News
10 February 2012
Johanna Sinisalo nominated for the Tähtivaeltaja award 2012
We are thrilled to report that Johanna Sinisalo has been nominated for the Tähtivaeltaja Award 2012. The Helsinki Science Fiction Association yearly elects the most outstanding science fiction book published in Finland, and Johanna Sinisalo has been nominated for her latest work, The Blood of Angels (Enkelten verta, Teos 2011). Published last September, the novel has received excellent reviews and won the P.E. Svinhufvud Memorial Foundation Literary Prize.
Foreign rights news:
Actes Sud has recently acquired the French rights of The Blood of Angels and plans to publish in 2013.
Moreover, the rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s earlier work, Not Before Sundown (Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi, Tammi 2000) are currently negotiated with Brazilian (Portuguese) and Bulgarian publishers. In the very near future Johanna’s Finlandia Prize winning novel will be available all in all in 16 languages!
Please ask for reading copies and sample translations of Johanna Sinisalo’s works from the Agency!
31 January 2012
Amazon Publishing buys World English rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio series and The Bodyguard trilogy
We are thrilled to announce that the American publisher Amazon Publishing has acquired the World English rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio series and The Bodyguard trilogy.
Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s books have previously been sold to 24 languages. The Japanese rights to two Maria Kallio titles, Snow Woman (Luminainen, Tammi 1996) and The Death Spiral (Kuolemanspiraali, Tammi 1997) were recently sold to the esteemed Japanese publisher Tokyo Sogensha.
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Full English texts, sample translations and reading copies are available, please contact the Agency!
20 January 2012
Lehtolainen’s Where Have All the Young Girls Gone published in Complex Chinese
We are happy to announce that Leena Lehtolainen’s Where Have All the Young Girls Gone has been published on the 18th of January 2012 in Complex Chinese in Taiwan. This makes Where Have All the Young Girls Gone the first work by Leena Lehtolainen that is available in Taiwan.
According to the Linking Publishing Company the Complex Chinese edition will be available in book stores before Lunar New Year which means before the 23rd of January. Perfectly in time considering that Leena Lehtolainen will be a guest at the Taipei International Book Exhibition in the beginning of February.
Linking Publishing: http://www.linkingbooks.com.tw/pro/184213.asp
10 January 2012
Sarah McCoy’s The Baker’s Daughter sold to Norway!
We are happy to announce that the Norwegian rights to Sarah McCoy’s The Baker’s Daughter have been sold to Gyldendal Norsk.
The Baker’s Daughter has been praised by the press as a fascinating, beautifully told and rich detailed story, that captures the heart right from page one and hold it until the very end.
“Sarah McCoy was a new writer for me and I just loved her. This is her second book, so I will seek out her first one.”
Reference:
http://drbethnolan.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/review-the-bakers-daughter-by-sarah-mccoy-coming-out-in-january/
Please contact us for further information and rights inquiries!
10 January 2012
Daughter of Smoke and Bone to be published in 2012 in Scandinavia and Finland
We are happy to announce that Laini Taylor's book Daughter of Smoke and Bone will be published throughout Scandinavia excl. Iceland this year.
The Finnish rights were sold to Tammi Publishers for publication in Autumn 2012. The Norwegian, Swedish and Danish rights were bought by Bazar Forlag, also due to be published in 2012. In Norway Daughter of Smoke and Bone has been announced by the press as one of the most significant upcoming books this year. Laini Taylor's book has also been announced as one of Amazon's Best Books of 2011.
Rights sold to date: France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Korea, Taiwan, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Israel, Italy, Brazil, Slovak, Poland, Indonesia, Turkey, Hungary
Furthermore, Universal Pictures has acquired worldwide film rights to Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone! Universal’s Co-Presidents of Production Peter Cramer and Jeff Kirschenbaum made the announcement earlier in January.
Please contact the Agency for more information and reading copies!
21 December 2011
Kari Nars’ Swindling Billions published in Korea
Hanbit Biz has released the Korean edition of Dr. Kari Nars’ international bestseller Swindling Billions. Rights to the title were sold to Hanbit Biz in March 2011, and the book was published in November 2011.
Rights to Swindling Billions have been sold to several major world languages: World English rights to Marshall & Cavendish, World Portuguese rights to the Brazilian publisher Editora Gutenberg, German rights to Wiley-VCH, Chinese rights to Law Press China and Romanian rights to Hardcover & Paperback. Following the great success in the English language market, Marshall & Cavendish will be releasing a mass-market paperback edition of the English book in March 2012.
Please ask for the English and German texts!
21 December 2011
Ben Furman’s bestselling titles sold to the Netherlands, Russia and Estonia
The Dutch rights to Dr. Ben Furman‘s upcoming book I’m Proud of You! (Olen ylpeä sinusta!) have been sold to Uitgeverij Pica, publisher of several Ben Furman’s previous titles.
The Russian rights to Furman’s Kids’ Skills (Muksuoppi) and Kids’ Skills in Action (Muksuopin lumous) have been sold to Alpina in a two-book deal, and the Estonian rights to Kids’ Skills have been sold to Tänapäev. Published in 2003, Kids’ Skills has previously been translated into sixteen languages. Also Furman’s 2010 title, Kids’ Skills in Action, has been translated into several languages, including English (Australia), Spanish, German, Dutch and Swedish, just to name a few.
Furman’s self-help book for adults, Enjoy Your Life Again, came out in 2011 and his new book for parents and educators, I’m Proud of You!, is due to be published in February 2012.
Please ask for more information and the English translations!
21 December 2011
Recent children’s books deals
The Korean rights to Drops of Life (Kyyhkyn kysymys), written by the Finlandia Junior-winning author Esko-Pekka Tiitinen and illustrated by Nikolai Tiitinen, have been sold to Junglegum Books. The English, Spanish and Catalan rights to Drops of Life were sold to the eco-conscious Spanish publisher Cuento de Luz in March.
Other recent children’s book deals include Hannele Huovi’s Ware Bears (Urpo ja Turpo) to Azbooka in Russia, Tove Appelgren’s Vesta-Linnea and Monster Mom (Vesta-Linnea och monstermamman) to A&A books in India and Ilja Karsikas’ Anselmi’s numbers (Anselmin numerot) and Anselmi’s Animals (Anselmin eläimet) to Lebanon.
Please contact the agency for more information and reading copies!
21 December 2011
The Dictator sold to four countries
The rights to Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam’s The Dictator (Diktatorn) have been sold to Forlaget Buster in Denmark. In late October, the Belarusian language e-book rights to The Dictator were sold to BY BOOKS. With earlier deals to Aschehoug in Norway and KompassGuide in Russia, The Dictator has now been sold to four countries so far. The Dictator is an empathetic and intelligent tale about a little dictator who thinks the world revolves around him.
Please ask for the full English translation and reading copies!
16 December 2011
Tokyo Sogensha buys rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Snow Woman and The Death Spiral
The esteemed Japanese publisher Tokyo Sogensha has acquired the Japanese rights to two books in Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio series. The Japanese edition of Snow Woman, the fourth book in the series, will be launched in 2012/2013. The Death Spiral, the fifth Maria Kallio book, will be published in 2013.
Tokyo Sogensha, one of Japan’s major publishing houses, publishes the works of Henning Mankell among others. Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio books will be translated directly from Finnish into Japanese.
The deal makes Japan already the 24th Leena Lehtolainen territory. Earlier this year Lehtolainen’s works have been sold to Germany, Romania, Hungary and Poland.
Full English texts, sample translations and reading copies available, please contact the agency!
16 December 2011
Johanna Sinisalo’s prize-winning The Blood of Angels sold to France
The French rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s latest book, The Blood of Angels, have been sold to Actes Sud for publication in 2013. Published in September 2011, the novel has received excellent reviews and won the P.E. Svinhufvud Memorial Foundation Literary Prize. Actes Sud has previously published Sinisalo’s Birdbrain (Oiseau de Malheur) in Spring 2011, and the international bestseller Not Before Sundown (Jamais avant le coucher du soleil) in 2003.
Rights of Johanna Sinisalo’s Not Before Sundown has been sold in 14 languages. Birdbrain has been published in the UK & US by Peter Owen and will be published in Norway by Vega in 2012. Birdbrain is nominated for the Prix Escapades 2012 and International Impac Dublin Literary Award 2012.
“The Blood of Angels shows what effects bee vanishings have on the whole world’s food economy. The author skillfully merges hard data, her solid knowledge, ancient mythology and the harsh language used on the internet. She is a master of combining different worlds.” – Praise from the P.E. Svinhufvud Literary Prize jury
“What is delightful about Johanna Sinisalo’s novels is her way of describing a weird world in a natural way, without emphasizing the weirdness. That’s why it is so easy to accept her visions, to take them as granted, and to focus on the content. What is also pleasing is Sinisalo’s way of limiting the theme: not everything has to be crammed into one novel. The new novel, The Blood of Angels, is fine evidence of these characteristics of a storyteller.” – Suomen Kuvalehti
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13 December 2011
Publishers can now apply for EU translation grants in a simplified process- deadline is on 3 February 2012
The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) has simplified the EU translation grant application process and developed an online submission tool for the applications. The electronic application for literary translation projects of EU’s Culture Programme can be found on EACEA’s web page.
