December 2019 - BookBlast® Official

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Top 10 Reads for Independent Minds XV BookBlast Recommends

December 22, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast’s Top 10 Reads for Independent Minds to end the year offers a smorgasbord of brain food, bringing you a medley of writing and ideas by way of France, Germany, Mexico, Romania and true-grit Britain. […]

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Choix Goncourt UK Launch Spotlight

December 15, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

The arrival of the Choix Goncourt in the UK was announced by Marina Warner, President of the Royal Society of Literature: “When the date of this event was set, nobody knew that a crucial election […]

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European Literature Days Lucy Popescu Spotlight

December 9, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Lucy Popescu heads to European Literature Days in Austria, and writes a special report for Book Blast. European Literature Days, one of my favourite literary festivals, was held this year in Krems, lower Austria, and […]

The 2019 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation bookblast diary

Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Spotlight

December 2, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation launched in 2017 with the aim of addressing the gender imbalance in translated literature. A recent report by Nielsen Book shows that translated literary fiction makes up 5.5% […]