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Monkey King Journey to the West Wu Cheng’en Review

March 23, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Monkey King: Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en, in a new translation by Julia Lovell, is an acknowledged classic not only for children but adults too. The new Penguin Classics clothbound hardback edition is […]

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Kokoschka’s Doll Afonso Cruz Review

March 12, 2021 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Kokoschka’s Doll by Afonso Cruz, translated by Rahul Bery, reviewed by Andrew McDougall for BookBlast. Kokoschka’s Doll is a surreal, poignant and vertiginous reflection on the nature of the universe, life’s coincidences and the human […]

Alastair Niven OBE LVO Lecturer & Arts Administrator Interview

March 1, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Alastair Niven, OBE LVO lecturer & arts administrator Alastair Niven, where were you born and brought up? Were you a happy child? I was born in a nursing home in Edinburgh. It […]

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In Glad or Sorry Hours A Memoir Alastair Niven Review

March 1, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast review of In Glad or Sorry Hours, a memoir by Alastair Niven OBE LVO Hon FRS, formerly Director General of The Africa Centre, Director of Literature at the Arts Council of Great Britain and […]