I am delighted to share a translated excerpt from Kaśka Bryla’s latest novel, mein vater der gulag die krähe und ich / ‘my father the gulag the crow and me’ (Residenz, 2025
Charles Lewinsky’s latest novel, A Different Story (Eine andere Geschichte, Diogenes, March 2026), is a masterpiece: a beautifully told narrative from an eminently likeable prota
On 2 December the Austrian Embassy in London bestowed one of its highest civilian honours – the Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria – on a rema
Winner of the 2025 Austrian Book Prize, Dimitré Dinev’s Zeit der Mutigen (‘The Time of Heroes’, Kein & Aber, 2025) is one of the most striking novels in the German-langu
On the publication day of her latest book, penelopes sch( )iff, Ulrike Draesner is radiant. The German poet and novelist greets the camera from her Berlin study, surrounded by pile
Recently published in English by Moth Books, in a luminous translation by Ruth Martin, Iris Wolff’s Blurred tells the story of four generations in the life of a German-speaking f
During holiday season I have been exploring Germany virtually, east to the Oder, south to the Danube and west to the Rhine and the Ruhr. This is thanks to two writers, Irina Liebma
I was glad to have had a delicious early dinner on Monday evening – a chicken korma cooked by my husband – before heading to the Austrian Cultural Forum to attend the book pres
Kristine Bilkau’s latest novel, Halbinsel (‘Peninsula’) has just won the 2025 Leipzig Book Fair Prize. Here’s why you should read it! Peninsula is a quietly devastating med
Attending this year’s London Book Fair was a real pleasure: the buzz and shared excitement were palpable, and the wealth of familiar faces made it an enjoyably sociable occasion.