Please note that the application procedure has been simplified since the introduction of the flat-rate system in 2008, and remember to apply by 3 February, 2012.
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to benefit from the EU translation grants!
Read more about our top authors on in our latest Rights Guide and on our Authors‘ pages.
9 December 2011
Annika Luther, Sari Peltoniemi and Marja-Leena Tiainen nominated for the Topelius Prize
The Topelius Prize selection jury has nominated Annika Luther’s City of the Homeless, Sari Peltoniemi’s I Hear the Call of Forest Magic and Marja-Leena Tiainen’s Between Two Worlds for the Topelius Prize 2012.
Awarded annually since 1946, the Topelius Prize is Finland’s oldest literary prize in recognition of the best Finnish book for children and young people. The prize is awarded annually for the best youth novel by The Finnish Union of authors writing for children, youngsters and young adults. The winner will be announced on 13 January 2012.
Congratulations to the nominees!
Please ask for reading copies and sample translations.
9 December 2011
Leena Lehtolainen’s My First Murder published in Russia
Leena Lehtolainen’s My First Murder, the first title in the best-selling Maria Kallio series, was published in Russia. AST, one of Russia’s biggest publishers, acquired the Russian language rights to the title in July 2010 and published the Russian edition, Мое первое убийство, a few weeks ago.
Also the second Maria Kallio title will be available for Russian readers in a few months, when AST publishes Her Place in early 2012.
Lehtolainen is one of Finland’s most successful international authors with over 1,8 million copies sold internationally. Rights to her works have been sold to 23 languages so far.
Please contact the agency for sample translations and reading copies!
2 December 2011
Congratulations to Finlandia Prize winner Rosa Liksom – author of Jepata Nasta children’s books
Rosa Liksom is a Finnish artist and author of several novels and short stories, which have been translated into 16 languages so far. Winner of the 2011 Finlandia Prize for Compartment Number 6 (WSOY), Liksom is also author of the charming Jepata Nasta children’s books.
Jepata Nasta on the North Pole is an unconventional odyssey to the North Pole, but also a book with an environmental message. The touching story is humorous, suspenseful and sad at the same time – just like a good story should be. The hilarious pictures are taken by the French photographer Charles Fréger. The first Jepata Nasta book, Jepata Nasta’s Flight, is both written and illustrated by Rosa Liksom.
Check out short samples of the books (in Finnish) on Rosa Liksom’s website: http://www.rosaliksom.com/home
Please contact us for reading copies and see the French sample translation of Jepata Nasta on the North Pole!
1 December 2011
Finnish Christmas calendar based on Mysi Lahtinen’s book published in eight languages
The Finnish Foreign Ministry has published an online Christmas calendar in eight languages. Produced by the ministry and published by the Finland Promotion Board, the calendar is published today on thisisFINLAND’s website in English, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, German, French and Chinese. The calendar will be promoted in several countries, giving people around the world a chance to take a glimpse into Finnish Christmas traditions.
The calendar is based on a new Christmas book, Christmas Is Just Around the Corner (Joulu joutuu joutuisasti), written by Mysi Lahtinen and illustrated by Virpi Penna. It contains traditional Finnish Christmas recipes and instructions for holiday decorations, making the wait for Christmas more enjoyable.
Check out the calendar on thisisFINLAND’s website: : http://xmas.finland.fi/en
World rights to the beautiful Christmas book available, please contact the agency!
1 December 2011
Tittamari Marttinen and Jari Mäkipää nominated for the Anni Polva Prize
Congratulations to Tittamari Marttinen and Jari Mäkipää, who have been nominated for the Anni Polva Prize. The prize is awarded biennially for the best book in children’s/juvenile book series. The winner will be announced on 8 December 2011.
Tittamari Marttinen is nominated for Katy Leigh and the Apple Blossom Night, the ninth book in her Katy Leigh Series. Jari Mäkipää is nominated for his eight Hurricane Detective Club book, The Hurricane Detective Club and the Mystery in London.
Please ask for more information and sample translations!
30 November 2011
Bestselling children’s authors Sinikka and Tiina Nopola receive State Awards for Children’s Culture – now represented by Ahlback Agency
We are happy to announce that Elina Ahlback Literary Agency and Sinikka and Tiina Nopola have signed a representation agreement to sell the world rights to the Nopola sisters’ bestselling children’s book series.
We want to congratulate Sinikka and Tiina Nopola for receiving the State Awards for Children’s Culture, an acknowledgment of distinguished work in children’s culture.
Sinikka and Tiina Nopola have co-written over thirty children’s books: Ricky Rapper Series, Even-Tempered Eric Series, Hayflower and Quiltshoe Series and Gecko and Puupponen Series. Siiri books are written by Tiina Nopola and Anna Winters’s Strange Delay is written by Sinikka Nopola.
Please contact us for sample translations and reading copies!
22 November 2011
Karo Hämäläinen’s The Buyout shortlisted for the Savonia Prize
Congratulations to Karo Hämäläinen, whose financial thriller The Buyout (Erottaja) has been nominated for the Savonia Prize 2012. The winner of the 10,000 € prize will be announced on the 2nd January 2012.
The Buyout was published in August 2011 to excellent reviews and became an instant bestseller in Finland. The Spanish and Catalan rights to The Buyout were sold to Ediciones B. in October.
“Taking place behind the scenes of the financial sector, the thriller skillfully tells the story of how money making turns into a scam and messes up the world economy.” – Praise from the Savonia Prize jury
18 November 2011
Kari Nars’ Swindling Billions sold to Brazil
We are delighted to announce that the World Portuguese rights to Dr. Kari Nars’ best-selling title Swindling Billions (Miten miljoonia huijataan) have been sold to Editora Gutenberg/Grupo Editorial Autentica.
Rights to Swindling Billions have previously been sold to several major world languages: World English rights to Marshall & Cavendish, German rights to Wiley-VCH, Chinese rights to Law Press China and Korean rights to Hanbit-Biz, as well as Romanian rights to Hardcover& Paperback. Brazilian readers will get to read the book in Autumn 2012.
Nars recently returned from Singapore, where he was invited to talk about his books at the Singapore Writers Festival, a multi-lingual literary festival featuring the world’s major literary talents.
Please ask for the English and German texts!
15 November 2011
Recent Scandinavian rights deals
The following youth novel and children’s book rights have been sold in Elina Ahlback Literary Agency’s recent Scandinavian deals:
- Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 (Little, Brown and Company) to Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland
- Vera Brosgol’s Anya’s Ghost (Macmillan), serialization rights to Norway
- Lee Nichols’ Deception - Haunting Emma #1 (Bloomsbury) to Denmark
- Michael Williams’ Now is the Time For Running (Little, Brown and Company) to Sweden
- Carolyn Keene’s Nancy Drew: Girl Detective series (12 titles, Simon & Schuster) to Norway
- Peter Brown’s Children Make Terrible Pets (Little, Brown and Company) to Sweden
9 November 2011
Latvian rights to Viivi Luik’s Shadow Play sold to Mansards
The Latvian publisher Apgads Mansards has bought the Latvian rights to Viivi Luik’s award-winning novel Shadow Play (Varjuteater, Eesti Keele Sihtasutus 2010). Mansards has previously published Viivi Luik’s poetry.
Shadow Play won the 2010 Cultural Award of the Republic of Estonia – a prize awarded to Viivi Luik also in 1992 for her novel The Beauty of History (Ajaloo ilu). Luik is one of the most treasured writers of contemporary Estonian literature and enjoys an international reputation as a novelist and poet.
Reading copies and German sample translation available, please contact the agency!
8 November 2011
Johanna Sinisalo’s Birdbrain nominated for the 2012 International Impac Dublin Literary Award
Congratulations to Johanna Sinisalo, whose 2008 novel Birdbrain (Linnunaivot) has been nominated for the 2012 International Impac Dublin Literary Award. Birdbrain was nominated by the Helsinki City Library and is among 147 titles that have been nominated for the longlist by libraries around the world. With an award sum of 100,000 €, The Impac Dublin Literary Award is the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English. The 147 nominations come from 122 cities and 45 countries worldwide. Sinisalo’s Birdbrain is one of the 34 titles in translation. Other translated authors include Isabel Allende, David Grossman, Don DeLillo, Michael Cunningham, Sofi Oksanen and Jo Nesbo. Birdbrain has been translated into English by David Hackston, who will also be awarded if Birdbrain wins.
The shortlist will be announced on April 12th, 2012 and the winner will be announced on June 13th, 2012.
Birdbrain was also selected A Guardian Book of the Year in 2010 and nominated for the Prix Escapades in 2012.
Please read more about the book here and ask the agency for more information and reading copies.
8 November 2011
Finlandia Junior Prize nominations for Hannele Huovi, Kristiina Louhi, Hannu Hirvonen and Pia Sakki
The Giant Girl and Her Tiny Friend (Jättityttö ja Pirhonen, Tammi 2011), written by Hannele Huovi and illustrated by Kristiina Louhi, and The Crododile in Love (Rakastunut krokotiili, Tammi 2011), written by Hannu Hirvonen and illustrated by Pia Sakki, have been nominated for the Finlandia Junior Prize. The winner of the prestigious award is announced on 23 November 2011. The Finlandia Junior Prize is awarded by the Finnish Book Foundation in recognition of the best Finnish book for children and young people. The award sum is 30,000 euros.
