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The Aquatics Osvalde Lewat BookBlast Review

The Aquatics Osvalde Lewat Review

August 17, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet 0

‘A series of photographs titled, The Aquatics, featured terrified faces emerging from wastewater and flooding, ID cards floating, women hoisting babies, lamps or suitcases overhead, the swollen face of a drowned man. The images weren’t […]

Empire Windrush Reflections on 75 years of the Black British Experience ed Onyekachi Wambu bookblast

Empire Windrush 75 Years of the Black British Experience (ed.) Onyekachi Wambu Spotlight

June 5, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

In this authoritative anthology, Empire Windrush: Reflections on 75 Years & More of the Black British Experience, journalist and writer, Onyekachi Wambu, collates some of the most significant writing to mark seventy-five years since the […]

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Rosa’s Bus Fabrizio Silei illus. Maurizio A. C. Quarello Review

January 23, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Fabrizio Silei refers to himself as a “researcher of human stories and events”. Rosa’s Bus is a perfect early learning book for children from the age of seven upwards. Beautifully illustrated by Maurizio A. C. […]

Top 10 Black Classics for Independent Minds BookBlast Recommends

June 14, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast’s Top 10 Black Classics are not only for independent discerning minds but also the curious, general reader. Prejudice is a result of ignorance. The prolific outpouring of support in the press, book trade newsletters […]

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Qaisra Sharaz, Peter Kalu BookBlast® Waterstones 10×10 Tour Bristol

October 10, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

At Waterstones Bristol, the seventh talk of the BookBlast® Waterstones 10×10 Tour, Rosemarie Hudson, founder of HopeRoad Publishing, will be in conversation with Qaisra Shahraz and Peter Kalu. HopeRoad promotes inclusive literature with a focus […]

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Protest! Stories of Resistance (ed.) Ra Page Review

July 2, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Protest! Stories of Resistance is a superb anthology edited by Ra Page, CEO and Founder of Comma Press. He has edited over twenty anthologies. “Our own, personal experience of the event – as it unfolded […]

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Lawrence Scott Author Interview

May 15, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Lawrence Scott, author. He is a prize-winning novelist and short-story writer from Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean. Where were you born, and where did you grow up? I was born on […]

Polly Pattullo Papillote Press Interview

May 15, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Polly Pattullo, Papillote Press CEO based in Dominica. The list covers fiction and non-fiction, including children’s books, reflecting the island’s rich culture and literary heritage. Are (were) your parents great readers? Polly […]