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.
Translator interview: Shelley Frisch
/ Sarah Hemens, Shelley Frisch
NBG talks to translator Shelley Frisch about some of her recent translation work, including Kafka, Billy Wilder, and an Auschwitz survivor’s memoir.
Internship interview: Lizzy Kinch
TV documentary worker and translator Lizzy reflects on her recent internship with NBG.
‘Does there come a point when you consist of nothing but facades?’: an interview with Elias Hirschl
/ Eleanor Updegraff
Elias Hirschl spoke to us about the novel, his creative practice and the future of writing.
German Non-Fiction Prize 2024
As the official English-language media partner for the German Non-fiction Prize 2024, we are delighted to announce the winning book below and to provide an overview of all shortlisted books.
Publisher Interview: Susie Nicklin of The Indigo Press
Publisher Susie Nicklin speaks with Regan Mies about founding an independent press, the search for justice in contemporary fiction and forthcoming Indigo Press titles in translation.
Transformation: The European Writers’ Festival 2
Festival curator Rosie Goldsmith takes time out from event preparations to talk to us about the upcoming festival which she describes as a ‘gathering place for anyone interested in European literature, translation and publishing in the UK’.
Publisher Interview: Albert Eibl of Das vergessene Buch (DVB)
/ Regan Mies
Austrian publisher Albert Eibl speaks with Regan Mies about the mission of Das vergessene Buch Verlag (DVB), exile writers and the importance of “forgotten literature.”
