Taiwan Stories Market program at the 2023 Bologna Children’s Book Fair features award-winning illustrators and events. Sponsored.
Rights Edition: Gray Tan on Taiwan Books in World Markets
Taipei-based international rights agent Gray Tan talks about his 15-year-old agency’s success in translation and publication rights deals.
Rights Edition: A Finnish Agent Cheers France’s Interest in Translation
At Helsinki Literary Agency, Urtė Liepuoniūtė says she’s seeing greatly enhanced interest from France and French-language houses.
UTA Buys London’s Curtis Brown: ‘A Culture of Collaboration’
A 31-year-old American agency buys a 123-year-old British agency in the UTA-Curtis Brown acquisition.
Rights Roundup: A Finnish Flash Point From 1961
Titles in this Rights Roundup come from Turkey, Spain, France, Finland, and Sweden, and include work for adults and young readers.
Rights Roundup: After London Book Fair Closes
Our featured rights deals at the end of the 2022 London Book Fair week include titles from Finland, Italy, Sweden, and more.
Rights Roundup: Ukraine’s Andrej Kurkow and ‘Grey Bees’
Even amid the excitement and pleasure in an in-person staging of Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the Ukraine nightmare was never forgotten.
Rights Roundup: Bologna Names Its Cross-Media Awards Winner
The road to Bologna is paved with awards programs, of course, and a French book-and-film project has just been named a winner.
Rights Roundup and Awards: ‘Comedy Queen’ Wins a Crystal Bear
The adaptation of Jenny Jägerfeld’s ‘Comedy Queen’–about a 13-year-old who wants to be a stand-up comedian–picks up a Berlinale award.
International Rights Roundup: ‘Wordless Comics’ and Cat Pictures
Today’s Rights Roundup features writings from France, South Africa, Greece, Finland, and the United Kingdom.