This week, we return to our EUPL series. This tenth episode is with Albanian author Rita Petro. Interpreter Sofiana Filipi helps create this English-Albanian bilingual episode. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss her 2024 EUPL-nominated novel Born Backwards. You can read the excerpt in the original Albanian and in English translation here. 

We are now accepting submissions for our first ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines here. Submissions accepted until December 20, 2024 at 11:59 pm EST. 

Interested in getting more content from Trafika Europe? Consider becoming a member! Take a look at our Patreon page for information about tiers and benefits. 

Trafika Europe is a non-profit that survives on donations and we are currently fundraising for our first annual translation prize. If you're able, please consider donating to our GoFundMe. You can also donate on our website here. 

Ideas for the future of Trafika Europe? Email administrator@trafikaeurope.org. 

This week, we return to our EUPL series. This tenth episode is with Albanian author Rita Petro. Interpreter Sofiana Filipi helps create this English-Albanian bilingual episode. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss her 2024 EUPL-nominated novel Born Backwards. You can read the excerpt in the original Albanian and in English translation <a href="https://euprizeliterature.eu/author/rita-petro">here</a>. 
We are now accepting submissions for our first ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines <a href="http://www.trafikaeurope.org/prize-submissions">here</a>. Submissions accepted until December 20, 2024 at 11:59 pm EST. 
Interested in getting more content from Trafika Europe? Consider becoming a member! Take a look at our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope">Patreon page</a> for information about tiers and benefits. 
Trafika Europe is a non-profit that survives on donations and we are currently fundraising for our first annual translation prize. If you're able, please consider donating to our <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/building-literary-community-in-europe?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer">GoFundMe</a>. You can also donate on our website <a href="http://www.trafikaeurope.org/shop">here</a>. 
Ideas for the future of Trafika Europe? Email <a href="mailto:administrator@trafikaeurope.org">administrator@trafikaeurope.org</a>.

Trafika Europe Radio hosts podcasts of anything and everything literary and cultural related to the continent of Europe. As an accompaniment to our quarterly literary journal and blog, you can access amazing content and riveting literary excerpts. TER began in 2020 with various series, including Women in Translation, French Forays, Eco-Lit, Turkish Sofa, Spotlighting the EU Prize for Literature, and much more! As of 2024, we have remodeled our setup and have done away with the larger themes. Here, you will listen to interviews and exposés about topics from across all of Europe. We look forward to including you in the community! Check out Trafika Europe's website or our Patreon page to become a member for bonus content and materials. 

This playlist is our current playlist full of all new episodes! You can check out the Archive here. 

Europe's literary radio station, free online

Trafika Europe Radio hosts podcasts of anything and everything literary and cultural related to the continent of Europe. As an accompaniment to our quarterly literary journal and blog, you can access amazing content and riveting literary excerpts. TER began in 2020 with various series, including Women in Translation, French Forays, Eco-Lit, Turkish Sofa, Spotlighting the EU Prize for Literature, and much more! As of 2024, we have remodeled our setup and have done away with the larger themes. Here, you will listen to interviews and exposés about topics from across all of Europe. We look forward to including you in the community! Check out <a href="http://www.trafikaeurope.org">Trafika Europe's website</a> or our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope">Patreon page</a> to become a member for bonus content and materials. 
This playlist is our current playlist full of all new episodes! You can check out <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/trafika-europe-radio/playlists/ter-the-archive">the Archive here</a>. 
Europe's literary radio station, free online

Trafika Europe Radio presents interviews and conversations about all things literature and culture in Europe. Europe's radio station, free online

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EUPL Author: Rita Petro, trans. Sofiana Filipi

This week's second of our double feature is with translator of Polish literature Antonia Lloyd-Jones. We discuss her translation of Polish author Witold Gombrowicz's 1939 novel The Possessed. Tune in to this bookclub-style chat and listen to a reading of this gothic pastiche of a novel. 

You can find the book in the UK/Europe through Fitzcarraldo Editions or in the United States with Grove Atlantic.

We are now accepting submissions for our first-ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines here. Submissions are accepted until December 20, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST. 

Interested in getting more content from Trafika Europe? Consider becoming a member! Take a look at our Patreon page for information about tiers and benefits. 

Trafika Europe is a non-profit that survives on donations and we are currently fundraising for our first annual translation prize. If you're able, please consider donating to our GoFundMe. You can also donate on our website here. 

Ideas for the future of Trafika Europe? Email administrator@trafikaeurope.org. 

