DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD for Mircea Cărtărescu!

The world’s largest prize for a single novel published in English is worth 100.000 Euro and was given today in Dublin to the Romanian author and his American translator Sean Cotter. Rights sold to 17 countries. Finnis and Icelandic rights are still available!The judging pannel commented:By turns wildly inventive, philosophical, and lyrical, with passages of great…

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Publication of Angela Merkel’s Memoirs announced!

On November 11, Angela Merkel’s memoirs will be published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in Germany! This is going to be the most important political memoir of the decade. Translations will be simultaneously published in Denmark by Gutkind, in Norway by Gyldendal Norsk, in Sweden by Albert Bonniers and in Finland by Tammi and in many,…

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5 NOMINEES FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2024

5 out of 31 nominees for the Dublin Literary Award 2024 are represented by schoene agentur, woop woop, and the nominees read like a list of the most groundbreaking novels I had the honor of working with these past years! Good job, guys! The fabulous list comes here: Mithu Sanyal, IDENTITTI, Hanser Verlag: Nivedita (a.k.a.…

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English translation available: Liliana Corobca’s KINDERLAND

It is now or never: Steven Stories Press just published their translation of Moldovan Liliana Corobca’s novel KINDERLAND and if you haven’t read it yet please do so NOW! Corobca tells the story of a girl in a Moldavian village whose parents are forced to go abroad to earn a living. With colourful imagery and…

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Sold to Denmark: MARSHLANDS by Jarka Kubsova

A highlight in upmarket fiction and a bestselling novel here in Germany: MARSHLANDS by Jarka Kubsova receives wonderful praise from critics and readers alike! In Denmark Turbine from Aarhus is going to publish the Danish translation. We are so happy! Rights sold to the Netherlands (Atlas Contact), Italy (Neri Pozza), and Denmark (Turbine). Two women…

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PRE-EMPTED in Norway, PRE-EMPTED in Denmark: GITTERSEE by Charlotte Gneuß

Nominated for the German Book Award 2023, among the winners of the prestigious Jürgen Ponto Prize for Best Debut Novel, and soon on Danish and Norwegian bookshelves. Bonnier’s alpha Forlag in Denmark, the publisher of Katie Kitamura and Valérie Perrin in Denmark, just pre-empted the Danish rights. The famous Gyldendal Norsk in Norway hurried and…

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SHORTLISTED for the Austrian Book Award 2023: Wolf Haas and PROPERTY

Wolf Haas just made the shortlist for the Austrian Book Award 2023 and we are absolutely thrilled! In the words of the jury: „Wolf Haas has the ability to write about life and death, and he does so in a manner rarely seen in contemporary autofiction literature. Love and anarchy, as always with this author,…

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Florian Illies‘ THE MAGIC OF SILENCE sold to Sweden and Denmark

He did it again: Florian Illies‘ breaks with genre rules and startles his readers into feverish curiosity into a whole new topic. I am very happy to announce that MAGIC OF SILENCE will be published in Swedish by Norstedts and Danish by Gutkind. Yeah. The adventurous life of Caspar David Friedrich’s pictures of yearning –…

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Judith Hermann nominated for Swedish Kulturhuset Stadsteaterns International Literatery Award 2023

Alongside such fabulous writers such as Andrea Abreu and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Judith Hermann’s AT HOME (Hemma, Weyler Förlag, 2023) is nominated for the Kulturhuset Stadsteaterns International Literary Award 2023. Translated by Jesper Festin! Fingers crossed now for October 24. Finnish and Icelandic rights are still available! The novel received enormous press in Sweden. Here…

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Wilhelm Raabe Award 2023 for Judith Hermann!

It counts among the most notable literary awards in Germany: The Wilhelm Raabe Award. Former recipients include Judith Schalansky, Clemens J. Setz, Marion Poschmann and Christian Kracht. I am happy to say that the 2023 recipient will be Judith Hermann for her essay collection WE’D HAVE TOLD EACH OTHER EVERYTHING (S. Fischer). Finnish and Icelandic…

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DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD for Mircea Cărtărescu!

The world's largest prize for a single novel published in English is worth 100.000 Euro and was given today in Dublin to ...
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Publication of Angela Merkel’s Memoirs announced!

