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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

July 26, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet 0

Reading around the world this month features new releases and updated classics, taking in folklore, international fantasy, dark comedy and biography. An interior designer stumbles into a medieval parallel world; David Bowie finds reinvention in […]

Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

June 28, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

This month’s Top 5 Books from around the world takes in five distinct voices embracing sun-baked Mediterranean islands, surreal, tech-fused futures and witchy woods among other places, as they go behind the masks we wear […]

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The White Desert Luis López Carrasco Review

June 16, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

The White Desert is an unusual debut novel by Luis López Carrasco, expertly translated by Rosalind Harvey. Odd, unsettling and dystopian, the novel starts with nine people fleeing bombs in a hot air balloon which […]

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City Like Water Dorothy Tse Review

March 9, 2026 Guest Contributor Comments Off

City Like Water by Dorothy Tse out from Fitzcarraldo and translated by Natascha Bruce, is her third book to be translated into English, following the surreal short story collection Snow and Shadow (translated by Nicky […]

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East Asian Literature Leads the Way Taiwan, Korea & Japan Spotlight

February 25, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

East Asian literature is redefining the global canon. While the United States slides into a form of governance that resembles authoritarian farce — tariffs yoyoing up and down, economic policy underpinned by punishment, leadership reduced […]

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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 […]

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Stranger to the Moon Evelio Rosero Review

December 19, 2021 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Stranger to the Moon by Evelio Rosero, translated by Anne McLean, reviewed by Victor Meadowcroft for BookBlast. Stranger to the Moon chilling dystopian parable which is like the detailed, imaginative nightmare of a fantastic surrealist […]

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Dreamtime Venetia Welby Review

September 7, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast review of Dreamtime, Venetia Welby’s futuristic second novel which has an altogether different atmosphere and resonance to her first, Mother of Darkness, also set in London’s Soho. Both novels, however, feature central characters in […]