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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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Wilder Winds Bel Olid Review

January 20, 2022 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast review of Wilder Winds by Bel Olid translated by Laura McGloughlin “Those fleeing war are always better received than those trying to escape poverty, especially if the poverty is in a black skin, as […]

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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 […]

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Forty Lost Years Rosa Maria Arquimbau Review

July 13, 2021 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Forty Lost Years by Rosa Maria Arquimbau, translated by Peter Bush, reviewed by Andrew McDougall for BookBlast. In translating the novel Forty Lost Years into English, Fum d’Estampa Press and Peter Bush have gifted Anglophone […]

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The Others Raül Garrigasait Review

May 21, 2021 Guest Contributor Comments Off

The Others by Raül Garrigasait, translated by Tiago Miller, reviewed by Andrew McDougall for BookBlast. “Wielemann threw himself head first into the pandemonium once again” (p.99) Although he is pushed towards the Iberian Peninsula by […]

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 […]

Landing Laia Fàbregas Review

September 2, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

“When you’re rooted in yourself, you feel settled wherever you go. I guess to feel good we need to find places to adapt to. Except once we’ve adapted we need to move on, to find […]

Laia Fàbregas Author Interview

September 2, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Laia Fàbregas, author Laia Fàbregas, tell us a little bit about yourself. I grew up in Barcelona. When I was twenty-three, I went to the Netherlands for a couple of months and […]