This year, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award is offering translation funding for literary and children’s titles that have won the award, with the goal of increasing the readership for Arabic books.
Rights Roundup: Titles That May Rock the Rights Center at London Book Fair
Our latest spring rights deal roundup ahead of the London Book Fair includes a Korean suspense novel sold into 8 territories, an ‘intentional living’ manifesto sold to 22 territories, and a Swedish thriller with 16 deals so far.
Riga’s Alīse Nigale on Selling Rights Into Asia: ‘English Is the Bridge’
Latvian children’s publisher Alīse Nigale and her publishing house Liels un Mazs have won a number of awards in Latvia, and she’s now seeing a boost from foreign rights sales.
Download the Spring 2018 Publishing Perspectives Magazine
Get a digital copy of the Spring 2018 Publishing Perspectives Magazine, out in print at the London Book Fair next week. This issue puts a focus on diversity in book publishing.
Key Rights Offers on Deck: Amazon Publishing Titles at Bologna and London Book Fairs
At Bologna Children’s Book Fair and London Book Fair, the Amazon Publishing rights team packs dependable titles—and the retail muscle to make all boats float.
China’s Tomorrow Publishing House Signs New Copyright Contracts at the Bologna Book Fair
This year’s Bologna Book Fair was a success for the rights department of Tomorrow Publishing House in China. The company celebrated a number of new rights deals with international publishers.
Series ‘A Century of Chinese Children’s Literature’ Launches at the 2018 Bologna Children’s Book Fair
China Translation & Publishing House launched an anthology of Chinese children’s stories in Bologna and announced rights deals for Arabic and Spanish.
Macmillan Buys US Rights to Cao Wenxuan’s Latest Book from 21st Century Publishing Group
At a special ceremony during the Bologna Book Fair, Macmillan and 21st Century Publishing Group celebrated a new rights deal for Chinese author Cao Wenxuan’s book, ‘Summer’.
Rights Roundup: Nine for the Bologna Season, Led by a ‘New Neopolitan’
From Finland by way of Kosovo, as well as the UK, Israel, Nigeria, Sweden, Spain, and the United States, the writers of our rights roundup are producing thrillers, politically tinged literary fiction, memoir, comedic drama and, of course, children’s stories.
NORLA’s Margit Walsø on Norway’s Big Translation Rights Year
Touting a record year for Norwegian literature on the world stage, NORLA’s Margit Walsø describes a market and industry unified in their mission: ‘We want our stories to be part of the international dialogue.’