34. Catalan Crime with Teresa Solana, Peter Bush & Marina Sofia

​ Catalan Crime in translation: We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan hear from Barcelona-born author Teresa Solana; Peter Bush the translator of her crime thriller Black Storms - he's also Teresa's husband; and Marina Sofia the co-founder of Corylus publishers, which publishes crime fiction in translation from Catalan, Spanish, Romanian, Icelandic, Argentinian Spanish, and German.We also talk about authors and translators Ian Rankin, Gene Kerrigan, Jeffrey Archer, Frederick Forsyth, Tony Kent, Lisa Jewell, the Rev Richard Coles, Robert Thorogood, David Gullis, Fred Vargas, Petros Markaris, Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, Anthea Bell, Derek Hockridge, Chico Buarque and Juan Goytisolo - plus the Chiltern Kills crime and Khushwant Singh London literary festivals.And more - including dead Catalan authors v dead Spanish authors; the author-translator power dynamic; Catalonia / Catalunya and Spain; Cornwall, folk culture and Cornish independence; Steve becoming a witch; Paul having a book out soon and some book launch events; snoring dogs; Biafra; whether La Sagrada Familia is a cathedral or a basilica; Asterix the Gaul; and the secret location where this podcast episode was part-recorded.We'd Like A Word is a podcast & radio show from authors Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan. (And sometimes Jonathan Kennedy.) We talk with writers, readers, editors, agents, celebrities, talkers, poets, publishers, booksellers, & audiobook creators about books - fiction & non-fiction. We go out on various radio & podcast platforms. Our website is http://www.wedlikeaword.com for information on Paul, Steve & our guests. We're on Twitter @wedlikeaword & Facebook @wedlikeaword & our email is [email protected] Yes, we're embarrassed by the missing apostrophes. We like to hear from you - questions, thoughts, ideas, guest or book suggestions. Perhaps you'd like to come on We'd Like A Word to chat, review or read out passages from books. Paul is the author of a new Irish-Indian cosy crime series set in contemporary Delhi. The first in the series is Murder in Moonlit Square, which published by No Exit Press / Bedford Square Publishers in October 2025 - but you can pre-order it now. (Ah go on.) It'll also be published in India in paperback in October 2025 by Penguin India. Paul previously wrote the 1950s Irish border thriller Blackwatertown. We can also recommend Cockerings, the comic classic by Stevyn Colgan, and his hugely popular YouTube channel @Colganology