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The Childrens Bookshow Latest News Archive

August 30, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on The Childrens Bookshow Latest News Archive
The Childrens Bookshow nationwide is loved by children who have a strong appetite for new and challenging experiences and fabulous storytelling. National treasure, Michael Rosen, will be kicking off The Children’s Bookshow this year, on […]
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Siân Williams The Children’s Bookshow Interview

August 29, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Siân Williams The Children’s Bookshow Interview
BookBlast interview with Siân Williams, The Children’s Bookshow founder and CEO Siân Williams, what is The Children’s Bookshow and how did you dream up the idea? It’s a national tour which takes place each autumn […]
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The Children’s Bookshow 2017 News Archive

August 26, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on The Children’s Bookshow 2017 News Archive
BookBlast® is delighted to be celebrating The Children’s Bookshow and its 15 years on the road! We are running exclusive interviews with visionary founder, Sian Williams, publisher Julia Marshall from Gecko Press, feature review(s) and […]
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Julia Marshall Gecko Press Interview

August 26, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Julia Marshall Gecko Press Interview
BookBlast interview with Julia Marshall, Gecko Press in New Zealand Julia Marshall, tell us a bit about yourself. Are (were) your parents great readers? Everyone reads in my family: we are omnivores, and eclectic. At […]
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Emma Other Ways of Seeing 4Translation

August 20, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Emma Other Ways of Seeing 4Translation
Summer is the time for comics and graphic novels – and Emma, Other Ways of Seeing! All in all a much easier read when hanging out by the pool, or on the beach, than that […]
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Top 10 Reads for Independent Minds II BookBlast® Recommends

August 13, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Top 10 Reads for Independent Minds II BookBlast® Recommends
BookBlast® recommends: here is my curated monthly top 10 reads based on various discussions and reading, a little late because of taking time out in New York and Rhode Island to see my brother and […]
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Fiction

A Man of Genius Janet Todd Review

August 9, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on A Man of Genius Janet Todd Review
Janet Todd’s first work of fiction, A Man of Genius published by Bitter Lemon Press, is elegant and compelling. “She knew her love was flecked with revulsion, both from him and from herself – for […]
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Janet Todd Author Interview

August 6, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Janet Todd Author Interview
BookBlast interview with Janet Todd, author. Novelist and academic, she is best known for her non-fiction feminist works on women writers  Janet Todd, where were you born, and where did you grow up? Born in […]

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