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12.10.2019 12 pre-Frankfurt deals for FAITHFUL READER!
10.10.2019 5 countries in 24 hours for FAITHFUL READER!
08.10.2019 Aschehoug pre-empts Norwegian rights of Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER in a two-book-deal!
08.10.2019 Little Mouse Series sold to Russia’s Lenizdat
08.10.2019 The Little Shop of Nightmares continues to conquer the world!
08.10.2019 Russian rights sold for Agnes and the Garden of Dreams!
07.10.2019 Full English Manuscripts now available: A WONDERFUL LIFE and THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT
04.10.2019 Mondadori buys Italian rights to WEIRD WEATHER!
03.10.2019 German rights to Laura Lindstedt’s MY FRIEND NATALIA sold to dtv
02.10.2019 Apply for Finnish translation and printing grants now!
01.10.2019 Pre-Frankfurt deals for Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER: Dutch and French rights sold!
24.09.2019 4th deal for Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER!
23.09.2019 WEIRD WEATHER sold to Rabén & Sjögren in Sweden: The year 2020 Lotta and Kasper write an email to the world!
23.09.2019 Hungarian rights sold for THE LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES
19.09.2019 Bastei Lübbe acquires German rights to Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER in a pre-empt
18.09.2019 Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER creating buzz internationally – Read the full English translation now!
17.09.2019 12th deal for The Women I Think About at Night!
10.09.2019 Seven deals in one month for The Little Shop of Nightmares series!
05.09.2019 French rights for My Friend Natalia acquired by Gallimard
04.09.2019 Four new deals for The Little Shop of Nightmares
02.09.2019 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency expands in Europe: New office in Amsterdam!
26.08.2019 We celebrated our 10th anniversary!
22.08.2019 Breaking news! US deal for Laura Lindstedt’s MY FRIEND NATALIA!
20.08.2019 Allen & Unwin acquires Australian and New Zealand rights to Monster Nanny!
14.08.2019 EALA Fall Children’s & YA Rights Guide and New Deals
14.08.2019 EALA Fall Fiction Highlights and New Deals
08.08.2019 NEW CHILDREN’S DEALS
07.08.2019 The Women I Think About at Night sold to Denmark
07.08.2019 New fiction deals for Laura Lindstedt, Max Seeck and Mia Kankimäki
01.08.2019 New deals for The Little Shop of Nightmares and The Little Mouse Series
31.07.2019 10th foreign rights deal for The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimäki
23.07.2019 De Bezige Bij acquires the Dutch rights to My Friend Natalia
22.07.2019 New sales for Mia Kankimäki’s The Women I Think About at Night
08.07.2019 My Friend Natalia sold to Italy
05.07.2019 My Friend Natalia sold to 3 new countries in one week
17.06.2019 Winshare acquires Chinese rights to The Women I Think About at Night
11.06.2019 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency’s 10th anniversary celebration & New Deals
11.06.2019 New sales for Little Mouse series and The Little Shop of Nightmares
11.06.2019 German rights sold to The Ice-Cream Man by Katri Lipson
11.06.2019 Meaning of Life Explained sold to Rahva Raamat in Estonia
11.06.2019 Film News: The Memory of Water receives production support
07.06.2019 The Little Book of Bad Moods for Mothers sold to Czech Republic!
06.06.2019 Maresi Red Mantle published in the UK by Pushkin Press today!
06.06.2019 Have you heard about Petri Karra?
27.05.2019 Apply for the Creative Europe Grant to cover up to 50% of the costs of your new Finnish project!
24.05.2019 ”The Soul of Sauna” full English manuscript now available!
21.05.2019 English sample for Laura Lindstedt’s MY FRIEND NATALIA now available!
10.05.2019 New Agent joins Elina Ahlback Literary Agency
06.05.2019 Slovenian rights of Max Seeck sold to Didakta and German rights of Mikko-Pekka Heikkinen’s The Reindeer Mafia sold to Antium Verlag!
02.05.2019 UK rights to Mother’s Little Book of Bad Moods, Estonian rights to The Women I Think About at Night and Russian rights to Love, Joy & Courage sold!
02.05.2019 New sales for Monster Nanny, Little Mouse and The Monster Tournament
02.05.2019 The Little Book of Bad Moods widely featured in Finland’s biggest daily newspaper
24.04.2019 New praise for Laura Lindstedt and Mia Kankimäki
17.04.2019 Apply for FILI grants for Finnish literature now, deadline 1st May!
12.04.2019 Mother’s Little Book of Bad Moods sold to Germany
29.03.2019 New deals for Monster Nanny in Portugal and Czech Republic – rights sold in 24 territories
28.03.2019 Hungarian deals for The Soul of Finnish Sauna and Love, Joy, Courage
27.03.2019 Czech rights to Max Seeck’s The Faithful Reader sold in a pre-empt
26.03.2019 Scolar acquires Hungarian rights to Laura Lindstedt’s My Friend Natalia
19.03.2019 Fantastic reception to Finlandia-winner Laura Lindstedt’s new novel about young woman’s sexuality ’My Friend Natalia’
07.03.2019 Hanser Verlag acquires German rights to Monster Nanny Book 3: The Monster Message
01.03.2019 Our Fiction & Nonfiction London Rights Guide 2019 is here
01.03.2019 Children’s & YA Bologna Rights Guide 2019 is here
08.02.2019 The Bystander by Saara Turunen sold to Sweden
05.02.2019 New sales for The Women I Think About at Night, Max Seeck’s The Mephisto Touch and The Little Book of Bad Moods
24.01.2019 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency has moved
14.01.2019 New wonderful praise for The Women I Think About At Night
20.12.2018 Year 2018 in Elina Ahlback Literary Agency: bestsellers round-up
13.12.2018 French rights sold to The Peace Machine by Timo Honkela: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for World Peace
06.12.2018 Russian sale for The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimäki
23.11.2018 New sales for Salla Simukka, Magdalena Hai and The Fox Who Painted the Sky
22.11.2018 Korean rights sold to The Meaning of Your Life Explained by Frank Martela
20.11.2018 Simon & Schuster buys North American rights and btb Verlag German rights to The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimäki
16.11.2018 Excellent praise for Max Seeck in Finland’s biggest daily Helsingin Sanomat
08.11.2018 The Little Book of Bad Moods will be published in 30 territories & The Meaning of Your Life Explained sold in Russia
