August 2020 - BookBlast® Official

Bridging the Divide series Season 1 BookBlast Podcast

August 31, 2020 Ben F Comments Off

The BookBlast® Podcast series Bridging the Divide: Translation and the Art of Empathy might just fit the bill if you are looking for something a little different. When reading, do you “hear” the book as […]

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Rachel Goldblatt Dispatches from the Intern’s Desk Spotlight

August 30, 2020 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Starting a new job in the middle of a global pandemic is not something many people would find enviable, though I was obviously delighted for the opportunity as so many others were being furloughed. When […]

Tazmamart Aziz BineBine Review

August 25, 2020 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Tazmamart: 18 Years in Morocco’s Secret Prison by Aziz BineBine, translated by Lulu Norman, reviewed by Lucy Popescu for BookBlast. An engrossing tale of endurance, it offers a precise portrayal of the grim life of […]

Harry Hall Haus Publishing Interview

August 25, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Harry Hall, Haus Publishing CEO Harry Hall, tell us a bit about yourself. Are (were) your parents great readers? There were always plenty of books at home, but I don’t remember much […]

Heaven Manuel Vilas Review

August 17, 2020 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Heaven by Manuel Vilas, translated by James Womack, reviewed by Rachel Goldblatt, to accompany the interview for BookBlast® Podcast series Bridging the Divide. Any thought of escaping home and summer in London for sun, sea […]

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The Great Homecoming Anna Kim Review

August 10, 2020 Guest Contributor Comments Off

The Great Homecoming by Anna Kim, translated by Jamie Lee Searle, reviewed by Rachel Goldblatt to accompany the discussion with publisher Anne Meadows at Granta Books for BookBlast® Podcast series, Bridging the Divide. Anna Kim’s […]

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So It Goes Travels in the Aran Isles Nicolas Bouvier Review

August 5, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast review of Travels in the Aran Isles, Xian and Beyond by Nicolas Bouvier to accompany the BookBlast Podcast about the late Swiss author and his traveller’s tales. From The Scorpion-Fish by Nicolas Bouvier: “You […]