From magazine to website
/ Sarah Hemens, Tanja Howarth
Literary agent Tanja Howarth, and Project Director Sarah Hemens recall the infancy of New Books in German and look ahead to its future.
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Simon Strauß: ‘Working on Europe’
/ Simon Strauss, Eva Bacon
In 2017 a group of young European thinkers, including Simon Strauß, formed the association ‘Arbeit an Europa’ (‘Working on Europe’) with the aim of exploring and developing the seemingly static ideas surrounding Europe and the European Union.
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Mikaela Pedlow, Assistant Editor, Harvill Secker, talks to NBG
/ Mikaela Pedlow, Sarah Rimmington
Mikaela Pedlow, Assistant Editor at Harvill Secker, talks to us about translated fiction
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NBG interviews the translator Steph Morris
/ Steph Morris, Sarah Robinson
Translator Steph Morris talks Europe and translation
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Robert Menasse – The Capital
/ Jamie Bulloch
Translator Jamie Bulloch reflects on Robert Menasse’s timely novel about the European project, winner of the 2017 German Book Prize
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A Tribute to Margot Bettauer Dembo
/ Barbara Perlmutter
A Tribute to Margot Bettauer Dembo, by Barbara Perlmutter
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Publisher Focus: Emma Hayley, publisher of SelfMadeHero, talks to NBG
/ Emma Hayley, sheridan marshall
The Rise of the Graphic Novel
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Being and Swine. Animals, Politics, Revolt
/ Fahim Amir
Schwein und Zeit By Fahim Amir Edition Nautilus September 2018, 208pp
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Lise Meitner: Pioneer of the Atomic Age
/ david rennert; tanja traxler
Lise Meitner: Pionierin des Atomzeitalters By David Rennert & Tanja Traxler Residenz Verlag October 2018, 224pp
read article...Sibylle Berg: A Vehement Voice
/ Romy Fursland
On prolific writer Sibylle Berg and her latest novel
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World Kid Lit: Diversity and Translation in Children’s Publishing
/ Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
Diversity and translation in children's publishing
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Forgotten Gems and Refreshed Perspectives: Translating the Classics
/ Romy Fursland
‘With Freud, I was terrified at first when I was asked to do one of his books in the new Penguin series of all his works. But I found I liked Freud much better at the end of that book than before, and I had really enjoyed it – it changed my view of Freud.’ – Anthea Bell
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