07.11.2018 Finlandia Prize nomination for The Third Sister by Magdalena Hai
01.11.2018 Ambo Anthos pre-empts Dutch rights to The Meaning of Your Life Explained by Frank Martela
30.10.2018 Orlando pre-empts Dutch rights to The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimäki
29.10.2018 HarperCollins pre-empts World English rights to The Meaning of Your Life Explained by Frank Martela
17.10.2018 Frankfurt deals for The Little Book of Bad Moods in China, Japan, and Brazil: 20 territories sold
10.10.2018 The US and UK deals for The Little Book of Bad Moods – now sold in 16 territories
05.10.2018 Pre-Frankfurt deals and new reviews for our fiction highlights
05.10.2018 Monster Nanny sold to 22 languages, new reviews for our children’s highlights
26.09.2018 The Little Book of Bad Moods sold to Germany and Sweden at auctions
25.09.2018 Max Seeck no 4 on Bestseller list
21.09.2018 Spanish, Italian, Czech, Slovak and Serbian: new deals for The Little Book of Bad Moods!
14.09.2018 The Little Book of Bad Moods pre-empted in France and Norway!
12.09.2018 First deal for The Little Book of Bad Moods: A.W. Bruna pre-empts Dutch rights
04.09.2018 Fiction And Non-Fiction Rights Guide For Fall 2018 Is Here!
03.09.2018 Children’s and Young Adult Rights Guide for Fall 2018 is here!
23.08.2018 Dressler/Oetinger acquires the German rights to the prize-winning fairytale The Grumblebelly Cat at auction
23.08.2018 Copper Heart sold to Estonia and A Killer’s Girlfriend published in Finland!
13.08.2018 Finnish Sisu goes to Asia!
07.08.2018 New reviews and new agents!
03.08.2018 Breaking news for Monster Nanny feature film: Screen Australia invests in development
03.08.2018 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency and Finnish literature in The Paris Review
21.06.2018 Midsummer’s review round-up
13.06.2018 The Bystander by Saara Turunen gathers great reviews
11.06.2018 The Agency’s 9th anniversary & rights report: Oneiron sold to Spain
08.06.2018 We are looking for a new agent to join our team
30.05.2018 New deals for The Angry Widow, The Core of the Sun and The Game Designer Confessions
03.05.2018 Recent children’s book deals & reviews: monsters, virtual realities and nonfiction
27.04.2018 New fiction deals for The Angry Widow, Goblins and The Core of the Sun
25.04.2018 Finnish Sauna and Sisu among London Book Fair’s deals!
09.04.2018 Our fiction highlights for London Book Fair
29.03.2018 Pre-London Book Fair deals for The Angry Widow
19.03.2018 Finding Sisu “from the world’s happiest country” published this week!
08.03.2018 London Rights Guide celebrates the Year of Sisu 2018
06.03.2018 Bologna Rights Guide presents Finnish storytellers conquering the world
01.03.2018 Crime fiction news round-up of March
23.02.2018 Finlandia-winning Oneiron sold to Turkey, gathering praise globally
07.02.2018 Finding Sisu sells to 16 territories! In Search Of Courage, Strength And Happiness The Finnish Way
12.01.2018 January fiction deals: Memory of Water and Raspberry Boat Refugee
05.01.2018 Happy New Year: January’s non-fiction news
19.12.2017 Ahlback Agency December Newsletter
11.12.2017 The Guardian Angel sells to Grupo Planeta in Portugal
05.12.2017 Finland turns 100 years – celebrate with sisu
30.11.2017 Roots rights and reviews
20.11.2017 November rights & reviews round-up: The Guardian Angel; Siren; and They Know Not What They Do
10.11.2017 The Red Abbey Chronicles: awards, events, sales
07.11.2017 October deals & reviews round-up: The Guardian Angel and The Core of the Sun
02.11.2017 Maria Turtschaninoff’s Naondel sold to Latvia
01.11.2017 Roots, the warm-hearted hit of the season, gathers enthusiastic reviews
30.10.2017 ’World-class literature comes from Finland’ – An interview with Elina Ahlbäck
19.10.2017 Piemme acquires The Guardian Angel at auction
03.10.2017 Translation grants for Finnish literature open for application until November 1st
26.09.2017 Maresi charms readers around the world
25.09.2017 September fiction reviews round-up
14.09.2017 New deals for Max Seeck and Leena Lehtolainen
30.08.2017 Fall Children’s catalogue with August highlights
28.08.2017 Fall fiction catalogue published & August highlights
15.08.2017 Highlights from WorldCon 75 in Helsinki
01.08.2017 Monster Nanny now sold in 21 territories!
20.07.2017 Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun wins Prometheus Award for Best Novel
14.07.2017 Great reviews for Valtonen, Susi and Lindstedt in Germany and Norway!
22.06.2017 Midsummer children’s news: prizes and reviews for Leinonen, Parkkinen, Pitkänen and Simukka
16.06.2017 Film news for Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water
15.06.2017 Sisterland wins the LukuVarkaus award
14.06.2017 June deals round-up: Finlandia Prize winning dystopian satire to China, feel-good family novel to Hungary
09.06.2017 The Agency celebrates its 8th anniversary with 3 new deals and great reviews
01.06.2017 Deals round-up: monsters, goddesses, and rave reviews
31.05.2017 Literary prize nominations and reviews – May 2017
17.05.2017 North American and Russian deals for Katja Pantzar’s sisu book
11.05.2017 Maria Turtschaninoff awarded Finland-Swedish prize for culture
09.05.2017 The Magic of Sisu sold to China and Czech Republic
04.05.2017 Children’s books: spring deals and reviews round-up
26.04.2017 The Angels of Hammurabi to Iceland, and The Decent Ingredient to Italy this week
19.04.2017 France and Netherlands snap up Nordic Kiss: the sisu book
12.04.2017 Monster Nanny and Maresi deals follow Bologna Book Fair
28.03.2017 Book fair week pre-empts for Nordic Kiss: the sisu book
17.03.2017 Simukka and Turtschaninoff selected for Hay Festival Aarhus 39
01.03.2017 Sisterland nominated for the ’Lasten LukuVarkaus’ award
01.03.2017 Spring 2017 children’s rights guides & highlights
28.02.2017 Spring 2017 fiction & non-fiction rights guides and highlights
23.02.2017 Oneiron nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize
22.02.2017 The Torch-bearer Prize 2017: recognition for our three new authors’ translation potential
16.02.2017 World Spanish and Norwegian deals for Maresi
14.02.2017 Actes Sud acquires French rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s Iron Sky: Renate’s Story
09.02.2017 Monster Nanny charms readers and critics
01.02.2017 The Angels of Hammurabi wins the Debut Thriller of the Year Award 2017
25.01.2017 Japanese Sunmark acquires The Charm of Ice
20.01.2017 Nousiainen and Lehtolainen bestsellers of 2016!
18.01.2017 Salla Simukka’s As Red as Blood launched in the US!
10.01.2017 Italian press for Oneiron + FILI grants for 2017
05.01.2017 The horror writer who scares himself: interview with Marko Hautala
04.01.2017 Brazilian rights to Maresi sold at auction
29.12.2016 Books That Have Inspired Me: Max Seeck
22.12.2016 Happy Holidays!
20.12.2016 Saara Turunen awarded Finland Prize for contribution to culture
15.12.2016 Naondel nominated for Topelius Prize 2017
12.12.2016 Internationally bestselling authors Salla Simukka and Max Seeck touring in the US
09.12.2016 Dazzling reviews for Maresi and Freya, and the latest new deals
29.11.2016 Film deals and glowing reviews: an amazing year for Tammi authors Salla Simukka, Tuutikki Tolonen, Max Seeck & more
