Thrilling news in the nonfiction department: The Blue Yarn – What I Know About Knitting, a by the acclaimed novelist Karin Erlandsson, had been sold to Blanvalet in Germany! This is the third foreign rights sale for this narrative nonfiction title, as Dedalus has recently acquired the World English, and Straarup & Co. Danish rights.
Blanvalet was founded in 1935 and is now part of the Bertelsmann’s Random House publishing group. The house can boast a comprehensive list of commercial genre fiction, as well a small narrative nonfiction list of which Erlandsson’s book will be a part of. The translation is planned to be published already this autumn.
The Blue Yarn – What I Know About Knitting is an inspiring book seasoned with knitting humour about the history of knitting, women who knit, and its enduring appeal. Erlandsson weaves together a nonfiction book, in which personal memories expand into sharp observations about the effects of knitting on the knitter, those close to them, and society at large.
In it, knitting is presented not only in terms of clothing and preserving tradition, but also as a means of creating and conveying something new. As the world around us burns, it can be a way to survive – or to break the ranks. For those who are busy and stressed, it can be a means of recovering and finding balance.
Congratulations to the author for the deal!