Interviews

I wrote to protect myself from some of the horror of the events (June 19, 2014)
Interview of Shannon Burke by Bernard Strainchamps

Shannon Burke is a novelist and used to be a paramedic in Harlem. His experience led him to write Black Flies.

It is absurd to see that Asian culture is so little known and barely discussed in depth (June 09, 2014)
Interview of Xiaolu Guo by Lara Touitou

Xiaolu Guo is a novelist and filmmaker. I am China is her fifth novel in English.

I think memory can never really be trusted (June 05, 2014)
Interview of Emma Healey by Bernard Strainchamps

Emma Healey grew up in London. Elizabeth is Missing is her first novel.

I wouldn't describe them as pigs, everything they do is just so very human (June 03, 2014)
Interview of Herman Koch by Lara Touitou

Herman Koch is a Dutch writer. Summer House With Swimming Pool is his second novel translated in English.

Noir fiction’s focus on the darker aspects of human nature make it an interesting choice through which to look at history (June 03, 2014)
Interview of Attica Locke by Bernard Strainchamps

Attica Locke is an American author. The Cutting Season is her second novel.

I have a faith in fiction – that it allows us to understand ourselves better (June 03, 2014)
Interview of Courtney Collins by Bernard Strainchamps

Courtney Collins is an Australian writer. The Untold is her first novel.

Burial Rites is as much a dark love letter to the landscape of Iceland as it is to the life of Agnes Magnúsdóttir (May 03, 2014)
Interview of Hannah Kent by Lara Touitou

Hannah Kent is an Australian writer. Burial Rites is her first novel.

I write about Australian life because it fascinates and moves me (April 24, 2014)
Interview of Fiona McFarlane by Lara Touitou

Fiona McFarlane is an Australian writer. The Night Guest is her first novel.

I worry about whether we want to make privacy into a luxury good that only the rich can afford (March 29, 2014)
Interview of Julia Angwin by Lara Touitou

Julia Angwin is an award-winning investigative journalist at the independent news organization ProPublica.

I do think being a poet helps train you in the belief that every particle of language matters intensely (March 14, 2014)
Interview of Ben Lerner by Lara Touitou

Ben Lerner is a poet and published several poetry collections. Leaving the Atocha Station is his first novel.

It's a little bit crazy to try to reconcile your old life with your new life (March 06, 2014)
Interview of Amity Gaige by Lara Touitou

Amity Gaige is the author of three novels, O My Darling (2005), The Folded World (2007), and Schroder, which was recently shortlisted for The Folio Prize.

On the Deville expressway (February 26, 2014)
Interview of Patrick Deville by Bernard Strainchamps, translated by Lara Touitou

Plague and Cholera won the prestigious Prix Femina in France. Discover the author of 2012’s French literary phenomemon in a short interview.

Publicity shames the Mexican government and shame is a great force of change (February 18, 2014)
Interview of Jennifer Clement by Lara Touitou

Jennifer Clement has studied literature in New York and Paris. She was awarded the NEA Fellowship for Literature for her third novel Prayers for the Stolen.

Betrayals are partly the result of history and culture and partly human nature (February 10, 2014)
Interview of Diane Wei Liang by Bernard Strainchamps

Diane Wei Liang was born in Beijing and spent part of her childhood in a labor camp with her parents. She now lives in London. Paper Butterfly is her second novel.

I've always been interested in people who exit from their lives (February 04, 2014)
Interview of Maggie O'Farrell by Lara Touitou

Maggie O’Farrell was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in Wales and in Scotland. She won the Costa Book Award for Best Novel in 2010 for her novel The Hand That First Held Mine. Her sixth novel, Instructions for a Heatwave, was nominated for the 2013 Costa Book Award.

In the early 1960s, no one wanted anything "old", they all wanted modern (January 29, 2014)
Interview of Eva Rice by Bernard Strainchamps

Eva Rice has written three novels and one non-fiction book. She lives in London.

Depicting life on Britain's poorer streets was a very conscious decision (January 28, 2014)
Interview of Kerry Hudson by Lara Touitou

Kerry Hudson was born in Aberdeen. Tony Hogan Bought Me an Ice-cream Float Before He Stole My Ma is her first novel and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book award.

I've found the answers to most of my life's questions and crises in the pages of my favourite books (January 28, 2014)
Interview of Samantha Ellis by Lara Touitou

Samantha Ellis is a playwright. In How To Be A Heroine, she examines the influence of her favourite literary heroines on her own life.

When your ex-girlfriend dates someone new, it can feel like she's dating Hitler (January 22, 2014)
Interview of Simon Rich by Lara Touitou

Simon Rich writes novels, short stories and has written for the long-running TV show Saturday Night Live. His latest collection The Last Girlfriend on Earth deals with love, relationships and aliens.

I was always interested in the stories of people who set out to recreate their lives (January 13, 2014)
Interview of Alexander Maksik by Lara Touitou

Alexander Maksik is a writer. His work has notably appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s Magazine and The New York Times Magazine. A Marker to Measure Drift is his second novel.

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