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Linda Kelly Author Interview

April 6, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Linda Kelly Author Interview
Georgia de Chamberet interviews Linda Kelly, biographer and historian, for BookBlast Where were you born and where did you grow up? I was born in Kent and brought up in the country, mostly in Hampshire. […]
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Ricarda Huch The Last Summer Interview

February 18, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Ricarda Huch The Last Summer Interview
The Last Summer by Ricarda Huch, superbly translated by Jamie Bulloch, is a welcome rediscovered classic thanks to Peirene Press. “We aged a hundred years, and this Happened in a single hour: The short summer […]
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Dreaming of Outer Mongolia (3) Explorations

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Part 3 of a 3-part feature, Dreaming of Outer Mongolia about a research trip when book doctoring The Green-Eyed Lama: Love and Betrayal in Mongolia by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba and Jeffrey L. Falt, a sweeping work […]
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Dreaming of Outer Mongolia (2) Explorations

August 20, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Dreaming of Outer Mongolia (2) Explorations
Part 2 of a 3-part feature, Dreaming of Outer Mongolia about a research trip when book doctoring The Green-Eyed Lama: Love and Betrayal in Mongolia by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba and Jeffrey L. Falt, a sweeping work […]
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Dreaming of Outer Mongolia (1) Explorations

August 11, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Dreaming of Outer Mongolia (1) Explorations
Part 1 of a 3-part feature, Dreaming of Outer Mongolia about a research trip when book doctoring The Green-Eyed Lama: Love and Betrayal in Mongolia by Oyungerel Tsedevdamba and Jeffrey L. Falt, a sweeping work […]
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What Makes a European? Jane McLoughlin, Observer BookBlast® Archive

July 31, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on What Makes a European? Jane McLoughlin, Observer BookBlast® Archive
Jane McLoughlin’s feature, published in The Observer in 1971, is based on an interview with a childhood family influencer of mine: my late uncle was both very British and very internationalist in spirit. When interviewing […]
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Crystal Wedding Xu Xiaobin Review

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Crystal Wedding an unusual read: it’s not every day you come across a novel in which a mainland Chinese author writes openly about women, sex and corruption − affording the reader a voyeuristic glimpse into […]
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Roh-Suan Tung Balestier Press Interview

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BookBlast interview with Roh-Suan Tung, Balestier Press CEO Roh-Suan Tung, tell us a bit about yourself. Are (were) your parents great readers? I was born and grew up in Taiwan. My parents both love books, […]

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