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Discover the longlist: Jessica Cohen, ‘Fiction is where I feel most comfortable and most creative’
The winner of the 2017 International Booker Prize discusses how she views familiarity as an asset in her work.
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Discover the longlist: Violaine Huisman, ‘My parents were astounding storytellers’
She discusses how she channelled her real-life experiences with her own mother into her work.
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Discover the longlist: Jonas Eika, ‘In writing, you have to embrace your inclinations and tastes’
Eika tells us why he challenged himself to write unplanned and without boundaries.
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Discover the longlist: Sherilyn Hellberg, ‘My translations percolate with whatever else I’m reading’
Hellberg details her journey into the world of translation and the wealth of contemporary Danish fiction that captivated her.
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Discover the shortlist: Jon Fosse, ‘I felt I had something crucial to say’
The prolific Norwegian writer discusses the final installment in his hypnotic Septology that took him five years to write.
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Discover the shortlist: Damion Searls, ‘Septology has one of the great dogs in literature’
Searls discusses the unique body of work that is Fosse’s Septology.
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Discover the shortlist: Olga Tokarczuk, ‘The encyclopedia showed me the enormity of the world’
The critically-acclaimed author discusses the beauty she sees in English-language translation.
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Discover the shortlist: Jennifer Croft, ‘Translation is an apprenticeship in creative writing’
Awarded the 2018 Booker International Prize for Flights, Croft tells us what draws her to the art of translation.
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Discover the longlist: Paulo Scott, ‘Write without expecting applause’
The author tells us why this is a landmark moment for Brazilian and Portuguese literature.
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Discover the longlist: Daniel Hahn, ‘I grew up on Asterix’
Hahn discusses the complexities of translation for his longlisted novel, Phenotypes.