Leading UK literary agency Andrew Nurnberg Associates is partnering with Istanbul’s AnatoliaLit agency to expand the agency’s activities in Turkey.
Publishing in Turkey: Expanding Horizons Between East and West
With increased publishing professionalization and unique ability to bridge multiple cultures, Turkey is gaining credibility as a regional force. By Chip Rossetti In the field of publishing, Turkey’s international profile has risen dramatically in the last six years, particularly following Orhan Pamuk’s winning of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, and Turkey’s selection as the Guest of Honor at …
Talking Turkey: Istanbul’s Amy Spangler on Founding a Literary Agency Abroad
By Amy Marie Spangler ISTANBUL: When I arrived in Istanbul in August of 1999, just a few months after graduating from college, I had not planned to launch a literary agency in Turkey. My plan was to brush up on my Turkish for a year before pursuing graduate studies in Germanics. (Sounds odd, I know, but I wanted to focus …
What Turkish Authors Do You Want Translated?
By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story describes Amy Spangler’s experiences launching a literary agency in Istanbul and the challenges of selling Turkish authors abroad. Asked what some of her top clients are that she’d like more attention for, she replied: Hatice Meryem, whose book May I Have a Fly-Sized Husband to Watch Over Me, is being published in Germany by …