Congratulatios to Hannele Huovi, Kristiina Louhi, Hannu Hirvonen and Pia Sakki!
27 October 2011
Kari Nars participating in the Singapore Writers Festival
Dr. Kari Nars, one of Finland’s most respected financial experts and author of Swindling Billions (Miten miljoonia huijataan, Tammi 2009), is participating in the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF). Held on 22.-30.9.2011, SWF is a multi-lingual literary festival featuring the world’s major literary talents. On 29 October, Kari Nars will discuss Swindling Billions in a Meet the Author session, and on 30 October he will participate in a panel discussion called Measuring Happiness.
Swindling Billions is a thrilling read about the most unscrupulous swindles of mankind. Rights to the title have been sold to five languages so far: World English/Marshall Cavendish, German/Wiley-VCH, Korean/Hanbit-Biz, Romanian/Hardcover & Paperback and Simplified Chinese/Law Press China. The English, German and Romanian editions have been published in 2011 and the Korean and Chinese editions will be published in 2012.
“As one of the most respected financial experts in Europe, Kari Nars presents a fascinating angle for swindlers´ motives… To make sure you don´t become a sorry victim to a clever crook, don´t miss Nars´ reality check for staying clear of swindlers.” – Jim Banting: Free Press Release
Please ask for the English text and reading copies!
24 October 2011
Sari Peltoniemi’s Dog and Her Girl succeeds in Poland
Dog and Her Girl (Kerppu ja tyttö, Tammi 2007), Sari Peltoniemi’s hilarious story about a dog who has a girl as a pet, has achieved success in Poland. Published by in Poland by Wydawnictwo W.A.B. in 2010, the book was voted third in a children’s book contest Przecinek i kropka last spring. Read more about the book contest (in Polish): http://przecinekikropka.pl/nominacje
English sample translation and German full text available, please contact the agency!
24 October 2011
Finnish non-fiction titles published in Estonia
The Publishing House Varrak has released two Finnish non-fiction titles in Estonia: Poisist Meheks Kasvamine (Legopalikoista leopardikalsareihin, Tammi 2009) and Taimede Varjatud Vägi (Kasvien salaiset voimat, Helmi Kustannus 2008).
Please read more on Varrak’s website.
20 October 2011
Karo Hämäläinen’s The Buyout sold to Spain
The Spanish and Catalan rights to Karo Hämäläinen’s financial thriller The Buyout (Erottaja) have been acquired by Ediciones B. Sold at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the book will be published in Spanish in Autumn 2012. The publisher plans to promote the book in a substantial marketing campaign.
“I am very excited that the rights were sold only three days after the English sample translation was finished”, author Karo Hämäläinen rejoices.
Published by WSOY in August 2011, the Buyout became both an instant bestseller and a critical success in Finland.
Please contact the agency for the English sample translation and reading copies.
17 October 2011
Angry Birds fly to Ahlback Agency
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency and Rovio Books signed a representation agreement on October 11th 2011, appointing the Agency to sell foreign rights to Angry Birds Books.
Angry Birds Books created a great deal of interest at the Frankfurt Book Fair and drew countless fair visitors to both Elina Ahlback Literary Agency’s and Rovio’s stands.
The Agency is selling foreign rights to Bad Piggies’ Egg Recipes, Big Red Doodle Book and Big Green Doodle Book. Bad Piggies’ Egg Recipes is a cook book that includes easy and fuss-free recipes as well as fun activities for cooks of all ages. The doodle books include 100 imaginative and ingenious doodles that provide hours of fun for all Angry Birds fans from ages 3 to 103!
Please contact the Agency for more information, materials and rights enquiries!
10 October 2011
Finnish Weird: Johanna Sinisalo’s new novel The Blood of Angels published to rave reviews
Author Johanna Sinisalo’s new novel, The Blood of Angels (Enkelten verta), was published in Finland in late September and received great reviews:
‘What if the human animal truly has destroyed its entire ecological niche, and the damage is now irreversible? What if all we have to look forward to is slow decay and misery, and in the end, eternal night? Even if this is the case, there’s one piece of good news: Johanna Sinisalo continues to write arresting novels on the theme. And of her novels to date, The Blood of Angels is probably the finest.’ − Miina Supinen, Image 9/2011
‘Johanna Sinisalo chills the blood with her vision of the disappearance of bees (–) Sinisalo succeeds wonderfully in depicting the threats facing the entire world through one individual’s personal tragedy.’ − Sanna Sevänen, Aamulehti, September 24, 2011
Sinisalo’s work is often categorized as fantasy or science fiction, but the author herself prefers to describe her novels as ‘weird’. “‘Weird’ is a good term for all ‘diagonal’ genres of this kind, hybrids of these genres, and genres that don’t have any other name”, Sinisalo points out in an article called “Weird and proud of it”, published in the Literary Journal Books from Finland. Read the whole article here.
Read more reviews (in Finnish):
http://www.lapinkansa.fi/Kritiikki/1194698744717/artikkeli/mehilaisten%20vallankumous.html
http://www.ts.fi/online/kulttuuri/arviot/kirjat/262546.html
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7 October 2011
Leena Lehtolainen gets a two-book deal in Germany
The German rights to the second and third installment of Leena Lehtolainen’s The Bodyguard Trilogy have been sold to Rowohlt. Book 2 The Lion of Justice (Oikeuden jalopeura) and Book 3 The Devil’s Cubs (Paholaisen pennut) are independent novels featuring Lehtolainen’s new female lead, bodyguard Hilja Ilveskero.
The first book of the trilogy, Die Leibwächterin (The Bodyguard) was published by Rowohlt in Germany on 17 January 2011. In Finland, The Lion of Justice was published in August 2011 by Tammi and has been no. 1 on the bestseller lists since. The Devil’s Cubs will be published by Tammi in 2012.
Read more about Leena Lehtolainen’s international success here, and please ask for full German texts and English samples.
30 September 2011
Karo Hämäläinen’s The Buyout (Erottaja) is “A Bonfire of the Vanities for the new millennium, flavored with a… thriller plot”
Author Karo Hämäläinen’s latest novel The Buyout (Erottaja) is a timely book set during the financial crisis of 2008. The novel created a lot of interest among international publishers in the Göteborg Book Fair last week, and it has received fantastic reviews in Finland. Critics have compared The Buyout to Tom Wolfe’s 1987 novel The Bonfire of the Vanities. Hämäläinen himself describes the book as a financial thriller where “the things the characters do and the suspense are fundamentally motivated by the investment world”.
Published in mid-August, The Buyout (Erottaja) immediately hit the Finnish bestseller lists, and is currently in top ten on both Finland’s official bestseller list and the bestseller list of Finland’s most esteemed bookstore, the Academic Bookstore.
“The Buyout could be considered one of the landmarks of the continuing economic crisis.” – Matti Posio, Aamulehti (Finland’s second largest daily newspaper)“
“The atmosphere is like on the savannah, where scavengers lie in wait for their prey and each other (…)” – Juhana Rossi, Helsingin Sanomat (Finland’s largest daily newspaper)
“The managing editor of Arvopaperi, author Karo Hämäläinen, has written a book that verges on patricide.” – Henrik Muukkonen, Talouselämä (Finland’s leading business weekly)
Read more about Karo Hämäläinen and his novel here, and contact us for more information!
22 September 2011
New Rights Guides!
We are very happy to present our new Frankfurt 2011 Rights Guides, selling rights to a wonderful selection of Finnish authors’ and illustrators’ works to publishers worldwide.
Also available are the new Rights Guides of the publishers and agents that the Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency represents in international markets.
For more information, materials, sample translations, manuscripts and books, please contact Literary Agent Elina Ahlbäck, elina.ahlback(at)ahlbackagency.com, Associate Agent Päivi Ruottinen, paivi.ruottinen(at)ahlbackagency.com or Agent Jenni Mäntylä, jenni.mantyla(at)ahlbackagency.com
The Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency will be attending the Bok & Bibliotek Göteborg Book Fair and the Frankfurt Book Fair .
20 September 2011
Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s books sold to 23 countries
The rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Where Have All the Young Girls Gone (Minne tytöt kadonneet) have been sold to the Romanian publisher Hardcover & Paperback SRL, making Romania the 23rd Leena Lehtolainen territory!
The deal makes Romanian already the seventh language into which Where Have All the Young Girls Gone , the 11th Maria Kallio title, is translated. Translation rights to this title have previously been sold to Germany, Taiwan, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Poland.
The Romanian deal is yet another milestone in Leena Lehtolainen’s international success story.
Full English text of Where Have All the Young Girls Gone is available, please contact the agency!
