What Concerns Us scrutinises gender roles within our society, examining what it means to be a mother and the nature of femininity, as well as how to remain independent in a variety of different types of relationship. New Books in German speaks to the book's author and translator in advance of the publication of this punchy contemporary read in English.
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New Books in German interviews Aina Marti, Founder and Publisher at Héloïse Press. Héloïse publishes books which give voice to emerging and well-established female writers from home and abroad.
New Books in German met for a chat with CEATL President Shaun Whiteside at the London Book Fair
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New Books in German talks with Professor Karen Leeder, Professor of Modern German Literature and Fellow of New College Oxford, about her award-winning translations of the poets Durs Grünbein and Evelyn Schlag and the delicate art of translating poetry.
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Translator and teacher Helen talks to NBG about her time working with us
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‘But as many Jewish authors now discovered, even authorship could be stolen.’
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From Elfriede Jelinek to Ingeborg Bachmann, Marianne Fritz to Friederike Mayröcker, the Austrian literary canon includes many celebrated women writers. Known for their often postmodern, subversive approaches – to both style and substance – they have helped secure this Alpine nation an impact on German-language literature that its size might belie.
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As the official English-language media partner for the German Non-fiction Prize 2022, we are delighted to announce the shortlisted books.
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We are delighted to share with you the books chosen by our jury for Spring 2022. The books we have chosen for you are outstanding examples of their genre and recommended for English-language readers.
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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 and poetry.
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Mon Amour – but what is Marzahn like? And what other books take us deeper into Berlin? Bookseller and translator John Owen takes to the S-Bahn and the bookshop to find out.
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Jo Heinrich tells us about her first experience of tackling a full length book translation. Jo's translation of Katja Oskamp's Marzahn Mon Amour is out now with Peirene Press.
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