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In this episode, Clayton McKee speaks with German-French author Anne Weber and translator Neil Blackadder about the novel Fatherland. Anne discusses her relationship to both French and German languages and the exploration of the past in her wri
In this episode, English translator of German, Jo Heinrich, discusses her translation of Katja Oskamp's Marzahn, Mon Amour. This novel was shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation and won the 2023 Dublin Literary Award. Pleas
Host Joe Williams speaks with Swedish author and journalist Marit Kapla on her book Osebol, translated by Peter Graves, which documents and aestheticizes the voices that inhabit a remote Swedish village, creating a poetic polyphony depicting a
In this fully bilingual (Basque/English) episode, Joe Williams hosts one of contemporary Basque literature's leading lights, author Miren Agur Meabe, and notable translator of Basque- and Spanish-language literature Amaia Gabantxo, focusing on
Host Kate Williams speaks with German author, poet and sound artist, Ulrike Almut Sandig, and translator, Karen Leeder, about Ulrike's novel, Monsters Like Us, published in English translation by Seagull Books. They discuss the inspiration behi
Host Joe Williams speaks with Galician poet Lara Dopazo Ruibal and translator Lau Cesarco Eglin about Lara's recently translated poetry collection claus and the scorpion, available now from co·im·press. They discuss the duality of violence and
French author and children's writer Agnès Desarthe and her translator Christiana Hills discuss with host Jordan Rouleau the novel Hunting Party, published by Unnamed Press. Hunting Party follows a young man who regrettably shoots a rabbit and t
Portuguese author and journalist Susana Moreira Marques and her translator Julia Sanches speak with host Jordan Rouleau about Susana's book, Now and at the Hour of Our Death, published in English by And Other Stories. As a work of creative nonf
Icelandic author Thora Hjörleifsdóttir and translator Meg Matich speak with host Jordan Rouleau about Thora’s debut novel, Magma, available from Black Cat, an imprint of Grove Atlantic. This novel explores the darkest corners of relationships,
Ani Gjika is an Albanian-born writer and literary translator, author of eight books and chapbooks of poetry. Her translation of Luljeta Lleshanaku’s Negative Space (2018) was shortlisted for the International Griffin Poetry Prize. She’s a recip
Host Joe Williams speaks with Bosnian/UK author and translator Vesna Marić about negotiating fluctuations in linguistic and cultural identity and the parallels between religious and political fervor, as explored in her recent debut novel, The P
Bulgarian poet and author Kapka Kassabova talks with host Joe Williams about the importance of place in her writing and the triumph of the human spirit within the midst of political dysfunction which she encountered on her extensive travels in
Oksana Maksymchuk is a Ukrainian-American poet, scholar, and literary translator. Her translations have appeared in such venues as Modern Poetry in Translation, Words Without Borders, Poetry International, and Best European Fiction series from
Slovak author Monika Kompanikova and translator Janet Livingstone speak with host Jana Ellis, focusing on Monika’s novel, Boat Number Five (out in English from Seagull Books), a moving yet humorous story of a girl struggling to care for herself
Author Elena Medel and translator Lizzie Davis join host Joe Williams to discuss Elena's latest novel, The Wonders (out now from Pushkin Press & Algonquin Books), a poetic portrait of Spanish womanhood in 20th-century Spain, which explores how
Join host Yana Ellis as she speaks with German crime author Simone Buchholz and her translator Rachel Ward, focusing on her latest novel, River Clyde (out now in English from Orenda Books), in which her perennial character, detective Chastity R
Host Ilka Demmler speaks with highly awarded author Buket Uzuner, named one of the 75 Most Influential Women of the Republic of Turkey. The pair discuss Ecofeminism in relation to her writing, and they focus on her novel, The Adventures of Misf
Host Yana Ellis speaks with Hungarian author Andrea Tompa about her novel, The Hangman's House, published by Seagull Books in English translation by Bernard Adams – a “cascade of a novel”, “like a volcano coming out from the consciousness” – in
Join host Alina Zhurbenko in this beautiful conversation with Norwegian author Inger Bråtveit about The Art of Swimming, a hybrid novel exploring what it means to be a daughter, mother, step-mother, spouse, and sister. “This is world literature
Host Laura López speaks with Croatian author Lada Vukić and translator Christina Zorić, who also serves as live interpreter in this conversation. They discuss their shimmering novel, Special Needs (out from Istros Books), as well as the situati
Stash Luczkiw is a poet, editor, and literary translator from Italian and Ukrainian. In this episode, host Alina Zhurbenko talks with him all about the creative process of translation, focusing on the novel, This Looming Day by Antonella Lattan
Host Ilka Demmler speaks with Bosnian author Lejla Kalamujić and translator Jennifer Zoble about Lejla´s short story collection, Call Me Esteban (Sandorf Passage, 2021), focusing on the profundity of Lejla´s writing, the situation of literature
Who could imagine waking up one day in hospital, not able to move or speak? This is what happened to German author Kathrin Schmidt. After an aneurysm ruptured in her brain, she fell into a coma and awoke two weeks later without the ability to w
Serbian poet Marija Knežević and translator Sibelan Forrester share poems and thoughts on this new volume in English, Breathing Technique (Zephyr Press), finalist for the 2021 Derek Walcott Poetry Prize. And please enjoy a selection of these po
Host Fiona Sampson speaks with two women poet/writers from two of Europe’s smaller language communities, Marilar Aleixandre (Galicia) and Menna Elfyn (Wales) – exploring the political, social, and creative dimensions of their work and cultures,
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