On November 11, Angela Merkel’s memoirs will be published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in Germany! This is going to be the most ...
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5 NOMINEES FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2024

5 out of 31 nominees for the Dublin Literary Award 2024 are represented by schoene agentur, woop woop, and the nominees read ...
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English translation available: Liliana Corobca’s KINDERLAND

It is now or never: Steven Stories Press just published their translation of Moldovan Liliana Corobca's novel KINDERLAND and if you haven't ...
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Sold to Denmark: MARSHLANDS by Jarka Kubsova

A highlight in upmarket fiction and a bestselling novel here in Germany: MARSHLANDS by Jarka Kubsova receives wonderful praise from critics and ...
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PRE-EMPTED in Norway, PRE-EMPTED in Denmark: GITTERSEE by Charlotte Gneuß

Nominated for the German Book Award 2023, among the winners of the prestigious Jürgen Ponto Prize for Best Debut Novel, and soon ...
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SHORTLISTED for the Austrian Book Award 2023: Wolf Haas and PROPERTY

Wolf Haas just made the shortlist for the Austrian Book Award 2023 and we are absolutely thrilled! In the words of the ...
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Florian Illies‘ THE MAGIC OF SILENCE sold to Sweden and Denmark

He did it again: Florian Illies' breaks with genre rules and startles his readers into feverish curiosity into a whole new topic. ...
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Judith Hermann nominated for Swedish Kulturhuset Stadsteaterns International Literatery Award 2023

Alongside such fabulous writers such as Andrea Abreu and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Judith Hermann's AT HOME (Hemma, Weyler Förlag, 2023) is nominated ...
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Wilhelm Raabe Award 2023 for Judith Hermann!

It counts among the most notable literary awards in Germany: The Wilhelm Raabe Award. Former recipients include Judith Schalansky, Clemens J. Setz, ...
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SHORTLISTED for the German Book Award 2023: MAMAN by Sylvie Schenk

We are absolutely thrilled that Sylvie Schenk's MAMAN (Hanser) made it onto the shortlist for the German Book Award 2023! Sylvie Schenk’s ...
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DEAR CHILD out on Netflix

Romy Hausmann's bestselling thriller debut DEAR CHILD blows its Netflix audience away: the best start of a German series on the streaming ...
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Nominated for the Austrian Book Award 2023: LONGLIST

On October 10 we will know the shortlist, on November 6 the winner. For now I am feeling happy and grateful that ...
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Nominated for the German Book Award 2023: LONGLIST

This year's longlist brings together a lot of my personal highlights and three books which I have the honor of representing abroad: ...
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GITTERSEE by Charlotte Gneuß wins Jürgen Ponto Debut Prize 2023

This book got me so excited from page one and I could not put it down. I thought I had read everything ...
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MARZAHN, MON AMOUR: sold to Norway, out in Sweden!

Rights to Katja Oskamp's huge bestselling MARZAHN, MON AMOUR, winner of the Dublin Literary Award 2023, just sold to Forlaget Press in ...
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Sold to Norway, Denmark and Sweden: Peter Flamm’s ME?

A gem of a book from 1926, rediscovered in the archives of S. Fischer, caused a sensation this spring and is now ...
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The 2nd volume of Julia Schoch’s trilogy BIOGRAPHY OF A WOMAN sold to Denmark

Julia Schoch’s 2nd volume to her trilogy BIOGRAPHY OF A WOMAN has spent the last months at the top of the German ...
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The 3rd volume of Monika Helfer’s bestselling trilogy, LIONHEART, sold to Denmark and Sweden

Monika Helfer turns her life experiences into literature and her trilogy has seen a breath-taking success in Germany as well as abroad. ...
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bestseller alert: Caroline Wahl and 22 LENGTHS

Caroline Wahl’s debut novel 22 LENGTHS is #8 on the SPIEGEL bestseller list with almost 40.000 copies sold since April! a top ...
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#1 Best Non Fiction Book this July August – FREEDOM TO STAY by Eva von Redecker

Eva von Redecker – „ one of the most interesting thinkers of her generation” (Der Spiegel) – just published her new essay ...
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HOW TO EAT A MAMOTH? sold to Norway, Korea and the US

The fabulous cultural history "How to Eat a Mammoth? The History of Humanity in 50 Dishes" by Uta Seeburg is making its ...
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Sold to Denmark: SCHRÖDINGER’S GRRRL by Marlen Hobrack

Mara Wolf, the heroine in Marlen Hobrack's novel SCHRÖDINGER'S GRRRL, will come to Denmark: fasten your seatbelts: Forlaget Falco just bought the ...
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Robert Habeck and Andrea Paluch’s mystery crime in Danish: Superlux acquires rights to THE DEATH OF HAUKE HAIN

A family that falls victim to a nighttime storm surge on the North Sea coast. A survivor who wants to find out ...
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Sold to Finland: The Chinese Phantom. The World’s Most Dangerous Arms Dealer or: The Powerlessness of the West

