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NEWS ARCHIVE

  • 06.12.2019   3 new children’s deals: Weird Weather, Princess Rascal and Monster Nanny!
  • 05.12.2019   French rights sold to THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT by Mia Kankimäki
  • 04.12.2019   BREAKING HOLLYWOOD NEWS! GREG SILVERMAN’S STAMPEDE VENTURES ACQUIRES TV RIGHTS for MAX SEECK’S “THE FAITHFUL READER” + now 35 rights sold!
  • 27.11.2019   Norwegian rights sold to A WONDERFUL LIFE by Frank Martela
  • 21.11.2019   FAITHFUL READER now sold to 30 territories!
  • 20.11.2019   Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER sold to Korea! Now 29 rights sold!
  • 20.11.2019   3 New children’s non-fiction deals: Weird Weather, What is Night and What is Water!
  • 19.11.2019   Faithful Reader sold to Sweden!
  • 18.11.2019   Excellent praise for award-winning author Elina Hirvonen’s new novel RED STORM
  • 13.11.2019   WILD EAST by Aapo Roselius & Oula Silvennoinen nominated for Finlandia Prize, first sales to Estonia!
  • 11.11.2019   Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER sold to the UK, Russia and Israel!
  • 01.11.2019   4th pre-publication sale for AGNES AND THE GARDEN OF DREAMS
  • 01.11.2019   Breaking news! Berkley, Penguin Random House, acquires US rights to Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER in a two-book-deal!
  • 30.10.2019   Weird Weather sold to Hungary!
  • 29.10.2019   Apply for FILI Finnish translation grants this week!
  • 25.10.2019   Polish and Latvian sales for Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER
  • 24.10.2019   Frankfurt Children’s Deals: Weird Weather, Agnes, Little Shop of Nightmares
  • 23.10.2019   Non-Fiction Frankfurt deals for A WONDERFUL LIFE and FINNISH PARENTING BOOK
  • 12.10.2019   13 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
 

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