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Night of a Thousand Hells Intan Paramaditha BookBlast Review

Night of a Thousand Hells Intan Paramaditha Review

October 5, 2026 Guest Contributor 0

Night of a Thousand Hells by Intan Paramaditha is longlisted for this year’s National Book Award for Translated Literature. Indonesia in May 2018. Suicide bombers attack churches and a meeting hall, killing at least ten […]

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Earliest Stories 1880-1882, Anton Chekhov (eds) Rosamund Bartlett, Elena Michajlowska Review

January 30, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Anton Chekhov’s short stories are staples of English literature degrees and creative writing courses alike, routinely held up as an example of “show, don’t tell.” Revered as a master of psychological realism, he demonstrates how […]

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Venice Noir Isabella Panfido Review

February 14, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast review of Venice Noir: The Dark History of the Lagoons by Isabella Panfido, the Venetian writer, cultural journalist and radio presenter. A truly unique city built on a series of low mud banks between […]

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Seven Terrors Selvedin Avdić Review

April 3, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast review of Seven Terrors, Selvedin Avdić tr. Coral Petkovich Foreword by Nick Lezard. Longlisted for the Dublin Impac Awards 2014, Shortlisted for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards 2013 (Istros Books) “I noticed […]

Andrew Harmon Theatre Director & Writing Coach Interview

March 17, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Andy Harmon, Theatre Director & Writing Coach Andy, where were you born and where did you grow up? I was born in 1946 in Studio City, California. Studio City was ‘The Home […]

Heidi James Author Interview

December 10, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Heidi James, author Heidi James, tell us a bit about yourself; where were you born, and where did you grow up? I was born in Chatham in Kent and grew up in […]

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A Man of Genius Janet Todd Review

August 9, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Janet Todd’s first work of fiction, A Man of Genius published by Bitter Lemon Press, is elegant and compelling. “She knew her love was flecked with revulsion, both from him and from herself – for […]