It is still happening – and it still hurts. Any internet search for ‘Austrian crime novels’ brings up an amazing number of titles. Unfortunately, they are all for ‘Australi
Michael Köhlmeier is a household name in Austria, known for both his writing and his music, and he deserves more attention in the English-speaking world. I’ve translated two of
Julya Rabinowich is a writer, columnist, playwright, painter and interpreter. She was born in St. Petersburg in 1970 and in 1977, her family moved to Vienna in an experience she re
Do you know some curious little explorers? Would you like to take them on a journey up into space and back down into the depths of the sea? Then this Austrian Children’s Boo
Statistics from World Kid Lit, the initiative supporting translation and literature for children and young adults from around the world, would suggest that very few Austrian books
I was excited to pick up Angela Lehner’s novel 2001, describing seemingly unrelated events in a remote Austrian town in the period leading up to the September 11 attacks in Manha
Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker’s writing is steeped in the authenticity of rural life, its archaic ways and precarious violence, and a moving sense of existential awareness. He grew
Are there two parallel tracks to Austrian Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke’s career, or only one, complex and difficult one? When Handke was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
Composed of nine federal states, surrounded by eight countries, and itself once the centre of a vast European empire, it could be said that Austria is a country of borders. Thanks
Anna Baar was born in Zagreb, lives in Klagenfurt and Vienna, and in 2022 received the Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis (‘Great Austrian State Prize’), the highest Austria