The new book from the Pulitzer Prize winning journalists who uncovered the Panama Papers: "The Chinese Phantom. The World's Most Dangerous Arms ...
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MARZAHN, MON AMOUR wins Dublin Literary Award 2023

Katja Oskamp's fabulous auto-fictional book MARZAHN, MON AMOUR just won the Dublin Literary Award 2023. In it a failed writer seeks a ...
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L.A. Times Book Prize 2023 for Mircea Cărtărescu

Mircea Cărtărescu received this year's L.A.Times Fiction Prize for his monumental novel SOLENOID (Zsolnay 2019) which was published by Deepl Vellum. Finnish ...
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Dinçer Güçyeter wins Prize of Leipzig Book Fair 2023!

Dinçer Güçyeter works part-time as a forklift truck driver, has published two volumes of poetry, won the 2022 Peter Huchel Prize and ...
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Sold to Denmark: MAN(N) of the Sea by Volker Weidermann

Every book by the one and only Volker Weidermann makes my heart go boom and I am happy that his Danish fans ...
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Sold to Sweden, Norway and Denmark: BLOODBOOK by Kim de l’Horizon

My complete admiration to the group of translators out there for the work ahead #namethetranslator !!! In fall 2022, BLUTBUCH by Kim ...
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Sold to Sweden: Arno Geiger’s HAPPY SECRET

Ten weeks at the top of the bestseller list. Tens of thousands of copies sold. Swedish rights just licensed to the wonderful ...
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nominated for the International Booker Prize 2023 – Clemens Meyer and WHILE WE WERE DREAMING

Clemens Meyer’s WHILE WE WERE DREAMING in English translation at Fitzcarraldo Editions was just nominated for the International Booker Prize 2023!  https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/while-we-were-dreaming ...
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SWISS GRAND PRIX FOR LITERATURE 2023 GOES TO LETA SEMADENI

Leta Semadeni receives the 2023 Swiss Grand Prix for Literature! In the words of the jury: »Leta Semadeni's work is one of ...
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Raving reviews for Mithu Sanyal’s IDENTITTI in Denmark!

Mithu Sanyal's novel IDENTITTI received enormous feedback here in Germany, made the shortlist to the German Book Award in 2021 and will ...
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Raving Press for Judith Hermann in Sweden!

Judith Hermann's novel HOME received enormously good press in Norway and Denmark after it came out. Now it was published last week ...
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#1 on the German bestseller list: LOVE ON BAD DAYS by Ewald Arenz

Ewald Arenz’ new novel LOVE ON BAD DAYS (Dumont) came out a week ago, started #8 on the bestseller list and moved ...
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Raving English press: GRIME. A NOVEL by Sibylle Berg

With English publication of Sibylle Berg's smash hit GRM (Grime in the US) on Dec 27, the Washington Post published a fantastic ...
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Sold to Denmark and Norway: THE BECOMING OF KILLERS

Thriller star Romy Hausmann re-invents herself with this true crime project and takes her fans to a whole new level of talking/thinking/living ...
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Sold to Denmark: AT SEA by Theresia Enzensberger

The fabulous Danish press Forlaget etcetera has just acquired rights to Theresia Enzensberger's second novel AT SEA which was nominated for the ...
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Austrian Book Award for Verena Rossbacher and MON CHÉRIE

The Austrian Book Award 2022 goes to Verena Rossbacher and her novel MON CHÉRIE OR OUR BATTERED SOULS (Kiepenheuer & Witsch) - ...
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Swiss Book Award 2022 for Kim de l’Horizon and BLOODBOOK

What a run! After receiving the Jürgen Ponto Foundation Literature Prize as well as the German Book Award 2022, Kim de l'Horizon ...
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Reading Recommendation: THE GOLD COAST. AN ODYSSEY by Isabel Fargo Cole

Isabel Fargo Cole's THE GOLD COAST was published two weeks ago and sold out on the spot. Mixing nature writing, narrative non-fiction ...
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Just published in Swedish: Uwe Timm’s ICARIA

I read the text in 2017 and there are scenes that have stayed with me ever since. With the words of El ...
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Sold to Sweden, Finland and Denmark: THE END OF CAPITALISM by Ulrike Herrmann

"THE END OF CAPITALISM. Why Growth and Climate Protection Are Incompatible – and How We Will Live in the Future" (Kiepenheuer & ...
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just published in Swedish: Horst Krüger’s THE BROKEN HOUSE

Weyler Förlag in Sweden just published Horst Krüger's THE BROKEN HOUSE in translation by Anne-Marie Odstedt! THE BROKEN HOUSE is a major ...
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German Book Award for BLUTBUCH by Kim de l’Horizon

