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In the final episode of Europe Readr Riveting Interview podcast series, journalist and presenter Rosie Goldsmith meets the Finnish artist Sanna Pelliccioni. Sanna studied art, illustration and graphic design in Italy and Finland, and is now an illustrator and author of children’s literature, especially picture books, which have been translated into seven languages. She creates illustrations using various techniques, her favourites being collage and other mixed techniques. Her. She lives and works in Helsinki.
In this episode, Sanna introduces herself, her work and her Europe Readr featured silent picture book "We had to Leave".


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This episode is brought to you by the European Literature Network in partnership with EUNIC London and the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland.

In the eighth episode of Europe Readr Riveting Interview podcast series, journalist and presenter Rosie Goldsmith meets the Slovak linguist, translator, film theoretician and poet Mária Ferenčuhová. Mária is the award-winning author of six collections of poetry that have been translated into several languages. She also translates prose, poetry and essays from French, as well as being the author and co-author of three scientific monographs on film and working extensively within the Slovak domestic film and documentary scenes. Her poetry resembles entries in a diary, through which she constantly records and describes her everyday life, emotional life, and experiences as a mother. Listen to the conversation to discover more about her work and the Europe Readr featured collection "Threatened Species".

This episode is brought to you by the European Literature Network in partnership with EUNIC London and the Embassy of Slovakia in London.

In the seventh episode of Europe Readr Riveting Interview podcast series, journalist and presenter Rosie Goldsmith meets the Belgian artist, illustrator and children’s author Ann De Bode. Born in the Belgian Congo, she now lives and works in Duffel, Belgium. During her rich career, she has illustrated almost three hundred books at home and abroad, including many that she has authored herself. Amongst other things Ann De Bode talks to Rosie about her picture book "My street", which is featured on the Europe Readr digital platform. Bring together families from different cultures and parts of the world, "My street" is a picture book with a positive message for all generations!

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This episode is brought to you by the European Literature Network in partnership with EUNIC London and Flanders House London.

In the sixth episode of the Europe Readr Riveting Interview podcasts, series presenter Rosie Goldsmith meets the Bulgarian writer Alexander Shpatov. Alexander, 35, was born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria, and has never left his home city for more than two weeks. Winner of the 2005 Bulgarian National Best Fiction Debut Prize the Sofia Award for Literature in 2015, Alexander serves as chairman of the Association for Small Urban Libraries and is also a real estate lawyer, a PhD student in Theory of Reading and a tour guide around the literary landmarks of Sofia.

Tune in to their interesting conversation to find out more about Alexander and his work as a writer and cultural advocate.

This episode is brought to you by the European Literature Network in partnership with EUNIC London 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 talks about his relationship with nature and explains 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, all of which he lives by today.

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This episode is brought to you by the European Literature Network in partnership with EUNIC London and the Italian Cultural Institute in London.

In the fourth episode of the Europe Readr 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 climate in Lithuania, what it means to be a writer today, and Akvilė's recent short story collection "Bodies", which is featured on the Europe Readr platform and brings together tales from around Europe. Akvilė made her literary debut in 2015 with the semi-autobiographical novel "Two Lives in a Single Summer", which was a major Lithuanian bestseller. "Kūnai", the Lithuanian version of "Bodies" and her latest book, 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.