Twenty years of writing reader reports for NBG
/ Feline Charpentier
Feline Charpentier looks back on two decades of writing reader reports for NBG.
Tag: literary fiction
Jury recommendations: Spring 2024
/ Sarah Hemens
We are delighted to unveil our spring 2024 selection. The jury handpicked these titles from a pool of over a hundred submissions sent by publishers. Each book showcased here captivated the jurors not just for its excellence, but for its suitability for an English-speaking audience.
Translator interview: Lucy Jones ‘…it’s one of the best jobs in the world.’
/ Regan Mies
Regan Mies interviews Berlin-based translator Lucy Jones about Brigitte Reimann, outsider characters and two new German-language debuts.
Interview with Necati Öziri
/ Sheridan Marshall
The German Book Prize shortlisted author speaks to Sheridan Marshall about his novel Vatermal, writing for the stage and working as a dramaturge, and the political aspects of his writing.
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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.
Autumn 2023 Debuts
/ Sheridan Marshall
An overview of debut fiction titles in the autumn 2023 jury selection. Translation funding is guaranteed.
German Book Prize 2023: The Longlist
We are delighted to announce the 20 titles nominated (aka longlisted) by the jury for this year’s German Book Prize 2023.
Stories from the sea
/ Sarah Hemens
NBG interviews German Book Prize nominated author Marie Gamillscheg
Dinçer Güçyeter, winner of the 2023 Leipzig Book Fair Prize, speaks to NBG
/ Sheridan Marshall
Sheridan Marshall interviews Germany’s new literary superstar
