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[ October 11, 2026 ] Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2026 Pt 2 News & Events Curated Reading Lists
[ October 7, 2026 ] Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2026 Pt 1 News & Events Curated Reading Lists
[ October 5, 2026 ] Night of a Thousand Hells Intan Paramaditha Review Adult Fiction
[ October 2, 2026 ] Pity Piety Mercy Antonio Galetta Review Adult Fiction
[ September 29, 2026 ] Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month Top 5 Monthly Picks
[ September 25, 2026 ] Adrift in the South Xiao Hai Review Adult Fiction
[ September 24, 2026 ] The Bookshop of Forbidden Books Marc Levy Review Adult Fiction
[ September 19, 2026 ] Eden at Dawn Karim Kattan Review Adult Fiction
[ September 14, 2026 ] Brothers Jackie Thomae Review Adult Fiction
[ September 10, 2026 ] How to Make a Woman & Our Life in the Forest Marie Darrieussecq Review Adult Fiction

Season’s Greetings!

December 17, 2024 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Season’s Greetings as 2024 draws to a close: our thoughts look back at some highlights and look forwards at what’s to come. Thank you dear Subscriber, Reader, Surfer, Customer and fellow Promoter for your support […]

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A Dictator Calls Ismail Kadare Book Club News

November 25, 2024 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare, translated by John Hodgson, was longlisted for the 2024 Man Booker International Prize. “History is usually reticent regarding what happens between poets and tyrants. The truth gives way to […]

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Celebrating Translation at Hatchards, Piccadilly, season 2 News Archive

August 18, 2024 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Following the success of the first season of the BookBlast® Translation Book Club at Hatchards, Piccadilly, we are thrilled to announce the titles up for discussion this coming Autumn. We will meet as usual on […]

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The Years Annie Ernaux BookBlast® Book Club News

June 26, 2024 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Greetings readers, book clubbers and friends of BookBlast! Come and join our intimate and growing group of translation book club enthusiasts keen to explore different cultures and perspectives through literature on Monday 8 Julyat Hatchards, […]

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Celebrating Translation at Hatchards, Piccadilly News & Events

March 12, 2024 Ben F Comments Off

Celebrating Translation at Hatchards, Piccadilly Join host Georgia de Chamberet and guests, Donald Rayfield OBE, translator from the Russian, Georgian and Uzbek – his translation of The Devils’ Dance by Hamid Ismailov won the EBRD […]

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Inaugural Global Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize Cassava Press

November 30, 2023 Ben F Comments Off

Good to see Cassava Press and their latest initiative in the news: The Inaugural Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize celebrates the “best in unpublished non-fiction manuscripts” and is open to unpublished Black women based […]

The Children’s Bookshow is back! News Archive

May 3, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast Presents The Children’s Bookshow 2023 The Childrens Bookshow brings the joy of books and reading to schoolchildren across the UK each autumn. This year, the much loved and hugely popular national tour of writers […]

Celebrating Banipal Magazine of Modern Arab Literature News & Events

January 14, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

A celebration of 25 years of Banipal Magazine translating and publishing contemporary Arab literature in English was held at the Irish Cultural Centre 5 Black’s Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9DT. Open mic discussions were accompanied […]