Kim de l'Horizon’s novel BLUTBUCH (Dumont July 2022) just won the German Book Award and what a speech! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzFe_npPu8I Winner of the ...
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sold to Denmark and Sweden: Mircea Cărtărescu’s MELANCOLIA

The German newspaper Die Welt wrote that MELANCOLIA was "Like Kafka on LSD: Mircea Cărtărescu's fantastic stories tell of the hell of ...
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sold to Denmark: Daniela Dröscher’s LIES ABOUT MY MOTHER

The first license sale for this shortlist candidate is in and it comes from the wonderful small press Straarup & Co. who ...
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Sold to Sweden and Denmark: Werner Herzog’s THE TWILIGHT WORLD

Since the English edition was published in summer by Penguin, this slim novel has been all over the place in the US. ...
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highlight 2022 : Fatma Aydemir’s epic family novel JINNS

Politikens Forlag in Denmark acquired the Danish rights to Fatma Aydemir's new novel JINNS (Hanser 2022) before its publication in Germany, now ...
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Shortlist German Book Award 2022

If the winner of the German Book Award 2022 is the 3rd time in a row a schøne book there will be ...
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Longlisted for the German Book Award 2022

The candidates for the German Book Award 2022 have been announced and these are the hotties you need to have read this ...
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Debutant Prize for Kim de l’Horizon and BLOODBOOK

Kim de l’Horizon and his debut BLOODBOOK have been awarded with the Jürgen Ponto Prize 2022 for Young Authors. The Jürgen Ponto ...
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Emine Sevgi Özdamar wins Georg Büchner Prize 2022

Emine Sevgi Özdamar receives the Georg Büchner Prize 2022. The award is given to writers "who write in the German language, who ...
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Raving reviews for SOLENOID in Denmark!

The most beautiful book 2022 has just been published by Forlaget Palomar & Skjødt in Denmark, the Danish translation of Mircea Cărtărescu's ...
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Joseph Roth: TRAVELS TO UKRAINE AND RUSSIA (C.H.Beck)

Roth was a successful journalist in the 1920s. On behalf of the "Frankfurter Zeitung," he traveled to the young Soviet Union in ...
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Sold to Sweden: Stories of a Chiropodist by Katja Oskamp

One can only absolutely adore this book! Now, Rámus Förlag in Sweden acquired rights to Katja Oskamp’s MARZAHN, MON AMOUR. STORIES OF ...
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Sold to Sweden: Clemens Meyer’s DARK SATELLITES

ellerströms Förlag will be publishing Clemens Meyer's DARK SATELLITES (S. Fischer 2017) which - upon publication - received amazing press not only ...
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Thomas Mann’s DER ERWÄHLTE newly translated in Denmark!

A new translation in over 60 years of Thomas Mann's DER ERWÄHLTE was just published in Denmark at Gyldendal to raving press! ...
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Sold to Denmark: Abbas Khider’s THE MEMORY FORGER

The journey abroad continues: The fabulous Straarup & Co. press in Denmark acquired the rights to Abbas Khider's latest novel, THE MEMORY ...
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Out in Norway: Abbas Khider’s THE PALACE OF THE WRETCHED

THE PALACE OF THE WRETCHED (Hanser Verlag 2020) is the story of a boy from the slums of Baghdad – up to ...
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Sold to Norway: Yevgenia Beloruset’s LUCKY BREAKS

Yevgenia Belorusets' stories LUCKY BREAKS have been published in English and already reviewed by The Economist, The Financial Times and  The Times Literary Supplement.The ...
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Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding 2022 goes to Karl-Markus Gauß

After Masha Gessen, Åsne Seierstad and Mathias Énard among many others, Karl-Markus Gauß received the 2022 Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding ...
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Sold to Finland!

Adina's story - the winner novel of the German Book Award 2021 by Antje Rávik Strubel - will be out in Finnish: ...
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Published in Sweden: Gertrude Pressburger’s Holocaust memoir

No words to describe how happy we are to see this heart-breaking memoir out in Swedish translation at Historiska Media! LIVED, LIVED ...
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Svenska Dagbladet on Hanna Engelmeier’s essay COMFORT

Michael Ekman has reviewed Hanna Engelmeier's COMFORT. FOUR EXERCISES (Matthes & Seitz Berlin 2021) for Svenska Dagbladet. »A child can be comforted ...
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THE BOOK OF SLIME out in English translation!

Granta Books just published Susanne Wedlich's BOOK OF SLIME! It was a BBC Book of the Week (link below), the Daily Telegraph ...
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Verena Güntner’s POWER out in Denmark!

