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In this episode, Clayton McKee speaks with Isabelle Wéry about her novel, Marilyn Deboned, awardee of the 2013 EU Prize for Literature. They discuss Isabelle’s theater career and how it intersects with fiction writing. They also discuss percept
In this episode, Clayton McKee speaks with Martina Vidaić about her novel, Bedbugs, the winner of the 2023 EU Prize for Literature . They discuss relationships with others, the important of place/space, and how things are remembered. Please li
In this episode, Andrew Singer speaks with Lusine Kharatyan about her EUPL-recognized novel, A Syrian Affair. They discuss research writing and fiction writing, as well as why Lusine is drawn to the latter. Lusine also describes Armenia and Arm
In this episode, Andrew Singer speaks with Anna Ospelt about her EUPL-recognized book, Early Planting. They discuss the intersection of motherhood and literature as well as the nation of Lichtenstein and its literature.Please like, comment, an
In this episode, Andrew Singer speaks with Sabina Jakubowska about her EUPL-nominated novel, The Midwives. This novel uses notes from Jakubowska’s great-grandmother to create a realistic fictional story about life, death, love, and struggles of
In this episode, Andrew Singer speaks with Jeff Schinker about his EUPL-nominated novel, My Life in Tents. They discuss Luxembourg and its place in the European Union, Luxembourgish, and language identity, as well as generational lifestyles.Pl
In this episode, Andrew Singer speaks with Estonian author, Tonis Tootsen, about his EUPL-nominated novel, Pâté of the Apes. They discuss the role of globalization in Estonia and how Tootsen plays with the idea of what literature is in prose an
In this episode, Andrew Singer speaks with Cypriate author, Hari N. Spanou, about her EUPL-awarded novel, The Outpost. Tune in for a bilingual reading followed by a discussion of the novel, which touches on how stories become fabricated to expl
In this episode, Andrew Singer speaks with Finnish author, Piia Leino, about her EUPL-awarded novel, Heaven. They discuss the genre of dystopian fiction and how Helsinki/Finland face issues related to climate change, inequality, power imbalance
In this episode, Andrew Singer speaks with Czech author, Ondrej Stindl, about her EUPL nominated novel So Much Ash. They discuss human psychology in times of distress, and they share reactions to the COVID19 pandemic between Prague and the Unit
In this episode, Andrew Singer speaks with Swedish author, Marit Kapla, about her EUPL nominated novel Love in Swedish. They discuss the intersection of documentary filmmaking and journalism with literature as well as Swedish literature on a br
In this episode, Montenegrin author Ilija Đurović talks with host, Andrew Singer, about his EUPL-awarded novel Sampas. This series is a cooperation with the European Union Prize for Literature and other partners. Andrew created the Spotlighting
Tunisian-French author Amine Al Ghozzi speaks with host Andrew Singer all about his EUPL-awarded novel, Zindali, the Night of 14 January 2011, focusing on the Tunisian uprising, which led to the Arab Spring across the region. We also enjoy an e
Dutch author Gerda Blees speaks with host Andrew Singer about her novel, We Are Light, and related issues of fasting, meditation, and death, as well as some cultural comparisons in Europe, and where we’re at in this cultural moment all together
Host Andrew Singer interviews Irish author Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, focusing on his EUPL-recognized novel, Madame Lazare – an Irish-language novel which shifts in time and place between the Aran Islands, Paris and Brussels from the mid-twentieth c
Lithuanian author and historian Tomas Vaiseta speaks with host Andrew Singer, focusing on his EUPL-recognized novel, Ch. We discuss conflict in Europe, the role of myth and allegory in literature, aspects of history, and more.This series enjoy
Host Andrew Singer interviews Romanian author Raluca Nagy, focusing on her EUPL-recognized novel, Cleo from 16 to 18 – a delightful work with some weighty themes, exploring cervical cancer and a feminist interpretation of Christianity. We enjoy
Host Andrew Singer speaks with Ukrainian author and translator Eugenia Kuznetsova, focusing on her EUPL-recognized novel, Ask Miechka, a book also shortlisted for the BBC News Ukraine book of the year. Come get to know with us this deeply intim
Spanish-Basque poet and author Jacobo Bergareche speaks with host Andrew Singer, focusing on his EUPL-recognized novel, Perfect Days. We enjoy an excerpt read by the author in original Spanish, and in English translation by Andrea Rosenberg, an
Georgian author Iva Pezuashvili is the grand prize winner of this year’s €10,000 European Union Prize for Literature, with his novel, A Garbage Chute, “a saga about the Simoniani family who fled from the Karabakh war to Tbilisi, in a city of co
Franco-Bosnian author and journalist Slađana Nina Perković talks with host Andrew Singer all about her novel, In the Ditch – the “black humor” of it, aspects of life in that part of the world, and the tradition to which it belongs. We also exam
Hidden Desires, Restless Travels, by Macedonian author Vladimir Jankovski, is a mosaic novel in which the stories of fifty people from different geographical meridians intersect with the stories of four main characters based in Skopje, North Ma
Belgian writer, screenwriter, librettist, and journalist Gaea Schoeters speaks about her work with host Andrew Singer, focusing on the EUPL-recognized novel, Trophy, about an American trophy hunter in Africa, and we enjoy an excerpt from this w
Always Return is the third novel in Daniele Mencarelli's autobiographical trilogy. Host Andrew Singer speaks with him all about this EUPL-recognized novel, the grand trilogy of which it plays a part, and his life in literature generally, and we
“Theo’s life has reached a deadlock. In an attempt to hold onto his family, he takes his son Moritz on a journey along the route taken centuries earlier by Emperor Maximilian II, bringing the elephant Suleiman from the Mediterranean to Vienna.
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