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Ellen Bryant Voigt | Interview
Ellen Bryant Voigt & Rachael Allen
‘I don’t think of music and narrative as being mutually exclusive – some of my poems ARE narrative, and are as ‘sound-driven’ as the lyrics.’
Granta Norway | Interview
Trude Rønnestad & Ted Hodgkinson
‘To an extent I have tried to make the issue span the full spectrum of Norwegian literature.’
Adam Foulds | Podcast
Adam Foulds
Adam Foulds spoke to John Freeman about how he wanted to be a scientist before discovering writing and his time working in a warehouse as a forklift truck driver.
Petar Delchev | Best Untranslated Writers
Miroslav Penkov
‘I’m talking now of Mr Delchev’s bravery; of his books rightly loved by a faithful following of Bulgarian readers; of his words, still untranslated, which one day, I hope, will ring out in many foreign tongues.’
Xiaolu Guo | Podcast
Xiaolu Guo & Ellah Alfrey
Xiaolu Guo speaks to Ellah Alfrey about growing up in rural China, becoming an East Ender and writing in English.
Helen Mort | Interview
Helen Mort & Rachael Allen
‘I think there’s something seductive and liberating about the way you can create shadowy characters in a poem.’
Elias Khoury | Interview
Sophia Efthimiatou & Elias Khoury
‘As the reader follows her in and out of consciousness, her history unravels and entwines with religious and social myths, and Lebanese folklore.’
Granta Portugal | Interview
Carlos Vaz Marques & Ted Hodgkinson
‘We’ve kept the issue a secret because our goal was to offer a genuine feeling of discovery to Granta Portugal’s subscribers.’
Adam Foulds | Interview
Adam Foulds
A short film featuring Adam Foulds, one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists.
Shobasakthi | Best Untranslated Writers
V. V. Ganeshananthan
‘Shobasakthi is also known as Anthony X; he is an ex-militant; he is an expatriate.’
Andrew O’Hagan | Interview
Andrew O’Hagan & Patrick Ryan
‘A lot of journalism was in danger of becoming ‘celebrity writing’, in the sense that the writer and his conscience could become the story.’
Eric Anderson and Sean Borodale In Conversation
Eric Anderson & Sean Borodale
‘The incendiary elements that start my poems are often something I find shocking, but hopefully not gratuitous.’
