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BOOK ADAPTATION RIGHTS MARKET 75. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica

La Biennale di Venezia La Biennale di Venezia Director General and its collaborators for Andrea Del Mercato Book Adaptation Rights Market Erika Giorgianni Artistic Director Maria Chiara Manci of the Cinema Department Chiara Marin Alberto Barbera Sara Mazzucchi Alessandro Mezzalira Venice Production Bridge Nikolas Montaldi Pascal Diot Savina Neirotti [email protected] www.labiennale.org

The 3rd edition of the Book Adaptation Rights Market, which will take place within the context of the 75th Venice International Film Festival, confirms the increasing success of this initiative dedicated to publishers, as well as to producers. The Venice Production Bridge team is proud to announce that, in 2018, 23 international publishers (+ 21% from 2017) will be pitching their new titles. The publishers will also be able to present their complete catalogues, as opposed to other events dedicated to publishing within the context of Film Festivals that focus on a single book or volume. Producers will be offered a worldwide tour of publishing companies coming from Belgium, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Japan, Italy, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, the UK and the USA. A special focus on Italian Literary IP has been organized and gathers 5 leading publishing houses, from Feltrinelli to Gruppo Editoriale Mauri Spagnol to name just two, thus providing the producers with a wide range of titles. The uniqueness of this 3-day event consists not only in the organization of 1-to-1 meetings between the publishers and the producers, but also in enabling them to develop their network in a productive and welcoming setting. With the Book Adaptation Rights Market, the Venice Production Bridge renews its vocation to foster the development and production of international and European projects across a wide range of audiovisual forms. We warmly welcome you to this 3rd edition and hope that it will bring many beneficial encounters. Pascal Diot Head of the Venice Production Bridge

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Book Adaptation Rights Market for 2018 has been edited using the information assembled by July 9th, 2018. The Venice Production Bridge may not be held responsible for possible errors. 6 ANDREW NURNBERG ASSOCIATES 8 BLUE OCEAN PRESS/ ARI 10 DE BEZIGE BIJ 12 DEA PLANETA LIBRI 14 ÉDITIONS DE L’HOMME SANS NOM 16 EDITORIAL PLANETA 18 ELISABETH RUGE AGENTUR GMBH 20 FELTRINELLI EDITORE 22 FRENCH PULP ÉDITIONS 24 GLÉNAT 26 GRUPPO EDITORIALE MAURI SPAGNOL 28 KADOKAWA CORPORATION 30 LANNOO PUBLISHERS 32 MACLEHOSE PRESS 34 MEDIATOON AUDIOVISUAL RIGHTS 36 NEFELI PUBLISHING 38 NOTTETEMPO 40 PLACE DES EDITEURS 42 RIGHTS & BRANDS 44 SALOMONSSON AGENCY 46 SELLERIO EDITORE 48 SINGEL UITGEVERIJEN 50 ULLSTEIN BUCHVERLAGE GMBH Venice Production Bridge 2018 Book Adaptation Rights Market

UNITED KINGDOM ANDREW NURNBERG ASSOCIATES

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Founded in 1977, Andrew Nurnberg Associates represents a distinguished Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith (1981). 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL list of authors from around the world in the fields of literary and commercial The first title in the Arkady Renko series. A Perfect Explanation by Eleanor Anstruther. fiction and general non-fiction, as well as children’s and YA authors. The Beach by Alex Garland (1997). Alex’s A literary debut, the true story of Enid debut novel was adapted for film by Danny Campbell (1892-1964), granddaughter Some of our best-known clients include Antony Beevor, Mikhail Bulgakov, Boyle, starring Leonardo Di Caprio. of the 8th Duke of Argyll, who sold her son Don DeLillo, Alex Garland, Vasily Grossman, Jonathan Littell, Harper Lee, Stalingrad by Antony Beevor (1999), to her sister for £500. Carson McCullers, Martin Cruz Smith, Michel Roux Jr and Patricia Wentworth. established Antony as the leading military Royal Rebel by Carina Axelsson. The agency is distinctly international in its focus and among our authors historian writing today, a reputation Lilian Athena Isabella Marie is the Crown are winners of several major prizes, including the International Prize for cemented by Berlin: The Downfall, D-Day, Princess of Waldenburg, but she’s also Arabic Fiction, the Sapir Prize, the Man Asian Literary Prize, the French Ardennes 1944 and The Battle For Spain. a fashion-obsessed teen with a successful Goncourt and the Nobel Peace Prize. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (2003). style vlog that no one at the palace knows ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Adapted for film by Ian Softley, starring about – especially not the queen… & JOB TITLE Based in London, in 1993 we opened our first overseas office in Moscow, Brendan Fraser and Andy Serkis. Wolf Country by Tunde Farrand. A dark and Michael Dean and three years later opened offices in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Les bienveillantes by Jonathan Littell (2006). thought-provoking novel, for fans of Never Literary Agent Hungary, Latvia and Poland. Our Beijing office opened in 2002, Winner of the Grand Prix du roman de Let Me Go and The Handmaid’s Tale, PHONE / CELL PHONE followed by Taipei in 2003 and finally Istanbul in 2015, when we formed l’Académie française and the Prix Goncourt. set in a consumerist dystopia where citizens +44 2033270400 a collaboration with AnatoliaLit. The Power Trip by Jackie Collins (2012). must contribute to the economy, or they risk +44 7469704211 Michael Dean joined Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2016. He is responsible Jackie Collins has sold more than 500 million ‘retirement’ from society in the form E-MAIL for the sale of film and television rights as well as finding new authors copies in over 40 countries. of euthanasia. [email protected] and handling print rights for many of the agency’s existing clients. La ragazza nella nebbia/The Girl in the Fog Stray Skies by Hao Jingfang. The latest novel by Donato Carrisi (2015), the Italian master from the Hugo Award-winning rising star WEBSITE andrewnurnberg.com of this unsettling thriller. of Chinese science fiction, author of Folding Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (2015). Beijing. ADDRESS Harper Lee’s lost novel, and one of the The Watchmaker of Filigree Street 20-23 Greville Street biggest publishing events of the century. by Natasha Pulley. Time, destiny, genius London EC1N 8SS United Kingdom Zero K by Don DeLillo (2016). The latest title and a clockwork octopus collide in this by one of America’s most perceptive ravishing literary fantasy. ‘A triumph of observers of modern society. speculative fiction’ – Publishers Weekly. Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi The Observer by Oleg Radzinsky. (2018). Shortlisted for the Man Booker Wildly imaginative Strugatsky-inspired sci-fi. International Prize and sold in over Alexey Agafonkin is a courier but not for Royal 20 languages. Mail or UPS: he delivers items to different times, travelling between them. Winner of the New Horizons Science Fiction Prize. La vita felice by Elena Varvello. An atmospheric page-turner about love, fear and discovery, a coming-of-age novel different from all others. ‘Move over Ferrante, there’s a new Elena in town’ – Independent.

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USA BLUE OCEAN PRESS / ARI

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE For almost fifteen years, blue ocean press has contributed to the literary Love Addiction by Martha R. Bireda. 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL world by providing its readers with works that allow its authors to express Love addicts are so obsessed with romance My Brother’s Keeper. A centenarian avenges themselves freely. Participation in the cinema industry in one of our most and with meeting the expectations of their the murder of his brother that took place cherished endeavours. We feel that good literature is essential to the partners that they completely lose their 80 years before. This 1930s millionaire Policy development of quality films and documentaries. As such, we are dedicated sense of self. King from Detroit finds the clue to his to producing titles that are well-suited to film and television adaption. Computing Reality by Masudul Alam brother’s murder in a luxurious retirement We produce books in a variety of genres written by authors from all over Choudhury & Mohammed Sahadat Hossain. center in Florida. With the help of his the world. Our topics of publication among each genre are the following: The future of Artificial Intelligence and nonagenarian brother and cousin, he plots Cybernetics depends on the personal value and murders the killers. Ref: American Fiction systems of the creators. Scientists with Gangster, The Godfather. Adventure, Drama, Historical, Movie/Television Tie-In, Novel, Poetry, a humanistic value system will create The Womb Rebellion by P.W. Long. Romance, Science-Fiction, Short Stories, Thriller, Women, General Fiction. ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER humanistic Artificial Intelligence, while Based on true historical accounts, & JOB TITLE Non-fiction scientists with a more self-serving value a community of enslaved women foment Jaha Cummings system will create self-serving Artificial a “Womb Rebellion” against a system Publisher & Rights Manager Architecture; Art; Body, Mind & Soul; Business & Economics; Childcare & Parenting; Computers; Cooking; Cultural Studies; Family & Relationships; Intelligence. The emotional intelligence in which women are exploited as producers PHONE / CELL PHONE Geography; Health, Fitness & Wellness; History; House & Home; of the developers of AI technology and reproducers. Ref: 12 Years a Slave; +1 9416392914 Job & Career; Law; Linguistics; Literary Criticism; Mathematics; Music; will determine if AI is a benefit or harm Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. +1 8133449674 Philosophy; Photography; Politics; Psychology/Psychotherapy; Spirituality to humanity. The Marvelous Mister Moon. Discover the E-MAIL & Religion; Science; Self-Help; Sexuality; Sociology; Sports & Recreation; Green Pearl Odyssey by Reilly Ridgell. deep magic of a child’s dream in this bedtime [email protected] Technology; Tourism & Travel. A former Peace Corps Volunteer kills story of enchanted butterflies, the moon a mobster’s son in revenge for the murder and the night sky. Ref: Polar Express. WEBSITE Children’s & Young Adult blueoceanpublications.com of his wife and brother, then escapes Southern Conspiracy. A beloved socialite Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Non-fiction, Young Adult/Teenager Fiction, to Micronesia to avoid the mobster’s hired is shot and killed by the police in an idyllic ADDRESS Young Adult Teenager/Non-fiction. killers. He is able to elude capture for a time, Florida retirement community. The town P.O. Box 510818 travelling throughout the islands, is sent into a whirlwind of anger 33951 Punta Gorda Reference USA General Reference. but is eventually found and there is and suspicions. A story about race, class a final showdown. and police relations that are at the epicenter Miscellaneous Common Sense Healing by James A. May. of American life. Ref: Crash. Autobiography/Memoir, Biography, Current Events, Letters, Learn to stop blocking your own healing The Incomplete Sorcerer. A young, untrained Lifestyle, Regional Specialties. process. magician, desperately tries to save his love How to Rule the World by J.F. Cummings. and the realm by defeating an evil master A modern satirical adaptation sorcerer, all while using a spell book missing of Machiavelli’s The Prince. the most important parts of each spell. Ref: Harry Potter; Twilight series; Game of Thrones. Obi: Seminole Maroon Freedom Fighter by Martha R. Bireda. The daring escape of teenagers from a plantation in South Carolina who find refuge among the Seminoles of Florida. Peace only lasts so long, and eventually the entire community is drawn into war. Ref: Dancing with Wolves; The Last Samurai.

