Trafika Europe Radio

Nov 14 2024 36 ep. 55 mins 3

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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.

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Gothic Revival: Rui Cardoso Martins

Nov 14 2024 44 mins

This week, go back to our most recent issue Gothic Revival. In this episode, host Joe Williams and Portuguese author Rui Cardoso Martins discuss Rui's novel Deathly Convalescence, translated into English by Joe Williams. Go to Gothic Revival to read an excerpt of the novel. We are now accepting submissions for our first ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines her

EUPL Author: Rita Petro, trans. Sofiana Filipi

Nov 07 2024 80 mins

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 fo

EUPL Author: Tina Vrščaj

Oct 30 2024 51 mins

This week, we return to our EUPL series. This ninth episode is with Slovenian author Tina Vrščaj. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss her 2024 EUPL-nominated novel On Slope. You can read the excerpt in the original Slovenian and in English translation here. We are now accepting submissions for our first ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines here. Submis

EUPL Author: Réka Mán-Várhegyi

Oct 24 2024 59 mins

This week, we return to our EUPL series. This eighth episode is with Hungarian author Réka Mán-Várhegyi. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss her 2019 EUPL-nominated novel Magnet Hill. You can read the excerpt in the original Hungarian and in English translation here. We are now accepting submissions for our first ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines h

EUPL Author: Todor Todorov

Oct 17 2024 57 mins

This week, we return to our EUPL series. This seventh episode is with Bulgarian author Todor Todorov. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss his EUPL-nominated novel Hagabula. You can read the excerpt in the original Bulgarian and in English translation here. We are now accepting submissions for our first ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines here. Submissio

Poet Anna Blasiak and Photographer Lisa Kalloo

Oct 10 2024 68 mins

Anna Blasiak and Lisa Kalloo discuss their collaboration on Deliverance in this episode of Trafika Europe Radio. This duo discusses their creative practices and relation to gender and sexuality. Tune in for readings and conversation about their latest collaboration Deliverance, which is a bilingual poetry/photography collection. Anna's Website Lisa's Website Buy the collection fro

EUPL Author: Daina Tabuna

Oct 03 2024 51 mins

This week, we return to our EUPL series. This sixth episode is with Latvian author Daina Tabūna. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss her EUPL-nominated novel Witches. You can read the excerpt in the original Latvian and in English translation here. We are now accepting submissions for our first ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidelines here. Submissions acce

Dutch author Anne Eekhout and translator Laura Watkinson

Sep 26 2024 44 mins

We take a step away from EUPL authors this week and broadcast our first episode related to our most recent issue, Gothic Revival. In this episode, host, Joe Williams, speaks with Dutch author Anne Eekhout and Anglophone translator Laura Watkinson. They discuss Anne's novel, and Laura's translation of, Mary or, the Birth of Frankenstein published by Pushkin Press. This month, it is

EUPL Author: Puskás Panni

Sep 19 2024 53 mins

This week, we are bringing another EUPL author. This fifth episode is with Hungarian author Puskás Panni. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss her EUPL-nominated novel That Any Might Be Saved. You can read the excerpt in the original Hungarian and in English translation here. We are now accepting submissions for our first ever literary prizes! Check out the submission guidel

EUPL Author: Sholeh Rezazadeh

Sep 05 2024 54 mins

This week, we are bringing another EUPL author. This fourth episode is with Dutch author Sholeh Rezazadeh. Host Clayton McKee and the author discuss her EUPL-nominated novel I Know a Mountain that Is Waiting for Me. You can read the excerpt in the original Dutch and in English translation here. We are now accepting submissions for our first ever literary prizes! Check out the subm