Eleni Kefala and Peter Constantine: Time Stitches

In this episode, Joe Williams speaks with Cypriot author Eleni Kefala and translator Peter Constantine about the work Time Stitches. They discuss the interconnectivity of time and history as well as how personal narrative weaves together with history. Please like, comment, and share this podcast t…

Llŷr Gwyn Lewis and Katie Gramich: Flowers of War

In this episode, Joe Williams speaks with Welsh author Llyr Gwyn Lewis and English translator of Welsh Katie Gramich about the novel Flowers of War. They discuss the fickleness of memories and how place/space play a huge role in processing our memories. They also discuss the politics behind transla…

In Memoriam Andrew Singer

As long time Editor and Outreach Coordinator for Trafika Europe, Clayton McKee had the privilege of sitting down with Andrew Singer to discuss the development of Trafika Europe over the years. This new conversation between the late Director and the new Director is a follow-up from previous talks an…

João Luis Barretto Guimarães & Calvin Olsen: Movimento

Host Joe Williams talks to esteemed Portuguese poet João Luis Barreto Guimarães and translator Calvin Olsen, focusing on João's 2020 collection, Movimento, a poetry collection which follows a dialectical process and is currently being translated by Calvin.

Philip Roughton - Icelandic translator

Host Joe Williams speaks with Icelandic translator Phillip Roughton about his life's work translating such giants of Icelandic literature as Halldór Laxness and Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir, and he shares his insights into the themes and forms which feature in Icelandic literature. Salka Valka, a mo…

Nora Nadjarian - Armenian-Cypriot poet

Cypriot poet of Armenian heritage Nora Nadjarian speaks with host Bailee Wolfe all about her fascinating perspective as a writer between cultures, and she shares examples of her exquisite poetry and short fiction. You can learn more about Nora from her website,www.noranadjarian.com.

Carmen Martínez Pineda: Children of Sin

Host Joe Williams speaks with Carmen Martínez Pineda, a Spanish author whose recent novel Children of Sin (Hijos del Pecado, Raspa Books) makes use of a radically non-linear structure to show how aspects of the human experience remain constant over time, regardless of the semblance of societal prog…

Richard Dixon: on translating Antonio Moresco's Clandestinity

Host Joe Williams speaks with translator Richard Dixon about Italian author Antonio Moresco, whose work combines elements of the fantastic and the grotesque with meticulous description to explore his characters' subconscious process and sexual impulses. The interview focuses on the novel Clandestin…

Gaetano Savatteri: A Conspiracy of Talkers

Host Joe Williams interviews Italian journalist and author Gaetano Savatteri and translator Steve Eaton about Gaetano's novel, A Conspiracy of Talkers, available now from Italica Press. This novella exploits the conventions of the crime thriller genre to offer a cross-section of Sicilian society an…

Colm Tóibín: Vinegar Hill

Host Joe Williams speaks with legendary Irish novelist Colm Tóibín about his debut poetry collection, Vinegar Hill, decades in the making. They also discuss Colm's life in literature, and how his novels The Master and The Magician aim to recreate the psychology of seminal 20th authors. Vinegar Hill…