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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 [...]
Translating Chile 2026, deadline January 30, 2026
We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for Translating Chile 2026, with a deadline on January 30, 2026, at 23:59 Chile Continental Time. Submissions can be made either in English or Spanish. Results will be published on the 17th of April through www.dirac.gob.cl/. [...]
Deadline for European literary translation grant
Submissions for the European Union's 2026 support programme for translations of European literature are still possible until January 29, 2026. The CREA-CULT-2026-LIT (Circulation of European literary works) programme supports projects that will translate, publish, distribute and promote European works of fiction, in particular by encouraging translations [...]
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Shortlist São Paulo Prize of Literature
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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Shortlist Oceanos Prize 2025
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
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
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
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 [...]
