German Book Prize 2024: The Shortlist
/ Sarah Hemens
As English-language media partner, NBG provides information on books shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2024 in English.
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“I am often as surprised by the final twist as my readers are” Top-selling author Sebastian Fitzek talks to his translator Jamie Bulloch
/ Jamie Bulloch
Best-selling thriller writer Sebastian Fitzek talks to his translator Jamie Bulloch
“Some gentlemen said something about it” Nicole Seifert speaks to NBG about her history of the women of the Group 47
/ Lizzy Kinch
Nicole Seifert speaks to us about her history of the women of the Group 47
Jury recommendations: autumn 2024
/ Sarah Hemens
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.
German Book Prize 2024: The Longlist
We are delighted to announce the 20 titles nominated (aka longlisted) by the jury for this year’s German Book Prize 2024.
Interview with Dracula Park author Dana Grigorcea
/ Sheridan Marshall
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.
Putting Words First: an interview with Publisher and Translator Stefan Tobler
/ Regan Mies
Stefan Tobler talks with Regan Mies about fifteen years of And Other Stories press, translating Lutz Seiler, and what’s exciting in German lit
After the Wall
/ Shaun Whiteside
Shaun Whiteside looks at how the idea of the German Democratic Republic continues to inspire writers and readers.
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Black Forest Investigations
/ Sarah Hemens
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.
Translator interview: Alexandra Roesch
/ Sarah Wolbach
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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Celebrating Four Years of Translators Aloud
/ Sarah Hemens
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.
Intern interview: Regan Mies
/ Sarah Hemens
Recent intern Regan Mies reflects on her time with NBG.