LEENA LEHTOLAINEN: MARIA KALLIO CRIME SERIES
RIGHTS SOLD:
CZECH REPUBLIC, Hejkal
DENMARK, Bazar
FINLAND, Tammi
FRANCE, Gaïa Editions
GERMANY, Rowohlt/Kindler
HUNGARY, Animus
ISRAEL, Penn Publishing
ITALY, Fanucci
THE NETHERLANDS, A W Bruna
NORWAY, Bazar
POLAND, Rebis
ROMANIA, Hardcover & Paperback SRL
RUSSIA, Ast
SPAIN, Destino
SWEDEN, Bazar
TAIWAN, Linking Publishing
TURKEY, Bizim Kitaplar
Some of Leena Lehtolainen’s works have also been published in: ALBANIA, CHINA (simplified), ESTONIA, LITHUANIA, SLOVAKIA and UKRAINE
16 September 2011
Leena Lehtolainen hits the top of Finnish bestseller lists!
Leena Lehtolainen’s latest novel The Lion of Justice (Oikeuden jalopeura) is # 1 on two Finnish bestseller lists. Published in August, the novel immediately hit the top of Finland’s official bestseller list and the bestseller list of Adlibris, the biggest online bookshop in the Nordic countries.
In addition to The Lion of Justice, the paperback edition of Lehtolainen’s Where Have All the Young Girls Gone (Minne tytöt kadonneet), is also the #1 top-selling title on the Adlibris bestseller list of paperbacks.
We are thrilled with the success of Leena’s novels. The bestseller lists prove, once again, that Leena Lehtolainen is Finland’s best-loved female crime author.
Please ask for reading copies and sample translations!
13 September 2011
Kalle Isokallio to be represented by the Ahlback Agency
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency and Kalle Isokallio have just signed a representation agreement, giving us the wonderful opportunity to sell the foreign rights to Isokallio’s picaresque novels.
Kalle Isokallio began authoring books full-time in 1996. An observer of the era in which he lives, Isokallio strives through his works to understand what the world ought to be like. Intentional and unintentional humor arises when Isokallio’s imaginary world comes in contact with the real world.
Isokallio’s latest novel, The Idealist (Maailmanparantaja, Tammi 2011), is the story of Perttu Korhonen, captain of industry, who decides that the world is so off-kilter, it will take more than one man to straighten things out. But he definitely has what it takes to single-handedly sort out Nurmela County. Isokallio has previously published 13 novels, among them a satirical tale of Finnishness, Finnish Dabbler (Suomalainen puolisukeltaja, Tammi 2007).
If you like Arto Paasilinna, you’ll enjoy Kalle Isokallio!
World rights available, please ask for sample translations.
6 September 2011
Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam’s The Dictator sold to Russia and Norway
The rights to Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam’s The Dictator (Diktatorn) have been sold to Aschehoug in Norway and to KompasGuide Publishing House in Russia. The Dictator is an empathetic and intelligent tale about a little dictator who thinks the world revolves around him.
“Ulf Stark is one of the greatest Swedish storytellers, an Astrid Lindgren of our time. With Bondestam as illustrator of Stark’s verses, the result is a series of richly patterned collages in which the composition of every picture is minutely balanced, which makes reading the book a harmonious aesthetic experience.” – Hufvudstadsbladet
Please ask for reading copies and the English sample translation!
30 August 2011
Viivi Luik to be represented by Ahlback Agency
We are pleased to announce that Viivi Luik, one of Estonia’s most esteemed contemporary writers will be represented by the Elina Ahlback Literary Agency. Viivi Luik is a two-time winner of the Cultural Award of the Republic of Estonia: in 1992 for The Beauty of History (Ajaloo ilu) and in 2010 for her latest novel Shadow Play (Varjuteater).
In addition to being an award-winning novelist, Luik is also a children’s writer, poet, essayist and dramatist. Her works have been translated into a number of languages. Luik’s latest novel Shadow Play was written after a 19-year break from writing, and it portrays a lifelong journey to Rome, a trip from a poor, remote country to the epicenter of ancient culture. Full of twists and turns, the story about a country girl finding herself truly keeps readers holding their breath. Shadow Play will be published in Finland by Tammi Publishers this Fall.
We are excited and honored to represent Viivi Luik!
World rights available, please contact the agency.
30 August 2011
Jenni Mäntylä joins the Ahlback Agency
Jenni Mäntylä (M.Sc.Econ., B.A.) has been appointed Agent at the Elina Ahlback Literary Agency as of August 22nd 2011.
Jenni has worked in various marketing positions for several years. She holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Tampere and a Bachelor of Arts in English translation from the University of Helsinki. In addition to selling rights to Finnish fiction, Jenni will be responsible for marketing communications at the agency.
Jenni’s appointment reinforces the sales team at the Ahlback Agency, where she will work alongside with Literary Agent Elina Ahlbäck and Associate Agent Päivi Ruottinen.
26 August 2011
Ahlback Agency to represent Emmi Itäranta, winner of Teos Fantasy and Sci-fi Contest
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency has just signed a representation agreement with author Emmi Itäranta. The agency is proud to market and sell the foreign rights of Itäranta’s debut novel, Memory of Water (Veden muisti), which won the Teos Fantasy and Sci-fi Literary Contest in July 2011. The novel will be published by Teos in Spring 2012.
Itäranta (b.1976) works mornings at the University of Kent in the UK and spends her afternoons writing. She has written several poems, short stories, articles and essays which have been published both in the UK and in Finland. Her debut novel Memory of Water is a story of growing up, of the power of friendship – and, above all, of undying hope in a wrecked world.
We welcome Emmi Itäranta to our family of authors!
Please request for more information and full English text.
17 August 2011
Finnish writers visiting the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Award-winning authors Riitta Jalonen, Sari Peltoniemi, Esko-Pekka Tiitinen, Tomi Kontio and Annika Luther are representing Finnish children’s literature at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 13.–29.8.2011.
Held in the capital city of Scotland, the esteemed festival has united writers from all over the world ever since its commencement in 1983. The Finnish writers are participating in the Children’s Programme, which features more than 200 events for children and teens, including workshops, panel discussions, author events and storytelling. The visiting Finns are attending a series of events, reading their books to children and offering fascinating insight into their works, proving that “there’s more to Finland than the Moomins”.
Please follow this link for more information about the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Please request for more information, reading copies and sample translations!
11 August 2011
Leena Lehtolainen’s latest novel The Lion of Justice published in Finland
Leena Lehtolainen‘s new novel The Lion of Justice (Oikeuden jalopeura) was published today. The second installment of the Bodyguard (Henkivartija) trilogy is a thriller full of unexpected twists. The novel deals with the multifaceted nature of human identity and its concealment. The events in The Lion of Justice take the bodyguard Hilja Ilveskero to Tuscany, Italy and Finland. The third book of the trilogy is to be published in 2012.
The rights to Lehtolainen’s books have been sold to 22 countries so far. The latest Lehtolainen deals include the Hungarian rights to My First Murder (Ensimmäinen murhani) and Polish rights to On the Wrong Track (Väärän jäljillä) and Where Have All the Young Girls Gone (Minne tytöt kadonneet).
This autumn, Lehtolainen will be representing Nordic crime authors in the 7th Festival du Polar in France. In February 2012, Lehtolainen will be visiting the Taipei International Book Exhibition, promoting the Taiwanese edition of Where Have All the Young Girls Gone (Minne tytöt kadonneet).
1 August 2011
Maarit Verronen awarded with Tähtivaeltaja Prize
The Helsinki Science Fiction Society Tähtivaeltaja (Star Wanderer) Prize for best science fiction book published in 2010 in Finnish is awarded 4.7.2011 to Maarit Verronen’s Bright and Clear (Kirkkaan selkeää, Tammi 2010).
Maarit Verronen now joins the company of such previously-honoured speculative fiction greats as Cormac McCarthy (The Road), Richard Matheson (I am Legend), Dan Simmons (Hyperion), and Phillip K. Dick (A Scanner Darkly).
‘Long-time science fiction and fantasy author Maarit Verronen’s Bright and Clear is a stylish dystopia with roots deep in the disturbing characteristics of contemporary society. It is a literary, thematically complete novel that paints a comprehensive vision of to what sort of a world indifference to the well-being of nature and humanity will lead.’ – Tähtivaeltaja prize committee press release
Please ask for a reading copy!
8 July 2011
Best summer wishes from the agency!
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency will be closed for the summer holidays for two weeks. We will be back in the office Monday 25th of July.
We wish you a great summer!
Elina, Päivi & Maria
4 July 2011
Animus buys rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s My First Murder
The Hungarian rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio series debut Ensimmäinen murhani (My First Murder) have been acquired by Animus Kiadó. The publisher plans to release the title in Spring 2012, making Hungary the 21st Leena Lehtolainen territory!
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency has successfully sold Lehtolainen’s rights since March 2010. In Germany and France Leena Lehtolainen’s position on the crime fiction market has already been stabilised with new titles coming out frequently. Spanish, Russian and Israeli publishers are soon publishing their editions to the respective markets. Other recent Lehtolainen deals have been made with Scandinavian and Polish publishing houses.
Leena Lehtolainen’s next book, Oikeuden jalopeura (The Lion of Justice) will be published in Finland by Tammi Publishers in August 2011.
See Leena Lehtolainen brochure here.
