The BookBlast® Diary Since 2016, the online journal The BookBlast® Diary has showcased independent trade publishing and world writing in translation with a special focus on France. Reviews that give context can be savoured as slow reads. We are not influenced by fame or hype, but are curious, enthusiastic and scrupulous about making choices. Our … Continue reading Viva BookBlast! | est. 1997
Are (were) your parents great readers? Tell us a bit about yourself. My Mum is a big reader of Crime Fiction. It helped her solve a real life crime while she was working in a Kenyan orphanage a few years ago. They were both “people of The Book,” hosting Parish Bible studies. This made them … Continue reading Interview | David Henningham, co-founder, Henningham Family Press | Indie Publisher of the Week
Meet Paul Ewen in person at the 10×10 Tour event, Waterstones, Castle Street, Norwich 6.30 p.m. Thursday 11 OCT. His latest novel Forbidden Line, Francis Plug: Writer in Residence is published today, 4 October. Theme: All Hail the New Modernists! Experimentalism & Contemporary Literature. With Sam Jordison from Galley Beggar Press, chair, and authors Alex … Continue reading Interview | Paul Ewen, author
This month’s top 5 reads features titles by some of the #indiepubs being showcased in the #bookblast10x10tour at talks being held in Waterstones’ flagship stores across the regions of England. Starting from Gower Street we have visited Newcastle, Leeds, Nottingham so far . . . and will be in Brighton next week Thursday, and Norwich … Continue reading BookBlasts® | Top 5 Reads for Independent Minds | September 2018
This month’s top 10 reads come late since preparations for the hugely exciting #bookblast10x10tour have eaten up time . . . we bring you a sequel to the lodestar of Modernist writing, mind games, posh boys, big spenders and African dreamers, among other delights. Listing in alphabetical order according to publisher @carcanet @HenninghamPress @maclehosepress @myriadeditions … Continue reading BookBlasts® | Top 10 Reads for Independent Minds | July 2018
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