October 2018 - BookBlast® Official

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Jane Draycott, Jenny Lewis BookBlast® Waterstones 10×10 Tour Manchester

October 30, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

The final talk of the BookBlast® Waterstones 10×10 Tour takes place in Manchester on Thurs. 8 November at 6.30 p.m. Michael Schmidt, CEO founder-director of Carcanet will chair the discussion with poets Jane Draycott and […]

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Jane Draycott Poet & Translator Interview

October 30, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interviews Jane Draycott, poet & translator Jane Draycott, tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m a poet who’s come late to translation and I wish I’d started much much sooner. I teach on […]

Jenny Lewis Poet Interview

October 30, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Jenny Lewis, poet Jenny Lewis, where were you born, and where did you grow up? I was born in Pembury, Kent and grew up in London. What sorts of books were in […]

Belgrade Book Fair Serbia Spotlight

October 27, 2018 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Spotlight feature by Susan Curtis, publisher at Istros Books, about Belgrade Book Fair in Serbia. The opening ceremony of the annual Belgrade Book Fairtook place on Sunday 21 October, officially starting one of the biggest […]

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BookBlast® Waterstones 10×10 Tour Podcast ep 1

October 24, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Since the BookBlast® Waterstones 10×10 Tour hit the road, we still have three events to go, storytelling and showcasing small, risk-taking publishers who fill a unique niche in discovering talent, enriching our literary culture. Starting […]

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Yan Ge, Nicky Harman 10×10 BookBlast® Waterstones 10×10 Tour Liverpool

October 22, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

At Waterstones Liverpool, on Thurs. 1 November at 6.30 p.m., Roh-Suan Tung will chair the discussion with author Yan Ge May and her translator Nicky Harman. Talk theme: #MeToo Moments: men misbehaving in China. Tickets […]

Aliyah Holder, Nafeesa Hamid BookBlast® Waterstones 10×10 Tour Birmingham

October 16, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

In Birmingham, the eighth talk of the BookBlast® Waterstones 10×10 Tour, a nationwide celebration of independent publishing, features Saqi Books. Founded in 1983 in London, Saqi is an independent publishing house of quality general interest […]