Tag: author
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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‘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.
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.
‘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.
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’.
Spring 24: Nonfiction overview
/ Sheridan Marshall
An overview of our jury’s nonfiction choices for spring 2024
Interview with Jackie Thomae and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
/ Alexandra Roesch
Alexandra Roesch interviews author Jackie Thomae and her translator Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp.
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‘Writing is a way of taking revenge on reality’ – An interview with Lukas Maisel
/ Sarah Hemens
NBG spoke to Lukas Maisel about his atmospheric and mesmerising novella Tanner’s Earth, on mastering a craft, and on what it is that is magical about fiction.
Stories from the sea
/ Sarah Hemens
NBG interviews German Book Prize nominated author Marie Gamillscheg
