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interviewsFebruary 2, 2021February 16, 2021

A Conversation with Andrew Black: A Conversation with Steven Hall

Steven Hall on thirteen years between novels, parent-children relationships, and full stops.

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interviewsDecember 9, 2020February 9, 2021

A Broken Story: A Conversation with Mia Couto

Mia Couto discusses colonialism, Covid-19 and silence.

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interviewsDecember 3, 2020January 27, 2021

Breaking Lines: An Interview with Tine Høeg

Danish writer Tine Høeg discusses line breaks, desire and and narrative puzzles.

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interviewsNovember 20, 2020January 27, 2021

On the Pacific Coast: The English PEN Membership Interview Pilar Quintana and Lisa Dillman

Pilar Quintana and Lisa Dillman, author and translator of PEN Translates award-winning The Bitch, are interviewed by the English PEN Membership from their homes in Colombia and the USA.

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interviewsNovember 10, 2020December 3, 2020

Shuddhashar at 30: An Interview with Tutul

Bangladeshi publisher Tutul – with whom Margaret Atwood shared her 2016 PEN Pinter Prize – discusses exile, free thinking, and thirty years of the magazine and publisher Shuddhashar.

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interviewsOctober 29, 2020December 3, 2020

Already Bedfellows: A Long Interview with So Mayer

So Mayer discusses fascism, cinema, genderqueerness and freedom of expression.

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interviewsSeptember 15, 2020October 19, 2020

On the Other Side of the Door that Leads to Hell: An Interview with Selva Almada

Argentinian writer Selva Almada discusses femicide, violence in lockdown, and how to write historic trauma.

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interviewsAugust 18, 2020October 6, 2021

The Words We Choose: A Roundtable with the International Booker Prize Shortlisted Translators

The shortlisted translators of the 2020 International Booker Prize in conversation with Georgina Godwin.

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interviewsAugust 11, 2020September 1, 2020

When I Stop Writing, I Stop Living: An Interview with Maryse Condé

Guadeloupe’s Maryse Condé, winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize, talks about liberation, satire, and her hopes for the world.

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interviewsJune 30, 2020July 21, 2020

The Global Desi Story: A Conversation with Kritika Pandey

Kritika Pandey, winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, talks about transgressing cultural norms, protesting, and Hinglish.

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interviewsJune 23, 2020June 30, 2020

Latinx Letters: An Interview with Leo Boix

Leo Boix discusses bilingualism, British Latinx poetry, and race in Latin America.

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interviewsJune 2, 2020June 27, 2020

Liberating Languages: A Conversation with Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Damian Le Bas and Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

Three writers discuss language and power.

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interviewsMay 27, 2020June 27, 2020

Poetry’s Democracy: An Interview with Anthony Anaxagorou

Anthony Anaxagorou – poet, writer, publisher and educator – discusses spoken word after COVID-19, Cyprus, and poetry in the age of social media.

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interviewsMay 12, 2020June 27, 2020

That Is Where My Navel String Buried: An Interview with Ingrid Persaud

Ingrid Persaud discusses love, Trinidad, and home.

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interviewsMay 5, 2020January 1, 2021

Art Is a Tool for Thinking: An Interview with Olivia Laing

Olivia Laing discusses the power of art in an emergency, the role of bad art, and our current weather.

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interviewsApril 21, 2020May 13, 2020

The Librarian Would Give You a Lock-down Extension: An Interview with Chen Qiufan

Chen Quifan – also known as Stanley Chan – discusses Shanghai, speculative fiction, AI, and threats to humanity.

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interviewsMarch 31, 2020May 13, 2020

Standing with Hong Kong: An Interview with Joshua Wong and Jason Y. Ng

Joshua Wong and Jason Y. Ng, authors of Unfree Speech, discuss free speech in Hong Kong, coronavirus, and the role of literature in campaigning for global democracy.

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interviewsFebruary 26, 2020March 25, 2020

Silence, Our Noisy Silence: A Conversation with Sema Kaygusuz and Nicholas Glastonbury

Sema Kaygusuz and Nicholas Glastonbury discuss shame, representation and the Turkish language.

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interviewsJanuary 28, 2020April 7, 2020

Where Should They Throw Us? An Interview with Rodaan Al Galidi

Iraqi-Dutch novelist speaks to us about writing the asylum process, language and the value of humour.

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interviewsDecember 12, 2019January 28, 2020

With this Novel, I Return: An Interview with Rafik Schami

Syrian-German novelist Rafik Schami discusses liberty, storytelling, language and exile.

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