Verena Güntner’s POWER is a gripping, thought-provoking novel that made it not only all the way onto the shortlist for the Leipzig Book Fair ...
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Olivia Wenzel’s 1000 COILS OF FEAR out in Denmark

We are happy about the warm welcome for Olivia Wenzel's debut novel 1000 COILS OF FEAR (S. Fischer) in Denmark at Forlag ...
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Raving Press for Judith Hermann’s HOME in Denmark and Norway!

We are celebrating one raving review after the other for Judith Hermann's new novel HOME - one of the absolute highlights on ...
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Sold to Sweden: Wilhelm Genazino!

Wilhelm Genazino, 2004 recipient of the Georg-Büchner-Preis, Germany’s highest literary honor, will be finally available in Swedish translation! Bokförlaget Augusti anno 2004 ...
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Sold to Finland: DARKENBLOOM by Eva Menasse

Eva Menasse's epic novel DARKENBLOOM will be published in Finnish translation by Siltala and we could not be more happy! Rights sold ...
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Sold to Sweden: Leif Randt’s ALLEGRO PASTELL

I can't wait to share the news that Forum in Sweden just acquired rights to Leif Randt's phenomenal ALLEGRO PASTELL! Finnish and ...
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Available in English: EXTREME NORTH by Bernd Brunner

W.W. Norton will be publishing Bernd Brunner's EXTREME NORTH. A CULTURAL HISTORY (Kiepenheuer & Witsch) in February 2022! "The North, Brunner argues, ...
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Adapted for Screen: Daniel Glattauer’s LOVE VIRTUALLY

Daniel Glattauer’s international hit novel, LOVE VIRTUALLY (“Gut gegen Nordwind” Deuticke 2006) has been adapted for the screen and is now available ...
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Sold to Denmark and Norway: Leif Randt’s ALLEGRO PASTEL

ALLEGRO PASTELL by Leif Randt is making its way up North: We just sold rights to Straarup & Co. in Denmark. ALLEGRO ...
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Independent Bookseller’s Favourite Novel 2021: Ewald Arenz and GRAND SUMMER (Dumont)

Ewald Arenz’ bestselling novel DER GROSSE SOMMER/ THE GRAND SUMMER has just been announced Independent Bookseller’s Favourite Novel 2021 at the Frankfurt ...
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German Book Award 2021 goes to Antje Rávik Strubel’s BLUE WOMAN

Antje Rávik Strubel's novel BLUE WOMAN (S. Fischer Verlag) is the winner of the 2021 German Book Award! Strubel is the translator ...
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Sold to Denmark: IDENTITTI

We are absolutely thrilled to share the news that rights to Mithu M. Sanyal's IDENTITTI are sold to Straarup & Co. in ...
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Shortlisted for the German Book Award 2021

The six shortlist candidates have just been announced and schøne agentur represents translation rigths for four of them! Please do not hesitate ...
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Valley of Glories: The new novel by winner of the German Book Award 2020, Anne Weber

Last year Anne Weber won the German Book Award with ANNETTE, UNE ÉPOPÉE / ANNETTE, EIN HELDINNENEPOS / EPIC ANNETTE (Matthes & ...
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Nominated for German and Austrian Book Award 2021

After her sensational success with DIE BAGAGE, you will find Monika Helfer's latest novel DADDY among the candidates for both the German ...
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Sold to Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland: LOVE IN A TIME OF HATE by Florian Illies

Right before the start of Frankfurt Book Fair 2021 we are super thrilled to share the news that Finnish and Danish rights ...
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Sold to Norway: DARKENBLOOM by Eva Menasse!

God forbid you could read only one book this fall but if that was the case, Eva Menasse's DARKENBLOOM should be the ...
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A Dagens Nyheter Top Ten Title: FROM THE SUGAR FACTOR by Dorothee Elmiger

Dorothee Elmiger’s FROM THE SUGAR FACTORY (Hanser 2020) has been a Dagens Nyheter Top Ten title for weeks now. Here is a ...
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World English Right Sold: Nino Haratischvili’s JUJA

Let us share the awesome news right away: Scribe just acquired rights to Nino Haratischvili's fiction debut JUJA, published by Verbrecher Verlag ...
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Just out in Germany: Ellinor Skagegård’s FOR YOU, MUSIC MAY ONLY BE AN ORNAMENT

Two years ago while travelling to Stockholm to visit publishers and editors, I stumbled over this gem of a book: Ellinor Skagegård's ...
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World English rights sold!

