Interviews

How to interview a translator: five questions that expose translation choices

Feb 03, 2026 | by Éloïse Durand

Interviewing a translator is one of the quiet pleasures of literary work: you pull back the curtain on decisions most readers never see, and you learn how meaning migrates between languages. Over the...

How to use an author interview to map influences and reading recommendations

Dec 02, 2025 | by Éloïse Durand

When I sit down to interview a writer, I’m not only listening for a soundbite or a publicity quote; I’m tracing a map. That map shows the routes between books, the hidden corners of a writer’s...

What to ask in an author interview to reveal craft, not promotion

Dec 02, 2025 | by Éloïse Durand

I’ve sat across from authors in bookshop backrooms, over coffee, on panels and through pixelated video calls. Across formats and temperaments one thing becomes quickly clear: the questions we ask...