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THE NETHERLANDS DE BEZIGE BIJ

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE De Bezige Bij (The Busy Bee) was founded in December 1944 and is one Bonita Avenue by Peter Buwalda (Topkapi 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL of the leading literary publishers in The Netherlands. During the Second World Films). Novel. Joni Sigerius, stepdaughter The Young Rembrandt by Onno Blom. War, Geert Lubberhuizen gathered a group of students and set up a small of the rector of Twente University, and her Biography. There are hardly any primary press. With their publications they financed their resistance movement. boyfriend Aaron, run a little business that historical sources relating to his childhood she prefers to keep secret from her brilliant and youth in Leiden. We have little more De Bezige Bij publishes a wide range of Dutch fiction: works by Harry father. Not only do Joni and Aaron find than a handful of stories from his earliest Mulisch, Willem Frederik Hermans, Cees Nooteboom, Tommy Wieringa, themselves in dire straits, but it is also biographers – and, of course, his work which Margriet de Moor and Hugo Claus. Our translated literary fiction consists during that very summer that Sigerius Sr.’s can today be found in major museums all of the works of Philip Roth, Paolo Giordano, Donna Tartt, Khaled Hosseini, only real son is released from prison. over the world. Who was Rembrandt really? Philippe Claudel, Amos Oz, Toni Morrison, Marcel Proust and Vladimir Only eight years later – by which time Joni What secrets lie hidden in his paintings? Nabokov. In this variety of literary styles, there is one common feature: is running a million-dollar business in Los And what was the city of Leiden like in the quality. The main focus of our non-fiction list has always been the Second ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Angeles – does Aaron find out what was turbulent years when he grew up there? World War and history in general, but the number of titles in other areas & JOB TITLE really going on in 2000. In The Young Rembrandt, Onno Blom seeks of non-fiction is increasing. Our authors include Paul Verhaeghe, David Marijke Nagtegaal Will by Jeroen Olyslaegers (Scripted Media). out the roots of Rembrandt’s talent, Senior Rights Manager Van Reybrouck, Oliver Sacks and Karen Amstrong. Recently De Bezige Bij Novel. It is wartime. Antwerp is in the grip the spark of his genius. 19-page English has attracted a great number of acclaimed authors. It provides a home PHONE / CELL PHONE of violence and distrust. Wilfried Wils proposal available. for successful novelists such as Peter Buwalda, Tommy Wieringa, +31 203059266 regards himself as a poet in the making but Down Old Roads by Mathijs Deen. Narrative Ernest van der Kwast, Marcel Möring and Stefan Hertmans. +31 621522660 at the same time he has to get by as an non-fiction. A journey through the history E-MAIL Two very successful imprints of De Bezige Bij are Thomas Rap concentrating auxiliary policeman. Yvette falls in love with of Europe. People have roamed throughout [email protected] on upmarket fiction and non-fiction, books on comedy and sports; him; her brother is a daredevil who helps Europe for a million years. From the the Jews. Wavering uneasily between two mysterious homo antecessor that left his WEBSITE and the commercial thriller and suspense list Cargo. You can read many debezigebij.nl of our Dutch titles in foreign editions (English, French, German and so on). worlds, Wilfried tries to survive as the footprints on the coast of England, to the pursuit of the Jews continues relentlessly. traveler on today’s motorways. Under every ADDRESS Olyslaegers disputes the widely accepted footstep lies an older one, under every paved Van Miereveldstraat 1 boundaries between good and evil. road a pack trail or wagon rut, under every 1071 DW Amsterdam The Netherlands Siegfried by Harry Mulisch (Column Films). footpath the prints of a hunter or prey. After a reading of his work, Dutch author From Rome to Boekelo. Rudolf Herter is approached by an elderly Otmar’s Sons by Peter Buwalda. Novel. couple. The pair reveal that, as domestic Ludwig Smit, a young Shell employee, servants in Hitler’s Bavarian retreat in the inches his way closer towards his father waning years of the war, they were witness Johan Tromp, the great mystery of his life to the jealously guarded birth of Siegfried, for 32 years. Master and servant are thrown the son of Hitler and Eva Braun. For more together on Sakhalin Island, where Johan than fifty years they have kept silent about Tromp’s electrifying career in the oil industry the child they once raised as their own. suddenly teeters when a journalist named Isabelle Orthel arrives. She and Ludwig have a short but painful history going back to when they were students.

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ITALY DEA PLANETA LIBRI

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE DeA Planeta Libri is a well-established Italian publishing house, a joint CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT FICTION 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL venture between major publishing groups Planeta and De Agostini. Kissing Booth by Beth Reekles. FOREIGN FICTION Grupo Planeta, founded in Barcelona in 1949, is the leading publishing A bestselling young adult novel, The House with a Clock in its Walls group of the Spanish-speaking world and the world’s fourth largest now a big movie on Netflix. by John Bellairs. Soon a big movie publisher. De Agostini is an international group involved in a wide range We Were Liars by Emily Lockhart. produced by Universal Pictures. of industrial and financial activities. De Agostini Editore operates Worldwide bestseller with a film option There’s Someone inside Your House in 30 countries, mainly in partworks and book segments. by Imperative Entertainment. by Stephanie Perkins. A young adult thriller All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven by a bestselling author, which will become DeA Planeta Libri focuses on the publication of kids, middle grade and young (YA fiction), which will soon become a movie produced by Netflix. adult fiction, adult foreign and Italian fiction as well as non-fiction. a movie with Elle Fanning. We Were Never here by Lara Prescott. On the children and young adult side, DeA Planeta publishes a variety The Mia Series by Italian author Paola In 1957 America, at the height of the Cold ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER of both highly commercial and upmarket foreign and Italian fiction. Zannoner (over 200,000 copies sold), War, the CIA tried to stir up a rebellion & JOB TITLE On the Italian front, we have a wide range of high-profile authors middle grade fiction. in Russia by covertly distributing copies Annachiara Tassan The Last Lighthouse also by Paola Zannoner. of Dr. Zhivago throughout the U.S.S.R. Publisher with an audiovisual potential. On the adult fiction side, we offer a variety of upmarket commercial women’s fiction, psychological suspense, A YA coming-of-age novel by a bestselling We Were Never Here tells the fictionalized PHONE / CELL PHONE thrillers and noir. We have recently started to develop a strong Italian author that won the most prestigious Italian story of the CIA’s underground mission +39 02 38086656 fiction list with a film adaptation potential. prize for literature: the Premio Strega to weaponize literature, through the points +39 3482711045 Children’s Award 2018. of view of the spies who executed the plan. Finally, on the non-fiction side, DeA Planeta Libri publishes both E-MAIL Girls Aren’t Afraid by Alessandro Ferrari. The Warehouse by Rob Hart. A thriller set [email protected] commercial and upmarket essay-driven titles with the two different A debut middle-grade novel by a very in a near-future America where gun violence, imprints De Agostini and Utet. talented and experienced screenwriter. climate change and unemployment have WEBSITE deaplanetalibri.it The Divergent saga by Veronica Roth. ravaged the nation. Film rights have been The saga has become an international sold to Ron Howard. ADDRESS series of live action movies. ITALIAN FICTION Via Inverigo 2 Mirror Mirror by Cara Delevingne. 20151 Milano by Alessandro Milan. A YA psychological suspense Mi vivi dentro Italy The touching love story between the author, from a global icon and influencer. an Italian journalist, and his wife Francesca ADULT FICTION Del Rosso, who died of cancer in 2016, Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews. after being for years a champion of the fight Now a major spy movie by Francis Lawrence. against this disease. An ode to resilience, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. love for life and strength. 50,000 copies sold Now a major sci-fi movie by Steven in Italy in 5 months. Spielberg. Aglio, olio e assassino by Pino Imperatore. Need to Know by Karen Cleveland. A thriller full of humor set in Naples, A psychological suspense and a major a surprising mix between comedy, crime international thriller. Pre-empted and the flavors of Italian cuisine. by Universal, it will become a movie Untitled new novel by bestselling author with Charlize Theron. Roberto Emanuelli, which will be published The Beguiled by Thomas Cullinan. in 2019. The book on which Sofia Coppola’s homonymous film is based. The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg. A moving, star-crossed lovers story with a happy ending that asks the question: have you loved enough?

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FRANCE ÉDITIONS DE L’HOMME SANS NOM

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE HSN – Les Editions de L’Homme Sans Nom – is a French independent The Dark King by Oren Miller. Imagine 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL publishing house specialized in SF, fantasy and mystery novels. The Count of Monte Cristo set in space God Got out of Bed on the Wrong Side, Our goal is to find new talents and help them build their career. and you’ll get the gist. Oren Miller’s first Oren Miller’s detective novel masterpiece. novel as an homage to Dumas’ work, Third adventure of Évariste Fauconnier, What we look for are original plots with good literary features as well as before she set her mind to mystery novels. which leads him to a medical foundation a generous hand of entertainment to offer our readers the most enjoyable Chesstomb by J.E. Py. A deep and erudite in the Swiss forest, punctuated by excerpts experience possible. tribute to H.P. Lovecraft’s Herbert West - from a made-up diary by a concentration We take special care in creating books that are as beautiful on the outside Reanimator. High concept between past camp survivor. Oren Miller is also known as they are on the inside, so we only publish four to six books a year, (we meet H.P. Lovecraft as a main character!) in France for the novels she published time and quality being key words for us. and present, through the documents under the pen name of “Lucie Castel” of a journalist. A book that will get at HarperCollins. Her first one, Not that ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Since our creation in 2011, we have gathered a strong and faithful the reader lost between reality and fiction. Simple, was met with great success & JOB TITLE community who enjoys meeting us during book fairs and other SF festivals. Peter’s Mirror by J.E. Py. A visit into the and rights were sold in Germany. Dimitri Pawlowski This synergy has also reached critics who give very good feedback. psyche of the best horror writer of his time, Adam’s Dream by John Ethan Py. German Founder However, it is paperback publishers who truly confirm our choices: we have connected with the theme of the mirror. atmospheric novel exploring the myths PHONE / CELL PHONE indeed had the pleasure to sell paperback rights for 40% of our books. Evokes the world of Hollywood movies, of a tree capable of resurrecting people. +33 148576073 Our next step is to work on translation and audiovisual rights in order with Stanley Kubrick, Freaks and the Our “master of horror’s” answer to King’s +33 699464876 to develop our authors’ careers even further. different adaptations of Peter Pan. Pet Sematary. A synopsis written E-MAIL Xénome by Nicolas Debandt. A quest by a professional scenarist is available. [email protected] If you want to know more, meet us at editions-hsn.fr or on our website for identity in a dystopic Paris, written Alterworlds by Nicolas Debandt. A soft sci-fi designed for movie professionals: livres.editions-hsn.fr (available in French by a biology teacher. About the place masterpiece which questions our current WEBSITE and English), and of course during the Book Adaptation Rights Market. editions-hsn.fr of social networks and biology in today’s fears about the disappearance of bees world, a thrilling adventure that bears and today’s delicate issue of refugees ADDRESS a resemblance to 1984 and Gattaca. from destroyed countries. 122 rue de Vincennes The Blood of Princes by Romain Delplancq. In the Arms of Morpheus (temp. title). 93100 Montreuil France A swashbuckling adventure in a world A witty sci-fi novel: Marc Behm meets Ken evoking Italy during the Early Renaissance. Grimwood’s Replay. What would life be like Many critical praises, paperback rights if people had to sleep up to 20 hours a day? sold in France. Second Mankind by Adrien Mangold. I Lay Dying Greatly, Thank You by Oren In a rebuilt world after a climate apocalypse, Miller. Our first detective novel, a witty a scientist facing an unsolvable crisis may wink to Agatha Christie’s work taking place find the solution in a book telling a hundred- in 1950s Great Britain. years-old story. May Winter Pass by David Bry. A poetic and atmospheric initiatory tale taking place in a world of Nordic legends. Enthralling, poetic and deeply dramatic.

