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Kokoschka’s Doll Afonso Cruz Review

March 12, 2021 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Kokoschka’s Doll by Afonso Cruz, translated by Rahul Bery, reviewed by Andrew McDougall for BookBlast. Kokoschka’s Doll is a surreal, poignant and vertiginous reflection on the nature of the universe, life’s coincidences and the human […]

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In Glad or Sorry Hours A Memoir Alastair Niven Review

March 1, 2021 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast review of In Glad or Sorry Hours, a memoir by Alastair Niven OBE LVO Hon FRS, formerly Director General of The Africa Centre, Director of Literature at the Arts Council of Great Britain and […]

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John-Paul Pryor & Graham Fink in Conversation Fitzrovia W1 Explorations

March 15, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Graham Fink, the multimedia artist, is one of the world’s most awarded creatives Formerly at Ogilvy China, his decades-long career has included senior creative posts at CDP, GGT and M&C Saatchi. Some of his most […]

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French New Wave Tony Nourmond, Graham Marsh, Christopher Frayling Review

January 31, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

French New Wave: A Revolution in Design by Tony Nourmond, Graham Marsh, Christopher Frayling reviewed for BookBlast. Today the United Kingdom, after over three years of turmoil, officially leaves the European Union. Its relationship with […]

Lucy Popescu Journalist & Editor Interview

June 18, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Book Blast interview with journalist & editor Lucy Popescu Lucy Popescu, tell us about your childhood and where you grew up I grew up in Oxfordshire. My late mother was the children’s author, Christine Pullein-Thompson […]

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The Governesses Anne Serre & Now, Now Louison Jean Frémon Review

March 25, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast’s 2BooksReview recommends two superb novels in English translation published by Les Fugitives: The Governesses by Anne Serre (trs. Mark Hutchinson) & Now, Now Louison by Jean Frémon (trs. Cole Swensen). The Governesses by Anne […]

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Chris McCabe Author Interview

November 5, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Chris McCabe, author Chris McCabe, where were you born, and where did you grow up? Mill Road hospital Liverpool, and then in Liverpool (built on the site of a Victorian workhouse), until […]

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David Henningham at Henningham Family Press Interview

November 4, 2018 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with David Henningham, Henningham Family Press David Henningham, tell us a bit about yourself. Are (were) your parents great readers? My Mum is a big reader of Crime Fiction. It helped her solve […]