21 June 2011
Italian rights to Marko Hautala’s Shrouds sold to Newton & Compton
Italian publisher Newton & Compton has acquired the Italian rights to Marko Hautala’s Shrouds (Käärinliinat, Tammi 2009). Hautala won the Kalevi Jäntti Prize for Young Authors for Shrouds in November 2010. Shrouds is a gripping novel about the power of the human mind as well as a merciless depiction of the harshness of life at a mental institution. Thirty-year-old Mikael is assigned as the designated nurse of an elderly male patient, who has committed an inexplicable murder, and has since retreated in to strange Egyptian counter-world…
“Marko Hautala shows a masterful grasp of literary technique and his own material. He writes powerful prose in which memorable sentences join together to create a stirring vision of life” – Praise from the Kalevi Jäntti Literary Prize jury for Shrouds in 2010.
Recently, dtv – Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag – acquired the German rights to Shrouds and Hautala’s new book Worms (Torajyvät, Tammi 2011). Worms is an intensely emotional tale of the long shadows cast by the past and atonement for irreversible deeds. It has been praised by critics and readers alike.
‘Excellent entertainment in any event!’ – Helsingin Sanomat
‘Filled with creeping dread, Hautala’s novel keeps the reader tightly in its grip from the very first pages. If we wanted to look for an exemplar from foreign literature, then without a doubt what comes to mind are Edgar Allan Poe’s spine-chilling horror stories.’ – Keskisuomalainen
‘Following three timelines, this high-quality psychological thriller deals with love, loyalty, and the attitudes of small communities towards sin.’ – Pohjalainen
Please ask for reading copies and sample translations!
20 June 2011
Maria Peura is participating in the annual Lahti International Writers’ Reunion (LIWRE) 19.-21.6.
Author Maria Peura is participating in the annual Lahti International Writers’ Reunion (LIWRE) 19.-21.6. This year’s theme, The Writer Beyond Words, concentrates on how the writer meets the limits of language and narration. The event draws people from Finland and all around the world. Also participating are, for instance, Riina Katajavuori and Hannele Huovi. The event is organized for the 25th time this year and takes place in the Messilä Manor, near the city of Lahti.
Maria Peura’s intervention can be read here:
http://www.liwre.fi/site/?lan=3&page_id=512
For more information about The Lahti International Writers’ Reunion (LIWRE):
http://www.liwre.fi/site/?lan=3&page_id=42
13 June 2011
Nikolai Tiitinen wins 3rd place at the 9th Mikkeli Illustration Triennial
Nikolai Tiitinen has been awarded the shared 3rd place at the 9th Mikkeli Illustration Triennial. Nikolai participated with his illustrations in the children’s book Kyyhkyn kysymys (Drops of Life, Tammi 2010), written by Esko-Pekka Tiitinen.
41 illustrators participated in the triennial with all together 111 works. The winners were chosen by a jury consisting of five professionals in the field.
www.museot.fi/nayttelykalenteri/index.php?nayttely_id=6162
Kyyhkyn kysymys will be published by Cuento de Luz in Spanish and Catalan in the fall 2011 and in English in the spring 2012.
Please ask for reading copies and sample translations!
9 June 2011
Johanna Sinisalo nominated for two literature awards!
In France, Johanna Sinisalo’s BIRDBRAIN (Oiseau du Malheur, Acted Sud 2011) is nominated for the Escapades Prize together with Jens Christian Grondahl, Jonas Jonasson, Hanne Orstavik, Steinunn Sigurdardottir and Erling Jepsen. For more infortmation:
www.salonlivre-vernon.org/escapades2012
“A sense of lurking horror that will leave you troubled for weeks”
– Sam Jordison, A Guardian Book of the Year, 2010
Author Johanna Sinisalo has also been nominated in the United States for The Science Fiction & Translation Awards, in the Short Form category with her short story Bear’s Bride. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards are for works of speculative fiction translated into English from other languages.
7 June 2011
Leena Lehtolainen’s internationally bestselling Maria Kallio crime series sold in Poland to REBIS Publishers
Leena Lehtolainen’s internationally bestselling Maria Kallio crime series will be re-introduced in Poland by REBIS Publishers with an extensive marketing campaign including an author tour in Poland. REBIS will publish the 11th Maria Kallio crime novel WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE in Fall 2012 and the 10th novel ON THE WRONG TRACK in 2013.
Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s crime novels have been sold in 20 territories and counting, and her international sales are over 1.7 million copies so far!
Please ask for full English text of WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE and full German text of ON THE WRONG TRACK!
Auf der Falschen Spur, Rowohlt/Kindler Germany 2010 (On the Wrong Track, Tammi 2008)
Minne tytöt kadonneet, Tammi Finland 2010 (Where Have All the Young Girls Gone)
LEENA LEHTOLAINEN: MARIA KALLIO CRIME SERIES
RIGHTS SOLD:
Czech Republic, Hejkal
Denmark, Bazar
Finland, Tammi
Germany, Rowohlt/Kindler
France, Gaia
Israel, Penn
Italy, Fanucci
Netherlands, A W Bruna
Norway, Bazar
Poland, Rebis
Russia, Ast
Spain, Destino
Sweden, Bazar
Taiwan, Linking
Turkey, Bizim Kitaplar
6 June 2011
Author Laura Lindstedt on a literary tour 2011 across Europe
Nuoren Voiman Liitto literary tour 2011 Hula Hula Run Run starts Friday 18th of June from Tallinn, Estonia. The tour lasts for two weeks and visits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany.
During the tour the participating authors read extracts from their recent works, which have been translated into each of the tour countries’ languages. The authors also meet with local writers, publishers and readers.
The tour bus travels through Tallinn (10 June), Riga (11 June), Kaunas (12 June), Warsaw (13 June), Łódź (15 June), Poznań (16 June), Dresden (17 June), Leipzig (18 June), and arrives at Berlin (19 June) where the group spends three days. In Berlin, the tour visits The Finnish Institute as well as Literarisches Colloquium Berlin LCB.
Follow the tour blog: http://hulahularunrun.blogspot.com/
Laura Lindstedt’s novel Scissors is a bold description of contemporary adoptive motherhood and the fear of failure as a parent. It manifests both a great command of language and structure and a skillful ability to manipulate plot. Scissors was shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize in 2007.
“She was a writer before she ever wrote her first novel.” – Keskisuomalainen
Please ask for reading copies and sample translations in English and German!
3 June 2011
Johanna Sinisalo’s Birdbrain sold to Norway
The rights to translate Johanna Sinisalo’s latest novel Birdbrain (Linnunaivot, Teos 2008) into Norwegian have been sold to Vega Forlag. The Oslo-based publisher plans to bring out their edition in Autumn 2012. All in all Johanna Sinisalo’s books have now been sold to 15 languages.
Birdbrain was recently published in France by Actes Sud (Oiseu de malheur March 2011) and in the UK by Peter Owen Publishers (Birdbrain, October 2010) and got smashing reviews:
”A sense of lurking horror that will leave you troubled for weeks” -Sam Jordison, A Guardian Book of the Year, 2010.
Read the reviews here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/dec/11/critics-recommendations-fiction-books-presents
http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2011/Issue02_RecommendedReading.html
http://vectoreditors.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/birdbrain/
27 May 2011
Markku Ropponen’s German success continues
The German rights to Markku Ropponen‘s 4th Kuhala title Linnut vaikenevat, Kuhala (Kuhala and SilentBirds) have been acquired by Piper Verlag. The publisher plans to release the book in Spring 2012.
Piper Verlag released the German edition of Ropponen’s Ein beschissenes Sortiment an Schwierigkeiten (Kuhala ja viimeinen kesävieras) in February 2011, with the second edition in bookstores already. Please read more on Piper’s website.
Markku Ropponen has undoubtedly claimed his place among the great Finnish crime writers. The Kuhala books are carefully crafted, addictive and spiced with Ropponen’s intelligent humour and sparkling wit. “Ropponen’s long, baroque sentences will surely please many readers”. –Savon Sanomat
11 May 2011
The Scandinavian rights for MONSTER HIGH Series by Lisi Harrison (Poppy/Little, Brown/Hachette) sold to Forlaget Buster!
The Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish rights to Monster High books 1-4 have been sold to Danish Forlaget Buster for launch across the Nordic countries.
The first book, Monster High, will be published throughout Scandinavia in Fall 2011.
“From Lisi Harrison, the New York Times bestselling author of The Clique and Alphas, comes a new series with a fresh twist on high school, romance, and the “horrors” of trying to fit in” – Hachette Book Group
For more information:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/teens_books_9780316176217
www.monsterhigh.com
11 May 2011
SWINDLING BILLIONS by Kari Nars sold to five languages so far
English edition of Kari Nars’ SWINDLING BILLIONS (Miten miljoonia huijataan) has been published by Marshall Cavendish to a great success in March.
Non-fiction publisher VCH-Wiley will publish the German edition by Autumn 2011.
In recent deals the Korean rights were acquired by Hanbit Biz, Simplified Chinese rights by Law Press China and Romanian rights by Hardcover & Paperback.
Ten of the world’s most interesting financial swindles are examined by Dr. Kari Nars in this unique book. He reviews the nature and working methods of some of the great money fraudsters: what kind of people they really are, their thought processes, how they succeeded in cheating thousands of wealthy people, and what kind of people are liable to fall victim to such scams. Do they at all regret their nasty deeds?
Please ask for the English text and reading copies!
