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Double feature at the podcast:
We proudly present interviews with authors Alex Prinz ("Oststolz") and Leif Randt ("Let's Talk About Feelings")!
https://papierstaupodcast.de/podcast/...
https://papierstaupodcast.de/podcast/...

I've talked to the wonderful Seán Hewitt about his debut novel "Open, Heaven", and you can listen to our conversation here:
https://papierstaupodcast.de/special/...

I did an interview with the wonderful Pajtim Statovci, and you can now listen to it (in English) here: https://papierstaupodcast.de/special/...

Hey Germans, go vote and fight the fascists!

And for everyone outside our country, here's the one and only Jan Böhmermann explaining Germany's far-right comeback and how it relates to Musk & Trump for the New York Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLWLb...

Sarah Jessica Parker now a judge for the Booker 2025 - WTF?

Since yesterday, I can't load my feed, or those of my friends, plus I don't receive e-mails with my friends' reviews and only randomly get notifications when someone comments. Oh, come on, Goodreads, WTF!

My interview with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on "Chain-Gang All-Stars" is now available on all streaming platforms and on our podcast website:
https://papierstaupodcast.de/special/...

Wanna hear me chat with Tom Crewe, author of "The New Life"? There you go: https://papierstaupodcast.de/special/...

Arghhhhh... that freaking GR bug that randomly takes likes away keeps buggin'....WTF GR

Amazon keeps changing book titles to make them include ads (quotes from reviews, favorable descriptions, prize nominations) - changing that has been my main task as a librarian in recent weeks, and now, for the first time, I found a book title that doesn't allow removing the ad part. It's so pathetic, Amazon now really tries to ruin this platform and pervert it into an ad agency.

What moves a person to reach out to our podcast asking whether I could review a certain book on GoodReads because she doesn't want to pay for our exclusive content and prefers reading anyway? Who seriously thinks I would be thrilled about this?? These are the same people who go online to wax poetic about the value of culture and journalism... *sigh* Support your quality journalism, guys! Likes don't pay bills.

What moves a person to reach out to our podcast asking whether I could review a certain book on GoodReads because she doesn't want to pay for our exclusive content, apparently without even realizing how rude this is? These are the same people who go online to wax poetic about the value of culture and journalism... *sigh* Support your quality journalism, guys! Likes don't pay bills.

We rarely post full-length interviews in English, but here are some links in case you want to listen in:
Maddie Mortimer about "Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies": https://papierstaupodcast.de/special/...
Frank Wynne about the International Booker 2022: https://papierstaupodcast.de/special/...
Sjón about "CoDex 1962": https://papierstaupodcast.de/special/...

Argh, Goodreads: Whenever I decline friend requests, GR just accepts them anyway and I have to unfriend these people. What the hell is going on???

I'll just go ahead & post my Booker prediction list so we all can have a good laugh about how wrong I was tomorrow! :-)

Lanny; The Man Who Saw Everything; I Am Sovereign; The Wall (UK)
Night Boat to Tangier; For the Good Times (Ireland)
We Cast A Shadow; On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous; The Nickel Boys (USA)
The Testaments (CAN)
The Museum of Modern Love (AUS)
Bangkok Wakes To Rain (USA/THA)
Freshwater (Nigeria)

Es gibt nur einen Gott: BelaFarinRod. :-)

This is "maybe-pretentious".

Thanks for the copy, Tim - the writing is beautiful!

I intended to do all kinds of things yesterday, but I couldn't, I HAD TO read The Mars Room! This book is everything I wanted it to be!

Wow, this is really, really good...