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September Newsletter 2016

July and August tend to be quiet months in publishing; instead, they become the best time to travel throughout the globe. We are back from our annual break with new images in our minds, just like the picture above, in Cuba, when the horizon is hard to spot. Some Pontas authors have also travelled these months, and you can read about their meetings & greetings around the world in our blog.
 
The fair season begins: Maria Cardona will attending the Göteborg Book Fair from the 21st until the 24th of September. She'll be at Table 3 in the Rights Centre.

This year Anna Soler-Pont, Marina Penalva, Maria Cardona and Leticia Vila-Sanjuán will be attending the Frankfurt Book Fair. You'll find us on table 9K and 9L. Email us if you'd like to arrange a meeting (if you haven't done so already)! 

Scroll down to read all about the latest news, deals and submissions and click on the request button to receive any title you'd like to consider.

Latest Rights Sales

Four deals concluded (and a lot of registered interest) to the exciting debut novel DARK CHAPTER by Winnie M Li. English rights (North America) have gone to Jason Pinter at Polis Books; English rights (UK & Commonwealth) to Lauren Parsons at Legend Press at auction; Lisanne Mathijssen at Harper Collins Holland pre-empted Dutch rights; and Swedish rights were sold to Gunilla Sondell at Norstedts

«Deftly written, pacey and unflinching, I could not put down Dark Chapter. Winnie Li is a rare talent with an explosive and timely story. Do not miss it.» Marti Leimbach, bestselling author of Dying Young and Daniel Isn’t Talking

Manuscript in English available.
Further information here
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Bath Novel Award Winner 2015, Clarissa Goenawan's debut novel RAINBIRDS to Amara Hoshijo at Soho Press (World English) who said:

«Clarissa’s writing struck me not only beautifully literary and effortlessly transportive, but capable of resonating with a wide audience, much like the works of Haruki Murakami and Elena Ferrante. Rainbirds shatters so many boundaries, from genre limitations to the dichotomy of commercial versus literary, and I am excited to have found a novel that I believe forges new territory.»

Manuscript in English available.
Further information here.
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THE ARCHITECTURE OF LOSS, the new novel by South African writer and Iowa International Writing Program Resident ZP Dala has been acquired (World English excluding South Africa) by Maia Larson at New York-based Pegasus Books, who said: 

«What an absolutely beautiful book. I am always excited to find fiction that focuses on female perspectives, and the strong women in this novel were inspiring. This book has an important and poignant message and deserves an audience.» 

Manuscript in English available.
Further information here.
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MISSING PEOPLE, the new novel by Brandon S. Graham, acquired by Ben LeRoy at Tyrus Books (English in North America) to be published in 2017.

An intense domestic drama, filled with acutely observed, damaged characters, and is framed as a resonant thriller. Rich with insights into what makes men and women tick, issues of identity and memory, longing and loss, and the role of the individual as part of a family.

English manuscript available.
Further information here
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GALA-DALÍ by Carmen Domingo continues to draw suitors: Frédérique Polet at Presses de la Cité (French), Agnieszka Koszalka at Swiat Ksiazki (Polish); Sylvia Wagenstein at Colibri (Bulgarian); Sonja Lastro at Laguna (Serbian), Cristina Tofan at Humanitas (Romanian) and Magdalena Felkova at Metafora (Czech).

GALA-DALÍ is the first novel based on the fascinating life of the muse and wife of Dalí. 

Published in Spanish by Espasa/Grupo Planeta in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. 

English sample and manuscript in Spanish available.
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Middle-grade novel SEE YOU IN THE COSMOS, CARL SAGAN by Jack Cheng is heating up ahead of its publication in February 2017.

Rights have been sold to: Dial Press/PRH (North America); Puffin/PRH (UK & Com.); CBT Verlag/Bertelsmann (Germany); Intríneseca (Brazil); Nube de Tinta/PRH (World Spanish); Bayard (France); Munhakdongne (South Korea); Objetiva/PRH (Portugal); Modan (Israel); Fanbooks/Grup 62 (Catalan rights); Foksal (Poland); Pegasus (Turkey); Bompiani (Italy); Sunshine Media (China); Corint Publishing (Romania)

Manuscript in English available.
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New on Submission

WHAT SHE NEVER TOLD ME by Isabelle Bary is a novel of family secrets as well as a whodunit spanning many decades. Charming and elegant, with touches of humour and jumping from past to present, this is a true page-turner set between Brussels and Quebec not to be missed.

French manuscript available.
Published in September 2016 by Éditions Luce Wilquin.
 
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THE FURY OF ACHILLES by Gustavo Rodríguez is a Peruvian literary coming-of-age gem of a novel.

Published 15 years ago by Alfaguara, it arrived as a breath of fresh air in Latin American literary scene and quickly became known as «The Peruvian Salinger».

Full English translation available by Mara Faye Lethem.
Spanish manuscript available.
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THE KOUPLAN SERIES by Sara Lövestam are the most original and page-turning suspense series you'll ever read, with a refugee working as a private detective in the suburbs of Stockholm!

Winner of the Deckarackademin Award for Best Debut Crime Novel of 2015 given by the Swedish Crime Writers Association, rights have already been sold at auction to La Bête Noir/Robert Laffont in France and in a pre-empt to Rowohlt in Germany. Originally published in Sweden by Piratförlaget with great success!

English sample and Swedish manuscript available.
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Olivier Truc continues his best-selling thriller series set in Lapland, between Sweden and Norway.

The third book, THE RED MOUNTAIN, has been acquired by Éditions Métailié for publication in its French original language in October 2016. Marsilio has already acquired Italian rights.

French manuscript available.
Further information here.
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THE CORMORANT ISLAND is Sara Lövestam's first middle grade (9-12 years old) novel published in September 2016 with Lilla Piratforlaget and highlighted in the New Swedish Books Catalogue. 

A page-turner in which we get really close to the three friends: Johanna, Ludde and Olivia. The case they take on to solve takes them to more dangerous places than they could ever have imagined 
 
Swedish manuscript available.
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News

THE HOUSE OF SILENCE by Blanca Busquets is coming out in the United States published by Regan Arts, in a beautiful hardcover edition. REQUEST

WOOD GREEN, the debut novel by exciting new Tasmanian voice Sean Rabin has been shortlisted for the prominent Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction 2016. REQUEST

THE CURSE OF THE PALMISANO by Rafel Nadal Farreras is the most translated Catalan novel of recent years, and will be published in English by Transworld/PRH in April 2017 with the title The Last Son's SecretREQUEST
 
   
Thanks for reading all the way down to here. Remember that you can also keep up with all the latest Pontas news and deals on Twitter and Facebook

Best wishes to all,
The Pontas Team

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