19 April 2011
Worldwide distribution for Finnish children’s book
A Finnish children’s picture book, The Drops of Life (Kyyhkyn kysymys), written by the Finlandia Junior-winning author Esko-Pekka Tiitinen and illustrated by Nikolai Tiitinen, will be published in Spanish in autumn 2011 and in English in the spring of 2012.
The Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency, representing Tammi Publishers’ authors worldwide, sold the world Spanish and English rights to the eco-conscious Spanish publisher Cuento de Luz in March. According to the translation agreement, The Drops of Life will be read in Spain, the USA, Canada, Great Britain, India, the Philippines, Mexico and Argentina, among other countries. An eBook version is also in the works.
A dramatic version of The Drops of Life was originally created for the ENO Programme, Environment Online’s global virtual school and network for sustainable development, in 2007. It has since been performed in over 100 countries and over five million trees have been planted on Tree Planting Days, which are part of the ENO Programme. The target is to plant 100 million trees by the end of 2017, marking the 100th Anniversary of Finland’s Declaration of Independence.
12 April 2011
Marko Hautala and Sami Hilvo get German readers
DTV aqcuired the translation rights to Marko Hautala‘s Shrouds (Käärinliinat) and the upcoming book, Worms (Torajyvät), in a two-book-deal with the prominent German publisher. Worms will be published in Finland in May, making the deal even more exceptional. Marko Hautala received the Kalevi Jäntti Prize for Young Authors in November 2010.
Sami Hilvo‘s The Liquor Card (Viinakortti) will be published in German by Männerschwarm in 2012. The Liquor Card is a story of unconventional love between two men in wartime Finland. It was shortlisted for the Helsingin Sanomat Debut Book of the Year Award in 2010.
24 March 2011
Tove Appelgren visited the Shanghai International Literary Festival
The awarded and much-loved children’s author Tove Appelgren was invited to the Shanghai International Literary Festival in March. Tove read her book Vesta-Linnea and Monster Mom to the Chinese children and their parents and told about her book Vesta-Linnea’s Darkest Thought as well as her forthcoming play “Akta dig för älgarna, Vesta-Linnéa” (premier in Finland, Wasateater on April 2). The event in Beijing was sponsored by the Finnish consulate. All four Vesta-Linnea titles will be published in China by Beijing Hanzhang Xingwen Book Distribution later this year.
16 March 2011
New Fiction Rights Guides!
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency is very proud to present the new FICTION RIGHTS GUIDES selling rights to a wonderful selection of Finnish authors’ and illustrators’ works to publishers worldwide.
For more information, materials, sample translations, manuscripts, books…
kindly contact Literary Agent Elina Ahlbäck, elina(at)ahlbackagency.com or
Associate Agent Päivi Ruottinen, paivi(at)ahlbackagency.com
The Elina Ahlback Literary Agency will be attending the following Book Fairs in Spring 2011:
- Salon du Livre de Paris 18-21 March
- Bologna Children’s Book Fair 28-31 March
- London Book Fair 11-13 April
14 March 2011
New Children’s Rights Guide!
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency is very proud to present the new Children’s Rights Guide selling rights to a wonderful selection of Finnish authors’ and illustrators’ works to publishers worldwide.
For more information, materials, sample translations, manuscripts, books… kindly contact Associate Agent Päivi Ruottinen, paivi(at)ahlbackagency.com
1 March 2011
Söderströms and Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency begin collaboration
The Finnish publishing company Söderströms and the Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency have entered a new representation agreement. The Agency will begin selling rights to a selection of Söderströms authors’ works on the international marketplace. The Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency already represents dozens of Finnish authors and has a representation agreement with Tammi Publishers.
The Agency will sell the rights of about ten Söderströms authors in 2011. Children’s and youth titles, fiction and non-fiction will all be represented.
For more information, please contact:
Barbro Teir, CEO, Söderströms, barbro.teir(at)soderstrom.fi or +358 50 561 59 08
Elina Ahlbäck, CEO, Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency, elina(at)ahlbackagency.com or +358 400 548 402
25 February 2011
Erkki Tuomioja’s Jaan Tõnisson published in Estonia
Erkki Tuomioja‘s book of Jaan Tõnisson was published in Tallinn earlier this week. Joining Mr Tuomioja and Ms Ahlbäck at the book launch there were representatives of Tuomioja’s publishers both in Finland and Estonia, and a number of guests including members of the press, the Estonian academia and the Finnish Embassy. Mr Tuomioja’s lecture The Use and Misuse of History at the Tallinn University was well received and he afterwards signed copies of Jaan Tõnisson ja Eesti iseseisvus on spot.
Learn more about the events here: www.delfi.ee and www.varrak.ee
18 February 2011
Markku Ropponen’s Ein beschissenes Sortiment an Schwierigkeiten published in Germany
Markku Ropponen‘s German publisher Piper Verlag has just released a hardback edition of Ein beschissenes Sortiment an Schwierigkeiten (Viimeinen kesävieras). This marked the second German publication of Ropponen’s Kuhala series.
Please read more on Piper’s website.
3 February 2011
Essi Kummu’s Death of the Bear sold to Italy
The rights to Essi Kummu‘s Death of the Bear (Karhun kuolema) have been sold to Italy. Essi’s enigmatic ballad of unrequited love is also a nominee for the Tiiliskivi Prize which will be announced on 12 February 2011.
1 February 2011
Tapani Bagge gets a two-book deal with a prominent German publisher
The German rights to Tapani Bagge‘s Musta taivas (Schwarzer Himmel) and Kummisedän hautajaiset (Das Begräbnis des Paten) have been sold to the prestigious Suhrkamp Verlag. The publisher plans to publish the titles in 2012-13 and distributes them throughout the German-speaking Europe.
27 January 2011
Essi Kummu’s Death of the Bear nominated for the Tiiliskivi Prize
Essi Kummu‘s latest book Death of the Bear (Karhun kuolema) is nominated for the Tiiliskivi Prize. The prize is awarded by the Tampere University Literature Society which will announce the winner on 12 February 2011.
Death of the Bear has raised enormous interest and foreign publishers worldwide are reading the 28-page sample translation of the book at the moment. Please request for your copy!
20 January 2011
Leena Lehtolainen’s The Bodyguard published in Germany
Leena Lehtolainen‘s German publisher has released the hardback and e-book editions of Die Leibwächterin (Henkivartija) on 17 January 2011. This was the first foreign publication of the debut title in The Bodyguard trilogy.
The next German edition of Leena Lehtolainen’s books will be the latest Maria Kallio title, Where Have All the Young Girls Gone (Minne tytöt kadonneet), originally published by Tammi Publishers in August 2010. The German edition of the bestseller is due to be published in Winter 2012. The rights have also been sold to Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Taiwan, with translations under way.
5 January 2011
Recent Scandinavian rights deals
In some of the recent Scandinavian deals negotiated by the Elina Ahlback Literary Agency, the following youth novel rights were sold:
- Bianca Turetsky’s Time-Traveling Fashionista (Little Brown and Company)to Finland.
- Stephenie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide (Little Brown and Company) to Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
- Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Little Brown and Company) to Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
- Sarah Ockler’s Twenty Boy Summer (Little Brown and Company) to Denmark.
- Jonathan Maberry’s Rot & Ruin and Dust & Decay (Simon and Schuster) to Denmark
- Thomas E. Sniegoski’s Fallen 1-2 and Fallen 3-4 (Simon and Schuster) to Denmark
- Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies, Pretties, Specials (Simon and Schuster) to Norway
- Christopher Pike’s Thirst No.1: The Last Vampire series (Simon and Schuster), a three book deal, to Sweden.
- Tony DiTerlizzi’s In Search of Wondla series (Simon and Schuster), a three book deal, to Sweden.
The Scandinavian rights have been recently negotiated to the following non-fiction titles:
- Kirsten Khaschei’s Schon wieder Montag (Campus Verlag) to Finland.
- Daniel Estulin’s The Bilderberg Group (Kirsten Neuhaus Literary Agency) to Sweden.
4 January 2011
Esko-Pekka Tiitinen wins the Savonia Prize
Esko-Pekka Tiitinen, famous for his youth novels, has received the 22nd Savonia Prize for his mining community portrayal Kiven sylissä. This was the 3rd time Tiitinen was nominated for the prize, granted by the city of Kuopio. Esko-Pekka Tiitinen’s previous achievements include the Finlandia Junior Prize for his youth novel Woolheads (Villapäät) and the environmental children’s picture book The Drops of Life (Kyyhkyn kysymys) in collaboration with his son, illustrator Nikolai Tiitinen. Please request for more information and sample translations of Esko-Pekka Tiitinen’s works!
3 January 2011
Finnish children’s and youth rights sold to China and Denmark
The Simplified Chinese rights to Kristiina Louhi’s much-loved Tomppa (Tommy) and Aino (Annie) series were sold to China right before Christmas.
Kristiina Louhi started the Annie series already back in 1984 and the books have been translated into more than 10 languages so far. Today the first generation of Annie fans is reading the books to their children! The Tommy series followed and debuted in 1993, with the latest book, Tommy and Apricot’s Milk (Tomppa ja taatelin maito, 2010) being the 13th title in this classic children’s picture book series.
