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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 [...]

  • Bachtyar Ali © Khasraw Hamakarim

Hilde-Domin-Prize 2023

November 23rd, 2023|Categories: Awards, Selections|

Bachtyar Ali // Our author Bachtyar Ali is awarded the Hilde-Domin-Prize of the City of Heidelberg. This prize is given to writers who live in exile in Germany and publish in German language. The prize consists of 15.000 Euros. Among the members of the jury are Gregor Dotzauer and Cornelia [...]

  • Jorge Carrión © Pedro Madueno

TV series “Booklovers” about literature

November 23rd, 2023|Categories: Launchings, Recommendations, Special Projects|

Jorge Carrión // Jorge Carrión turns his titles "Bookshops" and "Against Amazon" into a TV series, "Booklovers", which will be available on Caixa Forum+, a Spanish streaming platform for culture and science. The series is available in Spanish with English and Portuguese subtitles. In each episode, Carrión travels through a [...]

  • Patrícia Melo © Adriano Heitmann

5 Finalists Jabuti Prize 2023

November 21st, 2023|Categories: Awards, Selections|

Patrícia Melo // We are excited to announce that our author Patrícia Melo is among the five finalists of the Jabuti Prize 2023! Less than one has been nominated in the category Literary Novel. The other nominees are Cristovão Tezza, Sérgio Rodrigues, Ruy Castro and Geovani Martins. The prize is [...]

  • Patrícia Melo © Adriano Heitmann

Semi-Finalists Jabuti Prize 2023

November 10th, 2023|Categories: Awards, Selections|

Patrícia Melo // We are proud to announce that our author Patrícia Melo is among the ten semi-finalists of the Jabuti Prize 2023! Less than one has been nominated in the category Literary Novel. Other nominees are Cristovão Tezza, Sérgio Rodrigues and Geovani Martins. The prize is organized by the [...]

  • Lídia Jorge © Frank Ferville

Prix Médicis étranger 2023

November 9th, 2023|Categories: Awards, Selections|

Lídia Jorge // The novel Misericórdia ("Mercy") by Lídia Jorge has won the prestigious Prix Médicis étranger 2023 ex-aequo with Han Kang, author of "Impossibles Adieux" from South Korea, in the category of the best foreign book. Misericórdia was published in France at Éditions Métailié, in the translation of Elisabeth Monteiro [...]

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