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International Literary Agent of the Year 2015

April 15th, 2015|Categories: Awards, Special Projects|

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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Shortlist São Paulo Prize of Literature

November 3rd, 2025|Categories: Nominations|

Adriana Lisboa // "Os grandes carníveros" by Adriana Lisboa is shortlisted for the São Paulo Prize in the category Best Novel of the Year 2024. In this edition of the prize, 323 works competed, 158 of which were in the “Best Novel of the Year” category, [...]

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  • José Eduardo Agualusa © Rosa Cunha José Eduardo Agualusa

Shortlist Oceanos Prize 2025

October 24th, 2025|Categories: Awards, Selections|

Mia Couto and José Eduardo Agualusa // We are very excited to announce that out of five finalists for the prestigious Oceanos Prize in the category of prose books, two are our authors: José Eduardo Agualusa with "Master of Drums", published at Quetzal in Portugal and Tusquets in Brazil, and [...]

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Netflix’s Weekly Global Top 10

October 22nd, 2025|Categories: Special Projects|

Natalia Zito // We're thrilled to share that Netflix's feature film "27 Nights" (Veintisiete noches), based on Natalia Zito's novel of the same title, entered the weekly Global Top 10 for non-English language films at number 5, with 2.2 million views worldwide. It also ranked in [...]

2025 Prix Violeta Negra Occitanie

October 13th, 2025|Categories: Awards|

Eugenia Almeida // We’re happy to share that Eugenia Almeida has won the 2025 Prix Violeta Negra Occitanie for her novel "Scrapyard", published in French by Éditions Métailié under the title "La Casse". The jury of the Prix Violeta Negra Occitanie is composed of booksellers, librarians, [...]

Shortlisted for the 2025 Jabuti Prize

October 8th, 2025|Categories: Nominations|

Andrea del Fuego // We are excited to announce that the Swedish edition of the novel "The Paediatrician" ("A pediatra") by Andrea del Fuego has been shortlisted for the Jabuti Prize 2025 in the category Brazilian Book Published Abroad. The nominated edition, in its original published [...]

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Euskadi Prize for Literature 2025

October 8th, 2025|Categories: Awards|

Unai Elorriaga // We’re happy to announce that our author Unai Elorriaga has won the 2025 Euskadi Prize for Literature in the category Basque Literature for his novel "About the Five Souls of Francesco Pasquale" ("Francesco Pasqualeren bosgarren arima"), originally published at Susa and recently launched in Spanish [...]

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