The first three books of both series will be introduced to their Chinese readers simultaneously in Spring 2011.
Maria Turtschaninoff’s fantasy youth novel Arra will be published in Denmark in Autumn 2011. Arra was nominated for the prestigious Finlandia Junior Prize in 2009. Maria Turtschaninoff’s second book, Underfors, has been applauded by book lovers and critics alike. Please request for Swedish sample translations and reading copies.
22 December 2010
Awards and nominations for our authors and illustrators
Author-illustrator Liisa Kallio has received the Kylli Koski Award for her book Teeny Beany (Pikku Papu), published in the Acorn (Tammenterho) series. This was the third and last time the Award was granted by the Finnish Cultural Foundation. Read more on Liisa’s works here and ask for reading copies.
Best-selling crime author Leena Lehtolainen is making history as her latest book Where Have All the Young Girls Gone (Minne tytöt kadonneet) is nominated for the Savonia Prize. Esko-Pekka Tiitinen‘s Kiven sylissä is also a runner-up with four other fiction novels published in 2010 competing for the Prize. The jury will reveal the winner on 3 January 2011. Please request for sample translations of Leena’s and E-P’s books!
Non-fiction author, Master of Wine Essi Avellan is Finland’s representative in the Gourmand Wine Book Awards 2010. Read more on Essi’s wine books here. The winner of the prestigious award will be announced in Paris in March 2011.
20 December 2010
Finnish literary fiction published in the US
Jyrki Vainonen‘s short story The Garden (Puutarha) from the collection Lasin läpi (Through A Glass, 2007) has been published in the prominent US online magazine Words without Borders’s December 2010 issue. The text was translated by Lola Rogers, translator of Sofi Oksanen‘s Purge (Puhdistus). Words without Borders translates, publishes and promotes the finest contemporary international literature. Previous authors in the magazine have been e.g. Herta Müller, Per Petterson and W.G. Sebald, as well as many new and rising international writers.
Read the short story here: http://wordswithoutborders.org/article/the-garden/
Please request for the 20-page English sample translation of Jyrki Vainonen’s latest novel The Towers (Tornit) translated by Owen Witesman. The Towers is a perceptive and psychologically charged story, mixed with the elements of fantasy, erotica and horror. It is a unique story of death, revenge and atonement from a true Master of Surprise.
1 December 2010
Marko Hautala receives Kalevi Jäntti Literary Prize for 2010
The Kalevi Jäntti Fund for Supporting Young Writers has this year awarded a 15.000 euro prize to Marko Hautala. The jury based its decision on the following grounds:
Marko Hautala (b. 1973, Kauhava) has received the prize for his novel Shrouds (Tammi) (Käärinliinat)
Marko Hautala’s novel takes place in the closed ward of a mental hospital where the protagonist, thirty-year old Mikael Siinto, is assigned as the designated nurse of an elderly male patient. The patient has committed an inexplicable murder, and has since retreated into a strange Egyptian counter-world, haughtily propagating his death cult through eerily hypnotic sermons. Mikael struggles to understand his patient, but due to his own life situation he fails to remain professionally aloof. His colleagues offer no help: dark cynicism dominates the everyday life of the hospital. The reader gradually finds out more about the patient as the old man’s wartime experiences unfold through a series of dramatic flashbacks, presenting one possible explanation for the onset of his disease. However, the writer is too subtle and mature to offer a single cut-and-dried solution.
Marko Hautala shows a masterful grasp of literary technique and his own material. He writes powerful prose where memorable sentences join together to create a stirring vision of life.
The Kalevi Jäntti Fund
The Fund was formed in 1942 by Professor Jalmar Jäntti, chief executive of WSOY, and his wife Hildur Jäntti in memory of their son, who died young. The purpose of the Fund is to promote Finnish literature by supporting and encouraging young writers.
27 November 2010
Finnish fiction rights sold to Italy and Norway
The Italian language rights to Marko Hautala‘s Shrouds (Käärinliinat) were sold last week. The Italian publisher plans to release a hardcover edition of the book in September 2011.
In another deal, Norwegian translation rights to Jari Järvelä‘s Zombie were sold. The Norwegian edition will be published in Autumn 2011.
25 November 2010
Finnish non-fiction rights sold to Germany and Estonia
The German edition of Kari Nars‘ Swindling Billions (Miten miljoonia huijataan) is due to be published by Autumn 2011. The English edition of Swindling Billions will be published in Spring 2011.
The Estonian edition of From Building Blocks to Boxer Shorts – A Boy’s Journey to Manhood (Legopalikoista leopardikalsareihin) will be released in Autumn 2011.
11 November 2010
Leena Lehtolainen sold to 20 countries
The rights to Leena Lehtolainen‘s first Maria Kallio book, My First Murder (Ensimmäinen murhani), have been sold to Israel, making Hebrew the 20th language readers can enjoy Leena’s writing in.
5 November 2010
Rights to Tammi’s fantastic children’s books sold all over the world!
More Finnish children’s books will be read abroad when Riitta Jalonen and Kristiina Louhi‘s Aidan and Sophie (Aatos ja Sofia), Mervi Lindman‘s Memmuli Runs Away to the Circus (Memmuli karkaa sirkukseen) and Sari Peltoniemi‘s Servant of Dusk (Hämärän renki) are published in China, Denmark and Lithuania, respectively. The Danish rights were also sold to Risto Isomäki, Jussi Kaakinen and Petri Tolppanen‘s Sands of Sarasvati graphic novel, which was also recently published in Hungary.
29 October 2010
Leena Lehtolainen’s My First Murder published in Italy
Leena‘s Italian publisher released Il mio primo omicidio (Ensimmäinen murhani) in late October. The second Maria Kallio title, Harmin paikka, will be published in Italy next Spring.
27 October 2010
Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s works sold to 19 countries
The Elina Ahlback Literary Agency has sold the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish rights to Leena Lehtolainen‘s latest crime novel Where Have All the Young Girls Gone to Bazar Publishers. The bestseller, released by Tammi Publishers in Finland in August, takes on the burning topical issue of xenophobia and the fear of the unknown. It has aroused exceptional enthusiasm and demand worldwide. Where Have All the Young Girls Gone will be published in Norway, Sweden and Denmark in Spring 2012. Translation rights have been previously sold to Taiwan at the Frankfurt Book Fair, and as soon as the book appeared, rights were sold to Germany, where it will be published in 2012.
Bazar Publishers provides Leena Lehtolainen’s works with brilliant marketing possibilities in Scandinavia and will lavish Nordic detective fans with gripping bestsellers in the future as well. Leena Lehtolainen’s books have sold over 1,5 million copies worldwide and her crime novels will also be published in France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Turkey and Poland, according to previous agreements. All in all, Leena Lehtolainen’s books are presently being translated into 19 languages.
The Elina Ahlback Literary Agency is Finland’s foremost international literary agency, representing Finnish and other Nordic writers and publishers in the international markets, as well as foreign authors, publishers and agents in the Nordic Countries. The Elina Ahlback Literary Agency has been collaborating with Tammi Publishers, Leena Lehtolainen’s publisher in Finland, since the beginning of March 2010.
More information: Elina Ahlbäck, Literary Agent, CEO, tel. +358 400 548 402
11 October 2010
Leena Lehtolainen’s international success continues!
The Traditional Chinese rights to Leena Lehtolainen‘s 11th Maria Kallio title Where Have All the Young Girls Gone were sold to Taiwan at the Frankfurt Book Fair last week. The publisher plans to release the book in Autumn 2011, making it the 18th foreign language edition of Leena Lehtolainen’s crime thrillers. Where Have All the Young Girls Gone has been a bestseller in Finland since its publication in August with German rights acquired shortly afterwards.
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency has successfully sold Leena Lehtolainen’s rights since March 2010. Other recent Lehtolainen deals have been made with Russian, Turkish, Spanish, Italian and Polish publishing houses. The worldwide sales of Leena Lehtolainen’s books is over 1,5 million copies so far!
4 October 2010
The Elina Ahlback Literary Agency will be at the Frankfurt Book Fair on 4–9 October 2010
Elina at the Agents Centre table 5J and Päivi at stand 6.0 B 904. Please come and meet us there! See the latest news from the Frankfurt Book Fair: www.buchmesse.de.
1 October 2010
Ms Päivi Ruottinen appointed Associate Agent
Ms Päivi Ruottinen has been appointed Associate Agent at the Elina Ahlback Literary Agency. Päivi will assume her new responsibilities on October 1st, right before the Frankfurt Book Fair, where the Agency will be representing its clients both in the Agents Centre and on stand 6.0 B 904.
23 September 2010
Huge interest in Finnish literature in North America
Thanks to the enormous Nordic crime literature phenomenon, the foreign rights sales of Finnish literature is doing better than ever. Leena Lehtolainen‘s Maria Kallio series, Marko Hautala‘s psychological thrillers and Finnish fantasy novels are all read by North American publishers and acquiring editors at the moment, reports Literary Agent Elina Ahlbäck fresh from her sales trip to NY. The pace is about to get ever faster towards the end of the year as literature lovers are first gathering to the Gothenburg Book Fair this week before heading south to Frankfurt to world’s biggest book fair in October.
