A Network of Autocrats: Anne Applebaum
The word «dictator» might make you think of a select few evil men of the past, who sat alone on their thrones and ruled far-flung kingdoms with an iron fist. Today’s reality is something very differen...
6 Jan 20251h 2min
A lasting curse: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Bhakti Shringarpure
When British-Ugandan Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi wanted her debut novel Kintu published in Europe, publisher after publisher told her no – the novel was “too African”: It was neither about the colonial...
15 Dec 202452min
Hamlet on the West Bank: Isabella Hammad and Priya Bains
Sonia Nasir is a somewhat successful actor in London. After a distressing end to a love affair, she travels to see her sister in Haifa, Israel, where their father’s family is from, and where she’s har...
8 Dec 20241h 2min
The Turbulence of History: Margaret Atwood and Jenny Erpenbeck
When she began her masterpiece The Handmaid’s Tale in 1984, Margaret Atwood was living in West Berlin, just a stone’s throw away from the Wall to East Berlin, with its omnipresent secret police. The w...
24 Nov 20241h 2min
The Literary Prophet: Margaret Atwood
Canadian author Margaret Atwood is a living legend. Since her debut in 1961 with the poetry collection Double Persephone, she has published more than 70 books of poetry, short story collections, novel...
15 Nov 20241h 16min
Afrotopia: The Future of Africa with Felwine Sarr and Andreas Liebe Delsett
How can Africa reach its full potential when Europe is still the blueprint to model oneself after? Not only has centuries of colonization and exploitation stripped the continent of opportunities, but ...
20 Okt 20241h 2min
On Display: Rachel Cusk and Jessika Gedin
The author of twelve novels, along with a number of non-fiction books and plays, Rachel Cusk is one of our most prominent contemporary writers. Her brave, razor sharp and original voice has made her a...
22 Sep 20241h
The Unfree: Persecuted authors and censorship
Lately, much attention has been given to political attacks on prestigious writers. The attempted murder of Salman Rushdie and the deplatforming of Adania Shibli at the Frankfurt Book Fair sparked inte...
11 Aug 202456min
