July 2016 - BookBlast® Official

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What Makes a European? Jane McLoughlin, Observer BookBlast® Archive

July 31, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Jane McLoughlin’s feature, published in The Observer in 1971, is based on an interview with a childhood family influencer of mine: my late uncle was both very British and very internationalist in spirit. When interviewing […]

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Crystal Wedding Xu Xiaobin Review

July 2, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Crystal Wedding an unusual read: it’s not every day you come across a novel in which a mainland Chinese author writes openly about women, sex and corruption − affording the reader a voyeuristic glimpse into […]

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Roh-Suan Tung Balestier Press Interview

July 1, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Roh-Suan Tung, Balestier Press CEO Roh-Suan Tung, tell us a bit about yourself. Are (were) your parents great readers? I was born and grew up in Taiwan. My parents both love books, […]

Nicky Harman Translator Interview

July 1, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Nicky Harman, translator from Chinese Nicky Harman, tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m based in Weymouth and in London. I go to China every year on visits. I speak and […]