Residenz Verlag

The following books were chosen by an expert jury as suitable for translation into English, all back by a translation funding guarantee if an English-language publisher buys the rights.

[book reviews will appear here…]

For funding information please see further information here.

For an overview of the Residenz publishing house in English, please see here.

Switzerland’s Limmat Verlag – an interview with Larissa Waibel

Limmat Verlag is an independent Swiss publishing house based in Zurich, renowned for its commitment to high-quality literature and non-fiction. At a recent literary festival in Solothurn, we caught up with Larissa Waibel, co-editor, to discuss some of the publishing house’s authors, its commitment to championing distinct and diverse voices, and her own role at Limmat Verlag.

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Translator interview: Shaun Whiteside

Acclaimed translator Shaun Whiteside speaks to NBG about the increasingly colloquial style of modern German history writing, the art of capturing an author’s voice, the distinct charm of Austrian literature, and why the human touch remains the baseline of the craft in an era of AI.

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