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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 2022
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 31st December
Spain will be Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022. There is a third round of applications for grants for translation projects into German, English, French, Dutch, and Italian of literature from Spain by Acción Cultural. Applications may be submitted from June 9th to December 31st 2021. > accioncultural.es [...]
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida Writes Monthly Letter for Folha de S.Paulo
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida // Over the next year, Ilustrada Ilustríssima (Folha de S.Paulo) will publish a monthly letter written by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida. The letters are fictitious, inspired by the isolation caused by the pandemic and the desire for proximity that it has evoked. [...]
Number 1 of Buchkultur’s “The Top Ten Crime Novels of the Season”
Patrícia Melo// Patrícia Melo has been voted Number 1 of Buchkultur's "The Top Ten Crime Novels of the Season", ahead of Giancarlo De Cataldo, Merle Kröger and Marc Elsberg. Last year's winner was Young-ha Kims.
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 [...]
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