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SPAIN EDITORIAL PLANETA

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Editorial Planeta, founded in 1949 by José Manuel Lara Hernández, was La sombra del viento; El juego del ángel; 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL the seed of Grupo Planeta. Later, other publishing companies and cultural, El prisionero del cielo; El laberinto de los La senyoreta Keaton i altres bèsties audiovisual and communication companies were gradually incorporated. espíritus by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. (Miss Keaton and Other Beasts) by Teresa Palmeras en la nieve; Regreso a tu piel; Colom. A darkly evocative short-story Editorial Planeta, a leading publisher and reference point across the Como fuego en el hielo by Luz Gabás. collection which recalls Tim Burton combined entire Spanish-speaking world, publishes works by Spanish and foreign La trilogía del Baztán; Todo esto te daré with the Grimm Brothers. authors aimed at a broad public that seeks reading matter that combines by Dolores Redondo. La chica invisible (The Invisible Girl) by Blue quality and success. Pídeme lo que quieras; Sorpréndeme Jeans. With over 1,2 million copies sold of his Its catalogue lists nearly two thousand authors and encompasses all by Megan Maxwell . books, The Invisible Girl is Blue Jeans’ first YA literary genres: novels (adventure, history, detective, humour and thrillers); El club de los incomprendidos thriller, an exciting novel full of unexpected essays of a political and historical nature; biographies and memoirs by Blue Jeans Intemperie. twists, turns and surprises that connects ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER of contemporary figures, as well as practical and self-help books. La tierra que pisamos by Jesús Carrasco. with the issues young people are facing & JOB TITLE La bibliotecaria de Auschwitz; today: identity, sexuality, insecurities… Francisco Javier Sanz Since the year 1952 the Planeta Prize, the most recognized and A cielo abierto by Antonio Iturbe. Morir no es lo que más duele Foreign and Audiovisual outstanding of all Spanish literary accolades, has been awarded. Rights Manager El sari rojo; Pasión India; El imperio eres tú; (‘Tis Not That Dying Hurts Us So) by Inés An annual event taking place on the 15th of October that transcends Las montañas de Buda; Sendero de libertad; Plana. A gripping thriller about a murder PHONE / CELL PHONE the world of letters and becomes a focal point for cultural and social A flor de piel; Mi pecado by Javier Moro. investigation with a hypnotic plot fitted +34 934928008 news when the award is announced. Patria by Fernando Aramburu. like a puzzle and characters that are torn +34 659658222 Included in its list of honours are Nobel Prize winners Camilo José Cela El silencio de la ciudad blanca; Los ritos between good and evil. E-MAIL and Mario Vargas Llosa, and the big names of Spanish literature from the del agua by Eva García Sáenz De Urturi. Los días felices (Those Happy Days) [email protected] second half of the 20th century, joined by authors that the prize has La isla de Alice by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo. by Mara Torres, where the main character, WEBSITE helped become established before a broader audience such as Juan Niebla en Tánger by Cristina López Barrio. Miguel, relives his life in one day through planetadelibros.com Marsé, Soledad Puértolas, Antonio Muñoz Molina and Eduardo Mendoza. El libro de las pequeñas revoluciones; memory snapshots of himself and his best Una mochila para el universo; El mundo friend, Picu, a bigger-than-life character, and ADDRESS en tus manos by Elsa Punset. Claudia, the mysterious love of his life, during Avda. Diagonal 662-664 th th th th th 08034 Barcelona Después del amor by Sonsoles Ónega. his 20 , 25 , 30 , 35 and 40 birthdays. Spain Volver a Canfranc; La huella de una carta Una mujer infiel (An Unfaithful Woman) by Rosario Raro. by Miguel Sáez, screenwriter of the El fuego invisible by Javier Sierra. acclaimed Netflix series Apaches. Pan de limón con semillas de amapola An unsettling thriller about desire, infidelity, by Cristina Campos. and love. An unforgettable tale about open Morir no es lo que más duele by Inés Plana. relationships and polyamory, including Prólogo para una guerra; El niño que robó infidelity, sex, love, jealousy and betrayal. el caballo de Atila; Una comedia canalla Mi pecado (My Sin) by Javier Moro, winner by Iván Repila. of the Premio Primavera 2018. The real story Medusa; El sistema by Ricardo Menéndez of Conchita Montenegro, a Spanish actress Salmón. who arrives in Hollywood in the 1930’s La gangrena; Almas mutantes and makes herself a name among the by Mercedes Salisachs. biggest stars. Her love story with Leslie Te quiero (Casi siempre) by Anna Llenas. Howard of “Gone With the Wind” is moving No me dejes (Ne me quitte pas); La parte and passionate, and comes to an end with escondida del iceberg by Maxim Huerta. her departure to Spain. 13 years later, the Nosotros dos; Alguien como tú by Xavier lovers meet again in Madrid, where Leslie Bosch. will successfully carry out a mission set by his friend Winston Churchill, but will also meet a tragic end at the Nazis’hands.

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GERMANY ELISABETH RUGE AGENTUR GMBH

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE The Elisabeth Ruge Agentur was founded in 2014 and represents Stress and the City by Mazda Adli 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL more than 100 authors. Elisabeth Ruge previously worked as an editor (C. Bertelsmann). Torten nach Maß by Daniela Böhle (dtv). and publisher at S. Fischer, Berlin Verlag (which she co-founded) and Warte nicht auf bessere Zeiten Nina’s life is chaos: her hospital job, Hanser Berlin, which she started on behalf of the Munich Hanser Verlag by Wolf Biermann (Propyläen). her son, a bakery with a grumpy pastry chef, in 2012. Her authors included Philippe Pozzo di Borgo (Untouchables), Martin Luther, mein Vater und ich an ex-husband, new lovers. It is all about Michael Haneke (Das weiße Band), Svetlana Alexievich (Second-hand by Georg Diez (C. Bertelsmann). endings and new beginnings and learning Time), Ingo Schulze (Simple Stories), Jonathan Littell (Les bienveillantes), Tut was! by Can Dündar to stand up for oneself. Zeruya Shalev (Love Life) and Victor Erofeyev (Russian Beauty) – (Hoffmann & Campe). Alle anderen können einpacken some of whom she now also represents with German language rights Das neue Leben by Anna Galkina by Christian Huber (Rowohlt). Christmas or worldwide. (Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt). – the most wonderful time of the year – Alles ist jetzt by Marie Gamillscheg crowded supermarkets, carefully made plans The agency has been affiliated with several prestigious awards: ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER (Lichterhand). that never work out and the obligatory family the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Prix Goncourt, as well as the most & JOB TITLE Nach dem Schmerz by Lucas Grimm (Piper). reunion with unexpected new additions important German literary prize, the Deutscher Buchpreis, awarded Elisabeth Ruge Niemand ist bei den Kälbern to set off holiday chaos. Founder & CEO to Frank Witzel in 2015. by Alina Herbing (Arche). Dschungel by Friedemann Karig (Ullstein). PHONE / CELL PHONE The Elisabeth Ruge Agentur is renowned for the high quality of its Blasse Helden by Artur Isarin (Klaus). When Felix disappears, his best friend +49 30 288840600 authors’ list, including fiction as well as non-fiction writers. Major recent Pinke Maus by Viktor Jerofejew since childhood leaves life and love behind +49 1738736329 deals include Wolf Biermann’s autobiography and Julie von Kessel’s (publisher to be announced). in order to find him. A story about E-MAIL German family saga Altenstein. Wie wir lieben by Friedemann Karig disappearance in the age of complete [email protected] (Aufbau). accessibility. About a friendship that spans The agency is also known for developing young talents and has Sieh mich an by Mareike Krügel (Piper). across time and continents, and the power WEBSITE negotiated deals for exciting debut novels, like Hool by Philipp Winkler, elisabeth-ruge-agentur.de Altenstein by Julie von Kessel (Kindler). and curse of memories. which was shortlisted in 2016 for the Deutscher Buchpreis and won Nach ihm die Sintflut by Jule Maiwald Die Tote im Wannsee by Lutz Wilhelm ADDRESS the well-known ZDF aspekte-Literaturpreis. (Rowohlt Taschenbuch). Kellerhoff (Ullstein). Berlin, 1968, the city Rosenthaler Strasse 34/35 Hier ist noch alles möglich is vibrant with social change – young police 10178 Berlin Germany by Gianna Molinari (Aufbau). officer Wolf Heller finds himself entangled Wolle by Alex Raack (Klett-Cotta). in obscure political intrigues after a dead Wenn’s brennt by Stephan Reich (DVA). body is found near Wannsee. Habe nichts mehr ausser mir Ein mögliches Leben by Hannes Köhler by Andreas Schimmelbusch (dtv). (Ullstein). Hannes Köhler’s novel is the first Europa ist tot, es lebe Europa! to address the gripping topic of German by Thomas Schmid (C. Bertelsmann). prisoners of war in American camps. Schöne Seelen und Komplizen Der Würfel by Bijan Moini (Atrium). by Julia Schoch (Piper). An artificial intelligence controls all of the Minusgefühle by Jana Seelig (Piper). country’s data streams. Predictability has Rosenstengel by Angela Steidele become the greatest asset but Taso cannot (Matthes & Seitz). imagine life under surveillance. Will he Hool by Philipp Winkler (Aufbau). surrender or join the resistance? A highly Die Erfindung der roten Armee Fraktion topical social novel and a literary techno- by Frank Witzel (Matthes & Seitz). thriller combined. Sweet Rotation by Laura Wohnlich (Piper). Walter Nowak bleibt liegen by Julia Wolf (Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt).

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ITALY FELTRINELLI EDITORE

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Feltrinelli Editore is one of the most independent-minded and prestigious Of course there have been many publications 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL literary publishers in Italy. Founded in 1955 by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, in the course of the 63 years of impassioned Feltrinelli has been involved in the licensing the publishing house was marked with some notable early successes, activity, here we name but a few: of film rights for works by Stefano Benni, including the first publication worldwide of Doctor Zhivago by Boris Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak. Simonetta Agnello Hornby, Giorgio Bettinelli Pasternak, of which all rights in all formats are still controlled by Diario in Bolivia by Che Guevara. and others. Projects now under option Feltrinelli, The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, and One The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi include a new miniseries for Doctor Zhivago, Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. di Lampedusa. a new TV series for The Leopard, and a One Hundred Years of Solitude miniseries based on Inside the Zhivago Storm Traditionally a very accomplished publisher of literature in translation, by Gabriel García Márquez. by Paolo Mancosu. in the past three decades Feltrinelli has also been a market leader The Lover by Marguerite Duras. Among the titles available for adaptation are: in the publication of new literature in the Italian language, publishing Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry. Senior Service by Carlo Feltrinelli. works by Stefano Benni, Gianni Celati and Antonio Tabucchi. ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller. Giangiacomo Feltrinelli was one of the most & JOB TITLE More recently Feltrinelli has been the publisher of Erri De Luca, The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing. arresting characters of his generation, Theo Collier The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer. yet he died violently. Born into great wealth, Rights Director Alessandro Baricco and Roberto Saviano. Feltrinelli Editore also publishes a highly selective list of upmarket commercial fiction, Blindness by José Saramago. he found himself equally attracted to great PHONE / CELL PHONE a broad range of quality non-fiction and a children’s list. The publishing Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, books and workers’ rights. +39 0235966828 group also contains the editorial brands Gribaudo and Apogeo. and General Tales of Ordinary Madness Despite the attentions of the KGB, Pasternak +39 3476733784 by Charles Bukowski. smuggled his manuscript out of the USSR to E-MAIL Sostiene Pereira by Antonio Tabucchi. Feltrinelli, who then saw to it that the book [email protected] Bar Sport by Stefano Benni. was published worldwide, and the Novecento by Alessandro Baricco. passionate editor’s censor-duping WEBSITE feltrinellieditore.it What a Carve Up (La famiglia Winshaw) correspondence with the besieged writer by Jonathan Coe. is relayed in this memoir. ADDRESS Zero Zero Zero by Roberto Saviano. Magari domani resto by Lorenzo Marone. Viale Pasubio 5 Judas by Amos Oz. A number 1 bestseller in Italy throughout 20154 Milan Italy L’altalena del respiro by Herta Müller. the spring of 2017, this novel has sold more Suddenly a Knock at the Door by Etgar Keret. than 100,000 copies. Luce is an honest Canada by Richard Ford. and combative young woman, stuck The entire Malaussene cycle in an existence dominated by a bigoted by Daniel Pennac. and unhappy mother. Until one day Luce L’amore by Maurizio Maggiani. is assigned the custody of a minor. Suddenly The list could go on...! And it does, a wise and very special child enters her life, since the above focuses primarily on fiction. together with a globetrotting street artist Feltrinelli’s non-fiction list is just as and a swallow with no intention of migrating. prestigious, including works by Hannah Mi toccherà ballare by Ottavia Casagrande Arendt, Enrico Deaglio, Nelson Mandela, and Raimonda Lanza di Trabia. Edward Said, Daniel Barenboim, David Van The astonishing story of Raimondo Lanza Reybrouk, Olivier Roy, Giorgio Bocca, di Trabia, nobleman, soldier, diplomat Paolo Rumiz, Michel Foucault, Eugenio and sportsman. Borgna, Charles Taylor, Carlo Ginzburg and Massimo Recalcati.

