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Top 10 Black Classics for Independent Minds BookBlast Recommends

June 14, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast’s Top 10 Black Classics are not only for independent discerning minds but also the curious, general reader. Prejudice is a result of ignorance. The prolific outpouring of support in the press, book trade newsletters […]

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Top 5 Nature Books to Transform Social Isolating BookBlast Recommends

May 10, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Top 5 Nature Books from BookBlast could transform social isolating at home into awe and wonder at the complexity and radiance of nature’s abundance and beauty. Never has the word “social” been more used, just […]

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Slovak Novels by Balla, Kovalyk, Dobrakovová Review

November 19, 2019 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Lucy Popescu rounds up three Slovak novels giving BookBlast an exclusive flavour of what’s on offer from Slovak authors on tour as part of the ‘Raising the Velvet Curtain’ festival of literature. Balla, Uršuľa Kovalyk […]

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Tatiana de Rosnay, Alicia Drake & Others Beyond Words LitFest pt. 2

June 2, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

This is the second post rounding up the highlights of the Beyond Words LitFest 2019 at the Institut Français Royaume-Uni. “So many books have been written with Paris as a character and there are so […]

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Spotlight Jonathan Coe, Olivia Rosenthal, Claudia Durastanti French Literature Festival, pt 1

May 27, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

I was delighted to be invited along to some of the key talks held at this year’s French Literature Festival at the French Institute in South Kensington. ‘Beyond Words French Literature Festival’ has become ‘The […]