24.11.2016 Pre-empt for Monster Nanny and Monster Route in Norway!
22.11.2016 Jussi Valtonen’s Finlandia prize-winning novel sells a whopping 110,000 copies!
17.11.2016 Finnish fantasy saga Maresi’s film rights optioned by Film4
15.11.2016 Arctis acquires German rights to Emmi Itäranta’s The Weaver
07.11.2016 New deals for The Angels of Hammurabi by Max Seeck, and The Whispering Girl by Marko Hautala
04.11.2016 Hollywood film deal for Monster Nanny
14.10.2016 Pre-Frankfurt buzz: sixth deal for Miika Nousiainen
14.10.2016 International TV concept for Storm Sisters
04.10.2016 FILI translation grant application window now open!
29.09.2016 German publisher for The Sauna Cookbook amongst this week’s deals
22.09.2016 Frankfurt 2016 rights guides & highlights
15.09.2016 German publishers snap up Max Seeck and Miika Nousiainen
30.08.2016 Dutch pre-empt for Roots by Miika Nousiainen
26.08.2016 New agent joins Elina Ahlback Literary Agency
24.08.2016 Publication day for thriller The Angels of Hammurabi by Max Seeck
18.08.2016 The Whispering Girl by Marko Hautala is now published and getting rave reviews!
16.08.2016 Q & A about Heavensky, Sari Peltoniemi’s new children’s fantasy novel!
12.08.2016 Roots by Miika Nousiainen sold to Sweden!
10.08.2016 Bloggers and critics love Storm Sisters – out now in English!
04.08.2016 Praise in the Netherlands for Finlandia Prize Winner Jussi Valtonen
28.07.2016 Starred Publishers Weekly review of Emmi Itäranta’s second novel The Weaver
26.07.2016 New Chinese picture book deals: Mandy & Andy and Little Mouse!
21.07.2016 Johanna Sinisalo’s critically acclaimed The Core of the Sun sold to Latvia!
19.07.2016 Dutch rights of Naondel by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Clavis!
14.07.2016 Q&A with author Paola Suhonen: ”We wanted to create books that communicate tolerant values”
12.07.2016 Onni’s Recycling Book by Sanna Pelliccioni sold to Korea!
07.07.2016 Rowohlt acquires German rights of Eye of the Tiger by Leena Lehtolainen!
06.07.2016 The Beast Is an Animal, a haunting YA fairy tale from the U.S., sold to Carlsen in Denmark!
05.07.2016 Hachette Acquires French Rights Of Sisterland, Dutch Rights Sold To Clavis!
27.06.2016 Emmi Itäranta’s The City of Woven Streets sold to Italy!
21.06.2016 Japanese rights to Salla Simukka’s new novel SISTERLAND sold to Nishimura!
20.06.2016 Miika Nousiainen’s Forthcoming Novel ROOTS Sold In Italy To Iperborea!
16.06.2016 Norstedts acquires Swedish rights to Death in Sunset Grove by Minna Lindgren!
14.06.2016 Monster Nanny sold to Slovenia!
09.06.2016 The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta published in the UK!
07.06.2016 Salla Simukka’s Sisterland sold to Latvia!
01.06.2016 Random House U.S. pre-empts Sisterland by Salla Simukka!
31.05.2016 New author Max Seeck debuts with The Angels of Hammurabi
26.05.2016 Q & A with Katri Lipson about Detroit, love, dreams and ice-hockey
24.05.2016 Book bloggers love Pauliina Susi’s In the Rear Window!
16.05.2016 The Snow White Trilogy set for film treatment in Hollywood and will newly publish in the US by Random House
12.05.2016 Great reviews for Love/Monster by Saara Turunen!
10.05.2016 Scolar acquires The Red Abbey Chronicles by Maria Turtschaninoff
06.05.2016 New praise for Johanna Sinisalo, Katri Lipson and Emmi Itäranta!
03.05.2016 Dutch rights of Mo-ko-ma-ki by Satu Kontinen sold!
29.04.2016 Luitingh-Sijthoff acquires Dutch rights of Monster Nanny!
26.04.2016 New praise for Laura Lindstedt’s Oneiron!
19.04.2016 Latvian rights of Monster Nanny and Maresi sold!
01.04.2016 Minna Lindgren’s Death in Sunset Grove sold to Slovakia – and getting rave reviews in Germany!
01.04.2016 Oneiron sold in 12 territories: W.A.B. Foksal acquires the Polish rights!
22.03.2016 Film rights sold to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water!
17.03.2016 Monster Nanny duology pre-empted in France and Sweden!
14.03.2016 Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff sold in 15 territories, its follow-up Naondel in 7!
09.03.2016 Spring 2016 Rights Guides published!
01.03.2016 Monster Nanny sold to the U.S. and China!
25.02.2016 Ricky and the Nighthawk movie premiers in Finland!
24.02.2016 Karo Hämäläinen’s novel Alone wins two awards!
18.02.2016 Finlandia Prize Winner Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt sold in 11 languages
17.02.2016 Storm Sisters by Mintie Das published in Finland and Hungary
11.02.2016 In the Rear Window by Pauliina Susi wins the Clue of the Year award
09.02.2016 Italian and Czech rights to the Finlandia winner Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt sold to Elliot Edizioni and Argo
08.02.2016 French Rights to Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Éditions Rageot
02.02.2016 Forlaget Oktober acquires Norwegian rights of Finlandia prize winner Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt
28.01.2016 Hungarian rights to Monster Nanny by Tuutikki Tolonen sold to Tessloff Babilo
27.01.2016 Swedish rights to Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta sold to Modernista
21.01.2016 World English rights to Finlandia winner Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt sold in pre-empt to Oneworld
15.01.2016 Fabulous reviews for Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun
14.01.2016 Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff published in the UK – and keeps getting excellent reviews!
14.01.2016 Monster Nanny by Tuutikki Tolonen wins Arvid Lydecken Children’s book prize!
12.01.2016 Gallimard pre-empted the French rights of Finlandia Winner Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt
08.01.2016 Excellent reviews for Maria Turtschaninoff’s Maresi
29.12.2015 Vietnamese rights sold to ”They Know Not What They Do” by Jussi Valtonen
22.12.2015 Simplified Chinese rights sold to Jorma Ollila’s bestselling autobiography Against All Odds!
21.12.2015 Rights sold in Latvia to Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta: 20 territories sold!
18.12.2015 Norstedts acquires Swedish rights to Laura Lindstedt’s Finlandia Prize-winning Oneiron
16.12.2015 More praise for Jingle Land, Miina Supinen’s holiday-themed satire
09.12.2015 Finlandia Prize winner Oneiron tops bestseller lists in Finland
08.12.2015 Maven House Press acquires U.S. rights to Jorma Ollila’s bestselling insider story of Nokia
02.12.2015 Rosinante acquires Danish rights to Laura Lindstedt’s Finlandia Prize winner Oneiron in pre-empt
26.11.2015 Laura Lindstedt wins the Finlandia Prize for Oneiron!
23.11.2015 Presenting Finlandia Prize nominee Souls by Markku Pääskynen!
18.11.2015 Hungarian rights to Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt sold to Scolar
17.11.2015 Simplified Chinese rights to The Red Abbey Chronicles by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Shanghai 99!
13.11.2015 Rave review in The Guardian for Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff
12.11.2015 Thriller author Marko Hautala joins the Horror Writers Association!
09.11.2015 Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt nominated for the Finlandia Prize!
06.11.2015 North American rights to Maria Turtschaninoff’s Red Abbey Chronicles sold to Abrams!
28.10.2015 Italian rights to The Red Abbey Chronicles by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Atmosphere Libri!
26.10.2015 Starred review for The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo!
26.10.2015 Laura Lindstedt’s Oneiron wins the Toisinkoinen literature prize!
22.10.2015 Readers love The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta!
09.10.2015 DTV acquires German rights to Pauliina Susi’s cyberthriller In the Rear Window!
06.10.2015 Czech rights to Jussi Valtonen’s critical and commercial hit, They Know Not What They Do, sold to LEDA!
01.10.2015 Korean rights to Tuula Karjalainen’s Tove Jansson biography sold to Munhakdongne!
30.09.2015 Presenting the UK cover for Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff!
29.09.2015 Affe the Adventure Dog by Ivana Helsinki creators Paola and Pirjo Suhonen charms critics!
25.09.2015 U.S. readers love Marko Hautala’s The Black Tongue!
24.09.2015 New Praise for Pauliina Susi’s Hitchcockian cyberthriller In the Rear Window
23.09.2015 Finnish rights to Iron Sky: Renate’s Story by Johanna Sinisalo sold to Johnny Kniga!
22.09.2015 Fall 2015 rights guides published!
21.09.2015 New praise and English sample for Secrets of my Vanity Case by Kaisa Haatanen!
17.09.2015 Russian rights to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold to Text Publishers!
17.09.2015 UK & Commonwealth rights and Danish rights to The Mercurial Mouse sold!
16.09.2015 Snow White Trilogy author Salla Simukka reflects on her international travels and newly re-released debut books!