Restless Books acquired World English rights to Max Czollek's DESINTEGRATE YOURSELVES! (Hanser Verlag) and we could not be happier! Max Czollek is ...
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Sold to Denmark, Norway and Sweden!

Judith Hermann's upcoming novel is nominated for the Prize of Leipzig Book Fair 2021! We are also delighted that DAHEIM (S. Fischer) ...
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Anke Stelling’s HIGHER GROUND sold to Denmark

Anke Stelling’s novel, HIGHER GROUND (Schäfchen im Trockenen, Verbrecher Verlag), won her the 2019 Prize of Leipzig Book Fair, catapulting the author ...
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THE FOREST…AND I sold to Norway!

We are absolutely this thrilled what huge steps this slim narrative self-help title is taking in Germany AND NOW abroad, too! We ...
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Mark Benecke’s ILLUSTRATED LIFE OF ANIMALS sold to Norway!

Mark Benecke studied biology, zoology, and psychology and wrote his doctoral thesis on genetic fingerprinting. An internationally sought-after criminal biologist, he trained ...
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The 5th Babylon Berlin Case is Out in Denmark!

The Danish edition at Lindhardt & Ringhof comes with a goosebump cover and is receving five star reviews in Politiken and Jyllands-Posten ...
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Raving Press for DEAR CHILD in Norway!

The German publication was met with raving press, the English edition received overwhelming feedback from critics and readers, now Romy Hausmann's thriller ...
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Sold to Sweden: Byung-Chul Han’s PAIN TODAY: THE PALLIATIVE SOCIETY

Exactly 10 years after his world bestseller The Burn-out Society translated into over 30 languages, Han provides us with a new analysis ...
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FUNERAL FOR A DOG adapted for screen

Thomas Pletzinger’s gem of a novel FUNERAL FOR A DOG (Kiepenheuer & Witsch 2011) was a huge success upon publication and sold ...
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Sold to Denmark!

We are absolutely thrilled, head-over-heels, over the top to announce that Danish rights to Anne Weber's ANNETTE, UNE ÉPOPÉE / ANNETTE, EIN ...
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»an extremely gripping, profound novel about war, about nature and human destiny« – Norbert Scheuer’s WINTER BEES is out in Denmark!

Right after publication in Danish translation, WINTER BEES (C.H.Beck) by Norbert Scheuer already received a raving review in Information! January 1944: Bee-keeper ...
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Raving Reviews in US/UKA, Now Sold to Denmark!

The English edition of Jonas Lüscher's KRAFT, just published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in New York, receives raving press abroad and ...
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Raving Press for Zora del Buono’s THE MARSHALESS

From her grandmother, Zora del Buono inherited not only her first name, but also a family catastrophe – Zora senior was caught ...
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German Book Award 2020 for Anne Weber’s ANNETTE, UNE ÉPOPÉE / ANNETTE, EIN HELDINNENEPOS / EPIC ANNETTE

The winner of the German Book Award 2020, French-German Anne Weber’s ANNETTE, UNE ÉPOPÉE / ANNETTE, EIN HELDINNENEPOS / EPIC ANNETTE knocks ...
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Monika Helfer, DIE BAGAGE: on the shortlist for the Austrian Book Award 2020, sold to Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland!

To see this small beauty of a novel last on the German bestseller for weeks on end is fantastic - don't miss ...
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Finalist for National Book Awards 2020: Anja Kampmann’s HIGH AS THE WATERS RISE (Hanser/Catapult)

Anja Kampmann is among the finalists for the National Book Awards 2020 !!! Rigths sold to France (Gallimard), Italy (Keller) and UK/USA ...
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Sold to UK, US, Norway and Denmark!

The book was nominated for the German Book Award 2020, shortlisted for the aspekte Literature Prize for Best Debut Novel 2020 and ...
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German Book Award 2020 – Shortlist

We are delighted to share the great news with you that Dorothee Elmiger, Thomas Hettche and Anne Weber are shortlisted for this ...
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Austrian Book Award 2020 – Longlist

Monika Helfer, Ilija Trojanow and Mercedes Spannagel made it onto the longlist for the Austrian Book Award 2020! The shortlist will be ...
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Sold to Sweden!

Let us spread the great news that Dorothee Elmiger's latest book, OUT OF THE SUGAR FACTORY (Hanser 2020), has found a new ...
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German Book Award 2020 – Longlist

The longlist of the German Book Award 2020 was just announced and you will find absolute gems on this year's list. Here ...
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Sold to Norway: Birgit Bulla’s Book on the Bladder

We are super thrilled about the international start of Birgit Bulla's HOME AND DRY? Everything You Need to Know About Your Bladder, ...
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Irina Liebmann receives the Uwe Johnson Prize 2020

Irina Liebmann receives the Uwe Johnson Prize for her book DIE GROSSE HAMBURGER STRASSE (Schöffling & Co.)! Earlier recipients include Uwe Tellkamp, ...
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Happy Birthday, schøne agentur!