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FRANCE FRENCH PULP ÉDITIONS

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Pulp alludes to the serialized novels of the past, which for centuries Drôle de pistolet by Francis Ryck (spy novel). 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL have filled our imagination with hard-boiled detectives, femmes fatales, One day, even the best get caught. And on Mata-Hari by Philippe Collas. 1917: nonchalant spies and familiar heroes. From hard-boiled novels to family that day, they have to choose whether to shut the dancer Mata Hari is executed at dawn sagas and space opera, these novels have given birth to dynamic, up or talk. With the prospect of refined for high treason. In this book, the one who generous literature that is greatly enjoyed by all who read it, thanks suffering, in the event they try and resist. was an Oriental princess, a half-socialite to its punchy, smooth-flowing texts. So Yako talked. He gave in entirely, betrayed and a double agent in succession finally the KGB, and in exchange he was handed shines with all her brilliance: that of a woman French refers to the fact that there exists a French school for this literary back his freedom. But how long before the too bright and too gifted for her time. genre. Popular and addictive, its heritage deserves to be defended and its KGB takes it back, and this time for good? Joinovici by Henry Sergg. How can you make future renewed. This is the mission of French Pulp, which publishes not Le doulos by Pierre Lesou (thriller). a fortune when you can’t read or write? only cult French airport novels (G.-J. Arnaud, André Lay, Francis Ryck, etc.) When he learns that his wife has been killed, This illiterate orphan was to experience but also works by new, exclusively French-speaking authors, who are ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Maurice Faugel has only one thought on his a dazzling rise: a collaborator, a Jew breathing new life into a genre accustomed to success. & JOB TITLE mind: revenge. When he gets out of prison, decorated Honorary Aryan, he would Nathalie Carpentier he shoots the murderer, recovers some loot accumulate a colossal fortune by denouncing Director You are not the only ones to devour these books while standing in the tube and who cannot put them down at night before falling asleep. Each month, and prepares to commit a final robbery. hundreds of unfortunate people to sell their PHONE / CELL PHONE our new releases will be sponsored by celebrities who are also enthralled But by confiding in his best friend Silien, possessions... before being named a Great +33 986097380 by the suspense, the wonders and even the modernity of these stories. he doesn’t know he is setting in motion Resistant in August 1944! A true spider, +33 625892506 And since we, at French Pulp, believe in commitment, for each of our an infernal gear: his accomplice becomes he could have thrived for a long time E-MAIL celebrities’ favorites, some of the profits from the sale of the book will a “doulos”, an indicator who could well and yet he fell, victim of the vengeance [email protected] go directly to an association of their choice. send him back to prison... or to the cemetery! of those he would never have expected... The quintessence of the noir novel... L’île du lundi by Collas & Villedary. WEBSITE frenchpulpeditions.fr Souffles coupés by Nataly Bréda Dossier Wasselot by Marc Welinski. (fiction, great novels). Zodiac by Emma Mars. ADDRESS Sous terre personne ne vous entend crier Tout le bonheur du monde by Frédéric Mars. 49 rue du Moulin de la Pointe by Gilbert Gallerne (thriller). Les gens sérieux ne se marient pas à Vegas 75013 Paris France Mutualisation du crime by Serguei Dounovetz. by Jean-Marc Pitte (thriller). Un havre de paix by Stanislas Petrosky. Parodie à la mort by Peter Randa. Une femme de ménage by Jérémy Bouquin. Une secrétaire by Jérémy Bouquin. Journal d’un marchand de rêves by Anthelme Hauchecorne. Le dernier festin by Fabio M. Mitchelli. Noël au chaud by G.J. Arnaud. Enfermée by Jacques Saussey (social, black novel).

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FRANCE

GLÉNAT

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Glénat is a 49-year-old independent graphic novel publishing company Ces jours qui disparaissent by Timothé 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL which publishes over 700 titles a year. Since being founded in 1969, Le Boucher (under option). Lubin sees L’été fantôme by Elizabeth Holleville. Glénat has offered a wide range of comics and graphic novels. his life shaken up when “another him” takes Louise is 12. She’s spending her summer his place every other day. As he lives his life at her grandmother’s house by the beach Its graphic novel catalogue of over 8000 titles includes historical sagas, only partially, the lost days become weeks, with her older cousins. For the first time, science fiction, adventure, biographies, non-fiction, humor and much months and years. their age difference separates them. more for readers of all ages. Many of these books have been translated Le bleu est une couleur chaude Louise has no one to play with and soon gets in foreign languages. (Blue Is the Warmest Color) by Julie Maroh. bored while the older girls meet boys and Glénat publishes comics and graphic novels under many labels This book has been adapted as La Vie party. One night Louise meets Liz, the ghost and imprints: Glénat BD, Vents d’Ouest, 1000 Feuilles, Treize Etrange, d’Adèle by Abdellatif Kechiche and won of her great-aunt who had died in the garden GlenAAARG, Mad Fabrik… the 2013 Palme d’Or in Cannes. at the age of 12. They soon become best ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Il était une fois en France by Fabien Nury friends, as they are the same age and have & JOB TITLE Glénat is also a children’s books publisher with the labels Glénat Jeunesse & Sylvain Vallée (under option). The true many interests in common which are miles Etienne Bonnin and P’tit Glénat and publishes a wide range of illustrated books with story of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew away from snuggling with boys and shaving Rights & Licensing Director its main focus on adventure, outdoor, mountain, the sea and gastronomy. who was both a member of the Resistance legs. As the older girls have summer PHONE / CELL PHONE With over 700 titles a year, Glénat is one of the largest French independent and a collaborationist during WW2. romances that create conflicts between them, +33 141461109 publishers. On the film rights front, Glénat currently has over twenty titles Sambre by Yslaire. The Sambre family Louise and Liz’s friendship gets stronger. +33 607236333 in development with production companies and film studios all around is cursed with red eyes. But the young As Liz’s influence over Louise grows, E-MAIL the world. Most notably, Glénat is the original publisher of the graphic Bernard has decided to ignore his father she isolates her from the rest of the family. [email protected] novel Blue Is the Warmest Color which was adapted as a feature film that and sister’s warnings, because even Le grand mort by Loisel, Djian, Mallié, if she has red eyes, Julie is the one he loves. Lapierre. Erwan is the only link between WEBSITE won the 2013 Palme d’Or in Cannes. glenatbd.com Sambre is a terrifying romantic saga our world and a parallel world: the Little The company is based in Grenoble and Paris. of incredible graphic beauty telling a tale World. The two worlds live in harmony. ADDRESS of great love, blood and death. Once every generation, a transporter 39 rue du Gouverneur Général Eboué Titeuf. This bestselling comics series accomplishes a magic ritual to maintain 92130 Issy-Les-Moulineaux France for children has sold over 22 million copies this balance. Erwan is the transporter and will and was adapted as a TV animated series go to the Little World with his girlfriend and an animated feature. Pauline to accomplish the ritual. But it goes wrong. Back in our world, it seems like the balance is broken as disasters multiply. Erwan and Pauline will have to survive and find a way to get back to the Little World to re-establish the balance. Amour minuscule by Teresa Radice e Stefano Turconi. Iris is Argentinean, Ismail is from Syria. They are in love, live in Italy and make the perfect couple. But war breaks out in Syria while Ismail is there to settle family business. Stuck in the middle of this major armed conflict, Ismail struggles to get back home and must follow the path of hundreds of refugees. While he is away, Iris discovers that she is pregnant. But communication with him is impossible. She doesn’t even know if Ismail is still alive and will do all she can to contact him about the “amore minuscolo” growing in her belly.

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ITALY GRUPPO EDITORIALE MAURI SPAGNOL

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE GeMS, Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol, is part of Messaggerie Italiane La serie di Dirk Pitt by Clive Cussler. 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Spa, a leading player in the book industry since 1914 with a revenue of La fine è il mio inizio by Tiziano Terzani. In progress. 2019 previews will be presented about €500 million. I casi dell’ispettore Lynley during the event. by Elisabeth George. With 16 publishing imprints, the proposal GeMS is the 2nd largest book publishing group in Italy, with publishing La serie di Jack Reacher by Lee Child. of Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol is always houses such as Garzanti, Longanesi, Salani, TEA, Vallardi, Bollati Il Profumo by Patrick Süskind. rich and varied. Boringhieri, Ponte alle Grazie, Corbaccio, Guanda, Editrice Nord, Tre60, Memorie di una geisha by Arthur Golden. The Devil’s Tail by Maurizio Maggi. Against Chiarelettere, La Coccinella and Duomo Ediciones in Spain. La storia infinita by Michael Ende. the backdrop of a dry, wild, extraordinarily The company is inspired by values such as freedom, defence of copyright, Il mondo di Sofia by Jostein Gaarder. beautiful Sardinia, a prison guard by attention to recognizing and rewarding talent, professionalism and Il Dio delle piccole cose by Arundhati Roy. vocation, persecuted by guilt and desperately economic solidity which brings to independence. The group’s attention Il profumo delle foglie di limone by Clara in search of redemption. ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER and care in scouting and promoting new authors (both Italian and foreign), Sánchez. The Scandalous Life of Giò Stajano & JOB TITLE supporting them and encouraging their development have led it to become Fai bei sogni by Massimo Gramellini. by Giovanni Ciacci. Giò was the first Italian Viviana Vuscovich Sua Santità by Gianluigi Nuzzi. to publish on being gay and the first being Translation and Movie the biggest independent publishing group in Italy. Rights Manager Storia di una gabbianella by Luis Sepúlveda. transgender. He inspired Federico Fellini by Some of the international authors published by GeMS publishing houses Avrò cura di te by Massimo Gramellini bathing fully dressed in a fountain in Rome, PHONE / CELL PHONE are J.K. Rowling (the author of the Harry Potter saga, and several novels e Chiara Gamberale. which was copied in the movie “La Dolce Vita”. +39 0234597391 for adults), Jonathan Safran Foer, Ildefonso Falcones, Clive Cussler, Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano. All the Life You Want by Enrico Galiano. +39 3427530878 Lee Child, Wilbur Smith, Marie Kondo, Clara Sanchez, Luis Sepúlveda, Io sono Malala by Malala Yousafzai. Bestselling YA novels author Enrico Galiano E-MAIL Arundhati Roy. Non luogo a procedere by Claudio Magris. knows the world of Millennials extremely well: [email protected] Amog the Italian authors published by GeMS publishing houses Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. he’s a teacher and has to deal with them every WEBSITE are Nobel Prize Dario Fo, Helena Janeczek, Gianluigi Nuzzi, Massimo Il suggeritore; La ragazza nella nebbia day. Three teenagers in search of happiness maurispagnol.it/en Gramellini, Donato Carrisi, Claudio Magris, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Tiziano by Donato Carrisi. amidst fears and hopes. What if all we needed Terzani, Chiara Gamberale, Alessia Gazzola, Andrea Vitali, Ilaria Tuti, Pigiamini by PJ Mask. was a backpack full of reasons to live? ADDRESS Qualcosa by Chiara Gamberale. The Empire’s Light by Marco Buticchi. Via Gherardini, 10 Valter Longo, Marco Vichi. 20148 Milano The shape of water by Guillermo Del Toro. A story that goes back and forth between Italy Chiamami con il tuo nome by André Aciman. past and present, and that cleverly mixes Milk & Honey by Rupi Kaur. historical facts and fictional narrative. Il presidente è scomparso A master of adventure: his books have sold by Bill Clinton-James Patterson. over 1,500,000 copies in Italy alone! Eleanor Oliphant sta benissimo Handsome and Elegant, with a Wedding Ring by Gail Honeyman. by Andrea Vitali. A new episode in Vitali’s La ragazza con la Leica by Helena Janeczek. comedy of everyday life, set on the shores Il racconto dell’ancella by Margaret Atwood. of Lake Como. With his amusing, intelligent, La biblioteca dei morti by Glenn Cooper. very enjoyable novels, Andrea Vitali has Patria by Fernando Aramburu. reinvented Italian comedy. More than Tutto il teatro by Dario Fo. 3,500,000 readers in Italy alone. Tre volte te by Federico Moccia. Fiori sopra l’inferno by Ilaria Tuti. La dieta della longevità by Valter Longo. La serie dell’Allieva by Alessia Gazzola. Il magico potere del riordino by Marie Kondo. La cattedrale del mare by Ildefonso Falcones. Eccomi by Jonathan Safran Foer. Il bisogno di pensare by Vito Mancuso.

