News from publishers and agents today comes from England, Norway, Italy, Germany, and Finland–where Max Seeck rules in rights sales.
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.
Children’s Books Edition: A Spring Rights Roundup
Our children’s and YA titles in this Rights Roundup come from South Korea, Spain, France, Estonia, Norway, and the UK.
France’s Catherine Nabokov: An Editor in Business as a Literary Agent
As Friday’s opening of the 2022 in-person Festival du Livre de Paris approaches, Catherine Nabokov talks about nurturing 14 writers’ work.
Rights Edition: Anna Soler-Pont Wins London Book Fair’s Rights Pro Award
International Excellence Award jurors say that Anna Soler-Pont’s agency has a ‘history of reaching out to writers beyond Europe.’
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.
Bologna Outlook: Stephanie Barrouillet of SB Rights Agency
Despite ongoing COVID concerns and Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Stephanie Barrouillet looks ahead to an upbeat in-person Bologna.
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.
Ukraine’s Iryna Baturevych: ‘Solidarity Is Our Superpower’
Interview: Iryna Baturevych at the publishing magazine ‘Chytomo’ has launched an English-language edition for the world book business.