15.09.2015 A Stroke of Sadness by Leena Lehtolainen is Finland’s #1 bestseller!
09.09.2015 Interview with Laura Lindstedt, author of the critically lauded Oneiron
07.09.2015 Rave reviews for Miina Supinen’s adult fairy tale, Jingle Land
04.09.2015 Hungarian rights to Jussi Valtonen’s bestselling They Know Not What They Do sold to Cser!
03.09.2015 German rights to The Mercurial Mouse by Riikka Jäntti sold to Eulenspiegel!
02.09.2015 Johanna Sinisalo selected as Guest of Honour at Worldcon 2017 in Helsinki!
28.08.2015 Critics and readers love Pauliina Susi’s cyberthriller, In the Rear Window
27.08.2015 Miina Supinen talks Jingle Land, her Tim Burton-esque adult fairy tale
25.08.2015 Lithuanian rights to Jussi Valtonen’s They Know Not What They Do sold to Alma Littera!
21.08.2015 Katri Lipson’s The Ice Cream Man sold in Serbia and Macedonia!
20.08.2015 Critics and readers love Secrets of my Vanity Case by Kaisa Haatanen!
19.08.2015 Laura Lindstedt dazzles critics with Oneiron
10.08.2015 Romanian rights to Monster Nanny by Tuutikki Tolonen sold to Editura Univers!
06.08.2015 Leena Lehtolainen’s new Maria Kallio novel, A Stroke of Sadness, published!
05.08.2015 Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff published in Romania!
04.08.2015 Note our new Helsinki address and like us on Facebook!
29.07.2015 Critics and readers love The Mercurial Mouse by Riikka Jäntti!
28.07.2015 New Nordic sales of outstanding U.S. picture and coloring books!
24.07.2015 Rights to Hannele Huovi’s Ware Bears series sold in China!
23.07.2015 Estonian rights to Monster Nanny by Tuutikki Tolonen sold to Tiritamm!
20.07.2015 Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy is an international hit!
16.07.2015 Korean rights to Freya and the Myth Machine sold to Design Comma!
15.07.2015 German rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s forthcoming Maria Kallio novel sold to Rowohlt!
14.07.2015 Spanish and Catalan rights to Tuutikki Tolonen’s Monster Nanny sold to La Galera!
10.07.2015 German rights of the novel Iron Sky: Renate’s Story by Johanna Sinisalo sold to Klett-Cotta!
07.07.2015 French rights to Sinikka and Tiina Nopola’s Hayflower & Quiltshoe series sold to Didier Jeunesse
02.07.2015 Dutch rights to Maria Turtschaninoff’s Maresi sold to Clavis!
23.06.2015 The Black Mandala Trilogy: new praise and English sample!
18.06.2015 New Dutch cover and praise for Jussi Valtonen’s Finlandia Prize-winning They Know Not What They Do!
17.06.2015 Book III in Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy is a commercial and critical hit!
16.06.2015 Praise and publication news for Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
10.06.2015 Ukrainian rights sold to books by Anna-Lena Lauren and Jyrki Vainonen
09.06.2015 Turkish rights to Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Altin Kitaplar!
08.06.2015 Danish rights to Minna Lindgren’s Death in Twilight Grove sold to Jensen & Dalgaard!
02.06.2015 Euromedia acquires Czech rights to Granny Hatchet by Marko Hautala!
29.05.2015 Miina Supinen visits the sinister heart of winter holidays in Jingle Land
28.05.2015 Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta to be broadcast on Czech Radio!
25.05.2015 U.S. doodle and superfood books head to Finland!
22.05.2015 Interview with Finlandia Prize winner and internationally praised Jussi Valtonen
19.05.2015 German and World English digital rights to Storm Sisters sold to Bastei Lübbe!
15.05.2015 Macmillan acquires World English rights to the Freya series by Matthew Laurence!
12.05.2015 Emmi Itäranta celebrates the success of Memory of Water at the Arthur C. Clarke awards
07.05.2015 French (Canadian) rights to Maresi sold to Editions de la Bagnole!
06.05.2015 German rights to Monster Nanny by Tuutikki Tolonen sold to Carl Hanser Verlag!
30.04.2015 Sanna Pelliccioni’s Onni series sold in China!
29.04.2015 Illustrator Kristiina Louhi wins the Kieku lifetime achievement award!
28.04.2015 More international news for Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
27.04.2015 Johanna Sinisalo selected as guest of honour at Eurocon 2016!
24.04.2015 Swedish rights to This One Summer sold to Placebo Press!
23.04.2015 Spanish and Catalan rights to the Storm Sisters series sold to Planeta!
22.04.2015 Apply for FILI translation grants by May 1st!
20.04.2015 They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen still Finland’s bestselling novel!
17.04.2015 New releases and praise for Harri Nykänen!
15.04.2015 New international releases for Leena Lehtolainen!
14.04.2015 Praise for the Black Mandala Trilogy!
13.04.2015 Spanish rights sold to Maria Peura’s debut novel Your Love is Infinite
10.04.2015 International award accolades for Emmi Itäranta and Maria Turtschaninoff!
27.03.2015 Spring 2015 Fiction Rights Guide published!
27.03.2015 Introducing Freya, an ancient Norse god in a modern world!
24.03.2015 Estonian rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio series sold to Pegasus!
23.03.2015 Bologna 2015 rights guides published!
19.03.2015 Estonian rights to The Sauna Cookbook sold to Pegasus!
17.03.2015 Czech rights to Cosmonaut by Katri Lipson sold to Argo!
12.03.2015 German rights to Granny Hatchet by Marko Hautala sold to DTV
09.03.2015 Tove Appelgren’s Vesta-Linnea series sold in Turkey!
06.03.2015 Polish rights to Jussi Valtonen’s Finlandia Prize winner They Know Not What They Do sold to Foksal!
05.03.2015 Storm Sisters make a splash at Books at Berlinale!
04.03.2015 Danish rights to This One Summer sold to Høst & Søn!
03.03.2015 Johanna Sinisalo and Emmi Itäranta selected as best of 2014 by Locus magazine!
03.03.2015 Estonian rights sold to Tales from Bug Forest by Ville Hytönen
27.02.2015 Piper acquires German rights to Jussi Valtonen’s They Know Not What They Do
25.02.2015 Awards news for Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water!
24.02.2015 Book III in J.K Johansson’s Palokaski Trilogy sold in Germany + other news
19.02.2015 Fischer acquires German rights to My Little Creature by Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam!
18.02.2015 International editions launch for Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy!
17.02.2015 Danish rights to Cosmonaut by Katri Lipson sold to Jensen & Dalgaard!
13.02.2015 Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy heads to Argentina + new rave reviews!
11.02.2015 They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen is Finland’s #1 bestselling novel!
10.02.2015 Rave reviews in Germany for Johan Bargum’s Sailing in September!
09.02.2015 Swedish readers love Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff!
06.02.2015 Fayard acquires French rights to Jussi Valtonen’s They Know Not What They Do
05.02.2015 French rights to Cruel is the Night by Karo Hämäläinen sold to Actes Sud!
02.02.2015 Enchanted Lion Books buys World English rights to My Little Creature by Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam!
29.01.2015 Storm Sisters by Mintie Das generates major media buzz!
28.01.2015 Apply for translation grants from FILI by February 1st!
26.01.2015 Acclaimed American YA titles find Nordic homes!
23.01.2015 Oneworld Publications acquires World English rights to Jussi Valtonen’s They Know Not What They Do!
22.01.2015 Satu Kontinen’s Mo-ko-ma-ki series and Kristiina Louhi’s Annie series sold in China!
21.01.2015 Storm Sisters by Mintie Das selected for Books at Berlinale!
19.01.2015 Signatuur/A.W. Bruna acquires Dutch rights to Jussi Valtonen They Know Not What They Do!
14.01.2015 Rights to Tiina Nopola’s Siri series sold in Vietnam!
13.01.2015 World English rights to Cruel is the Night by Karo Hämäläinen sold to Soho Press
09.01.2015 Emmi Itäranta nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award!
08.01.2015 Finlandia Junior Prize winner Maresi conquers the world + other December deals!
07.01.2015 Jussi Valtonen’s Finlandia Prize-winning They Know Not What They Do continues its success streak with 100,000 copies sold!
