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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: Translations Grants – Deadline 4th May
Spain will be the Guest of Honour of the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2022. The Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport has published the 2021 invitation for applications for Foreign Language Translation grants: culturaydeporte.gob.es/ The application deadline is May 4th. The FAQ are available in various languages as PDFs on 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 [...]
Why We Choose not to See the Old published by PEN Transmissions
Dulce Maria Cardoso // In Why We Choose not to See the Old, renowned Portuguese author Dulce Maria Cardoso reveals her experience as an informal nurse for her mother during the pandemic. Why We Choose not to See the Old has been translated into English by [...]
Crime Leaderboard March and April 2021
Patrícia Melo // Piled Women by Patrícia Melo is voted number 3 in March and number 6 in April on the list of the Crime Leaderboard (KrimiBestenliste), a project of Deutschlandfunk Kultur. The novel receives excellent reviews, so far, among others, in Der Spiegel, FAZ, Literaturkritik [...]
Launching of “Vista Chinesa” in Brazil
Tatiana Salem Levy // Vista Chinesa, the latest novel by Tatiana Salem Levy has just been launched at Todavia in Brazil. The media coverage is overwhelming. Please find a selection further down. An English sample translation is available. "The strength of the book lies in its [...]
Forgotten We’ll Be wins Goya Award 2021 for Best Ibero-American film
Héctor Abad Faciolince // After a strong competition Forgotten We’ll Be, an adaptation of Héctor Abad's acclaimed novel and memoir El olvido que seremos (Oblivion) wins the Goya Award 2021 for Best Ibero-American film. Antonio Banderas hosted the hybrid ceremony in Málaga. The film was directed [...]