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Alastair Niven OBE LVO Lecturer & Arts Administrator Interview

March 1, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Alastair Niven OBE LVO Lecturer & Arts Administrator Interview
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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Tim Gutteridge Translator Interview

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BookBlast interview with Tim Gutteridge, translator Tim Gutteridge, tell us a little bit about yourself I was born and brought up in Scotland but I live in Cadiz, in the south of Spain, with my […]
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Harry Hall Haus Publishing Interview

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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 […]
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Sam Taylor Translator Interview

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BookBlast interview with Sam Taylor, award-winning translator Sam Taylor, tell us a little bit about yourself I grew up in England, worked as a journalist on The Observer for eight years, moved to France and […]
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T J Gorton Author Interview

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BookBlast interview with T. J. Gorton, author T. J. Gorton, where did you grow up, and what sorts of books were in your family home? I was born in Texas to a military family, beginning […]
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Gerald Jacobs Critic & Author Interview

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BookBlast interviews Gerald Jacobs, Literary Editor of the Jewish Chronicle, whose books include Judi Dench: A Great Deal of Laughter, A Question of Football, The Sacred Games, Nine Love Letters and a novel, Pomeranski. Gerald […]
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Aneesa Abbas Higgins Translator Interview

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BookBlast interview with translator Aneesa Abbas Higgins Aneesa Abbas Higgins, tell us a little bit about yourself. I grew up here in London – my father is Indian and my mother English, and at the […]
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John-Paul Pryor & Graham Fink in Conversation Fitzrovia W1 Explorations

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Graham Fink, the multimedia artist, is one of the world’s most awarded creatives Formerly at Ogilvy China, his decades-long career has included senior creative posts at CDP, GGT and M&C Saatchi. Some of his most […]

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