05.01.2015 J.K Johansson’s Palokaski Trilogy sold in Estonia + other December highlights!
18.12.2014 Finlandia Prize winners ring in the holiday season!
17.12.2014 U.S and UK accolades for Johanna Sinisalo and Emmi Itäranta!
15.12.2014 Survival Game by Markku Karpio nominated for the Topelius Prize!
15.12.2014 Minna Lindgren’s Escape From Twilight Grove nominated for the Runeberg Prize!
15.12.2014 World English rights to Maria Turtschaninoff’s Maresi sold to Pushkin Press in a three-book deal!
12.12.2014 Taiwanese and Estonian rights sold to Jorma Ollila’s bestselling insider story of Nokia!
11.12.2014 Angry Birds Stella titles sold in Spain, France, Indonesia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic!
10.12.2014 Pocket Jeunesse acquires French rights to Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola’s Ricky Rapper series in a six-book deal!
05.12.2014 Finlandia Prize winner They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen is a runaway bestseller; 80,000 copies printed!
03.12.2014 Random House Heyne acquires German rights to Finlandia Junior Prize winner Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff!
02.12.2014 Robert Laffont acquires French rights to Storm Sisters by Mintie Das in a five-book deal!
28.11.2014 Rights sold in Romania to Finlandia Junior Prize winner Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff!
27.11.2014 Finlandia Prize winner: They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen!
25.11.2014 French readers love Salla Simukka’s As Red As Blood!
24.11.2014 More rave reviews for The Ladies of Seven Brothers by Riina Katajavuori
20.11.2014 Finlandia Junior Prize winner: Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff!
19.11.2014 World English rights to Satu Kontinen’s Mo-ko-ma-ki sold to POW!, an imprint of powerHouse Books
18.11.2014 Finlandia Prize nomination for They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen!
17.11.2014 Storm Sisters by Mintie Das sold in Finland to Tammi Publishers!
12.11.2014 Rights to Sinikka and Tiina Nopola’s children’s books sold in the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Latvia!
06.11.2014 Finlandia Junior Prize nominations for Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff and My Little Creature by Linda Bondestam & Ulf Stark
04.11.2014 Praise for The Ladies of Seven Brothers by Riina Katajavuori
31.10.2014 Storm Sisters by Mintie Das sold in Indonesia!
30.10.2014 More international rave reviews and a visit to the Netherlands and Belgium for Salla Simukka!
29.10.2014 Rave reviews for Johanna Sinisalo in the U.S, UK and Germany
28.10.2014 Maria Turtschaninoff awarded the Swedish YLE Literature Prize for Maresi
23.10.2014 Pan Macmillan acquires World English rights to The Twilight Grove Trilogy by Minna Lindgren
22.10.2014 Bestselling author Leena Lehtolainen generates buzz and meets readers around the world
21.10.2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai speaks directly to her peers in the young readers’ edition of her book
20.10.2014 Major wins in Germany for Ricky Rapper and Slick Leonard!
17.10.2014 Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy sold in Macedonia: 47 total territories!
16.10.2014 The Ice Cream Man by Katri Lipson sold in Estonia
08.10.2014 World English rights to Marko Hautala’s Granny Hatchet sold to AmazonCrossing
06.10.2014 FINNLAND. COOL. Guest of Honour 2014 at Frankfurt Book Fair
01.10.2014 Finland’s bestselling nonfiction book tells the ultimate insider story of Nokia – the company that created a global mobile revolution
30.09.2014 Rave reviews for Salla Simukka in Sweden
26.09.2014 Storm Sisters bring girl-driven pirate power to the YA scene
24.09.2014 Critics applaud Leena Lehtolainen’s latest work of upmarket women’s fiction
22.09.2014 Finnland. Cool: Elina Ahlback Literary Agency Frankfurt Rights Guides published
19.09.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in Georgia!
17.09.2014 Ricky Rapper and the Scrooge of Seville tops bestseller lists!
15.09.2014 Finnish authors celebrated in the U.S and Finland
10.09.2014 More critical praise for Marko Hautala’s Granny Hatchet
09.09.2014 New German releases by Finnish authors represented by Elina Ahlback Literary Agency!
09.09.2014 Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy sold in the Czech Republic!
04.09.2014 Angry Birds Stella launches!
03.09.2014 Finnish crime trilogies, Palokaski and Snow White, conquer new territories!
01.09.2014 Riina Katajavuori shines with The Ladies of Seven Brothers
27.08.2014 Snow White Trilogy sold in 44 territories: Latest Azerbaijan!
26.08.2014 Readers and critics love Ricky Rapper and the Scrooge of Seville
21.08.2014 International publication news for Hannele Huovi and Tiina Nopola
20.08.2014 Financial Times praises Salla Simukka’s As Red as Blood!
19.08.2014 Rights to Ricky Rapper sold to Varrak in Estonia!
18.08.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in Korea
13.08.2014 Rave reviews for Marko Hautala’s Granny Hatchet
12.08.2014 Third starred review for Salla Simukka’s As Red as Blood in the U.S
08.08.2014 Tove Jansson’s 100th anniversary celebrated on August 9th
06.08.2014 Women’s fiction from Leena Lehtolainen, A Life in Six Scenes, published today!
04.08.2014 Strong Dutch and Polish reviews for Laura in J.K Johansson’s Palokaski Trilogy
01.08.2014 Bestselling Ricky Rapper is Finland’s Wimpy Kid: New releases
31.07.2014 New releases and praise in Germany, the UK and U.S for Johanna Sinisalo!
29.07.2014 Longer sample of Minna Lindgren’s Death in Twilight Grove now available
24.07.2014 New Snow White Trilogy web site and a rave Australian review for Salla Simukka
21.07.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in Norway
17.07.2014 Rovio Visions titles sold in Korea and Russia!
11.07.2014 Elina Rouhiainen’s Wolf Creek series sold in China!
04.07.2014 Angry Birds Stella launches in September!
03.07.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water published in Spain, rights sold in Bulgaria
01.07.2014 Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola’s children’s books head to Turkey
30.06.2014 Leena Lehtolainen’s Upwind and other Finnish thrillers published around the world
26.06.2014 Minna Lindgren’s Escape from Twilight Grove is a critical and commercial smash
24.06.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water gets a rave review from The Washington Post!
19.06.2014 The Palokaski crime series debuts in the Netherlands and Poland!
18.06.2014 Salla Simukka’s As Red as Blood gets another starred review in the U.S!
16.06.2014 EU Literature Prize winner The Ice Cream Man sold in Denmark
12.06.2014 Finnland.Cool. kicks off: Ricky Rapper meets German readers in Cologne
10.06.2014 Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio crime series conquers Brazil!
09.06.2014 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency celebrates 5 years in business: Thank You!
05.06.2014 Starred review in Publishers Weekly for Salla Simukka: ”Fans of Nesbø and Larsson won’t be disappointed”
04.06.2014 Book Expo America marks a festive U.S debut for author Emmi Itäranta
03.06.2014 Finnish children’s favourites conquer new territories
27.05.2014 Critics and bloggers love the second entry in Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy
22.05.2014 What if learning was fun?
21.05.2014 A Nordic twist on Twin Peaks: Praise for the Palokaski Trilogy!
19.05.2014 Critical accolades in the U.S and UK for Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water
16.05.2014 Salla Simukka’s Snow White conquers the Faroe Islands: 43 territories sold!
14.05.2014 English sample of Eruption by Anna-Kaari Hakkarainen now available!
12.05.2014 Full German translation of bestselling children’s hit Ricky Rapper and the Double now available!
09.05.2014 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency now in New York!
