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European Literature Days Lucy Popescu Spotlight

December 23, 2024 Guest Contributor Comments Off

Lucy Popescu heads to Austria, and writes a special report for BookBlast® about European Literature Days which brings together writers from around the world to discuss current topics and stimulate debate. The festival has taken […]

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Warsaw Tales, Clara Reads Proust Podcast Roundup

November 3, 2024 Ben F Comments Off

Our special guest at the October translation book club discussion was Antonia Lloyd-Jones, co-editor and translator of Warsaw Tales (OUP 2024). She is best-known for translating Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk. Hear highlights of Antonia’s presentation […]

Sam Taylor Translator Interview

July 3, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Sam Taylor, award-winning translator Sam Taylor, tell us a little bit about yourself I grew up in England, worked as a journalist on The Observer for eight years, moved to France and […]

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Aneesa Abbas Higgins Translator Interview

April 2, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with translator Aneesa Abbas Higgins Aneesa Abbas Higgins, tell us a little bit about yourself. I grew up here in London – my father is Indian and my mother English, and at the […]

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Natasha Lehrer Translator Interview

February 9, 2020 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Natasha Lehrer, translator Natasha Lehrer, tell us a little bit about yourself. I think of myself as a Londoner born and bred, but in fact I’ve lived all over the place since […]

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Choix Goncourt UK Launch Spotlight

December 15, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

The arrival of the Choix Goncourt in the UK was announced by Marina Warner, President of the Royal Society of Literature: “When the date of this event was set, nobody knew that a crucial election […]

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Charlotte Collins, Ruth Martin Translators Interview

September 23, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Ruth Martin & Charlotte Collins, translators of just-published epic family saga The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili. Ruth Martin & Charlotte Collins, tell us a little bit about yourselves. RM: […]

Sophie Lewis Translator Interview

September 8, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

BookBlast interview with Sophie Lewis, translator Sophie Lewis, where did you grow up? Have you always lived in London? I grew up in Islington in North London. I’m happy to call myself a born and […]