European Literature Network Podcasts

In the final episode of Europe Readr The Riveting Interview podcast series, the journalist and presenter Rosie Goldsmith meets the Finnish artist Sanna Pelliccioni. Sanna studied art, illustration and graphic design in Italy and Finland. She is an illustrator and author of children’s literature, especially picture books. She creates illustrations using different techniques, with her favourites being collage and mixed technique in recent years. Her books have been translated into seven languages. She lives and works in Helsinki. In this episode, Sanna introduces herself, her work and especially her picture book "We had to Leave", featured on Europe Readr platform. Listen to the episode and discover more! This episode is brought to you by EUNIC London in partnership with the European Literature Network and the Finnish Institute UK + Ireland.

In the 8th episode of Europe Readr The Riveting Interview podcast series, the journalist and presenter Rosie Goldsmith meets the Slovak linguist, translator, film theoretician and poet Mária Ferenčuhová. She is the author and co-author of three scientific monographs on film, dealing extensively with domestic film and documentary films. She translates prose, poetry and essays from French, and has produced four collections of poetry that have been translated into several languages and for which she has received several awards. Her poetry resembles entries in a diary, with which she constantly records and describes her everyday life, her emotional life, and her motherly experience. Listen to the conversation and discover more about her work and the collection 'Threatened Species' featured on Europe Readr platform. This episode is brought to you by EUNIC London in partnership with the European Literature Network and the Embassy of Slovakia in London.

In the 7th episode of Europe Readr Riveting Interview podcast series, the journalist and presenter Rosie Goldsmith meets the Belgian artist illustrator and storyteller Ann De Bode. Born in Congo, she now lives and works in Duffel, Belgium. During her rich career, she taught and worked in an advertising agency for a while, and has illustrated almost three hundred books at home and abroad, including many of her own. Amongst other things Ann De Bode also talks to Rosie about her picture book "My street" which is included in the Europe Readr Digital platform. Being a home to families from different cultures and parts of the world, "My street" is a picture book with a positive message for all generations! Listen to the full interview and discover more! This episode is brought to you by EUNIC London in partnership with the European Literature Network and Flanders House London.

In the 6th episode of the Europe Readr The Riveting Interview Series, the presenter Rosie Goldsmiths meets the Bulgarian writer Alexander Shpatov. Alexander, 35, was born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria and has never left his city for more than two weeks. He has been awarded the National Best Fiction Debut Prize for 2005 and the Sofia Award for Literature for 2015. Alexander is chairman of the Association for Small Urban Libraries, a real estate lawyer, a PhD student in Theory of Reading and a tour guide around the literature landmarks of Sofia. Tune in and listen to their interesting conversation. This episode is brought to you by EUNIC London in partnership with the European Literature Network and the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in London.

In the fifth episode of Europe Readr Riveting Interview podcast series, Rosie Goldsmith meets the Italian writer, poet, publisher and traveller Tiziano Fratus. Tiziano describes his relation to nature and how in the silence of the Californian forests, he developed the concept of Homo radix (“root man”), the practice of alberography and the discipline of dendrosophy, by which he lives today. Listen to his interview and find out more! This episode is brought to you by EUNIC London in partnership with the European Literature Network and the Italian Cultural Institute in London.

In the fourth episode of Europe Readr The Riveting Interview podcast, the journalist and presenter Rosie Goldsmith meets Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė, a journalist, screenwriter, director and lyricist from Lithuania. They engage in a conversation on journalism, the political situation in Lithuania, what it means to be a writer today and her recent book "Bodies", a collection of short stories from around Europe. Akvilė has successfully made her debut with the partly autobiographical novel "Two Lives in a Single Summer" (2015), which was a great Lithuanian bestseller. Her short-story collection "Kūnai" was selected last year as the best adult book of the year. This episode is brought to you by The European Literature Network in partnership with EUNIC London, the Lithuanian Cultural Institute and the Embassy of Lithuania in London.

In the third episode of Europe Readr The Riveting Interview podcast, the journalist and presenter Rosie Goldsmith meets Axel Lindén, a Swedish author who lives with his family on a farm in southern Sweden. Axel talks about his relation with nature, his decision to move to the countryside and the current climate crisis. He debuted with a book on sheep farming and life, which became a major hit and has been translated into eight languages and he received the Aftonbladets Literature Prize for his essayist, philosophical and reflective writing last year. Listen to the interview and discover more about Axel and his latest book "Every Other Pine, Every Other Fir", featured on Europe Readr digital platform. This episode is brought to you by The European Literature Network in partnership with EUNIC London and the Swedish Embassy London.