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Maureen Freely Translator, Novelist & Advocate Interview

August 20, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet 0

BookBlast interview with Maureen Freely, the American novelist, journalist, professor and co-founder of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. Georgia de Chamberet (GDC): Your early life bridged distinct worlds, moving from New Jersey to […]

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Charlie Coombe & Tina Kover Translator Interview

February 13, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

In this translator interview for BookBlast Diary, Charlie Coombe and Tina Kover talk language, literature, inspiration, success and more. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Charlie Coombe (CC): I have been a translator for […]

Philip Terry Translator Interview

July 15, 2024 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Philip Terry, translator Philip Terry, tell us a little bit about yourself. When you were growing up, what books had an impact on you? I grew up in a leafy suburb on […]

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Donald Rayfield OBE Author & Translator Interview

April 3, 2024 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Donald Rayfield OBE is Emeritus Professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary University of London. He has translated Georgian, Russian and Uzbek poets and prose writers, and won the EBRD literature prize in 2019. […]

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Maggie Gee Novelist & Creative Writing Coach Interview

November 30, 2023 Ben F Comments Off

A leading English novelist, professor of creative writing at Bath Spa University, and one of the 20 writers on the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list in 1983, Maggie Gee describes her childhood, early […]

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Justin David & Nathan Evans Inkandescent Interview

December 6, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Justin David, publisher at www.inkandescent.co.uk and author of The Pharmacist and Kissing the Lizard ; and Nathan Evans, editor at www.inkandescent.co.uk and author of Threads, CNUT and One Last Song. Justin, Nathan, are […]

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Bibi Bakare-Yusuf Cassava Republic Press Interview

August 22, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Cassava Republic Press CEO Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, tell us a bit about your childhood and where you grew up. It was a very privileged upbringing in the sense of growing up […]

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Douglas Suttle Fum d’Estampa Press Interview

July 13, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Douglas Suttle, founder of Fum d’Estampa Press Douglas Suttle, tell us a bit about your childhood and where you grew up. I grew up in a leafy suburb of south London before […]