Teos publisher Nina Paavolainen says she’s optimistic about seeing Finland’s literature find more international traction in 2018, with help in part from the Helsinki Literary Agency.
Year-End Rights Roundup: Deals Reported From Sweden, Poland, Brazil, Spain
A couple of auspicious debuts are included in our latest rights update, as well as historical fiction, a children’s entry, serial work and noir.
Rights Roundup: Reports From Sweden, Spain, Germany, Greece, Canada, Australia
Amid discussion bout how audiobook rights are bought and sold, our roundup shows a robust rights trading scene on the international publishing stage.
Agent Stefanie Hirsbrunner of InterKontinental: Selling African Literature Rights Into Germany
Furthering its mission to bring African writing to more readers, Berlin-based InterKontinental Literary Agency is organizing a literary festival of African writing in April.
Rights Roundup: Recent Agency Reports from Norway, Spain, Germany, the UK, and Finland
Film options as well as translation rights factor into the mix as agencies report sales and deals on some of their strongest titles.
As France is Fêted at Frankfurt, French Literary Agents Take Stock
Seeing the French president join the German chancellor in opening France’s Guest of Honor program at Frankfurt, French literary agents survey the market.
Frankfurt’s Markets Conference: Andrew Wylie on Reading in a Globalized Society
Iconic literary agent Andrew Wylie spoke at the Frankfurt Book Fair’s Markets conference about diversity in publishing, and giving readers what they want.
Early Birds: Frankfurt’s Literary Agents Center Heats Up on Tuesday
Agents shift their meetings from the hotels to the Literary Agents Center on Frankfurt Tuesday, and some literary agencies share their big books of the fair.
Agency Rights Roundup: Barcelona’s VicLit Agency and Its Latin American Novels
Focusing on debut Latin American talent, Victor Hurtado’s agency’s rights sales are promoting new voices from the Spanish-language markets.
Rights Updates from Agencies: Berlin, Istanbul, Cologne, London
‘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.