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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

The Children’s Bookshow 2025 News & Events

August 29, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast® is delighted to bring you news about this year’s The Children’s Bookshow. The much loved and hugely popular national tour of writers and illustrators of children’s literature brings the joy of books and reading […]

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Olivier Norek in conversation with Andrey Kurkov, French Institute UK, News & Events

August 28, 2025 Ben F Comments Off

We look forward to seeing you at the French Institute on 16 September, when Olivier Norek will be in conversation with Andrey Kurkov. We featured Andrey Kurkov’s Grey Bees at our first BookBlast book club […]

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My Sister’s Red Shirt by Tie Ning Review

July 25, 2025 Ben F Comments Off

My Sister’s Red Shirt by Tie Ning, beautifully translated from the Chinese by Annelise Finegan, is an unusual bestselling semi-autobiographical novella written through the lens of a young woman reflecting on a family in crisis […]

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BookBlast Book Club, Hatchards Piccadilly, Autumn 2025 News

July 22, 2025 Ben F Comments Off

The BookBlast® Translation Book Club meets in person at 6pm on the second Monday of each month at Hatchards, Piccadilly, to discuss engaging, well-written fiction in translation from the past decade, offering enjoyable reads and […]

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Writers in the Park: Europe’s Brightest New Voices News & Events

May 15, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Join us for a relaxed yet inspiring literary morning with a group of writers in the park, Europe’s brightest new voices, in the heart of St James’ London, as part of the European Writers in […]

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Book Club at Hatchards, Piccadilly, Spring-Summer 2025 News

February 16, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Following the success of the first year of the BookBlast® Translation Book Club at Hatchards, Piccadilly, we are thrilled to announce the titles up for discussion from March to June. We will meet as usual […]

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Translation Book Club with Claudia Piñeiro News

February 16, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Our Translation Book Club at Hatchards Celebrates One Year! As international relations and intercultural understanding grow dangerously strained, reading literature in translation has never been more vital. Who better to introduce readers to cultures from […]

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A Dictator Calls Ismail Kadare BookBlast® Book Club Podcast

January 6, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

A Dictator Calls is based around Stalin’s alleged three-minute telephone call to Boris Pasternak in 1934. Who better than Kadare to write about it, given how he navigated the oppressive environment of communist Albania under […]