HÖRET MEINE STIMME by David Vaughan

Just in time for the Frankfurt Book Fair, a new translation is published by KLAK Verlag in Berlin. David Vaughan’s novel HEAR MY VOICE (HÖRET MEINE STIMME) explores the role of radio in Czechoslovakia shortly before World War II. Drawing on extensive research, the author has crafted a charming narrative voice that takes us right into the heart of the events in Prague and the Sudetenland in 1937 and 1938, introducing us directly to numerous historical figures.

“Prague, late 1937: A young interpreter from England finds himself caught up in the dramatic months leading up to the Munich Agreement. Working alongside radio journalists, he experiences first-hand how a new medium – radio – becomes a battlefield: A tool of enlightenment for some, a weapon of hatred for others. David Vaughan brings real-life figures of the era – from Edvard Beneš to William Shirer and Karel Čapek – to life and paints a gripping portrait of a year in which manipulation became the norm and the world learnt to mistrust the false voices – too late. A novel about the beginnings of propaganda in the age of radio, which remains disturbingly relevant today.” (Publisher’s blurb)

The book is, together with all pertinent information, available here per the publisher’s website.

A talk and reading will take place on 27 Nov 2026, together with Emmanuel Carrère’s KOLCHOSE, translated by Claudia Hamm, at the Golda Books store in Berlin.