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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 [...]
Portugal and PALOP Leipzig Book Fair 2021
After the cancellation of this year’s Leipzig Book Fair due to the pandemic, Portugal's Guest of Honour appearance will be postponed to 2022. However, from 27 to 30 May 2021, as part of this year's reading festival Leipzig liest extra, the literature in Portuguese language from Portugal and PALOP, which includes [...]
Spain: Guest of Honour at the FBF 2022
Due to Covid-19, Spain will be the Guest of Honour for the Frankfurt Book Fair one year later, in 2022. The Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport has published the 2021 invitation for applications for Foreign Language Translation: culturaydeporte.gob.es/ There will be a second round of applications for grants for translation [...]
Shortlist of Grand Prize for Novel 2020
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida // Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida's The Telephones is one out of out of five finalists of the Grand Prize for Novel of the Portuguese Writers Association (APE). Among the other finalists are João Tordo and Valter Hugo Mãe. The Prize is supported [...]
Annibal Caro Award for Best Translation
Dulce Maria Cardoso // Dulce Maria Cardoso's novel Eliete – A Normal Life won the Italian Annibal Caro Award 2021 for the best translation. The novel was translated by Daniele Petruccioli. > cronachemaceratesi.it/premio-annibal-caro
Barbastro Prize for Literature 2021
Jorge Carrión// Jorge Carrión has just been awarded the Barbastro Prize for Literature 2021 with his novel "Museo del siglo XXI" (Museum of the 21st Century)! It's dotated with 15.000 Euros and includes the publication at the renowned publishing house Galaxia Gutenberg. The president of the [...]
Grand Prize for Chronicles and Literary Disperses
Lídia Jorge // Lídia Jorge wins the Grand Prize for Chronicles and Literary Disperses with her book In Every Sense, published at Dom Quixote in 2020 and now already in its second edition. The Prize, established by the Portuguese Writers' Association with the sponsorship of the [...]
Crime Leaderboard March, April, and May 2021
Patrícia Melo // Piled Women by Patrícia Melo was voted number 3 in March and is still part of the April and May lists of the Crime Leaderboard (KrimiBestenliste), a project of Deutschlandfunk Kultur. The novel receives excellent reviews, so far, among others, in Der Spiegel, [...]