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Youssef Rakha Author Interview

February 16, 2016 Ben F Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Youssef Rakha, author Youssef Rakha, tell us a little bit about yourself. I am the only child of a disillusioned communist and a woman who struggled against incredible odds to go to […]

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The Book of the Sultan’s Seal, Youssef Rakha Review

February 16, 2016 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Youssef Rakha explores a man’s “transformation during twenty-one days from a Europeanized intellectual to a semi-madman who believed he could perform magic deeds to resurrect the Islamic caliphate” is a very readable feast — taking […]

Michel Moushabeck Interlink Books USA Interview

February 16, 2016 Ben F Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Michel Moushabeck, Interlink Books BookBlast actively collaborates with colleagues across the Atlantic on editorial and translation projects. Its digital publishing programme sees titles published with Amazon, Kobo and Google worldwide. So we […]

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International Translation Day News Archive

October 4, 2015 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

International Translation Day 2015, held at the British Library, opened with buzzing euphoria. It is rare for a single book, let alone a translation, to generate such widespread excitement across the publishing industry. Joel Dicker’s […]

Patrick Modiano: public novelist, private man Spotlight

September 20, 2015 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Patrick Modiano is a private man who remains aloof from the Parisian literati; a refreshing antithesis to the self-promoting writer blasting forth at every opportunity. “Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting […]

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The Boom in Literary Festivals Spotlight

April 14, 2015 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Literary Festivals are a key component of book promotion. Gone are the days when an author’s book promotion was simply about having a launch party, doing a few press and radio interviews, some bookshop signings […]

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Translation in the UK: Boom Not Bust Spotlight

March 9, 2015 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Translation in the UK In a piece for The Swedish Book Review published in 1997, I stated that, “Roughly 3% of the titles published in the UK every year are translations (as opposed to 30-40% […]