08.05.2014 Calmann-Lévy buys French rights to Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy
05.05.2014 Rights to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy sold in Slovakia: 42 total territories!
30.04.2014 Praise for Eruption by Anna-Kaari Hakkarainen
28.04.2014 English sample of Wave Tamer, part II in the Faunoids Trilogy, now available!
25.04.2014 Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy makes its debut around the world!
24.04.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s breakthrough hit Memory of Water published in the Czech Republic
23.04.2014 Apply for FILI translation grants by May 1st!
22.04.2014 Leena Lehtolainen thrillers out in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Israel and Armenia
17.04.2014 Rights to the Tapper Twins series sold in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark
16.04.2014 Rights to Maria Turtschaninoff’s Maresi sold in Denmark
15.04.2014 Finnish children’s books hot off the presses worldwide
09.04.2014 Starred review in Publishers Weekly for Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta
04.04.2014 London 2014 Rights Guides published
03.04.2014 Maria Turtschaninoff’s new novel creates buzz in Bologna
01.04.2014 Rights to Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove mysteries sold in Spain and Estonia
21.03.2014 Bologna 2014 Rights Guides published
20.03.2014 Ricky Rapper heads to Poland
18.03.2014 World English rights to Katri Lipson’s The Ice-Cream Man sold to AmazonCrossing
13.03.2014 Publication dates set in 10 countries for Tuula Karjalainen’s Tove Jansson biography
12.03.2014 Kiepenheuer & Witsch buys German rights to Minna Lindgren’s bestselling Twilight Grove Trilogy
11.03.2014 Bestselling author Leena Lehtolainen celebrates her 50th birthday
10.03.2014 Bestselling crime author Leena Lehtolainen shows a different voice with her new book
07.03.2014 Grove Atlantic acquires World English rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun
05.03.2014 An eventful spring for Ricky Rapper on the page and screen
04.03.2014 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency welcomes Annukka Salama
03.03.2014 Snow White Trilogy sold in 40 territories: latest Malaysia!
28.02.2014 Rights to Snow White Trilogy sold in Thailand: 39 total territories!
25.02.2014 Rights to Memory of Water sold in Brazil
20.02.2014 The Core of the Sun nominated for 2013’s best science fiction book
19.02.2014 Anna-Lena Laurén nominated for Finland’s largest journalism prize
17.02.2014 Advance U.S praise for Memory of Water
14.02.2014 Marsilio buys Italian rights to the Twilight Grove Trilogy
14.02.2014 Rights to U.S hit Grandmaster sold in Norway
13.02.2014 Critics love Minna Lindgren’s Death in Twilight Grove
12.02.2014 Snow White Trilogy sold in Japan: 38 total territories!
11.02.2014 New Ricky Rapper film breaks opening weekend record
07.02.2014 Czech rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun sold to Euromedia
05.02.2014 Rights to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in Japan
05.02.2014 EU Literature Prize winner Katri Lipson generates buzz in Prague and London
04.02.2014 Harri Nykänen’s latest Ariel Kafka novel entertains Nordic crime fans
03.02.2014 Leena Lehtolainen’s third Bodyguard makes a splash in Germany
31.01.2014 Readers love Cruel is the Night by Karo Hämäläinen
30.01.2014 Tuula Karjalainen’s Tove Jansson biography to be published in 10 territories
24.01.2014 Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola’s Ricky Rapper and Eric books published in new languages
22.01.2014 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency welcomes Minna Lindgren
21.01.2014 Prestigious Lauri Jäntti Prize to Tuula Karjalainen for her Tove Jansson biography
20.01.2014 Katri Lipson’s The Ice-Cream Man sold in Hungary
17.01.2014 Bestselling Ricky Rapper and Hayflower & Quiltshoe children’s series sold in China
16.01.2014 Rights to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in Hungary
15.01.2014 Miina Supinen’s Ray Girl gets critical raves
14.01.2014 French rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun sold to Actes Sud
10.01.2014 World invasion of Finnish children’s books continues
09.01.2014 Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency celebrates successes by U.S authors
07.01.2014 Critics applaud Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun
18.12.2013 Ricky Rapper and Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency wish you Happy Holidays!
17.12.2013 Finland Prize 2013 for Salla Simukka
13.12.2013 Polish rights to LAURA and two other novels in the Palokaski crime series sold to Literackie
29.11.2013 Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency to open an office in New York
27.11.2013 Hearts of Khao Lak by Marja-Leena Tiainen nominated for the Savonia Prize 2013
26.11.2013 Katri Lipson to receive the 2013 EU Prize for Literature in Brussels today
21.11.2013 Five star reception for Leena Lehtolainen’s Copper Heart!
18.11.2013 Leena Lehtolainen visiting New York
12.11.2013 World premier in Dutch for Salla Simukka!
08.11.2013 Wheezy Donkey and Wonky Monkey nominated for the Finlandia Junior Prize 2013
07.11.2013 Finnish Children’s and YA books published worldwide
05.11.2013 Warmest congratulations to the six ALMA nominees represented by the Agency!
04.11.2013 Rights to Snow White Trilogy sold in 37 territories: Latest sales in Albania and Georgia!
29.10.2013 Young Aleksis Kivi Prize 2013 for Emmi Itäranta
23.10.2013 Dutch rights to LAURA and two other novels in the Palokaski crime series sold to The House of Books in a 3-book-deal!
22.10.2013 Johanna Sinisalo’s new novel burns with gloom and power
18.10.2013 Leena Lehtolainen at Montevideo Book Fair: A great success for Finnish & Nordic crime!
17.10.2013 Frankfurt deals: Rights to Ray Girl sold in Germany and in Denmark and Cruel is the Night in Italy!
16.10.2013 Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature The Ice-Cream Man sold in Turkey
07.10.2013 Frankfurt 2013 Rights Guides published
07.10.2013 German rights to The Life and Art of Tove Jansson sold to Verlag Urachhaus
04.10.2013 Rights to Snow White Trilogy sold in 35 territories: Latest sales in Serbia and Slovenia!
03.10.2013 Bulgarian rights sold to Katri Lipson’s winning novel The Ice-Cream Man!
02.10.2013 Jyrki Vainonen’s Explorer & Other Stories reviewed in Publishers Weekly
26.09.2013 European Union Prize for Literature 2013 for Katri Lipson!
26.09.2013 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency at the Gothenburg Book Fair and Frankfurt Book Fair
19.09.2013 Beauty meets two beasts. A mystical love story from Finland by Miina Supinen.
17.09.2013 Norwegian rights to The Life and Art of Tove Jansson sold to Heinesen Forlag!
16.09.2013 Snow White Trilogy: Book 2 published to rave reviews
13.09.2013 Marko Hautala, Emmi Itäranta and Kristiina Vuori nominated for the Young Aleksis Kivi Prize 2013
11.09.2013 The Iron Triangle by Leena Lehtolainen is bestseller #1
09.09.2013 Penguin buys World English rights to The Life and Art of Tove Jansson!
30.08.2013 Third Maria Kallio novel by Leena Lehtolainen sold to Tokyo Sogensha in Japan
16.08.2013 Ricky Rapper sells like hotcakes!
12.08.2013 Cruel Is The Night by Karo Hämäläinen published today!
08.08.2013 Leena Lehtolainen’s 12th Maria Kallio novel The Iron Triangle published today!
07.08.2013 Arabic and Russian rights sold to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
23.07.2013 Snow White Trilogy by Salla Simukka now sold to Presenca in Portugal!
04.07.2013 Animus buys Hungarian rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s crime novel The Killing One!
03.07.2013 Rowohlt buys German rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s new novel The Iron Triangle!
02.07.2013 The Life and Art of Tove Jansson sold in Japan, Sweden and Finland!
01.07.2013 Klett-Cotta buys German rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s new novel The Core of the Sun!
