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In Small is Beautiful — a study of economics as if people mattered, E. F. Schumacher wrote: 'For his different purposes man needs many different structures, both small ones and large ones, some exclusive and some comprehensive. For constructive work, the principle task is always the restoration of some kind of balance. Today, we suffer from an almost universal idolatry of giantism. It is therefore necessary to insist on the virtues of smallness — where this applies'

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Lesley Blanch, 1904-2007, was at heart a nomad. Her lifelong passion was for Russia and the Middle East. An inspiration to generations of writers, readers and travellers, she was, in the words of Philip Mansel, "not a school, a trend, or a fashion, but a true original." Her books include The Sabres of Paradise, Pierre Loti and timeless classic, The Wilder Shores of Love. Her Literary Executor is Georgia de Chamberet. The Lesley Blanch Estate is represented by United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE +44 (0) 20 3214 0880 e: CMacarthur@unitedagents.co.uk or Giles Smart (dramatic rights) +44 (0)20 3214 0867 e: gsmart@unitedagents.co.uk Translation Rights are handled by the Intercontinental Literary Agency +44 (0)207 379 6611 e: Mary.Esdaile@ila-agency.co.uk Pavilions of the Heart was reprinted in 2008 (a Tauris Parke PB).

THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT | April 24, 2009 | French Fiction | Tristan Garcia, La meilleure part des hommes | reviewed by Georgia de Chamberet. Tristan Garcia's provocative first novel is set in Paris in the 1980s and 90s. The author (who was born in 1981) has recreated the Mitterrand years from a gay perspective. He evokes the euphoria when the Socialists came to power in May 1981 after nearly three decades of right-wing government... [read on]

The Japanese edition of the late Gael Elton Mayo's compulsively readable autobiography, The Mad Mosaic, was published in September 2007 by PHP Institute Inc., Kyoto, the publishers of Isabel Allende and David Beckham: My World. Gael's second volume of memoirs, Living with Beelzebub, was published by Sakuhinsha in 2003. Her translator is Koichiro Mochida who is also a writer, Japanese tanka poet and part-time lecturer in a graduate school. Gael was the youngest daughter of management guru, Elton Mayo who features in The Economist Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus by Tim Hindle (Profile Books, 2008).

The A to Z of Literary Translation was posted in instalments on the words without borders blog as part of the build up to the PEN World Voices Festival in New York (28 April to 4 May, 2008).

Georgia de Chamberet's A to Z of Literary Translation was circulated, along with 'statements' by translators, at the masters class in translation studies which Alane Mason (W.W. Norton) and Dedi Felman (Simon & Schuster) team taught in March 2008 at Columbia University in the City of New York.

The Rt Hon. NEIL KINNOCK - This collection of essays is a rare and significant achievement. Onyekachi Wambu brought us Empire Windrush: Fifty Years of Writing About Black Britain. Now he has conceptualised and edited another groundbreaking book: Under The Tree Of Talking: Leadership For Change In Africa, in which 18 contributors reflect on the failure of leadership at all levels in large parts of the continent and propose positive solutions. Published by Counterpoint, the cultural relations Think Tank of the British Council, Under The Tree Of Talking is invaluable source material. Lord Luce commended it as 'a very remarkable book' during the Africa debate on 13 Dec 2007.

Jamika Ajalon's debut solo album 'Helium Balloon Illusions' was launched at La Maroquinerie, Paris in 2007 . Her lyrical and vocal collaboration with French dub group Zenzile is influenced by roots dub poetry and afro-beat music. Jamika has compiled her first collection of poetry, Genetically Modified Soul.
Fully edited manuscript (47pp).