Today’s rights roundup draws on properties from Sweden, Cuba, Argentina, Spain, France, Italy, and Brazil, and covers a range of genres and interests.
Cuba Named Guest of Honor at Upcoming Liber Book Fair in Barcelona
This year set in Barcelona–after last year’s presentation in Madrid–Spain’s Liber 18 international book fair has announced the presentation of a large delegation from its guest of honor country, Cuba.
A UNESCO Honor Today in Havana and a Francophone Bookshop in Bucharest
Named for Mexican novelist and diplomat Jaime Torres Bodet, UNESCO’s honor recognizes a Cuban institution’s presence in literature and the arts; and in Bucharest, a French bookselling success.
Canada is Guest Country of Honor at 2017 Havana International Book Fair
Canadian authors including Margaret Atwood, Madeleine Thien, Luc Chartrand and Jocelyne Saucier are to travel to Cuba, as are 18 publishers.
A Rich Crop of Latin American Rights on Offer in Frankfurt
A posthumous novel by Roberto Bolaño and new works by Guatemala’s Rodrigo Rey Rosa and Mexicans Mario Bellatin and Laia Jufresa are among Frankfurt’s Latin American rights harvest. It’s post-“boom” in Latin America’s literary output, as agent Cristóbel Pera puts it: powerful new voices breaking out on the world stage…and awaiting the rights action at Frankfurt Book Fair. — Porter …
Crowdfunding for Latin American Writers: A Few Words With Enrique Parrilla
Spain-based Lantia’s crowdfunding platform has become a ‘channel’ for Latin American independent titles, says CEO Enrique Parrilla.
Cuba’s Book Embargo Tackled by Trade With White House Petitions
Key figures in the American publishing community are unified in their call for a lift of the US embargo of Cuba as it pertains to books.
Havana Book Fair: New Chapters in Warming Relations
American and international publishers attended the 2016 Havana Book Fair in hopes of finding new opportunities in an economically friendlier Cuba.
Cubanabooks Brings Cuban Women Writers to America
Cubanabooks, published at California State Chico, was launched to publish English-language translations of books by Cuban women writers.
Restless Books’ Publisher Searches for Cuban Science Fiction
As the USA and Cuba reestablish diplomatic relations, literary relations are also flourishing: Restless Books will release a series of Cuban sci-fi books.
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