‘The independent publishing house for wild reading’ – an interview with Verlag Klaus Wagenbach
/ Anna Compton
An interview with Verlag Klaus Wagenbach
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‘It’s totally fine to be pop.’ An interview with author Leif Randt
/ Sarah Escritt
Leif Randt, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1983, is a freelance writer who divides his time between Berlin and Maintal, near Frankfurt. He has written four prize winning novels. His latest, Allegro Pastel, tells the story of two freelance creatives in their thirties, Jerome Daimler and Tanja Arnheim. It was selected by Ijoma Mangold for the Mörike Prize of the City of Fellbach. It was also shortlisted for the German Book Prize and the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. The film of the book is shortly to be released. He found time between working on the film and on his next novel to talk to New Books in German.
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‘I don’t have an agenda when I write. I tell the stories of people who interest me.’ An interview with author Sara Gmuer
/ Sarah Rimmington
Author Sara Gmuer sat down with New Books in German to talk about language, music and the characters in her novel, Eighteenth Floor, one of NBG's recent recommendations.
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Kaffeepause mit…Melody Makeda Ledwon
/ Sarah Hemens
The translator, interpreter and founder of the Black Translators Network in Germany speaks to NBG about her work, the founding of the Network and support for translators.
‘The human drama…takes centre stage.’ An interview with Robert Seethaler
/ Sarah Escritt
The Café with No Name, the latest novel by International Booker Prize listed author, Robert Seethaler, has recently been published in English translation by Katy Derbyshire. In advance of his visit to the UK to speak about his book, he found time to catch up with New Books in German.
Innovative texts that resonate with readers: an Interview with Residenz Verlag
/ Sheridan Marshall
An interview with Residenz Verlag
Interview with Katharina Picandet, Edition Nautilus
/ Sheridan Marshall
Sheridan Marshall interviews Katharina Picandet, Rights Manager at Edition Nautilus, discussing the publishing house’s unique history and ethos, the challenges for contemporary publishing, and the stand-out titles on Nautilus’s list.
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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Intern interview: Tayiba Sulaiman
Recent intern Tayiba reflects on her time with New Books in German
‘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.
“I get a lot of joy from the “issue resolving” stage.” An interview with Jamie Lee Searle
/ Tayiba Sulaiman
An interview with translator Jamie Lee Searle
