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Introducing Brigitte L’Archevêque, a debut author from Québec
At the Pontas Agency we’re very happy to welcome Brigitte L’Archevêque with her debut novel Derail, which she will be presenting on Tuesday February 16th in Montreal at 5pm (at Quai nº 4, 2800 rue Rue...
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Pontas at the Berlinale’s European Film Market 2016
Selling film & TV adaptation rights has always been a major business priority for the Pontas Agency. Behind each audiovisual project that is based on a book, there are usually many, many years of...
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Kirmen Uribe’s new novel to be published simultaneously in Euskera, Spanish,...
At the Pontas Agency we are very glad to announce that the new novel by Basque author Kirmen Uribe, Elkarrekin esnatzeko ordua (The Hour of Waking Together), will be published simultaneously in Spanish...
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Sándor Jásberényi’s war stories keep getting international attention
We’re very happy to announce that French rights have been sold at auction to The Devil is a Black Dog And Other Stories by Sándor Jásberényi to the publishing house Mirobole Éditions, which reveals the...
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The Pontas Agency is shortlisted again to the London Book Fair International...
The shortlist for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2016 has been announced, with Pontas Literary & Film Agency being shortlisted for two years in a row in the Global Rights 365...
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Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Eka Kurniawan on the Man Booker International Prize...
Two authors represented by the Pontas Agency are among the 13 novels longlisted to the Man Booker International Prize 2016, celebrating the finest in global fiction: Fiston Mwanza Mujila (from Congo,...
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“La ràbia” (“Rage”) by Lolita Bosch wins the Roc Boronat Literary Award 2016
We’re very happy to announce that La ràbia (Rage), a brave novel about bullying by Pontas author Lolita Bosch, has won Catalan Literary Award Roc Boronat 2016, to be published in May 2016 by Ara...
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Behind some novels just published or about to be published in the United States
This 2016, several novels by authors represented by the Pontas Agency have been published or are about to be published in the United States (and distributed also in Canada). It’s always fascinating to...
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Dolores Redondo and Olivier Truc at Quais du Polar 2016
Quais du Polar, taking place for three days in Lyon (France) for twelve years in a row, has become THE key event of the genre (crime fiction and thriller). Firmly established in the French and European...
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Pontas at the London Book Fair 2016
Pontas enjoyed attending The London Book Fair 2016 (April 11-14) with Spring sunshine streaming through the Olympia building and international interest heating up for Pontas authors. Anna Soler-Pont,...
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Thomas Dunne Books acquires North American rights to ‘War Fairy’, the debut...
War Fairy by Daniela Tully became our hot book of The London Book Fair 2016, with two deals closed just days before: Garzanti pre-empted Italian rights, and Gads Forlag snapped Danish rights. At the...
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‘Love and Vengeance’ by Eka Kurniawan will be adapted into a feature film
Love and Vengeance is Eka Kurniawan‘s third novel, originally published in Bahasa Indonesia in 2014 by Gramedia under the title Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas. At the Pontas Agency we are...
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‘This Too Shall Pass’ by Milena Busquets is published in English worldwide
May 10th 2016 it’s publication day for This Too Shall Pass (También esto pasará) by Milena Busquets in English, with Hogarth Books (Crown Publishing Group) in the US & Canada, and with Harvill...
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Pontas at the Cannes Film Market 2016
Representing both the Pontas Agency and Pontas Films, Anna Soler-Pont attended once again the Cannes Festival’s Marché du Film, the biggest event in the international film industry and a unique...
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Three Pontas authors at the Warsaw Book Fair 2016
This year the Warsaw Book Fair 2016 was more special than ever. Barcelona and the Catalan literature were the special guests of honor and were showcased at the most important fair in Poland. Among a...
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Olivier Truc continues his best-selling thriller series set in Lapland with...
Olivier Truc continues with his best-selling pentalogy set in Lapland, between Sweden and Norway. The third book, La montagne rouge (The Red Mountain), has just been acquired by Éditions Métailié for...
View ArticleInternational prizes: a celebration of talent and diversity
As we reach the first half of 2016, at the Pontas Agency we couldn’t be happier and prouder of the authors we represent internationally as many of them were shortlisted, longlisted or either won...
View ArticleInternational prizes: a celebration of talent and diversity
As we reach the first half of 2016, at the Pontas Agency we couldn’t be happier and prouder of the authors we represent internationally as many of them were shortlisted, longlisted or either won...
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Brandon Graham’s ‘Good for Nothing’ optioned for film, and ‘Missing People’...
Good For Nothing is Brandon Graham’s debut novel and was published in the UK & Ireland by Skyscraper in 2014. At the Pontas Agency we’re very happy to announce that this witty exploration of the...
View Article‘Dark Chapter’, the debut novel by Winnie M Li, will be published worldwide...
Dark Chapter is the powerful debut novel by Winnie M Li, a Taiwanese-American writer based in London. At Pontas we totally believe this is a very important piece of fiction and that Winnie M Li an...
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