Three years ago I sat at a kitchen table in a one-room apartment in Leipzig and started the computer, for the first ...
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Sold to Norway: Leif Randt’s ALLEGRO PASTEL

Leif Randt's ALLEGRO PASTEL (Kiepenheuer & Witsch spring 2020) was published to a symphony of praising reviews here in Germany. Now, Aschehoug ...
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A New „Sulzer“ out in Finland

His Finnish fans have found their summer read already: Lurra Editions just published Alain Claude Sulzer's latest novel, UNTENABLE CIRCUMSTANCES (Galiani Berlin), ...
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Wonderful Press for Weidermann’s DREAMERS in Denmark and Sweden!

With OSTENDE, 1936. SUMMER BEFORE DARKNESS FELL, Volker Weidermann was welcomed warmly by his Danish and Swedish audience. Now, Turbine in Denmark ...
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Finally: Robert Seethaler in Finnish!

We are super thrilled that Robert Seethaler's A WHOLE LIFE is available in Finnish translation. This 120-page gem of a novel has ...
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Sold to Norway, Sweden and NEW: Finland!

After the phenomenal success of Romy's debut "Dear Child" (sold to 23 languages by now!), her new psychothriller MARTA, ASLEEP enters the ...
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Raving Press for Christoph Ransmayr in Norwegian Translation!

La Repubblica called him "the greatest contemporary writer in the German language." His works have been published into more than 30 languages. ...
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Sold to Finland!

Fifteen years after the international success of NIGHTTRAIN TO LISBON, comes Pascal Mercier's new novel - THE WEIGHT OF WORDS (Hanser). Eight ...
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Sold to Finland!

First it landed on the SPIEGEL bestseller list and is now on its way to Finland where Johnny Kniga acquired Finnish rights ...
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Sold to Norway!

Abbas Khider’s THE PALACE OF THE MISERABLE is the 2020 novel that will get under your skin, that will make you laugh ...
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Raving press for THE GRAVE DIGGERS in Denmark and Sweden!

Rüdiger Barth and Hauke Friederichs' THE GRAVE DIGGERS (S. Fischer 2017) was just published by Gyldendal in Denmark and Weyler in Sweden ...
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Art History: Re-written

Julia Voss encountered Hilma af Klint’s work ten years ago in Stockholm. Since then, she has learned Swedish and visited many archives ...
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Prize of Leipzig Book Fair 2020 goes to Lutz Seiler and Bettina Hitzer

The jury of the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2020 has awarded Lutz Seiler and his latest novel STERN 111 (Suhrkamp), a novel ...
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2019 Bestseller in Norway: Franzobel’s THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA

Franzobel's THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA (Zsolnay, 2017) made it to the top-bestselling titles in translated fiction in Norway last year and ...
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Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2020 : here are the nominees

From 400 submitted titles the jury of the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2020 just announced the 15 nominees. Among them you will ...
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Raving Press for Eva Menasse in Denmark !

For years, Eva Menasse gathered information from the animal world that, like reverse fables, seemed to her to reveal something about human ...
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Esther Kinsky at Litfest Bergen 6-9 February 2020

Esther Kinsky is reading at the Literature Festival in Bergen on February 8! https://www.littfestbergen.no/en/litfest-2020/programme-sessions/river-and-life/ Kinsky won the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2018 ...
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raving English press for modern classic writer Gabriele Tergit

In six frenzied weeks, Gabriele Tergit wrote her first novel, which made her instantly famous upon its publication in 1931. KÄSEBIER TAKES ...
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Published in Sweden and Denmark: the revival of Elias Canetti

ELIAS CANETTI's works are finally available again in Danish translation by Karsten Sand Iversen, republished by Lindhardt & Ringhof's imprint Akademisk Forlag. ...
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Swiss Book Award 2019 and Swiss Grand Prix Literature 2020 for Sibylle Berg and GRM. BRAINFUCK !

She is an absolute inspiration, counts among the most important contemporary German writers, and she is one of the hippest authors. Something ...
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Sold to Denmark!

You might have seen Norbert Scheuer's WINTER BEES (C.H.Beck 2019) on the shortlist to the German Book Award. If You haven't read ...
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Austrian Book Award 2019 for Norbert Gstrein and Angela Lehner

Norbert Gstrein is a master when it comes to interweaving narratives into an ambigious, atmospheric tale. He receives this year's Austrian Book ...
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KINTSUGI Wins Aspekte Preis 2019 !