28.06.2013 Polish rights of The Blood of Angels by Johanna Sinisalo sold to Foksal!
20.06.2013 Bestselling Children’s Books sold to Estonia, Korea, Latvia and Poland!
17.06.2013 Snow White Trilogy by Salla Simukka now sold in an amazing 30 territories!
06.06.2013 Leena Lehtolainen’s second Maria Kallio crime novel HER ENEMY published in the US!
04.06.2013 North American rights to Jyrki Vainonen’s The Explorer & Other Stories sold!
03.06.2013 Brazil and Iceland to join the global success of The Snow White Trilogy!
24.05.2013 25th sale of The Snow White Trilogy: Foksal buys Polish rights
23.05.2013 Suhrkamp buys German rights to LAURA and the second novel NOORA in the Palokaski crime series!
17.05.2013 24 foreign sales for The Snow White Trilogy: Greek, Hebrew and Romanian rights sold today!
16.05.2013 Rights of Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in 12 languages
10.05.2013 Mondadori buys Italian rights to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
07.05.2013 Book launch in India: Dr Shashi Tharoor releases A Delicate Shade of Pink written by the Foreign Minister of Finland Dr Erkki Tuomioja
03.05.2013 La Galera buys Spanish and Catalan rights to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
29.04.2013 Rights sold in Russia: A Delicate Shade of Pink by Dr. Erkki Tuomioja, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
25.04.2013 US and UK rights sold to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy – Global success for a young Finnish author at the London Book Fair
24.04.2013 Johanna Sinisalo’s award-winning novel The Blood of Angels will publish in France in May 2013!
12.04.2013 London 2013 Rights Guide published
10.04.2013 Arena Verlag buys German rights to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
09.04.2013 Dutch and Turkish rights sold to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy
03.04.2013 Hachette Black Moon buys French rights to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
19.03.2013 Bologna 2013 Rights Guide published
13.03.2013 Croatian rights to Salla Simukka’s As Red as Blood sold to Znanje
11.03.2013 Studio Hamburg FilmProduktion has optioned television rights for Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio novel series
08.03.2013 Presses de la Cité buys French rights to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water and to her next novel
06.03.2013 Maria Kallio celebrates her 20th anniversary today!
27.02.2013 Rights sold in India: A Delicate Shade Of Pink by Dr. Erkki Tuomioja, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
21.02.2013 Snow White Trilogy: Book 1 now published!
18.02.2013 World Spanish rights to Memory of Water acquired by Ediciones B
08.02.2013 Marko Hautala’s Allucinazioni published in Italy
06.02.2013 World English rights of The Blood of Angels by Johanna Sinisalo sold to Peter Owen
01.02.2013 Emmi Itäranta shortlisted for the Tähtivaeltaja Award
14.01.2013 Topelius Prize for Salla Simukka!
09.01.2013 Rights to Kari Nars’ Swindling Billions sold in Hungary to HVG Publishers – Money and Happiness in Brasil to Editora Gutenberg
08.01.2013 Piemme in Italy and Dogan Egmont in Turkey have acquired rights to Emmi Itäranta’s novel Memory of Water!
31.12.2012 Happy New Year
13.12.2012 Salla Simukka shortlisted for the Topelius Prize 2013
11.12.2012 Angry Birds turn three!
04.12.2012 US pre-launch reviews for Lehtolainen’s My First Murder
29.11.2012 HarperCollins buys World English rights to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water, and to her next novel, in a 2-book-deal
22.11.2012 Santillana acquires World Spanish rights to Ricky Rapper!
21.11.2012 Two 3-book-deals for Leena Lehtolainen
16.11.2012 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold to Germany
13.11.2012 Hooray for Helsinki! and Chatty Elias nominated for the Finlandia Junior Prize 2012
25.10.2012 Czech rights to Katri Lipson’s Ice Cream Man sold to Argo!
21.09.2012 Frankfurt 2012 Rights Guides now available!
14.09.2012 Leena Lehtolainen shines in Scandinavia!
03.09.2012 Drops of Life wins in the 2012 Living Now Book Awards!
21.08.2012 Kari Nars’ great success in Brazil!
09.08.2012 Leena Lehtolainen’s worldwide success
09.08.2012 Destino to publish The Bodyguard Trilogy by Leena Lehtolainen!
25.07.2012 The successful launch of Karo Hämäläinen’s Calle Erottaja
21.06.2012 Leena Lehtolainen meets her translators from all over the world
11.06.2012 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency celebrates 3rd anniversary!
08.06.2012 Karo Hämäläinen debuts in Spain with Calle Erottaja!
01.06.2012 Rights of Tiina Nopola’s and Mervi Lindman’s SIRI series now sold to eight countries!
31.05.2012 Leena Lehtolainen’s bestselling Maria Kallio titles published in Hungary and France
30.05.2012 Finnish Children’s Books published in France and Norway!
28.05.2012 French, Russian and Dutch rights sold to Leena Lehtolainen’s The Bodyguard!
25.05.2012 Rights of Ricky Rapper now sold to nine countries!
11.05.2012 Publishing Perspectives introduce Finland’s Most Beloved Kids’ Book Character: A Rapper
04.05.2012 Karo Hämäläinen receives the Tampere Literary Prize
25.04.2012 Leena Lehtolainen visited the 19th International Book Festival Budapest 2012
25.04.2012 Latest Picture Book deals
13.04.2012 London 2012 Highlights: International bestsellers by Leena Lehtolainen
10.04.2012 Tapani Bagge cracks into critics’ Top 10 List in Germany
05.04.2012 Recent Children’s Deals and Happy Easter Wishes
16.03.2012 Bestselling Finnish children’s books sold to Korea, Lithuania, Russia and Romania
16.03.2012 Film rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s THE BODYGUARD TRILOGY optioned to Solar Films Inc., the leading production company in Finland
08.03.2012 Bologna 2012 Rights Guide published
01.03.2012 Tapani Bagge now published in German
23.02.2012 Maria Kallio titles now published in Turkish and Hebrew
10.02.2012 Johanna Sinisalo nominated for the Tähtivaeltaja award 2012
31.01.2012 Amazon Publishing buys World English rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio series and The Bodyguard trilogy