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JAPAN

KADOKAWA CORPORATION

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Kadokawa has over 60 years of experience as a publishing house. Ring by Koji Suzuki (Horror). If you watch 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL It publishes a wide range of book genres and contents including novels, the videotape, you will die in one week... Miracle at Namiya General Store by Keigo light novels, comics, business books, practical books and children’s books Exactly one week after watching the tape, Higashino (Drama Fantasy). Three boys on to name but a few. four teenagers die one after another of heart the run escape to an abandoned old house. failure. One journalist is intrigued The place was once a general store whose As one of the leading publishers of light novels and comics in Japan, by his niece’s mysterious death and starts owner used to take letters from many we have launched a new genre, the Shin-Bungei, and started publishing an investigation which leads him from troubled people looking for answers... stories that were originally released on the internet. In addition, a metropolitan Tokyo, teeming with modern The business is long gone but now a letter as a pioneer of the mixed media method of making films and animation society’s fears, to a rural Japan – a mountain has arrived at the house. The boys read the movies based on books and comics, we will accelerate the development resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside letter wondering what is going on. The letter of high-quality content through various media. clinic – haunted by the past. In his attempt is from a person asking for advice. They ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Since 2014 Kadokawa has run an online comics platform, “Comic Walker”, to solve the tape’s mystery he finally finds decide to reply pretending to be the store & JOB TITLE which supports not only Japanese but also English and traditional a way to avoid death but it may now be too owner, Mr. Namiya. Then, more letters come Takeo Kodera late for everyone. This book was adapted from more people, and they gradually find General Manager, International Chinese. Kadokawa has a motion picture department which develops local Co-Productions and Acquisitions productions (both animation and live-action) based on the comic books into major films in Japan, Korea and the U.S. out that the store has connections with the we publish, and distributes these products in Japanese theaters, as DVDs/ Goth by Otsuichi (Thriller, Novel). Morino past and the letters come from then... PHONE / CELL PHONE Blu-ray Discs, or in TV and digital formats. is the strangest girl in school – how could Can the boys help the troubled people? +81 368931625 she not be, given her obsession with brutal Eventually, we find out the miraculous +81 8039138369 Kadokawa is a one-stop company which can publish, produce murders? And there are plenty of murders connection between the boys and the E-MAIL and distribute. It set up two international co-production films last year to grow obsessed with, as the town in which senders of the letters. [email protected] and more projects are under development. It is interested in international she lives is a magnet for serial killers. Domino by Riku Onda (Action Comedy). co-productions based on the books (IPs) we represent. WEBSITE She and her schoolmate will go to any length 28 characters such as an office accountant kadokawa.co.jp to investigate the murders, even putting their who is waiting for $1M cash to be delivered, own bodies on the line. And they don’t want a girl actress whose final audition is about ADDRESS to stop the killers – Morino and her friend to start but suddenly gets a stomach ache, 1-8-19, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku 1028078 Tokyo simply want to understand them. a boy who tries to break up with a girl who Japan Shika No Ou (Deer King) by Nahoko Uehashi tries to kill him, a lost old man who came to (Drama, Novel). The story is based on the the big city and his ex-police colleagues, etc. bond between people, and centers around All of them are tangled up and their destinies a father and child who survived a mysterious fall like domino! infectious disease and a doctor who thrives Chibi Vampire by Yuna Kagesaki (Comedy). in saving people’s lives. Karin is a cute little girl who also happens to be a vampire...with a twist. Once a month, she experiences intense bleeding from her nose – we’re talking gushers! In other words, she’s a vamp with blood to spare, so rather than stealing blood from humans, she’s actually giving her blood to them. If done right, this can be an extremely positive experience that benefits the “victim” as much as the vamp. The problem is that Karin never seems to do things right!

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BELGIUM

LANNOO PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE In recent years, Lannoo Publishers has established a global presence Fox and Hare by Sylvia Vanden Heede and 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL with its internationally recognized list. Our children’s list is a mixture Thé Tjong-Khing. Series of children’s books What He Told Me by Anja Feliers. When of bestselling, internationally renowned authors and upcoming new about these two protagonists, animation her husband dies and one of her children talent, from books for toddlers to thrilling YA novels. rights have been sold. disappears, Caro gets in touch with her lost The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen love across the boundaries of death. Discover works by bestselling illustrator Peter Goes, whose previous by Hendrik Groen. International bestseller, But will her search as a medium reveal title Timeline has already been translated into 20 languages, longsellers movie rights sold. other family secrets too? by Thé Tjong Khing, whose Cake series have already sold more than Mr Cookie books by Pieter Gaudesaboos Ondine by Jennifer Vrielinck. Ondine 300,000 copies and are available in over 20 languages and established and Lorraine Francis. Series of children’s is a child of the sea but finds love on the names like Tom Schamp, Pieter Gaudesaboos, Sylvia Vanden Heede, books with an original graphic design. mainland. Until she realizes no man can give Kathleen Vereecken and many more. Animation series in production. her happiness. Only herself and the sea. ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Lannoo Publishers also publishes a fine selection of YA and adult fiction Silkman by Katleen Vereecken. An original mix of fishermen’s stories & JOB TITLE as do Meulenhoff Boekerij and Unieboek/Het Spectrum, both part of the Set in 18th century Paris. Movie rights sold. and a coming-of-age novel. Gunther Spriet Dummie the Mummie by Tosca Menten Dyspnoea/Comeback by Belinda Aebi. International Sales Lannoo Publishing Group. & Foreign Rights Manager and Elly Hees. Movie released in 2014. Profiler Kaya De Regge has two cases that We publish thrillers, romantic novels, literature and fantasy and many The Kick by Rufus Butler Seder. YA novel. seem connected: an unknown witness PHONE / CELL PHONE bestselling titles have already been adapted to the silver screen. Movie right sold. at a crime scene and a stay in a sanatorium +32 51424279 Grandma Escaped! by Janneke Schotveld. 30 years ago. When there is a third victim, +32 486420777 Yet there is still a very fine selection of recent titles to discover, such as the psychological thriller series by Anja Feliers, a recognizable Movie rights sold. distrust grows. E-MAIL yet wondrous story about autism by Jessica Daniëls, modern fantasy Streets of the World by Jeroen Swolfs. Jeroen The Attack that Needed to Happen [email protected] by Petra Doom and a historical thriller inspired by the story of The Flying Swolfs travelled the world for 7 years, by Michiel Janzen. Hate and terror paralyze WEBSITE Dutchman by Kevin Valgaeren. portraying one street per country. National Europe. What if the nightmare becomes lannoopublishers.com Geographic documentary available. reality and a right-wing politician becomes Cafard by Jan Bultheel. Graphic novel based the target of a terrorist attack? ADDRESS on animation movie. Focal Point by Hugo Luijten. During a fire Kasteelstraat 97 8700 Tielt Cher Ami by Adriaenssens, Garcia, Klochkov, in a cinema dozens of people get killed. Belgium Wynant and Yukoù. An homage to animals Was it an act of despair or a terrorist attack? in World War One. Graphic novel based on 3 An action thriller and traditional detective animation movies with live music. story in one. Turks Fruit (Turkish Fruit) by Jan Wolkers. The Secret of Mocano by Mathilda Masters. 1973 movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, Series for children, set in a prison. Hilarious, starring Rutger Hauer and based on the novel adventurous and addictive. by Jan Wolkers. The Last Word by Piet Baete. A police officer is found dead in his bedroom. No trace Bestselling books include: The World Book of burglary. Was the victim corrupt? 15 years of Happiness, The World Book of Love, ago the victim’s son was murdered, a cold The World Book of Hope, The Bucket List, case. Who was guilty? Dries Van Noten, Street Food series, Must Eat Blackwell by Kevin Valgaeren. A legendary series, Remote Hotels, Abandoned Places, ship. A gruesome secret. A dark past. Icons by Oscar, Depart, Picture Dictionary, Based on the myth of The Flying Dutchman. Tambora, The Beautiful Murder series, Seance…

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UNITED KINGDOM MACLEHOSE PRESS

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE The MacLehose Press is an independently minded imprint of Quercus Raoul Wallenberg by Ingrid Carlberg, 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Books, founded by Christopher MacLehose and publishing the very best, translated by Ebba Segerberg. An honorary Many of our books are being filmed in the often prize-winning, literature from around the world; mainly in translation citizen of the USA, and designated as one countries of their origin, some of which find but with a few outstanding exceptions as English language originals. of the Righteous Among The Nations a distributor in the English-speaking world, by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg’s heroism but many do not. We still take a close We published our first books in January 2008, among them a ground in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust interest in the development of the many breaking thriller by a little-known Swedish author called Stieg Larsson, saved countless lives, and ultimately cost negotiations which revolve around and since then our list has grown to include writers from almost every him his own. the books written by Pierre Lemaitre. continent and some of the very best translators working today. A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava, Au revoir la-haut, now successfully From writers as yet undiscovered in translation, to prize-winning attracted the attention of reviewers launched, and Alex (in production). household names; from dazzling literary creations to spine-tingling and publishers and was named one We now await news of the release in America ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER noir masterpieces, we endeavour to bring a broad spectrum of the very of the ten best works of fiction of 2012 and Europe of the television series of Joël & JOB TITLE best of foreign literature to English-reading audiences. by The Wall Street Journal, winning the PEN/ Dicker’s La vérité de l’affaire Harry Quebert. Christopher MacLehose Robert W. Bingham Prize for the best debut We take pride in the English-language Publisher The elements of the list are: novel of 2012. In 2014, it was shortlisted versions of the films made from the PHONE / CELL PHONE Literary fiction in translation, literary non-fiction, biography, historical for the Folio Prize for the best book Millennium novels by Stieg Larsson +44 2077005106 studies in translation, crime fiction in translation, of which this last published in the United Kingdom in 2013. and now the film of the first sequel written +44 7711696098 is not unimportant to our catalogue in view of widespread popularity All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha by David Lagercrantz, to be released in the English language of, recently, Scandinavian and French noir fiction. E-MAIL Roy. War, nationalism, and trees shape world-wide in December as announced [email protected] lives in unforeseeable ways in this novel by Sony. This year two projects are especially about a family and a country struggling promising for film makers: WEBSITE maclehosepress.com with enormous transformations. All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen, translated Roy, set in wartime India and Bali. It deals ADDRESS by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw. with the rise of Indian nationalism and the 3 Westbourne Road Nobody can leave an island. An island struggle for personal freedom of a gay N7 8AR London United Kingdom is a cosmos in a nutshell, where the stars German artist, the real-life Walter Spies, slumber in the grass beneath the snow. and of a young Indian wife who abandons But occasionally someone tries... her husband and child in order to be at A Hero Born by Jin Yong, translated liberty to be an artist. This is a brilliantly by Anna Holmwood. China, 1200 A.D. moving novel, just published in India The Song Empire has been invaded to rave reviews. by its warlike Jurchen neighbours from The Carrier by Mattias Berg. A thrilling story the north. Half its territory and its capital of the man who carries the briefcase with the lie in enemy hands; the peasants toil under codes for the American president so that he the burden of the tribute demanded may at any moment launch a nuclear strike. by the victors. On the Mongolian steppe, What happens when “the carrier” vanishes? a disparate nation of great warriors is about to be united by a warlord whose name will endure for eternity: Genghis Khan.