Miku Sophie Kühmel has won this year's ZDF aspekte Prize for Best Literary Debut of the Year. Her novel KINTSUGI (S. Fischer) ...
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The German Authors to Attend Göteborg Book Fair Are:

From September 26 - 29, You can meet the following authors at Göteborg Book Fair on GENDER ROLES IN GERMAN-LANGUAGE LITERATURE, Andrea ...
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Raving Press in Sweden for Mircea Cărtărescu !

While the Norwegian translation (Solum Bokvennen) is in preparation, we are celebrating the raving feedback by critics that Mircea Cărtărescu's SOLENOID (Zsolnay ...
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Sold to Sweden !

I am happy to share the news that Bonniers in Sweden pre-empted the rights to this ground-breaking biography on Swedish painter HILMA ...
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Sold to Sweden, Denmark and Finland !

The Swedish translation of Hauke Friederichs and Rüdiger Barth's historical count-down of the last ten weeks of the Weimar Republic - THE ...
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Shortlisted: The 6 German Novels That Made It!

This morning the shortlist to the German Book Award 2019 was announced and these are the six novels that made it: Jackie ...
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Austrian Book Prize 2019: Here Are the Nominees !

The short list for Best Debut Novel 2019 was just announced and You will find both, Marco Dinic' THE GOOD DAYS (Zsolnay, ...
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Mariana Leky: The Bestseller Author Is Out In Denmark and Sweden!

Mariana Leky's WHAT WE CAN SEE FROM HERE (Dumont, 2017) has been an absolute phenomenon in Germany. Now it is finally out ...
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Longlist : The 20 Novels Nominated for the German Book Award 2019

The longlist for the German Book Award 2019 has just been announced. Here are the twenty nominees: Jackie Thomae, "Brüder" (Hanser Berlin, ...
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Danish Praise for Robert Seethaler’s THE FIELD !

If the dead could speak, what would they say? Would they tell a story, recall the memory of a moment, a certain ...
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Ingrid Nyström & Stina Forss Series Is Out in Sweden

The authors Kerstin Danielsson and Roman Voosen are a German-Swedish couple living in Växjö, Sweden. Their series on a police force in Växjö ...
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Lukas Bärfuss Wins Georg Büchner Prize 2019

The Georg Büchner Prize is the most important award for literary works written in German. This year's Büchner Prize will be awarded ...
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Juli Zeh Wins Heinrich Böll Prize 2019

Every two years the City of Cologne awards a writer for his or her extraordinary talent. This year the prize will go ...
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Finally: Babylon Berlin arrives on Swedish TV

The series directed by Tom Tykwer (director of “Cloud Atlas” and “The International”) has been and will be broadcasted in all Scandinavian ...
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Sold to Sweden ! Top of the bestseller list ! Movie rights optioned !

Romy Hausmann’s debut thriller LIEBES KIND was published 14 weeks ago and is still at the top of the Spiegel bestseller here in ...
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Ulrich Woelk Wins Alfred Döblin Prize 2019

Establish by author Günther Grass in 1979, the Alfred Döblin Prize counts Natascha Wodin (2015) and María Cecilia Barbetta (2017) among its ...
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Tysk-Norsk Litteraturfestival in Oslo Draws 5.000 Visitors!

From April 26 to April 28, the House of Literature in Oslo hosted the German Norwegian Literature Festival "På vei til Frankfurt ...
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Three German Bestseller Authors to Attend Horsens Crime Festival 2019

Shortly before Easter, this Year's Crime Festival in Horsens will open its doors to readers and writers - and not any doors ...
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Raving Press in Norway for Franzobel’s THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA

Published by Cappelen Damm in Norwegian translation at the beginning of this Year, the novel THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA (Zsolnay 2017) ...
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Anke Stelling Wins Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2019

In her books, Anke Stelling does an incredible job exploring the middle class psyche - the quality of her prose and her ...
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Sold to Denmark, Sweden and Norway !

Already published in Denmark and Sweden with great praise by the critics, rights to Volker Weidermann's OSTENDE. 1936 – SUMMER OF FRIENDSHIP (Kiepenheuer ...
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Bestseller Series sold to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland !

The bestselling series by Volker Kutscher arrives in Scandinavia. With the adaptation of the novels to screen by Tom Tykwer (director of ...
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schøne agentur's website has transformed itself into an online blog starting in spring 2019. where You only could find my contact details ...
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