Recent sales
Although the World is not at its best at the moment, the business has to go on. And luckily it does. Here is an update on recent sales.
Meet our co-agents in Turkey
Kalem Agency is a literary agency founded in Istanbul, Turkey, and is one of those who builds bridges between books and languages. They represent numerous renowned Turkish authors, and work as co-agents for foreign publishers and literary agencies They also organize ITEF, an international literary festival and a fellowship programme every year.
Meet Vincent our co-agent in Taiwan and China
BIG APPLE AGENCY celebrated its 33rd anniversary in 2020. They work with translation rights into Mainland China and into Taiwan and Hong Kong. We’ve asked Vincent to tell us a little more about these markets, and where to travel when we get the possibility again.
Meet Jitka, our co-agent in Prague
Jitka Nemeckova is working with our books in three Countries: The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. In this interview you can read more about her and her markets. And get ideas on cites to visit when in Prague. She also shares the recipe for the traditional Christmas pastry Vánočka. If you manage this, you can consider yourself a real baker!
Meet our co-agents in Budapest
To be a successful agency you need to cooperate with the right people. And we are so lucky to be cooperating with a lot of extremely professional co-agents around the world, so it’s about time you get to meet them! First out is Judit Herman, who is in charge of Andrew Nurnberg Literary Agency Budapest, and who handles our rights in Hungary and Croatia.
Brage to Thomas Horne
The prestigious Brage-prize has been awarded to Thomas Horne’s The Big Guide to Climate-Friendly Living . A huge congratulations to Thomas!
Welcome Nikolaj!
We are happy and proud to welcome Nikolaj Frobenius to Northern Stories, an international acclaimed novelist and screenwriter. His books has been translated into numerous languages and he has since his international literary breakthrough in 1996 received lots of international awards.
Olivia Lasky
Olivia Lasky will start working as our Royalty- and Contract manager. She is currently working as Global Paid Social Media Lead at Precis Digital.
Kontrakts- og oppgjørsansvarlig
Vi er et uavhengig litterært agentur som selger rettigheter til internasjonale forlag. Vi jobber også med rettighetssalg til film/TV og teater. Firmaet er nå inne i sitt femte år, og arbeidsmengden er stadig økende. Vi søker derfor en medarbeider i 20% stilling.
Siri Helle to Granta
Granta Books has secured World English rights to Siri Helle’s book The Hand Made Tale after an auction.
London to Little, Brown
Nazneen Khan-Østrem’s higly praised book about immigrant London has been acquired in an auction by Little, Brown’s Robinson imprint.
MIT Press aquires War against Bacteria
The renowed MIT Press has just bought World English rights to Erik Martiniussen’s The War against Bacteria.
Therese Tungen shortlisted
Therese Tungen is on the shortlist for the European Union Prize for Literature 2020 for her book Love, or something like it.
Tremendous reception for The War against Bacteria
Erik Martiniussen has just published his new book The War against Bacteria to critical acclaim from a collective Norwegian Press. With two newspapers giving it the highest score possible, 6 out of 6, and the third calling it one of the best books of the year (already) – this surely is a fantastic launch.
Books 2020 - our new catalogue
Even though London Book Fair was cancelled, our new catalogue is fresh out of the printer.
Latest sales roundup
2020 is off to a good start, lots of books are moving on out into the world. Here’s a roundup off the latest deals.