New Representation Contract
Vikings of Brazil has signed an exclusive representation deal for the Brazilian market with the Finnish Elina Ahlback Literary Agency. The deal includes some of Finland’s most successful international authors, such as Leena Lehtolainen, whose books have sold over 1,6 million copies in over 20 countries.
FIT Astrid Lindgren Prize 2011
The Finnish translator Kaisa Kattelus has won the FIT Astrid Lindgren Prize for translating children’s books. See more at: viagra pricing 100mg
Paris Book Fair 2011 and Gothemburg 2012: Focus on Nordic Literature
After the Paris Book Fair 2011, the Gothemburg Book Fair has chosen Nordic literature as its theme for 2012. This is for the first time in 10 years and due to the phenomenal success that Nordic literature is having at the moment. See more at: http://bit.ly/q1qN2H
The theme of the 2011 Paris Book Fair, Salon du Livre, was Nordic Literature. Forty Nordic authros were invited to take part at the fair. The book fair was a huge success with over 180.000 visitors between March 18-21 in 2011. See more at: http://bit.ly/ge0tl4.
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Vikings of Brazil has signed exclusive representation deals with the author Ilan Brenman and the publisher Callis!
Reykjavik – City of Literature
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, designated Reykjavik (the capital of Iceland) as “City of Literature” on 2 August 2011, as part of the Organization’s Creative Cities Network. See more at: http://bit.ly/pQxtde
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Rubens Figueiredo and Marcelo Ferroni win São Paulo Literature Prizes. The former won the Best Book of the Year prize, while the latter won the Best Debut of the Year prize, both worth R$200.000, the largest monetary prizes awarded for literature in Brazil. See more at: http://bit.ly/q26jLs
Two new Nordic crime novels published in Brazil
New books by the Norwegian Jo Nesbø and the Icelandic Arnaldur Indridason are published in Brazil, the former by Record and the latter by Companhia das Letras. Folha de S.Paulo interviews the authors and writes about Nordic crime literature in general: http://bit.ly/nTz4tR