https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed After living in many places, New York-born writer Anne Korkeakivi is now based in Geneva, where she speaks to The Local about how being an expat inspired her first novel, An Unexpected Guest. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140428/expat-experiences-inspire-geneva-based-writer Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:00:00 +0200 expat-experiences-inspire-geneva-based-writer Following on the success of her debut novel, The Book of Summers, British author Emylia Hall has looked to Switzerland for inspiration for her latest work. A Heart Bent Out of Shape is set in Lausanne, drawing on time Hall spent there as a 19-year-old student. The Local talks to her to find out more. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140124/lausanne-inspires-british-novelist Fri, 24 Jan 2014 08:00:00 +0100 lausanne-inspires-british-novelist English expat Diccon Bewes cast a wry glance at Switzerland in his bestseller Swiss Watching. A French translation, Le Suissologue, is now in bookshops. The Local caught up with the author to discuss chocolate, trains and Oprah’s bag. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130830/swiss-watcher-laments-cold-service-in-switzerland Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:00:00 +0200 swiss-watcher-laments-cold-service-in-switzerland Stefan Bachmann is only 19, but his darkly mysterious debut novel set in a parallel world of faeries, goblins and child snatchers has already earned him comparisons to J.K. Rowling, Dickens and Dostoyevsky. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130121/swiss-american-teen-strikes-gold-with-debut-novel Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:33:00 +0100 swiss-american-teen-strikes-gold-with-debut-novel