The journey from Blutbuch to Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues
Translator Jamie Lee Searle reflects on her experience translating Kim de l’Horizon's Blutbuch, which won the 2022 German Book Prize.
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‘I spend years thinking about a story before I even put a single sentence on paper.’ An Interview with Cemile Sahin
/ Sheridan Marshall
Cemile Sahin spoke to New Books in German at the launch of the English-language edition of her novel, All Dogs Die.
Jury recommendations: spring 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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Innovative texts that resonate with readers: an Interview with Residenz Verlag
/ Sheridan Marshall
An interview with Residenz Verlag
Interview with Katharina Picandet, Edition Nautilus
/ Sheridan Marshall
Sheridan Marshall interviews Katharina Picandet, Rights Manager at Edition Nautilus, discussing the publishing house’s unique history and ethos, the challenges for contemporary publishing, and the stand-out titles on Nautilus’s list.
Connection, culture and crime – a conversation with Joachim B. Schmidt
/ Sarah Hemens
New Books in German talks with bestselling and award-winning author Joachim B. Schmidt about his writing career, the role of writing in integrating into a new society, and how crime fiction can be used for social critique.
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Intern interview: Tayiba Sulaiman
Recent intern Tayiba reflects on her time with New Books in German
Novellas and Short Stories
/ Tayiba Sulaiman
An overview of the short story collections and novellas which have recently made the NBG recommendation list.
‘One of the most exciting emerging voices in the German-language literary scene’ Jon Cho-Polizzi interviews Lin Hierse
/ Jon Cho-Polizzi
Journalist, novelist, and poet, Lin Hierse is one of the most exciting emerging voices in the German-language literary scene. Jon Cho-Polizzi interviews her for New Books in German.
Internship interview: Sarah Wolbach
/ Sarah Wolbach
Recent intern Sarah Wolbach reflects on her stint with New Books in German
