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Jury recommendations: spring 2025

February 28, 2025

Our spring 2025 selection features book titles from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, handpicked by our expert jury as particularly suitable for an international audience.

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So what happened next?

May 7, 2025

Award-winning translator Jo Heinrich reflects on her career progression since the publication of her first book-length translation.

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‘It’s totally fine to be pop.’ An interview with author Leif Randt

April 30, 2025

Leif Randt, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1983, is a freelance writer who divides his time between Berlin and Maintal, near Frankfurt. He has written four prize winning novels. His latest, Allegro Pastel, tells the story of two freelance creatives in their thirties, Jerome Daimler and Tanja Arnheim. It was selected by Ijoma Mangold for the Mörike Prize of the City of Fellbach. It was also shortlisted for the German Book Prize and the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. The film of the book is shortly to be released. He found time between working on the film and on his next novel to talk to New Books in German.

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German Non-Fiction Book Prize 2025: presenting the nominees

April 29, 2025

The nominees for the German Non-Fiction Prize 2025 have been announced. As official partners of the award, New Books in German is excited to present the eight outstanding titles shortlisted for the award.

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‘I don’t have an agenda when I write. I tell the stories of people who interest me.’ An interview with author Sara Gmuer

April 11, 2025

Author Sara Gmuer sat down with New Books in German to talk about language, music and the characters in her novel, Eighteenth Floor, one of NBG’s recent recommendations.

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Kaffeepause mit…Melody Makeda Ledwon

April 7, 2025

The translator, interpreter and founder of the Black Translators Network in Germany speaks to NBG about her work, the founding of the Network and support for translators.

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DE → EN – Enjoy in English

April 3, 2025

This regular page brings you a selection of German-language titles that have just been, or are soon to be, published in English. We cover fiction, crime, nonfiction, children’s and YA, short stories, poetry and dramatic arts.

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‘All the everyday things…you leave it all behind’ – an interview with Gabriela Stöckli of Translation House Looren

March 31, 2025

As the much loved translator’s retreat gears up to celebrate its 20th anniversary, we spoke to Managing Director Gabriela Stöckli about the house and landscape, creating community, and fostering linguistic diversity.

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‘The human drama…takes centre stage.’ An interview with Robert Seethaler

March 31, 2025

The Café with No Name, the latest novel by International Booker Prize listed author, Robert Seethaler, has recently been published in English translation by Katy Derbyshire. In advance of his visit to the UK to speak about his book, he found time to catch up with New Books in German.

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