September is #WorldKidLitMonth, celebrating literature from around the world for young people, particularly in translation. To join in these celebrations, Claire Storey spoke to Bianca Kuchenbrod from German children’s publisher Arena Verlag.
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As English-language media partner, NBG provides information on books shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2024 in English.
Best-selling thriller writer Sebastian Fitzek talks to his translator Jamie Bulloch
Nicole Seifert speaks to us about her history of the women of the Group 47
We are very pleased to share our autumn 2024 selection with you. Our expert jury handpicked these fiction and nonfiction titles from a pool of around a hundred submissions submitted to us by their publishers.
We are delighted to announce the 20 titles nominated (aka longlisted) by the jury for this year’s German Book Prize 2024.
Swiss-Romanian author, Dana Grigorcea, speaks to New Books in German about her prize-winning novel, Dracula Park, in Imogen Taylor’s English translation in 2023.
Stefan Tobler talks with Regan Mies about fifteen years of And Other Stories press, translating Lutz Seiler, and what’s exciting in German lit
Shaun Whiteside looks at how the idea of the German Democratic Republic continues to inspire writers and readers.
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Translator Jamie Bulloch speaks to Sarah Hemens about the Black Forest Investigations series by Oliver Bottini and the joy of translating a good crime novel.
NBG intern Sarah Wolbach interviews translator Alexandra Roesch about her career in translation, her recent translation of Stefanie vor Schulte's Boy with Black Rooster and what she'd like to translate in the future.
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As YouTube channel Translators Aloud celebrates four years of providing a space for translators to read their work, founders Charlie Coombe and Tina Kover spoke to New Books in German about the channel’s success, translator working conditions and the future of both the channel and the profession.
