‘Literature … can change how someone sees the world’
/ Feline Charpentier
NBG interviews Saša Stanišić
Tag: interview
‘Remembering is a creative act’ – Katerina Poladjan on her novel Goldstrand
/ Sheridan Marshall
New Books in German speaks to the winner of the 2026 Leipzig Book Fair Prize, Katerina Poladjan.
‘Confronting the reality of nature is always testing. It’s the same with love.’ An interview with Robert Seethaler.
/ Sarah Escritt
Robert Seethaler talks to NBG about his latest novel The Last Movement, translated by Charlotte Collins. In this short novel, we spend a few hours with Gustav Mahler during his final journey, across the Atlantic.
Internship interview: Feline Charpentier
/ Feline Charpentier, Sarah Hemens
Feline Charpentier reflects on her recent internship with the New Books in German project.
Questioning humanity’s desire to classify – an interview with Leon Engler on his novel Botanik des Wahnsinns (Botany of Madness).
/ Sheridan Marshall
Sheridan Marshall interviews Leon Engler about his book Botanik des Wahnsinns (Botany of Madness), ahead of its 2026 English-language release.
‘There is no such thing as objective experience . . . Like a kaleidoscope, the gaze falls on details from different angles, forming patterns that shift depending on how one looks.’ An Interview with Julia Franck
/ Sheridan Marshall
New books in German speaks to Julia Franck about her book Welten auseinander, her shift from fiction to biography and growing up in a divided nation
‘It is always an attempt to make the incomprehensible somehow comprehensible.’ An interview with Thomas Melle
/ Sheridan Marshall
Thomas Melle, born in 1975 in Bonn, has established himself as one of the most incisive and stylistically daring voices in contemporary German literature. His work – including novels, essays, plays and literary translations from English – is marked by a fierce intellectual curiosity and an unflinching engagement with the psychological and social tensions that define modern life.
‘As for empathy for other societies and peoples, I think translated fiction has an essential role to play’ – an interview with François von Hurter of Bitter Lemon Press
/ Sarah Hemens
François von Hurter of Bitter Lemon talks to New Books in German about why translated crime fiction resonates so strongly with readers. talks to New Books in German about why translated crime fiction resonates so strongly with readers.
‘Creating a stage to talk about translation’ – an interview with Simon Pare
/ Anna Compton
New Books in German speaks to literary translator Simon Pare about his career, communities of translators and making translation more theatrical.
A Year on the Magic Mountain
/ Anna Compton
New Books in German speaks to literary translator Simon Pare about translating Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain and blogging about his work.
Shining a light on travel writing in English and German – the Ilse Schwepke Prize
/ Sarah Hemens
The Ilse Schwepcke Prize — the world’s most valuable award for travel writing by women — was created to celebrate the legacy of Ilse Schwepcke, a publisher who championed stories of exploration and discovery. We sat down with Dr Barbara Schwepcke to talk about how the prize came to be, what it stands for, and the importance of women’s perspectives on travel.
‘You don’t have to be Damien Hirst, but you do need to be fairly determined.’ Steph Morris on the monthly German translators’ workshop and on his translation work
/ Sarah Hemens
Steph Morris on the monthly German translator’s workshop and on his translation workSteph Morris on the monthly German translator’s workshop and on his translation work
