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The Nobel Prize for Literature is one of the world’s most prestigious literary honours, awarded each year by the Swedish Academy. It usually honours an author’s entire body of work. Winners include Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, Annie Ernaux, Albert Camus and Peter Handke.

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Bridging the Gender Divide: Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Spotlight

August 26, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet 0
When a reader strolls into a bookshop, they enter a rich universe of literary imagination, yet historically, great swathes of stories from around the world have been missing from the shelves. While translated literature as […]
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Maureen Freely Translator, Novelist & Advocate Interview

August 20, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet 0
BookBlast interview with Maureen Freely, the American novelist, journalist, professor and co-founder of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. Georgia de Chamberet (GDC): Your early life bridged distinct worlds, moving from New Jersey to […]
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Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month

October 17, 2025 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Reading Around the World Top 5 Books of the Month
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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A Dictator Calls Ismail Kadare Book Club News

November 25, 2024 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on A Dictator Calls Ismail Kadare Book Club News
A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare, translated by John Hodgson, was longlisted for the 2024 Man Booker International Prize. “History is usually reticent regarding what happens between poets and tyrants. The truth gives way to […]
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The Years Annie Ernaux BookBlast® Book Club News

June 26, 2024 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on The Years Annie Ernaux BookBlast® Book Club News
Greetings readers, book clubbers and friends of BookBlast! Come and join our intimate and growing group of translation book club enthusiasts keen to explore different cultures and perspectives through literature on Monday 8 Julyat Hatchards, […]
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Andrey Kurkov, Naguib Mahfouz, Annie Ernaux BookBlast® Book Club News

May 21, 2024 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Andrey Kurkov, Naguib Mahfouz, Annie Ernaux BookBlast® Book Club News
The just-launched BookBlast® Hatchards Translation Book Club meets on the second Monday of each month to discuss works of fiction in translation from around the world published in the last ten years. The titles chosen […]
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Five Random Reads of the Year Review

December 22, 2023 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Five Random Reads of the Year Review
BookBlast’s Five Random Reads of the Year is a bid to keep it simple and essential, as so much is published and we are deluged with end-of-year round-ups scattered across the Media. The Hundred Years’ […]
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Annie Ernaux, Olivier Guez, Empire Windrush, Lesley Blanch (pt 1) Spotlight

December 15, 2022 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Annie Ernaux, Olivier Guez, Empire Windrush, Lesley Blanch (pt 1) Spotlight
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 […]

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Looking for an unputdownable crime read? Look no f Looking for an unputdownable crime read? Look no further! 
Surface by Olivier Norek translated by Nick Caistor is the ultimate police procedural due out with @openborderspress 
In her review for BookBlast Diary, Emily Unwin breaks down why this thriller delivers on every front:
- Deep suspense & clever twists
- High-stakes crimes & misdemeanours 
- A lead detective you’ll root for
As @emily.unwin puts it, genre writing requires a pact with the reader and @NorekOlivier delivers a perfectly packaged, gripping story from start to finish. One for your TBR pile that's for sure! 
Read her full review via link in bio
Women in Translation Month may be ending, but grea Women in Translation Month may be ending, but great literature is timeless. Whose world will you step into next?
We’re thrilled to be collaborating with Maureen Freely and her team @elifgulez.writer spotlighting @warwickprizewomenintranslation The annual prize celebrates the finest full-length book written by a woman translated into English, published in the UK or Ireland. All literary genres are welcomed: novels, poetry, creative non-fiction, graphic novels, children’s or YA fiction, short story collections, novellas and plays.
Established in 2017, the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation champions and propels international women’s voices from the periphery into mainstream cultural conversations.
‘We’ve come a long way with the championing of world literature over the past decade... In the same period, however, we’ve noticed that it is markedly more difficult for women to make it into English translation. This prize offers us an opportunity to welcome in the voices and perspectives we’ve missed thus far,’ Maureen Freely, BookBlast Diary - read the full feature on our website. 
🔗 Click the link in bio to browse & buy the Women in Translation Prize collection on Bookshop.org
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