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Gemma Jackson Dispatches from the Intern's Desk BookBlast

Gemma Jackson Dispatches from the Intern’s Desk Spotlight

May 9, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

My dispatch from the intern’s desk begins with a struggle for a foothold in a competitive industry, but it ends on a happy note: do not lose hope! Truth be told, I emerged from my […]

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Natalia García Freire A Carnival of Atrocities Victor Meadowcroft Explorations

June 21, 2025 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Reflections on translating Natalia García Freire’s A Carnival of Atrocities by Victor Meadowcroft, published by World Editions. A Carnival of Atrocities is the second novel by Ecuadorean author Natalia García Freire. Set high in the […]

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Stalin’s Purges & Forgotten Women’s Histories Explorations

March 27, 2025 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Stalin’s Purges & Forgotten Women’s Histories by Ekaterina Drozdovica is an exclusive Spotlight feature celebrating Women’s History Month. Working at BookBlast® as social media coordinator, a key feature of my role is supporting the promotion […]

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Of Lead and Gold François Jonquet 4Translation

January 26, 2024 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Of Lead and Gold, De Plomb et d’Or by François Jonquet found 4Translation Over the past twenty years, I have kept a keen eye on the work of François Jonquet and his novelistic biographies of […]

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Proust Roman Familial Laure Murat 4Translation

October 25, 2023 Ben F Comments Off

Proust, roman familial is a fascinating read. Murat cleverly and sensitively connects her background, her identity and her family with this masterpiece of French literature. It received the Prix Médicis essai 2023. Since 1913, almost […]

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A Ravaged World Travels Across Iran François-Henri Désérable 4Translation

October 2, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

A Ravaged World: Travels Across Iran details the adventures of François-Henri Désérable as he journeys from Tehran to the border with Balochistan at the height of Iranian Government repression quashing nationwide protests against the death […]

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Jean Michelin Those Who Stay 4Translation

September 18, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Those Who Stay by Jean Michelin is a powerful and deeply human novel about the impact of war on soldiers fighting in distant countries, and what these men are like when they return. Wearing a mask […]

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Bruno Le Maire American Fugue 4Translation

September 11, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

American Fugue is at once a fictionalized biography of one of the most famous musicians of his time, and his contemporaries; a historical novel; a disillusioned meditation on the decadence of the West; a series […]