Helsinki Literary Agency will be at the Gothenburg book fair 27th –30th September – the location is rights center, table 49. Looking forward to seeing you!
Ahava’s Things that Fall from the Sky sold to Spain and Poland
Selja Ahava’s Things that Fall from the Sky has been sold to Editorial Bercimuel in Spain and to Relacja in Poland.
Editorial Bercimuel is a publisher focused on the titles of past and present women authors, many of them also highly awarded for their work. They are the publishers of for example Emilia Pardo Bazan, Germaine Greer and Frida Kahlo.
Relacja is a Polish publishg house that together with Mamania forms Publishing Group Relacja. They publish a variety of fiction, non-fiction and children’s and ya titles.
Selja Ahava’s Things that Fall from the Sky received the European Union Prize for Literature in 2016, and it has been so far sold to 15 countries.
HLA at Beijing book fair
Here we come, China! Helsinki Literary Agency will be in Beijing 21st – 26th August, taking part to the international book fair. You’ll find us at the Nordic collective stand, E1.C10. See you there!
Ahava’s Things that Fall from the Sky sold to Albania and Slovenia
Selja Ahava’s Things that Fall from the Sky, the winner of the European Union Prize for Literature 2016, has been sold to IDK in Albania in an auction and to KUD Sodobnost in Slovenia.
IDK (Instituti i Dialogut Dhe Komunikimit) is the Albanian publisher of for example Paul Auster, Christa Wolf, Irene Nemirovsky, J. G. Ballard, Raymond Chandler, Knut Hamsun, George Simenon, Anna Gavalda, Michael Crichton, Peter Hoeg. IDK books are distributed also in Kosovo and Macedonia.
KUD Sodobnost International publishes a list of carefully selected Slovenian and international authors of many genres. They are the publishers of for example Einar Mar Gudmundsson and Kari Hotakainen.
Airola’s braiding bestseller sold to Germany and France
Matti Airola’s bestselling Dads and Daughters Braiding Book has been sold to Glénat in France and to Frechverlag in Germany.
Glénat is an independent French publishing house specialized in graphic novels, comics, children’s titles and non-fiction. In graphic novels it is the second biggest in France, publishing a great number of important artists. Glénat has two international subsidiaries, Glénat Belelux and Glénat Suisse.
Frechverlag is the German market leader in the area of creative hobby books. Their list includes books on eg. crafts, painting and drawing and home decoration, and they have a variety of children’s hobby books as well.
Dads and Daughters Braiding Book has sold in Finland over 25,000 copies and it’s sequel, Dads and Daughters Braiding Book – Parties! so far over 9,000 copies.