Ben F Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Michel Moushabeck, Interlink Books BookBlast actively collaborates with colleagues across the Atlantic on editorial and translation projects. Its digital publishing programme sees titles published with Amazon, Kobo and Google worldwide. So we […]

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Silent Women Pioneers of Cinema (Eds) Bridges & Robson Review

February 7, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema is the first book to give an overview of early women filmmakers in the USA, Europe and beyond. It has fantastic b/w photos which will appeal to all lovers of […]

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Cheryl Robson Aurora Metro Publishing Interview

February 7, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Cheryl Robson, Aurora Metro Publishing Cheryl Robson, founder of Aurora Metro Publishing, is a producer/director of several short independent films, most recently ‘Rock ’n’ Roll Island’ which was nominated for Best Short […]