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FRANCE

MEDIATOON AUDIOVISUAL RIGHTS

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Média Participations is a recognized leader in traditional print Mort au Tsar by Fabien Nury (author of The 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL publishing, press, film and TV animated production and digital media. Death of Stalin and Guyane Oro on Canal +). The Scorpion by Enrico Marini & Stephen It offers content tailored to a variety of audiences and age groups, A Russian Duke is convinced that everyone Desberg. The flamboyant account and it is well-known in each of these sectors both in France and abroad. is out to get him. How far will his paranoia go? of a historical romance in Italy in Casanova’s Atar Gull by Fabien Nury & Brüno. libertine 18th century. Thanks to Dargaud, Le Lombard, Dupuis, Kana and Urban Comics, An African prince to be sold as a slave, Marina by Matteo & Zidrou. A historian Média Participations is the unquestioned leader in the field of European Atar Gull has to choose between revenge is obsessed with the doomed fate of Marina, graphic novels and comics. With a large catalogue of more than 4,000 and freedom. A tragic vendetta. the daughter of a Venetian Doge in the 14th titles, Média Participations has a blockbuster in store for everyone Le coup de Prague by Fromental & Hyman. century, and delves into her past. and for every screen! The real life events that inspired the film Wisher by De Vita & Latour. The destiny With production companies based in both France and Belgium, The Third Man. Follow Graham Green of the last humans with magical powers ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Média Participations is the premier European hub for cartoons and Lizzie Montague in the narrow on Earth depends on a legendary hustler. & JOB TITLE and offers a catalogue of more than 2000 hours. Using a platform and spy-swamped streets of Vienna. But is he ready to die to save the lives Laurent Duvault Les carnets de Darwin by Runberg Sylvain of people he doesn’t even believe in? Director of Audiovisual that allows for digitalized versions of comics called Izneo, the whole and International Development group has been able to invest in the adaptation of its contents into & Ocana Eduardo. Everyone knows about Protecto by Lafebre, Matteo & Zidrou. a digital format and currently offers 7000 digitized works. Darwin’s evolution theories. But few know What if your fate was already decided? PHONE / CELL PHONE about his secret studies on werewolves The Protecto Inc. Agency is here to make +33 060153261143 The group currently has more than 50 audiovisual projects in progress and other legendary creatures. History sure you stick to the script of your life. +33 0608961461 around the world and a large catalogue still available, this achievement meets horror! And they leave the business of your death E-MAIL is the result of our policy that began in the late 1950s oriented towards Yallah bye by Safieddine Joseph. July, 2006. to Madame! But what happens when Madame [email protected] the development of cinema. Gabriel El Chawadi says goodbye to his strikes too soon? WEBSITE family at the airport as they leave for Cassio by Stephen Desberg & Henri Reculé. mediatoon-audiovisual-rights.com a holiday in southern Lebanon. A conflict 1 muder, 4 assassins. 2000 years later, at the Israeli-Lebanese border escalates the investigation begins… ADDRESS and his family is trapped. Back in Paris, Synchrone by Riccardo Crosa & Vincent 57 rue Gaston Tessier 75019 Paris Gabriel sends out desperate calls for help Delmas. Ian Mallory is a highly sought-after France to anyone who will listen. NSA agent. All of his feelings are delayed Les pluies by Vincent Villeminot. As Earth for a few hours due to a strange condition, drowns in a torrent of rain, two teenagers, which makes him the perfect weapon! madly in love, have to protect their families, Black Cats, White Dogs by Vinci Vanna. survive and find a way to be reunited. Gilla leaves Italy for France to pursue her Black-Out by Cécile Delarue, who retraces studies. She’s your run-of-the-mill university the steps of the Grim Sleeper, a serial killer student, except for one thing: she has visions that roamed LA. This isn’t just a story about and talks to ghosts. a violent man but also about community Louca by Dequier. Can a ghost become and race: his victims were all African- a soccer coach? For Louca, this is not American, and so was he. Delarue asks a dream but reality! hard-hitting questions and touches upon current topics such as race and brutal policies against African-Americans.

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GREECE

NEFELI PUBLISHING

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Nefeli Publishing is based in Athens, Greece. Since its founding in 1979, Three examples in the field of translated 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL it has published more than 1500 titles, introducing writers and works of traditional crime literature: Our central focus this year will be the seminal importance in most subject areas. By maintaining long standing Crime by Ferdinand von Schirach, himself international co-production of the book dedicated title series with an emphasis on subject depth and thoroughness, a criminal lawyer, unveils a terrifying world Captain Horror’s Island by National Book Nefeli has been a major contributor to the promotion of literature where criminals elude justice and the Prize laureate R. Pappa, which was selected and academia in Greece and is reputed for its quality, both in terms of seemingly innocent are perhaps the most for the Books at Berlinale 2018 (volatilium. production values and with regard to the choice and editing of texts. dangerous of all. “Guilt” writes von Schirach, fairead.net/captain). This entertaining story “always presents a bit of a problem.” In this addresses a wide audience: young boys will Our catalogue of translated literature includes many internationally nuanced and telling collection, guilt is indeed be fascinated by the pirates, girls will identify acclaimed authors such as Marquez, Pessoa, Joyce, Cummings, McEwan, never as clear-cut as the crime. with Melinda, and adults and parents will Morrison, Unsworth, Nabokov, Gombrowicz, Kharms, Aragon, Vian, Matto’s Realm by Friedrich Glauser. connect emotionally with a child character Greene, Steinbeck, Brecht, Tranströmer, Ashbery and Fallaci. Among our ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER A child-murderer escapes from a Swiss that gives more meaning to the lives of the classics series are authors like Shakespeare, Kafka, Rilke, Blake, Flaubert, & JOB TITLE insane asylum. The stakes become higher people around her. It comes at a ripe time Goethe, Gogol, Molière, Twain, Racine, Strindberg, Rostand, Büchner, Periklis Douvitsas when Detective Sergeant Studer discovers for fearless heroines who can stand up Publisher Calderón de la Barca, Goldoni, Lessing, Gorki, Heym, Shelley, the director’s body, neck broken, in the boiler for themselves and for what they consider de Maupassant, Marquis de Sade, Thackeray, Schnitzler and PHONE / CELL PHONE room of the madhouse. The intuitive Studer to be morally right. The story celebrates the Goncourt brothers – beautifully translated and carefully edited. +30 2103612291 is drawn into the workings of an institution the transformative power of love, of a father’s +30 6971908975 Our philosophy is one of nurturing the fundamental values of publishing, that darkly mirrors the world outside. Even love for his daughter that proves to be stronger E-MAIL whilst making the necessary adaptations in order to face future challenges he cannot escape the pull of the no man’s than old habits and established ways of life. [email protected] in an ethical and sustainable manner. Our focus on beautiful typography and land between reason and madness where Other highlighted projects for film adaptation Matto, the spirit of insanity, reigns. include Greek contemporary fiction, WEBSITE good design makes our projects stand out and underlines their importance. nefeli.fairead.net Flashfire by Richard Stark. Parker, children’s literature, documentary material, a professional criminal, is so hard-boiled a real life musical, Hitler’s secret diary and ADDRESS he could make an egg cry. Blunt and two contemporary Greek crime novels: Asklipiou 6 matter-of-fact, he has perfected the art of The Sign of the Cross. An ‘Athenian’ novel 10680 Athens Greece theft. When he joins forces with three other in the best classic noir tradition. A very crooks to rob a Nebraska bank, he’s persistent private investigator (ex-cop, 45, prepared for a gentlemanly division of the with a ‘slight’ alcohol problem and lots of proceeds, not for a double-cross. But his humour) in today’s ‘cool’ Athens, will manage colleagues have other plans for his share: to unveil the truth of seemingly simple that it will be their seed money for a $12 million leads to brutal murders. Palm Beach jewel heist. What’s Parker to do Flambé. A crime story that unfolds in the but make his own plans to steal the Palm shiny world of gastronomy. 1985: a famous Beach loot from the double-crossers? French Chef manages to lose one of his three Michelin Stars in a card game. 28 years later, all other players will mysteriously die during a wine contest in Cyprus.

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ITALY

NOTTETEMPO

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Founded in 2002, Nottetempo is a proudly independent publishing house Mal di pietre by Milena Agus. 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL with around 500 titles in its catalogue. The editorial project combines E quel che resta è per te by Xu Xing. L’estate muore giovane (Summer Dies Young) high-quality literary fiction with the pleasure of reading, good literature Suicidi esemplari by Enrique Vila-Matas. by Mirko Sabatino. A journey into the closed with the experience of intensity and lightness. Sei soldati by Bernardo Atxaga. universe of a provincial reality, with horrors Tamara Drewe by Posy Simmonds. nestled in the folds of an apparent stability, Mostly focused on contemporary authors from Italy and from all over La tregua by Mario Benedetti. as unstoppable as the end of youth awaiting the world, Nottetempo’s strong international list of both fiction and Ragazze elettriche by Naomi Alderman. the three boys who try to fight back with non-fiction aims at quality, variety and commitment. Istanbul Istanbul by Burhan Sonmez. their uncompromising and unbreakable Among our authors are Mario Benedetti, Iris Murdoch, Alberto Manguel, Londra per famiglie by Mila Venturini. friendship. A story that touches upon Naomi Alderman, Olga Tokarczuk, Susan Sontag, Pavel Sanaev, Milena Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila. universal themes such as the roots of evil Agus, Olivia Rosenthal, Dubravka Ugresic, Yan Lianke, Xu Xing, Karin La questione più che altro in human beings, a well-built rhythm through ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Alvtegen, Judith Schalansky, Nicolas Fargues, Kim Thúy and Burhan by Ginevra Lamberti. the succession of scenes and a crescendo & JOB TITLE Sonmez. Paese senza cappello by Dany Laferrière. of events in an epic setting. In the shortlist Maria Leonardi Senti le rane by Paolo Colagrande. for the Bookciak award at the 2018 Venice Editor and Foreign Rights Manager Alongside the contemporary and international fiction list, are some I quattro libri by Yan Lianke. International Film Festival and for the Zenatti PHONE / CELL PHONE classics: Stevenson, Dickens, Colette, Yourcenar. We also have several Cultura Karaoke by Dubravka Ugresic. award - A book, a film. To be published also +39 0245381101 non-fiction series (reportages, philosophy, current affairs and others) that Guardati dalla mia fame by Milena Agus in Spain and France. +39 3404883556 gather great thinkers such as Byung-Chul Han, Pierre Bourdieu, Viveiros and Luciana Castellina. La lettrice di Checov (Checov’s Reader) De Castro, Noam Chomsky, Giorgio Agamben, Edward Said, Judith Butler E-MAIL Ovunque, proteggici by Elisa Ruotolo. by Giulia Corsalini. Leaving her dying husband [email protected] and Slavoj Zizek. We have also a poetry series and an upcoming series L’albero e la vacca by Adrián N. Bravi. back in Kiev, Nina emigrates to Italy to support dedicated to contemporary art and architecture. Lo splendore casuale delle meduse her daughter’s studies and here she meets WEBSITE www.edizioninottetempo.it by Judith Schalansky. a professor who helps her transform her love Guida il tuo carro sulle ossa dei morti for literature into a job. Pursuance of happiness ADDRESS by Olga Tokarczuk. versus sense of duty, familial bonds versus 46 Foro Buonaparte Cambiamenti by Mo Yan. reasons of the heart. A novel that celebrates 20121 Milano Italy Scusate la polvere by Elvira Seminara. the power of literature to change Vergogna by Karin Alvtegen. a person’s life and destiny. Seppellitemi dietro il battiscopa Due di tutto e una valigia by Pavel Sanaev. (Two of Everything and a Suitcase) La scoperta del mondo by Luciana Castellina. by Mila Venturini. In a hospital, waiting Riva by Kim Thuy. for her father to be operated, twenty-year-old L’incontro by Gabriela Adame teanu. Sara looks back at those days when she Fra-intendimenti by Kaha Mohamed Aden. and her brother went through their parents’ Troviamo le parole by Ingeborg Bachmann divorce. A drama turns out to be a brilliant and Paul Celan. family comedy as the kids discover Il ritorno by Alberto Manguel. the advantages of the situation: infinite Quando verrà la rivoluzione avremo possibilities of transgression! tutti lo skateboard by Said Sayrafiezadeh. Gottland by Mariusz Szczygieł. Zelary by Kveta Legatova. Inverno alla Grand Central by Lee Stringer. Ero dietro di te by Nicolas Fargues. Il grande animale by Gabriele Di Fronzo. La caduta del cielo by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert.

