An interview with Alta L. Price
/ Romy Fursland
Romy Fursland interviews Alta Price about her translation of Mithu Sanyal’s debut novel Identitti.
read article...Tag: translation/translators
Two for One – on being a publisher and a translator
/ Sarah Hemens
New Books in German speaks to Katy Derbyshire about her dual career as publisher and translator.
read article...
What’s next for Peirene Press?
/ Eve Mason
Eve Mason speaks to Stella Sabin from Peirene Press about the future for this award-winning independent publisher of great books from across the world. The Peirene Stevns Translation Prize 2023 is now open with German as the source language.
read article...
“That’s when the magic happens…”
/ Helen Nurse
New Books in German met with Charlotte Collins to chat about translating the work of Nino Haratischvili. #My Soul Twin, #The Eighth Life, #translators on the cover.
read article... Translating Eva Menasse and Bernhard Schlink: An Interview with Charlotte Collins
/ Helen Nurse
New Books in German met with Charlotte Collins to talk about translating Eva Menasse and Bernhard Schlink. We also chatted about her Zoom translation café, and the Facebook group Translators & Cancer.
read article...
Interview with NBG Intern, Eve Mason
/ Eve Mason, Sarah Hemens
Eve Mason talks to us about her recently completed internship with the NBG project.
Jury recommendations Autumn 2022
/ Sarah Hemens
We are thrilled to share our selection for Autumn 2022. The jury chose these titles from over a hundred that publishers sent to us for consideration: the books here stood out to the jurors as excellent titles that are also suitable for an English language readership.
read article...
Epic Annette – Translation and International Acclaim
/ Ruth Martin
To celebrate the new English translation of Epic Annette by Anne Weber, Ruth Martin speaks with the author, the translator and the publisher of this exceptional prose poem.
read article...
German Book Prize 2022: the longlist
As the English-language media partner for the German Book Prize we proudly announce the twenty longlisted titles in alphabetical order below.
Our congratulations to all authors and publishers who made the list!
What Concerns Us – a novel exploring female identity
/ Sheridan Marshall
What Concerns Us scrutinises gender roles within our society, examining what it means to be a mother and the nature of femininity, as well as how to remain independent in a variety of different types of relationship. New Books in German speaks to the book's author and translator in advance of the publication of this punchy contemporary read in English.
read article...
Twenty-five favourites for twenty-five years!
/ Sheridan Marshall
New Books in German has helped bring a wealth of German-language literary treasures to an English-speaking readership. To celebrate our role in championing great German-language literature, colleagues from all over the literary world have chosen their favourite NBG title in English translation. We are pleased to bring you this collection of twenty-five recommendations of remarkable books.
Monsters Like Us
/ Helen Nurse
New Books in German talks with Professor Karen Leeder, Professor of Modern German Literature and Fellow of New College Oxford, about translating the work of Ulrike Almut Sandig.
read article...