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 [...]
Waterstones’ promotion campaign
Patrícia Melo // We are delighted to announce that the UK paperback edition of Patrícia Melo's novel The Simple Art of Killing a Woman has been selected [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
On tour in the USA and Canada
Bachtyar Ali // Our Kurdish author Bachtyar Ali will be on tour in the USA and Canada this autumn. He is invited to nine readings [...]
On the Cover of El País
Sergio Bizzio// Sergio Bizzio was on the cover page of El País on Saturday, 16 September. The leading Spanish newspaper calls him "Argentina's best-kept literary [...]
Speech at European Parliament
Héctor Abad // Héctor Abad speaks to the European Parliament today at 6.30 pm together with Javi López (MEP & Eurolat Co-President), Sergio Jaramillo (former Colombian High Commissioner for [...]
Pope Francis welcomes our authors Peixoto and Tavares among almost 200 artists from around the world
José Luis Peixoto, Gonçalo M. Tavares // To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vatican Museums' collection of contemporary religious art, Pope Francis will welcome nearly 200 artists including [...]
HBO Max Turns ‘City of God’ into Series
Paulo Lins // HBO Max's City of God series will follow in the footsteps of the film by Fernando Meirelles and will also be based on Paulo Lins' book [...]
Evolution of the Translator (LBF 2023)
At this year´s London Book Fair 2023, Nicole Witt has been invited to contribute to the panel "Evolution of the Translator". The panel will take place in the Literary Translation [...]
