Tag: Austria

From Literary Blogger to Author (and Back)

September 20, 2018 / Mareike Fallwickl, Tilman Winterling, Rachel Ward

Until the publication of her acclaimed debut novel this year, Austrian author Mareike Fallwickl was known primarily for her book blog. Here, fellow blogger Tilman Winterling explores what happens when a blogger who ‘delights in hatchet jobs’ turns to print.

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Triangular Talks: An Interview with Jorghi Poll (Vienna)

September 24, 2017 / Rebecca DeWald

By Rebecca Dewald

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Combating Cliché: An Interview with Daniel Kehlmann

March 7, 2017

Daniel Kehlmann is one of the most successful authors writing in German today, with his debut 'Measuring the World' an international bestseller. And humour is central to his writing. He talks to NBG about irony, cliché and the international media's shock at encountering a funny German novel.

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Take a Seat: An Interview with Sharon Dodua Otoo

September 13, 2016

Having won in the same year the great Austrian writer and poet would have turned 90, NBG talks to British author Sharon Dodua Otoo about receiving this year's Ingeborg Bachmann Prize.

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