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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 [...]
Hilde-Domin-Prize 2023
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 [...]
TV series “Booklovers” about literature
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 [...]
Finalist Jabuti Prize 2023 in the category Brazilian Book Published Abroad
Paulo Scott // We are excited to announce that the English edition of the novel Phenotypes ("Marrom e amarelo") by our author Paulo Scott is among the finalists of the Jabuti Prize 2023 in the category Brazilian Book Published Abroad. The nominated edition is published by And Other Stories. The [...]
5 Finalists Jabuti Prize 2023
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 [...]
Semi-Finalists Jabuti Prize 2023
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 [...]
Prix Médicis étranger 2023
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 [...]
World premiere of “The Fortunate Ones” in the USA
Lídia Jorge // The Fortunate Ones is a feature film based on Lídia Jorge's novel The Wind Whistling in the Cranes (“O Vento Assobiando nas Gruas“), directed by Jeanne Waltz. The film will celebrate its world premiere on 7 October 2023 at the Mill Valley Film [...]