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Top 10 Reads for Independent Minds XIV BookBlast Recommends

December 30, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Top 10 Reads for Independent Minds XIV BookBlast Recommends
Our BookBlast top 10 reads to see us out of the old, into the new, year, feature superb writing from China, fin-de-siècle Paris, the Middle East, Istanbul by way of New York, Switzerland and Cuba.
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The Book of Birmingham (ed) Kavita Bhanot Review

December 27, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on The Book of Birmingham (ed) Kavita Bhanot Review
BookBlast reviews The Book of Birmingham, the latest title to be published by Comma Press in their ‘cities in short fiction series’ which serves as an excellent introduction to some superb contemporary writers. The ultimate […]
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Literary Long Reads

Paris is Burning Georgia de Chamberet Explorations

December 21, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Paris is Burning Georgia de Chamberet Explorations
Paris is burning? Paris brûle? An evocative name, Paris conjures all manner of images including those of protest in its myriad forms. I arrived in the capital the day after the fourth Saturday of gilets […]
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European Literature Days Lucy Popescu Spotlight

December 16, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on European Literature Days Lucy Popescu Spotlight
Lucy Popescu heads to European Literature Days in Austria, and discovers how the exuberant 10th anniversary of a small European literary festival, Literaturhaus Europa, held in the Wachau region, throws into sharp relief the cultural […]
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The 10 Worst of Everything Sam Jordison Review

December 8, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on The 10 Worst of Everything Sam Jordison Review
BookBlast reviews Sam Jordison’s The 10 Worst of Everything: The Big Book of Bad, a compelling source of alternative general knowledge. We live in an increasingly polarised mad and maddening world seemingly going from bad […]

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