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The Bureau of Unknown Fates Gaelle Nohant BookBlast Review

The Bureau of Unknown Fates Gaëlle Nohant Review

July 29, 2026 Guest Contributor 0

I read the entirety of The Bureau of Unknown Fates with the assumption that the International Tracing Service (ITS) is as fictional as Gaëlle Nohant’s protagonist, Irène. With this lack of knowledge, I followed Irène, […]

Exit 8 Genki Kawamura Review

June 1, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Exit 8 by Genki Kawamura, translated by Sameeha Anwar, is a disturbing, short Japanese psychological mystery based on a hugely successful game that has sold three million copies, created by Kotake Create. The global craze […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

March 22, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Our Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month come from France and the Congo, Iran, Suriname and the Netherlands, India, Spain. Ève Guerra, Shahnrush Parsipur, Astrid Roemer, Vivek Shanbhag and Sara Torres […]

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Last Evenings with Teresa by Juan Marsé Review

December 17, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

A landmark novel exploring desire and illusion, class conflict and the stark divide between rich and poor in post-Civil War Barcelona, Last Evenings with Teresa by Juan Marsé is an engrossing read imbued with literary […]

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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

October 17, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

We’re relaunching Our Top 5 Books of the Month from around the world for curious readers looking for something a little different. We recommend a selection of books new in translation, listed alphabetically by author, […]

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The Connection Between The Sabres of Paradise and Dune? Spotlight

March 22, 2024 Ben F Comments Off

More and more articles about the connection between The Sabres of Paradise and Dune are appearing online. Direct film adaptations provide the biggest boost to the popularity of a book and its sales, so […]

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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Annie Ernaux, Olivier Guez, Empire Windrush, Lesley Blanch (pt 1) Spotlight

December 15, 2022 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast 2022 in Review Spotlight, what an odd post-pandemic year this has been, deranged in so many ways, over and beyond the realities of Brexit hitting home, and the depressing normalization of exploitation by the […]