20.01.2012 Lehtolainen’s Where Have All the Young Girls Gone published in Complex Chinese
10.01.2012 Sarah McCoy’s The Baker’s Daughter sold to Norway!
10.01.2012 Daughter of Smoke and Bone to be published in 2012 in Scandinavia and Finland
21.12.2011 Kari Nars’ Swindling Billions published in Korea
21.12.2011 Ben Furman’s bestselling titles sold to the Netherlands, Russia and Estonia
21.12.2011 Recent children’s books deals
21.12.2011 The Dictator sold to four countries
16.12.2011 Tokyo Sogensha buys rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Snow Woman and The Death Spiral
16.12.2011 Johanna Sinisalo’s prize-winning The Blood of Angels sold to France
13.12.2011 Publishers can now apply for EU translation grants in a simplified process- deadline is on 3 February 2012
09.12.2011 Annika Luther, Sari Peltoniemi and Marja-Leena Tiainen nominated for the Topelius Prize
09.12.2011 Leena Lehtolainen’s My First Murder published in Russia
02.12.2011 Congratulations to Finlandia Prize winner Rosa Liksom – author of Jepata Nasta children’s books
01.12.2011 Finnish Christmas calendar based on Mysi Lahtinen’s book published in eight languages
01.12.2011 Tittamari Marttinen and Jari Mäkipää nominated for the Anni Polva Prize
30.11.2011 Bestselling children’s authors Sinikka and Tiina Nopola receive State Awards for Children’s Culture – now represented by Ahlback Agency
22.11.2011 Karo Hämäläinen’s The Buyout shortlisted for the Savonia Prize
18.11.2011 Kari Nars’ Swindling Billions sold to Brazil
15.11.2011 Recent Scandinavian rights deals
09.11.2011 Latvian rights to Viivi Luik’s Shadow Play sold to Mansards
08.11.2011 Johanna Sinisalo’s Birdbrain nominated for the 2012 International Impac Dublin Literary Award
08.11.2011 Finlandia Junior Prize nominations for Hannele Huovi, Kristiina Louhi, Hannu Hirvonen and Pia Sakki
27.10.2011 Kari Nars participating in the Singapore Writers Festival
24.10.2011 Sari Peltoniemi’s Dog and Her Girl succeeds in Poland
24.10.2011 Finnish non-fiction titles published in Estonia
20.10.2011 Karo Hämäläinen’s The Buyout sold to Spain
17.10.2011 Angry Birds fly to Ahlback Agency
10.10.2011 Finnish Weird: Johanna Sinisalo’s new novel The Blood of Angels published to rave reviews
07.10.2011 Leena Lehtolainen gets a two-book deal in Germany
30.09.2011 Karo Hämäläinen’s The Buyout (Erottaja) is “A Bonfire of the Vanities for the new millennium, flavored with a… thriller plot”
22.09.2011 New Rights Guides!
20.09.2011 Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s books sold to 23 countries
16.09.2011 Leena Lehtolainen hits the top of Finnish bestseller lists!
13.09.2011 Kalle Isokallio to be represented by the Ahlback Agency
06.09.2011 Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam’s The Dictator sold to Russia and Norway
30.08.2011 Viivi Luik to be represented by Ahlback Agency
30.08.2011 Jenni Mäntylä joins the Ahlback Agency
26.08.2011 Ahlback Agency to represent Emmi Itäranta, winner of Teos Fantasy and Sci-fi Contest
17.08.2011 Finnish writers visiting the Edinburgh International Book Festival
11.08.2011 Leena Lehtolainen’s latest novel The Lion of Justice published in Finland
01.08.2011 Maarit Verronen awarded with Tähtivaeltaja Prize
08.07.2011 Best summer wishes from the agency!
04.07.2011 Animus buys rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s My First Murder
21.06.2011 Italian rights to Marko Hautala’s Shrouds sold to Newton & Compton
20.06.2011 Maria Peura is participating in the annual Lahti International Writers’ Reunion (LIWRE) 19.-21.6.
13.06.2011 Nikolai Tiitinen wins 3rd place at the 9th Mikkeli Illustration Triennial
09.06.2011 Johanna Sinisalo nominated for two literature awards!
07.06.2011 Leena Lehtolainen’s internationally bestselling Maria Kallio crime series sold in Poland to REBIS Publishers
06.06.2011 Author Laura Lindstedt on a literary tour 2011 across Europe
03.06.2011 Johanna Sinisalo’s Birdbrain sold to Norway
27.05.2011 Markku Ropponen’s German success continues
11.05.2011 The Scandinavian rights for MONSTER HIGH Series by Lisi Harrison (Poppy/Little, Brown/Hachette) sold to Forlaget Buster!
11.05.2011 SWINDLING BILLIONS by Kari Nars sold to five languages so far
19.04.2011 Worldwide distribution for Finnish children’s book
12.04.2011 Marko Hautala and Sami Hilvo get German readers
24.03.2011 Tove Appelgren visited the Shanghai International Literary Festival
16.03.2011 New Fiction Rights Guides!
14.03.2011 New Children’s Rights Guide!
01.03.2011 Söderströms and Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency begin collaboration
25.02.2011 Erkki Tuomioja’s Jaan Tõnisson published in Estonia
18.02.2011 Markku Ropponen’s Ein beschissenes Sortiment an Schwierigkeiten published in Germany
03.02.2011 Essi Kummu’s Death of the Bear sold to Italy
01.02.2011 Tapani Bagge gets a two-book deal with a prominent German publisher
27.01.2011 Essi Kummu’s Death of the Bear nominated for the Tiiliskivi Prize
20.01.2011 Leena Lehtolainen’s The Bodyguard published in Germany
05.01.2011 Recent Scandinavian rights deals
04.01.2011 Esko-Pekka Tiitinen wins the Savonia Prize
03.01.2011 Finnish children’s and youth rights sold to China and Denmark
22.12.2010 Awards and nominations for our authors and illustrators
20.12.2010 Finnish literary fiction published in the US
01.12.2010 Marko Hautala receives Kalevi Jäntti Literary Prize for 2010
27.11.2010 Finnish fiction rights sold to Italy and Norway
25.11.2010 Finnish non-fiction rights sold to Germany and Estonia
11.11.2010 Leena Lehtolainen sold to 20 countries
05.11.2010 Rights to Tammi’s fantastic children’s books sold all over the world!
29.10.2010 Leena Lehtolainen’s My First Murder published in Italy
27.10.2010 Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s works sold to 19 countries
11.10.2010 Leena Lehtolainen’s international success continues!
04.10.2010 The Elina Ahlback Literary Agency will be at the Frankfurt Book Fair on 4–9 October 2010
01.10.2010 Ms Päivi Ruottinen appointed Associate Agent
23.09.2010 Huge interest in Finnish literature in North America
24.08.2010 The future of foreign rights sales looks bright
24.08.2010 Non-fiction rights sold to the UK and Hungary
23.08.2010 Several rights deals for children’s books
19.08.2010 The website is getting a facelift!
05.08.2010 Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s bestsellers sold to Russia and Turkey
24.06.2010 Stephenie Meyer’s Bree Tanner bestseller in Scandinavia
24.06.2010 Leena Lehtolainens Spiral of Death sold to Turkey
15.06.2010 Leena Lehtolainen in Italy this week
09.06.2010 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency : one year today !
09.06.2010 Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio Detective Series on Finnish TV
26.05.2010 Leena Lehtolainen breaks through on the Spanish market
30.04.2010 Päivi Ruottinen appointed Foreign Rights Assistant
18.04.2010 New Rights Guides for 2010
18.04.2010 No show in London Book Fair ?
16.04.2010 Rights to Staffan Bruun
07.04.2010 Leena Lehtolainen
31.03.2010 Rights to Leena Lehtolainen
30.03.2010 London Book Fair, April 19-21, 2010
30.03.2010 Bologna Book Fair 2010
30.03.2010 A new book from Stephenie Meyer
29.03.2010 Rights to Erkki Tuomioja
11.02.2010 Karoliina Timonen appointed Foreign Rights Manager at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency
11.02.2010 Finnish Tammi Publishers has signed a representation agreement with Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency Oy Ltd
11.02.2010 A new facelift to www.ahlbackagency.com
10.02.2010 Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency is representing Stephenie Meyer’s forthcoming titles exclusively in Scandinavia
23.10.2009 Strong interest for vampires, zombies, and thrillers in Frankfurt
18.09.2009 New publishers and agencies
18.09.2009 Attendance in International Book Fairs 2009
31.08.2009 Agency has moved to new offices in Ruoholahti, Helsinki
07.08.2009 Page under reconstruction
23.07.2009 Sterling
02.07.2009 Two exciting new novels from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
01.07.2009 Tricycle Press
25.06.2009 Little Brown
22.06.2009 Simon & Schuster
16.06.2009 Publishers Lunch Deluxe – Publishers’ Marketplace Today’s Meal
15.06.2009 Bloomsbury USA
10.06.2009 Webpages launched
09.06.2009 Agency founded