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FRANCE

PLACE DES EDITEURS

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Place des Editeurs is an internationally leading group composed of several BELFOND – FRENCH AUTHORS 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL publishing companies. The two literary fiction imprints are Belfond and De force by Karine Giebel (2016 – 100,000 Toutes blessent, la dernière tue by Karine Presses de la Cité. copies sold). Giébel (2018 – new release). After the Je sais pas by Barbara Abel (2016 – 30,000 success of De force, Karine Giebel returns Belfond has published almost 20 novels by Harlan Coben, the master copies sold). with a captivating thriller that powerfully of suspense, the most recent being Double piège (2018) and Sans défense Le choix des autres by Françoise Bourdin engages the theme of modern slavery, (2018). Douglas Kennedy has become one of the most popular authors (2017 – 150,000 copies sold; 8 million copies serving up a timely reminder that even in France. Last success: La symphonie du hasard (3 volumes - 2017/2018). sold of all the author’s books). in our modern age, barbarity and abuse Belfond also publishes the books by Haruki Murakami. can still flourish in the most refined of social BELFOND – FOREIGN AUTHORS As to books in French, Belfond publishes a wide variety of genres: settings. Karine Giébel has published many Sans défense by Harlan Coben (2018). literary works, sagas and major novels, historical novels, essays, crime novels, including Les morsures Double piège by Harlan Coben (2018). ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER first-hand accounts and biographies. With over 8 million copies sold, de l’ombre (Fleuve Noir, 2007) and Juste une La symphonie du hasard by Douglas & JOB TITLE Françoise Bourdin is one of the foremost writers of women’s fiction. ombre (Fleuve Noir, 2012). Toutes blessent, Alexandra Buchman Kennedy (2017 – 2018, 3 volumes). In 2016, newspaper Le Figaro ranked her as France’s n° 6 bestselling la dernière tue is her second novel Rights Director Fausses promesses author. Her novels have been translated into 12 languages. to be published by Belfond. by Linwood Barclay (2018). PHONE / CELL PHONE On la trouvait plutôt jolie by Michel Bussi

+33 144160576 Thrillers, women’s fiction, adventure novels, futuristic novels, first-hand Des hommes sans femmes (2017). Taking place across three nights by Haruki Murakami (2017). +33 603472280 accounts… With a catalogue featuring international bestselling authors and four days and ranging from the Sahel

(Jonas Jonasson, Elizabeth George), new voices (Fredrik Bachman) Ma vie (pas si) parfaite desert to the urban jungle of Marseille, E-MAIL by Sophie Kinsella (2017). [email protected] and forgotten writers (Grace Metalious), Presses de la Cité offers a global this top-drawer thriller by Michel Bussi is, by Viet Thanh Nguyen (2017). reading experience. Among works by French writers, there are Michel Bussi’s Le sympathisant as usual, replete with human interest, WEBSITE detective novels (the third most widely-read French author in 2017), PRESSES DE LA CITÉ – FRENCH AUTHORS emotion and universal appeal, right up foreignrights.placedesediteurs.com the Terres de France collection featuring authors who are passionate Sang famille by Michel Bussi (2018). to the final, staggering twist. about the various regions of France as well as essays on French society. ADDRESS T’en souviens-tu mon Anaïs by Michel Bussi Je t’aime by Barbara Abel (2018 – new 12 avenue d’Italie release). To lie by omission, merely out 75013 Paris (2018). More than 5 million copies sold of all France the author’s books. of love. And to become by proxy the worst of murderers. The fates of four women PRESSES DE LA CITÉ – FOREIGN AUTHORS collide, entangle and rip apart. Women La femme à la fenêtre by A.J. Finn (2018). who are often better at hating than loving. Le vieux qui ne voulait pas fêter son Because in Barbara Abel’s novels, nothing anniversaire by Jonas Jonasson (2011). is more akin to love than hate. L’assassin qui rêvait d’une place au paradis by Jonas Jonasson (2016). Une avalanche de conséquences by Elizabeth George (2016). L’ultime secret de Cavendon by Barbara Taylor Bradford (2018). Sans consentement by Jon Krakauer (2016).

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FINLAND, SWEDEN

RIGHTS & BRANDS

AGENCY’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Rights & Brands is an independent Nordic agency whose mission is to Moomin novels by Tove Jansson. The beloved 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL bring Nordic rights to a global arena. Moomins are brave, adventurous, yet The Evil Book by Kai Erik. Evil forces take family-focused and home-loving. The original over a university campus when a student The Nordics have a special knack for both storytelling and artwork, stories were written and illustrated between stumbles across a calamitous manuscript and have values that are sought after internationally. Rights & Brands 1945 and 1970, and they are translated from the 1920s. His teacher knows its represents both Nordic icons and fresh voices from Nordic countries. in over 50 languages today. powers, but the student doesn’t believe Our literary representation covers adult fiction, children’s titles and YA Summer Book by Tove Jansson. The most poems can do any harm – or can they? fiction. We have over 60 different authors and illustrators from Finland, famous adult novel from the author who An international success, a dark but Sweden and Norway on our list, with titles spanning from picture books achieved worldwide fame as the creator seductively entertaining mystery with and children’s novels to thrillers, literary fiction, contemporary of the Moomins. psychological horror: “Stephen King and modern classics, fantasy, historical novels, YA stories and more. Mauri Kunnas’ picture books. One of the meets Umberto Eco”. ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER most successful children’s books authors The Road North by Emma Holm. Two young & JOB TITLE Otava Group Agency, the rights department of the biggest publishing in Finland today. He has published over 50 women, childhood friends, resolve to deal Leenastiina Kakko house in Finland, Otava Publishing Company, has recently merged with books and sold almost 9 million copies in 36 with an enemy from the past by stealing Agent Rights & Brands. With this merge, our literary representation has countries. a car to drive to the North of Sweden. PHONE / CELL PHONE expanded to cover some of the most interesting voices in Finnish Tatu & Patu picture books by Aino Havukainen An explosively emotional story about +358 407555527 literature. and Sami Toivonen. The hilarious Oddville friendship, guilt, sexuality and revenge. E-MAIL We have offices in Helsinki and Stockholm, and we have recently opened boys Tatu & Patu are hugely beloved, thanks The road trip angst of “Thelma & Louise” leenastiina.kakko Rights & Brands Japan in Tokyo. Building on the experience and success of to their riotous humour that appeals to meets with the sensual melancholia of “Lost @rightsandbrands.com the Moomin brand, the agency has a global network of over 700 licensees children and adults alike. The award-winning in Translation”, with the occasional touch picture books have sold over 1 million copies of David Lynch’s surrealist discomfort. WEBSITE and sub-agents in key areas. rightsandbrands.com and are available in 22 languages. Scandorama by Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo On top of literary representation, we have strong character-based True by Riikka Pulkkinen. International & Catherine Anyango Grünewald. ADDRESS properties within different segments – design, art, tradition, storytelling, literary bestseller published in 20 languages. In the backstreets of a Scandinavian Uudenmaankatu 8 as well as Youtubers, animation and apps. A three-generation-long family and love story “idyllic society”, where humans are perfect 00120 Helsinki Finland by a contemporary Finnish author. and borders are closed, dwells Miscat; Anna Fekete crime series by Kati Hiekkapelto. a genetic hybrid between a woman and a cat. Fresh, internationally successful, prize- When she goes on a resistance mission winning star in the Nordic noir scene. to the North Pole, she is drawn to a golden Characterized by strong and atmospheric boy from the part of Scandorama that will writing, the series takes place in the icy be closed to her forever. latitudes of the Arctic Circle. Grim Boy and Dust Boy by Nonna Wasilijeff. Animals No One Has Seen Except Us 15-year-old Aron has always lived in Grim, by Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam. an imprisonment camp dominated by the An award-winning picture book ruthless Dusts. He manages to escape, with multi-layered stories of imaginary but but the outside world offers horrors of its relatable animals. A collaboration between own – until Aron discovers his dormant the beloved Swedish children’s author powers. Mix of timely totalitarian horror, and the celebrated Finnish illustrator. classic fantasy adventure and gripping suspense.

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SWEDEN

SALOMONSSON AGENCY

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Salomonsson Agency was founded in 2000. Today, the agency has twenty A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL employees and represents approximately fifty Nordic authors of literary A no. 1 New York Times bestseller and Buried Lies and The Lies We Tell by Kristina fiction, crime fiction, children’s fiction, and narrative non-fiction an international phenomenon, A Man Called Ohlsson. Kristina Ohlsson’s Martin Benner worldwide. Ove is Fredrik Backman’s heart-warming books are no. 1 international bestsellers and debut and an unforgettably funny, moving long-running Der Spiegel bestsellers. Buried Among them are such names as Stefan Ahnhem, Fredrik Backman, Jonas and uplifting tale of love and community. Lies was the fourth most sold paperback Bonnier, Arne Dahl, Hjorth & Rosenfeldt, Anne Holt, Jørn Lier Horst, Ingar The Swedish film adaptation was nominated novel of 2017 in Germany. The series follows Johnsrud, Jonas Karlsson, Lars Kepler, Jens Lapidus, Sofia Lundberg, for two Academy Awards and will also be attorney Martin Benner, an ambitious young Tom Malmquist, Liza Marklund, Niklas Natt och Dag, Jo Nesbø, Kristina remade in an American version, produced member of Stockholm’s elite who takes on Ohlsson, Sofi Oksanen, Bobbie Peers, Leif GW Persson, Roslund by and starring Tom Hanks. the case of a wrongfully accused deceased & Hellström, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Sjöwall & Wahlöö, Pajtim Statovci, Macbeth by Jo Nesbø. The no. 1 New York female serial killer. Her death has been used Simon Stålenhag, Erik Axl Sund and Johan Theorin. ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Times bestselling author Jo Nesbø’s retelling to hide the truth, but to expose it, Benner & JOB TITLE From already established internationally bestselling authors to the stars of the Shakespeare classic Macbeth is an will have to risk his and his loved ones’ lives. Julia Angelin unputdownable story of love and guilt, The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg. CEO & Literary Agent of tomorrow, Salomonsson Agency takes pride in working with trendsetters and esteemed names of the literary world. political ambition and greed. In an engrossing The Red Address Book is the feel-good PHONE / CELL PHONE meld of theatre and gritty 70s drama, the phenomenon that took all of Sweden and +46 8223211 In addition, Salomonsson Agency represents a curated list of critically novel explores the darkest corners of human then the world by storm, rights quickly being acclaimed and commercially successful screenwriters and directors nature, and the aspirations of the criminal snapped up by 28 publishers and territories. E-MAIL working in Scandinavia and around the world. With passion, commitment [email protected] mind. Lauded by critics worldwide, Macbeth An international bestseller, Lundberg’s debut and innovation, Salomonsson Agency brings the very best of Nordic became a no. 1 international bestseller novel about an elderly lady living alone in her WEBSITE content to the world. immediately upon publication. Stockholm apartment is a deeply touching salomonssonagency.com Purge by Sofi Oksanen. A chilling drama story of love, life and aging. The Red Address ADDRESS of two generations of women, set in the Book is a new benchmark within Swedish Götgatan 27 occupied Estonia of the 1940s and again feel-good literature, and a story that is as 11621 Stockholm in the same country fifty years later. heart-wrenching as it is hopeful. Sweden Purge became an immediate success upon 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag. A debut novel publication and is the breakthrough work and compelling portrait of the late 18th of Oksanen, who is the most highly regarded century Stockholm. With one foot firmly and tone-setting author in Finland today. planted in literary tradition and the other in A no. 1 national bestseller, the novel has won hardboiled suspense, Niklas Natt och Dag dozens of international awards, including has with 1793 created an entirely new genre the most important national literary award, of suggestive and realistic historical noir. the Finlandia Award 2008. Oksanen is the In addition to winning the prestigious youngest author ever to have won this Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award, prestigious prize. 1793 has received numerous award nominations and been sold to 31 territories.

