Kaffeepause mit…Laura Vogt
/ Sarah Hemens
Following the success of What Concerns Us, Swiss author Laura Vogt returns with Woman, Idle , once again translated by Caroline Waight and published by Héloïse Press.
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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.
Kaffeepause mit… Rosie Goldsmith, European Literature Network
/ Sheridan Marshall
Rosie (nicknamed ‘Rosie the Riveter’) talks to New Books in German about launching two literary magazines at once, the pleasures of Austrian literature and what's next on her busy schedule.
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Kaffeepause mit…Dr Kat Hall, translator and crime reviewer
/ Annie Rutherford
We sat down with Dr Kat Hall to map the lay of the land in German crime fiction for our article on the German Krimi. We also found out a bit more about what Kat’s been working on herself, and how to let readers play detective…
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Kaffeepause mit…Lars Birken-Bertsch, Director Strategic Project Development, Cooperation & Programme at the Frankfurter Buchmesse
/ Sarah Hemens
We caught up with Lars Birken-Bertsch to hear first-hand about how the much-loved fixture in the book trade calendar has fared during the pandemic, as well as what plans are for 2021 and beyond. Read on...
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Kaffeepause mit… Susan Thorne, Editor of No Man’s Land
/ Sarah Hemens, Susan Thorne
No Man’s Land publishes original English translations of literature written in German in the past quarter century. As the journal is is now accepting submissions, we caught up with Editor Susan Thorne to find out more.
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Kaffeepause mit…Tina Hartas, Co-founder, TripFiction
/ Sarah Hemens
Earlier in the lockdown, NBG spoke to Tina Hartas, founder of a website which features thousands of great books set around the world, all with a firm sense of the place the author has set them in.
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Kaffeepause with… Riky Stock, Vice President, Frankfurt Book Fair New York
/ Riky Stock
Riky Stock speaks to us about promoting German-language literature from NYC.
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