24 August 2010
The future of foreign rights sales looks bright
The Finns’ favourite television channel, MTV3, interviewed Literary Agent Elina Ahlbäck on their Sunday news. The message was clear: the foreign rights sales of Finnish literature are really taking off!
Please see the news clip here (in Finnish)
24 August 2010
Non-fiction rights sold to the UK and Hungary
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency is pleased to report that the World English rights to Kari Nars‘ Miten miljoonia huijataan (“Swindling Billions”) have been sold to a UK publisher. Marshall Cavendish International plans to publish the book in 2011.
The Hungarian rights to the graphic novel Sarasvatin hiekkaa (“Sands of Sarasvati”) by Risto Isomäki, Petri Tolppanen and Jussi Kaakinen were aqcuired by comics publisher Nyitott Könyvmûhely Kiadó. The text will be translated in collaboration with the University of Debrecen. The Hungarian edition will be released in October 2010.
23 August 2010
Several rights deals for children’s books
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency has sold the rights to four Tove Appelgren and Salla Savolainen‘s Vesta-Linnea books to China. The same publisher also aqcuired the Simplified Chinese rights to Tittamari Marttinen and Christel Rönns‘ Nepi ja koiravahti and Tapani Bagge and Salla Savolainen‘s Tahvo ja Bella pyörremyrskyssä.
In another deal Danish publisher Carlsen bought the rights to Mervi Lindman‘s Urhea pikku Memmuli. The title will be released in November 2010.
19 August 2010
The website is getting a facelift!
In the run-up to the upcoming international book fairs Elina Ahlback Literary Agency’s website is getting a full makeover. Visit us regularly to stay informed!
5 August 2010
Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s bestsellers sold to Russia and Turkey
Press Release
Finnish crime star Leena Lehtolainen is entering new markets once again when her books are made available for millions of readers in Russia and Turkey.
The Russian language rights to Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio series’ Ensimmäinen murhani and Harmin paikka were acquired by Moscow-based AST Publishers in July. The publisher is planning to release both titles in Spring 2011.
Turkish Bizim Kitaplar recently bought the rights to Kuolemanspiraali for their 2011 crime list, making Turkey the 17th Leena Lehtolainen country!
Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency has successfully sold Lehtolainen’s rights since March 2010. In Germany and France Leena Lehtolainen‘s position on the crime fiction markets has already been stabilised with new titles coming out frequently. Other recent Lehtolainen deals have been made with Spanish, Italian and Polish publishing houses.
The 11th Maria Kallio title will be published in Finland by Tammi Publishers today. See Leena Lehtolainen brochure here.
More information:
Elina Ahlbäck, Literary Agent, CEO, tel. +358 400 548 402
24 June 2010
Stephenie Meyer’s Bree Tanner bestseller in Scandinavia
Stephenie Meyer’s The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner novella has been launched in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark with great success: In all four countries Bree Tanner hits the top of the bestseller lists.
Little Brown published Bree Tanner in the US on June 10, 2010.
24 June 2010
Leena Lehtolainens Spiral of Death sold to Turkey
Bizim Kitaplar Publishers has acquired Turkish rights for Leena Lehtolainen‘s Kuolemanspiraali (“Spiral of Death”). This is the fifth title of Lehtolainen’s bestselling Maria Kallio detective series, and will be the first crime novel published in Turkey by Leena Lehtolainen.
Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency has sold Lehtolainen’s rights since March 2010 and has already been successful in many European markets. Spanish publisher Destino recently bought rights to the first Lehtolainen title, and Italian Fanucci the rights to two Lehtolainen titles while in Germany and France Leena Lehtolainen’s position on the crime fiction markets has already been stabilised.
The 11th Maria Kallio title will be published in Finland by Tammi in August 2010.
15 June 2010
Leena Lehtolainen in Italy this week
Leena Lehtolainen promoting her books in Italy this week
Leena Lehtolainen will be visiting her Italian publisher Fanucci Editore in Rome this week. She will also be visiting Palermo, Sicily to attend a sales event with the Fanucci team. Lehtolainen’s three-day-visit to Italy offers a fantastic opportunity to promote in person the two titles Fanucci bought in April. The first book of the MARIA KALLIO series, Ensimmäinen murhani, will published in Italy in December 2010.
Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency has sold Lehtolainen’s rights since March 2010 and has already been successful in many European markets such as Germany, France and Spain. More information on Leena Lehtolainen can be found in her brand new brochure, please get in touch and ask for your copy!
The 11th Maria Kallio title will be published in Finland by Tammi in August 2010.
9 June 2010
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency : one year today !
The Elina Ahlback Literary Agency Oy Ltd. celebrates its first anniversary by looking into the future with passion, excitement and enthusiasm. Thanks to our Clients: Authors, Publishers and Agents we have an excellent, fantastic and unique list of titles to be presented to our customers at the coming book fairs, in Gothenburg and Frankfurt, and to be promoted to our customers throughout the coming years. We are very proud of our Authors!
Looking forward to meeting you at Frankfurt and Gothenburg Book Fairs!
During the Summer 2010 our website will be reconstructed, and our customers will be served in new and innovative ways.
9 June 2010
Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio Detective Series on Finnish TV
YLE FST5 is broadcasting the 3-part series on Wednesdays at 9:30pm EET with a rerun on Thursday nights at 10:30pm. The Swedish-language series is based on Leena Lehtolainen‘s bestselling title The Rage (Veren vimma, 2003) which has also been published in Germany and Czech Republic.
For more infomation please go to: http://svenska.yle.fi/gransfall
26 May 2010
Leena Lehtolainen breaks through on the Spanish market
Press Release
Barcelona-based Ediciones Destino has acquired the world Spanish rights for Leena Lehtolainen‘s Ensimmäinen murhani. The Spanish publisher of Stieg Larsson plans to release the first title of Lehtolainen’s bestselling Maria Kallio series in early 2012. According to Destino the Spanish readers are excited about the distinctly down-to-earth heroine and Finnish crime novels. Destino will be presenting Lehtolainen to the wider audience at the Madrid Book Fair, where the Nordic Countries are the guests of honour, later this week.
Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency has sold Lehtolainen’s rights since March 2010 and has already been successful in many European markets. Italian Fanucci recently bought the rights to two Lehtolainen titles while in Germany and France Leena Lehtolainen’s position on the crime fiction markets has already been stabilised.
The 11th Maria Kallio title will be published in Finland by Tammi in August 2010.
30 April 2010
Päivi Ruottinen appointed Foreign Rights Assistant
Päivi Ruottinen, MA, BBA, has been appointed Foreign Rights Assistant at the Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency as of 30 April 2010.
Päivi has worked in the publishing industry for many years and brings valuable experience of various fields of international business from the UK and other European countries to the Agency. Päivi holds a Master of Arts in Publishing from Oxford Brookes University where she specialised in rights management and international publishing.
18 April 2010
New Rights Guides for 2010
Elina Ahlback Literary Agency is very proud to present new RIGHTS GUIDES FOR 2010 selling rights to a wonderful selection of Tammi Publishers’ authors’ and illustrators’ works to publishers worldwide.
- Rights Guide 2010
- Children’s Rights Guide 2010
For more information, materials, sample translations, manuscripts, books… kindly contact
Literary Agent Elina Ahlbäck, elina(at)ahlbackagency.com or
Foreign Rights Manager Karoliina Timonen, karoliina(at)ahlbackagency.com.
18 April 2010
No show in London Book Fair ?
Unfortunately Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency can’t be at the London Book Fair this year due to volcanic ashes and flight restrictions. We wish a very good fair to all our friends and colleagues, who made it to London, and we hope to see you soon! In the meanwhile you can order our new rights guides from karoliina(at)ahlbackagency.com
See latest news from the London Book Fair April 19, 2010: www.londonbookfair.co.uk
The Show Goes On Despite Flight Delays Into The UK
The London Book Fair Team is working hard to minimise the disruption to the fair caused by the volcanic ash temporarily closing airports in the UK and Europe.
The LBF Digital Conference & Rights Workshop
Sunday 18th April saw the much anticipated LBF Digital Conference take place in the Earls Court Conference Centre, in addition to the annual Rights Workshop, kicking off LBF’s professional education programme ahead of three days of seminars and events at the fair.
“The conference was presented by a wide range of well-informed panellists and covered many diverse topics and areas of digital publishing. I hope it will inspire publishers, agents and authors to experiment with and embrace the opportunities the digital market offers” – Emilie Marneur, Content Director, Audible Ltd
16 April 2010
Rights to Staffan Bruun
The rights to Staffan Bruun‘s BURT KOBBAT crime novel Struggling Love have been sold to Bulgaria. COLIBRI PUBLISHERS will publish the book in 2011.
7 April 2010
Leena Lehtolainen
The rights to the first two novels in Leena Lehtolainen‘s MARIA KALLIO series, Ensimmäinen murhani and Harmin paikka, have been sold to Italy. FANUCCI EDITORE will publish the first book in December 2010.
31 March 2010
Rights to Leena Lehtolainen
The rights to Leena Lehtolainen‘s book, Henkivartija, have been sold to Germany. ROWOHLT VERLAG will publish the book in autumn 2010.
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