‘June is bustin’ out all over’ in rights deals, it seems, and we look at some of them here, as part of our monthly Rights Edition.
Andrew Wylie and the Internationalist Imperative: ‘A Profound Moral Question’
In his keynote at Frankfurt’s The Markets, the arch-agent Andrew Wylie will address the forces of nationalism: ‘The publishing world is in opposition.’
Remembering Ed Victor: ‘Ferocious Negotiating Skills’ and ‘Inexorable Charm’
Known for agency-publishing innovation and for his mastery of a personality-driven business, literary agent Ed Victor is recalled by publishing leaders.
A Rights Agent’s View: Szilvia Molnar on Making True Crime Travel
With impressive rights sales for Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich’s ‘The Fact of a Body,’ Szilvia Molnar at Sterling Lord talks about selling internationally.
Barcelona’s Pontas Agency at 25: Selling Rights Directly Into All Markets
‘Agents like us are acting in areas that used to be the publishers’ territories,’ says Anna Soler-Pont, reflecting on 25 years of her Pontas Agency.
Barcelona’s Schavelzon Heads to BookExpo With Spanish-Language Titles on Offer
Amid growing interest in Spanish and Latin American writers among US publishers, Barcelona-based agency Schavelzon Graham will be at BookExpo.
On the DMZ’s ‘Bridge of Freedom’: Rare North Korean Fiction
Now in a second printing by Grove Press in the States, ‘The Accusation: Forbidden Stories From Inside North Korea’ finds a growing audience of concern.
All That’s Nordic Isn’t Noir, in Scandinavian Rights Action
Brisk springtime rights trading is reported from Scandinavia, with nonfiction hits as well as fiction highlighted in Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, and Norway.
International Rights Trade Grows at Brazil’s Bienal do Livro Rio
As Brazil’s publishers look to boost their rights business, the Bienal do Livro in Rio prepares to host its Agents & Business Center for a second time.
London’s Tribute to Agent and Author David Miller: ‘Boundless Curiosity’
Rogers Coleridge & White’s David Miller is remembered in London as a deeply respected literary agent, a compelling author, and ‘wonderful father.’