This week's second of our double feature is with translator of Polish literature Antonia Lloyd-Jones. We discuss her translation of Polish author Witold Gombrowicz's 1939 novel&nbsp;The Possessed.&nbsp;Tune in to this bookclub-style chat and listen to a reading of this gothic pastiche of a novel.&nbsp;
You can find the book in the UK/Europe through <a href="https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-possessed/">Fitzcarraldo Editions</a> or in the United States with <a href="https://groveatlantic.com/book/the-possessed/">Grove Atlantic</a>.
We are now accepting submissions for our first-ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines <a href="http://www.trafikaeurope.org/prize-submissions">here</a>. Submissions are accepted until December 20, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST.&nbsp;
Interested in getting more content from Trafika Europe? Consider becoming a member! Take a look at our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope">Patreon page</a> for information about tiers and benefits.&nbsp;
Trafika Europe is a non-profit that survives on donations and we are currently fundraising for our first annual translation prize. If you're able, please consider donating to our <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/building-literary-community-in-europe?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer">GoFundMe</a>. You can also donate on our website <a href="http://www.trafikaeurope.org/shop">here</a>.&nbsp;
Ideas for the future of Trafika Europe? Email <a href="mailto:administrator@trafikaeurope.org">administrator@trafikaeurope.org</a>.&nbsp;

Translator of Polish: Antonia Lloyd-Jones

This week, we return to our EUPL series. This final thirteenth episode is with German author Deniz Utlu. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss his 2024 EUPL-nominated novel My Father's Sea, which received a special mention. You can read the excerpt in the original German and English translation here. 

We are now accepting submissions for our first-ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines here. Submissions are accepted until December 20, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST. 

Interested in getting more content from Trafika Europe? Consider becoming a member! Take a look at our Patreon page for information about tiers and benefits. 

Trafika Europe is a non-profit that survives on donations and we are currently fundraising for our first annual translation prize. If you're able, please consider donating to our GoFundMe. You can also donate on our website here. 

Ideas for the future of Trafika Europe? Email administrator@trafikaeurope.org. 

This week, we return to our EUPL series. This final thirteenth episode is with German author Deniz Utlu. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss his 2024 EUPL-nominated novel My Father's Sea, which received a special mention. You can read the excerpt in the original German and English translation <a href="https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/author/deniz-utlu">here</a>.&nbsp;
We are now accepting submissions for our first-ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines <a href="http://www.trafikaeurope.org/prize-submissions">here</a>. Submissions are accepted until December 20, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST.&nbsp;
Interested in getting more content from Trafika Europe? Consider becoming a member! Take a look at our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope">Patreon page</a> for information about tiers and benefits.&nbsp;
Trafika Europe is a non-profit that survives on donations and we are currently fundraising for our first annual translation prize. If you're able, please consider donating to our <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/building-literary-community-in-europe?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer">GoFundMe</a>. You can also donate on our website <a href="http://www.trafikaeurope.org/shop">here</a>.&nbsp;
Ideas for the future of Trafika Europe? Email <a href="mailto:administrator@trafikaeurope.org">administrator@trafikaeurope.org</a>.&nbsp;

EUPL Author: Deniz Utlu

This week, we return to our EUPL series. This twelfth episode is with Norwegian author Kjersti Anfinnsen. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss her 2024 EUPL-nominated novel Moments for Eternity. You can read the excerpt in the original Norwegian and English translation here. 

We are now accepting submissions for our first-ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines here. Submissions are accepted until December 20, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST. 

Interested in getting more content from Trafika Europe? Consider becoming a member! Take a look at our Patreon page for information about tiers and benefits. 

Trafika Europe is a non-profit that survives on donations and we are currently fundraising for our first annual translation prize. If you're able, please consider donating to our GoFundMe. You can also donate on our website here. 

Ideas for the future of Trafika Europe? Email administrator@trafikaeurope.org. 

This week, we return to our EUPL series. This twelfth episode is with Norwegian author Kjersti Anfinnsen. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss her 2024 EUPL-nominated novel Moments for Eternity. You can read the excerpt in the original Norwegian and English translation <a href="https://euprizeliterature.eu/author/kjersti-anfinnsen">here</a>. 
We are now accepting submissions for our first-ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines <a href="http://www.trafikaeurope.org/prize-submissions">here</a>. Submissions are accepted until December 20, 2024, at 11:59 pm EST. 
Interested in getting more content from Trafika Europe? Consider becoming a member! Take a look at our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/trafikaeurope">Patreon page</a> for information about tiers and benefits. 
Trafika Europe is a non-profit that survives on donations and we are currently fundraising for our first annual translation prize. If you're able, please consider donating to our <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/building-literary-community-in-europe?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer">GoFundMe</a>. You can also donate on our website <a href="http://www.trafikaeurope.org/shop">here</a>. 
Ideas for the future of Trafika Europe? Email <a href="mailto:administrator@trafikaeurope.org">administrator@trafikaeurope.org</a>.

EUPL Author: Rita Petro, trans. Sofiana Filipi

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