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International Literary Agent of the Year 2015
The Literary Agency Mertin has been voted International Literary Agent of the Year 2015 by The London Book Fair, in partnership with the UK Publishers Association! This is a great acknowledgement of our work and above all, it’s a great tribute to our outstanding authors. Christopher MacLehose of MacLehose Press, chairman [...]
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PEN America Award for Achievement in International Literature
Mia Couto // We are excited to announce that our author Mia Couto will receive the PEN America Award for Achievement in International Literature at the 2025 PEN America Literary Awards. At the award ceremony on May 8—called the “Oscars for books”— PEN America will confer [...]
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Nomination CWA Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation
Patrícia Melo // We are happy to share that Patrícia Melo's novel The Simple Art Of Killing A Woman, translated by Sophie Lewis and published with The Indigo Press, is longlisted for The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Dagger for Crime Fiction in Translation 2025. The CWA [...]
Nomination Prix Violeta Negra Occitanie 2025
Eugenia Almeida // Our author Eugenia Almeida has been nominated for the Prix Violeta Negra Occitanie 2025 for her novel "Scrapyard", published in French by Éditions Métailié. The jury of the Prix Violeta Negra Occitanie consists of booksellers, librarians, journalists, and members of Toulouse Polars du [...]
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Commandeure des Arts et des Lettres
Lídia Jorge // We are proud to announce that Lídia Jorge was appointed Commandeure des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. With this distinction, Lídia Jorge joins a variety of famous names, such as Victoria Ocampo, Jorge Luis Borges, Salman Rushdie, Václav [...]
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Waterstones’ promotion campaign
Patrícia Melo // We are delighted to announce that the UK paperback edition of Patrícia Melo's novel The Simple Art of Killing a Woman has been selected by Waterstones as part of their 25% off pre-order promotion campaign running from the 22nd to the 24th of February. The [...]
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Residence at the Stanford Humanities Center
Bachtyar Ali // The Stanford Humanities Center invites Bachtyar Ali as a resident from early April to early May 2025. The aim of these month-long residencies is to bring high-level international scholars into the intellectual life of Stanford. The SHC promotes provocative discussions, the exchange of ideas across [...]
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Nomination Dublin Literary Award 2025
Dulce Maria Cardoso // Dulce Maria Cardoso is nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award 2025 with her novel Eliete: A Normal Life, translated by Ángel Gurría-Quintana and published by MacLehose Press. The title has already been translated into ten languages. Among the previous winners of [...]
