December 2017 - BookBlast® Official

Independent Publishing, Inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize Spotlight

December 23, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

This BookBlast Spotlight feature Independent Publishing, Inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize Longlist highlights the way in which commissioning editors at mainstream publishers are so controlled by the commercial corporate cosh, (any literary submissions calculated to […]

Tinderbox Megan Dunn Review

December 21, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast Review of Tinderbox, the debut novel by Megan Dunn. “In the wake of Amazon’s Kindle it seemed unlikely that books would ever be banned: instead books are commodified, turned into movies and TV series, […]

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Sam Jordison Galley Beggar Press Interview

December 16, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Sam Jordison, Galley Beggar Press Sam Jordison, tell us a bit about yourself. Are (were) your parents great readers? Yes, my parents were very encouraging. Always recommending books and passing things on […]

Megan Dunn author Interview

December 16, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Megan Dunn, author Megan Dunn, tell us a bit about yourself. Where were you born and where did you grow up? I was born in Invercargill, a small city at the bottom […]

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So the Doves Heidi James Review

December 13, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast reviews So The Doves, Heidi James’ latest novel. “Why was he so curious? Perhaps it was partly because of her mystique, her hold over him, and partly because her world was not his. Were […]

Heidi James Author Interview

December 10, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Heidi James, author Heidi James, tell us a bit about yourself; where were you born, and where did you grow up? I was born in Chatham in Kent and grew up in […]

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Go Went Gone Jenny Erpenbeck Review

December 7, 2017 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky, reviewed by C. J. Schüler for BookBlast. On 9 November, the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel published a list of 33,293 people who died trying to […]