BookBlast® Podcast
1) Elena Knows, Claudia Piñeiro, Translation Book Club
Elena Knows, Claudia Piñeiro translated by Frances Riddle, out with Charco Press, discussed at the BookBlast® Translation Book Club, Hatchards, Piccadilly, London, in person with the author and her pu...Show More
2) Fathers and Fugitives, S. J. Naude, Translation Book Club
Fathers and Fugitives follows Daniel, a gay journalist in London, who becomes involved with a Serbian couple after meeting them at the Tate Modern. His errant, aimless lifestyle is transformed after h...Show More
3) Record of a Night Too Brief, Hiromi Kawakami, Translation Book Club
Record of a Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Lucy North, published by Pushkin Press discussed at the BookBlast® Translation Book Club, Hatchards, Piccadilly, London. In April 2025, Hi...Show More
4) A Dictator Calls, Ismail Kadare, Translation Book Club
Book Club discussion at Hatchards Piccadilly about A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare based oround Stalin’s alleged three-minute telephone call to Boris Pasternak
5) Clara Reads Proust, Stephane Carlier, Translation Book Club
Book Club discussion at Hatchards Piccadilly about Clara Reads Proust by Stephane Carlier revealing how Proust can change your life
6) Warsaw Tales, BookBlast® Translation Book Club, Hatchards Piccadilly
Hear our special guest at the October BookBlast Translation Book Club, Antonia Lloyd-Jones, co-editor and translator of Warsaw Tales (OUP 2024).
7) Georgia de Chamberet en conversation avec Simon Bentolila de Lire Magazine (in French)
Pour célébrer la parution du livre ’Une femme, deux hommes Lesley Blanch, Théodore Kommissarzhevsky et Romain Gary’ à la Maison de Balzac, Paris, le Mercredi 5 Juin 2024, Simon Bentolila de Lire Magaz...Show More
8) Sian Williams in conversation with Georgia de Chamberet
Georgia de Chamberet at BookBlast® is delighted to interview Sian Williams, the visionary founder of the Children’s Bookshow. Discover how this much loved and hugely popular national tour of writers a...Show More
9) Abdourahman Waberi in conversation with Georgia de Chamberet
Abdourahman Waberi discusses his most autobiographical work to date. Essential listening for readers of Francophone literature!
10) Found in Translation | Fatima Daas discusses literary sensation, The Last One (French & English)
An autobiographical first novel, The Last One tells the story of Fatima and her family. The confusing polarities between different worlds and cultures that are portrayed sparked an intense Media debat...Show More