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Forgotten We’ll Be Film Premiere
Héctor Abad Faciolince // This year’s San Sebastian Film Festival closed with the international premiere of the Colombian filmmaker Fernando Trueba’s Forgotten We’ll Be, out of competition. Adapted from Héctor Abad Faciolince’s homonymous bestselling novel El olvido que seremos, the film is a Cannes 2020 selection, [...]
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Nocilla Dream shortlisted in Sweden
Agustín Fernández Mallo // Nocilla Dream by Agustín Fernández Mallo has been shortlisted for the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern International Literary Prize 2020. The award honors both writer and translator. The total prize sum of 150.000 SEK (approx. 14.500 Euro) is equally shared between the recipients. The winners [...]
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QL 2.0 already in its second print run
Marc-Uwe Kling // We're happy to announce that Ullstein launched QualityLand 2.0 on 12 October with a total of 120,000 copies so far. An English working translation of the entire text is already available. www.ullstein-buchverlage.de
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CNN TV series Africa Avant-Garde
José Eduardo Agualusa // CNN International has included José Eduardo Agualusa in its TV series Africa Avant-Garde. For this special episode they're featuring novelists, poets and playwrights that explore literature as an art form for expressing ideas. > edition.cnn.com
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Invitation to Toronto Festival of Authors 2020
Gonçalo M. Tavares // Gonçalo M. Tavares has been invited to the Toronto International Festival of Authors 2020, taking place from October 22 to November 1, to talk about his Plague Diary (“Diário da Peste”). > festivalofauthors.ca
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Invitation to Brooklyn Book Festival 2020
Mia Couto and Marcial Gala // We are proud to announce that two of our authors have been invited to participate in the renowned Brooklyn Book Festival 2020: Mia Couto and Marcial Gala. The Festival was held virtually from September 28 to October 5. Mia Couto Links > brooklynbookfestival.mia-couto > brooklynbookfestival.org/event/under-the-skin-traces-of-history/ [...]
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Nomination for Dublin Literary Award 2020
Héctor Abad Faciolince // Héctor Abad is nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award 2020 with his novel The Farm ("La Oculta"). The title has already been published in twelve countries. > dublinliteraryaward.ie
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Short story @ New York Times Magazine
Mia Couto // Mia Couto's short story An Obliging Robber (“Um Gentil Ladrão”) has been launched as part of The Decameron Project in The New York Times Magazine: > nytimes.com For international rights, please get in touch with us.