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ITALY

SELLERIO EDITORE

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Sellerio Editore is an independent publishing house founded in 1969. Sellerio’s latest titles, which reached the 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Today one of the most established publishers of literary crime and number one position in bestseller lists in Among our latest publications we are of contemporary Italian and international literary fiction and non-fiction 2017 and 2018, include Andrea Camilleri’s presenting the following authors/titles with a catalogue of over 3000 titles. La rete di protezione, La mossa del cavallo for film/tv adaptation: and Il metodo Catalanotti; Antonio Manzini’s La ragazza di Marsiglia (The Girl from Sellerio Editore publishes world class international authors of crime/ Pulvis et umbra, L’anello mancante and Marseille) by Maria Attanasio. detective stories such as Andrea Camilleri, Alicia Gimenez Bartlett, La giostra dei criceti; Alicia Alicia Giménez Negli occhi di chi guarda (In the Eyes Lawrence Block, Colin Dexter, Bill James, not to mention the increasing Bartlett’s Mio caro serial killer; Alessandro of the Beholder) by Marco Malvaldi, number of Italian crime/detective series constantly in the bestseller list Robecchi’s Torto marcio; Follia maggiore. as well as his previous stand-alone such as titles by Antonio Manzini, Marco Malvaldi, Alessandro Robecchi, The following titles published by Sellerio bestselling novels Odore di chiuso (2011), Francesco Recami, Giampaolo Simi etc. in 2017 and 2018 reached the top 20 Milioni di milioni (2012), Argento vivo (2013) ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER In the last decades we have also been publishing international literary positions of the fiction and non-fiction and Buchi nella sabbia (2015). & JOB TITLE writers from all over the world such as Roberto Bolano, Alan Bradley, bestseller list: Alessandro Barbero’s Commedia nera n. 1 (Black Comedy no.1) Marcella Marini Federico il Grande; Andrea Camilleri’s and La clinica riposo & pace (Black Comedy Editor and Foreign Rights Manager Hans Fallada, Sheila Heti, Yasmina Khadra, Jung Myung Lee, Ben Lerner, Budd Schulberg, Scott Spencer, Martin Suter, Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall, La scomparsa di Patò; Un mese con no.2) by Francesco Recami. PHONE / CELL PHONE JJ Sullivan, Hanya Yanagihara, Jennifer Worth, Sylvain Tesson, Alejandro Montalbano; Cappella di famiglia; Francesco Recami’s bestselling titles: +39 0916254194 Zambra and many more Italian literary authors such as Roberto Alajmo, Cosentino, Dodaro, Panella’s I fantasmi The Balcony Flats series; La casa di ringhiera; +39 3343554560 Maria Attanasio, Giosuè Calaciura, Giorgio Fontana, Adriano Sofri, dell’impero; Gian Mauro Costa’s Stella Gli scheletri nell’armadio; Il segreto di Angela; E-MAIL Fabio Stassi etc. creating an audience and a readership for our books. o croce; Colin Dexter’s Le figlie di Caino; Il caso Kakoiannis-Sforza; L’uomo con [email protected] Cyril Hare’s Un delitto inglese; Ben Pastor’s la valigia; Morte di un ex tappezziere and For this reason today Sellerio is one of the most respected publishers Il morto in piazza; Marco Malvaldi’s the next episode Il diario segreto del cuore WEBSITE in Italy and probably the biggest independent one, often at the top sellerio.it Negli occhi di chi guarda; Francesco to be published in autumn 2018. of the bestseller list with established writers and new discoveries. Recami’s Commedia Nera n.1; Sei storie Fabio Stassi’s series starring Vince Corso, ADDRESS della casa di ringhiera; Gaetano Savatteri’s the detective from La lettrice scomparsa Via Enzo ed Elvira Sellerio, 50 La congiura dei loquaci; Giampaolo Simi’s (The Missing Reader) winner of the 2016 90141 Palermo Italy La ragazza sbagliata and Come una famiglia; Scerbanenco Prize for the best Italian Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life; as well as detective novel, followed by the latest title the anthologies and collections from various released in summer 2018 Ogni coincidenza authors Storie di Natale; Un anno in giallo. ha un’anima (The Spirit of Coincidence). Our latest contemporary Italian authors As per future titles, we can reveal now who obtained outstanding critic and public a new Italian literary novel that we are acclaim are: Roberto Alajmo, Giosuè publishing in 2019: Vicolo dell’immaginario Calaciura; Davide Enia; Fabio Stassi; by Simona Baldelli, a powerful literary novel Giuseppe Tornatore; Maria Rosaria Valentini set between Italy and Lisbon. as well as our new international literary More will follow and we also have a great voices Chen He; Furukawa Hideo; Sergio selection of bestselling authors/titles Del Molino; Yasmina Khadra Samar Yazbek; published in the last decades suitable Sylvain Tesson. for film adaptation such as the novels by Andrea Molesini, Marco Balzano, etc.

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THE NETHERLANDS

SINGEL UITGEVERIJEN

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE Singel Uitgeverijen represents seven Dutch publishing houses. We publish Thirty Days by Annelies Verbeke. 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL literary fiction, upmarket commercial fiction, quality non-fiction, graphic Alphonse, funny, observant, and imaginative, Brother by Esther Gerritsen. Minutes before novels and poetry. Many authors are award-winning writers. is a former musician who has left Brussels Olivia has to speak at an important meeting We also publish the translated works of many important international with his girlfriend Cat to live near her parents of shareholders, her brother calls. writers such as Paulo Coelho, Michel Houellebecq, Daniel Kehlmann, in the buttoned-up rural district of Westhoek. His leg might have to be amputated. Patrick Modiano, Sarah Waters, Arnaldur Indriason, Karl Ove Knausgard, Alphonse starts a new life as a handyman. Marcus and Olivia hardly ever see each other, Henning Mankell, Alice Munro. As he paints and decorates the interior but the amputation has an unexpected of people’s homes he gets to know their impact on her, as if she is losing her own leg. De Arbeiderspers issues the works of famous award-winning Dutch complex emotional lives – their affairs, family She immediately drops everything and Flemish authors like Maarten ’t Hart, Anna Enquist, Ilja Leonard issues, messy divorces, everyday cruelties, in a hopeless attempt to save her brother. Pfeijffer and Tessa de Loo. and unexpected dreams. But when he, But is he really the one who needs to be ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Querido publishes high-quality Dutch fiction by Hella S. Haasse, Cat, and a client help a group of Afghans saved? & JOB TITLE Thomas Rosenboom, Bernlef and Toon Tellegen. Young successful and Syrians at a makeshift refugee camp, Peachez, a Romance by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer. Martijn Prins authors are Marente de Moor, Gustaaf Peek, Jamal Ouariachi. he learns that not all locals appreciate This novel is based on the true story of a Rights Manager their work… professor in the United States who fell in love PHONE / CELL PHONE Q is aimed at upmarket commercial fiction. Books by Dutch authors The Interpreter from Java by Alfred Birney. with a photo model he met while surfing +31 207607210 Hilde Vandermeeren, Olav Mol and Babette Porcelijn. For a Dutch cobbler’s daughter, a former the internet. He develops a transcendent love +31 627142105 Athenaeum specializes in classic authors and has established an excellent military interpreter from the Indies and their for her, which starts to mess up his life. E-MAIL reputation with high-quality, non-fiction books about religion and art. son there is no present. Only a burdened Eventually his love turns out to be based [email protected] A bestselling title is Keep your Brain Running by Erik Scherder. past. The son haunts his parents with on a fantasy. But isn’t that true for every questions about the war in the Dutch Indies romantic relationship? WEBSITE Nijgh & Van Ditmar is famous for its classic 20th-century Dutch authors that still rages in their family. ‘A demonstration Lenin’s Balsam by Pieter Waterdrinker. singeluitgeverijen.nl such as J. Slauerhoff, Nescio and F. Bordewijk. Among contemporary of the amazing power of narrative: the novel A young man’s animated search for ADDRESS writers there are Arnon Grunberg, Pieter Waterdrinker and Francine Oomen. heals, disrupts, renews and moves’ a mysterious cream. The story takes place Weteringschans 259 De Geus houses renowned Dutch authors such as Alfred Birney, (Winner of the Libris Literature Prize 2017). in Russia in the period immediately following 1017 XJ Amsterdam Riding the Wave by Francine Oomen. the Cold War, when fortune hunters and The Netherlands Esther Gerritsen, Jaap Robben, Charles den Tex, Annelies Verbeke. When Oomen experienced menopause profiteers made their move. Lenin’s Balsam first-hand, she was more or less ambushed is an ode to freedom and love, a compelling by the symptoms, from brain blubber to mood and moving novel about an orphaned folk swings and sagging of multiple body parts. and a nation adrift. The greatest challenge was perhaps the inner The Dutch Maiden by Marente de Moor. battle with self-guilt and performance pressure. Set almost completely in Germany in the Her difficult struggle has led to this 1930s, the story draws a world of love, magnificent graphic memoir. Informative, fencing foils and the threat of war. (Winner aesthetically pleasing, comforting, confronting of the European Union Literature Prize 2014). and hilarious.

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GERMANY

ULLSTEIN BUCHVERLAGE GMBH

PUBLISHER PROFILE PAST MAIN PUBLICATIONS LAST TITLES FOR FILM ADAPTATION AT THE In 1903, the Ullstein family added a book division to their successful Maria, ihm schmeckt’s nicht by Jan Weiler. 75TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL newspaper publishing business. Ullstein Buchverlage made its mark Bestseller, published in 2003. Film adapation The Hangman’s Daughter series (7 titles so far) with the publication of the works by Berthold Brecht, Lion Feuchtwanger, by Claussen & Wöbke, released in 2009. by Oliver Pötzsch. A bestselling series with Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front and Vicki Baum’s Die Wand (The Wall) by Marlen Haushofer. more than 3 million copies worldwide featuring Grand Hotel amongst many others. Somber classic. Produced by coop99 a private investigator in the Middle Ages. for cinema, directed by Julian Pölsler, Martha’s Dance by Tom Saller, published During WWII the company was annexed by the Nazis and sold off in parts starring Martina Gedeck in the leading role. in March 2018. A heart-breaking whirlwind to other publishing houses. After the war, the family tried to revive their Had its world premiere at the Berlinale 2012 of a story, spanning more than a century. company and the success of the past. From 1959 onwards it was owned within the Panorama section. From the beautiful countryside of Pomerania, by Axel Springer Group, before it became part of the Swedish company Wir töten Stella by Marlen Haushofer. the exciting times of Bauhaus and Weimar Bonnier Media in 2014. Directed by Julian Pölsler for cinema, starring in the 1920s, the horrifying years during ATTENDING TEAM MEMBER Today Ullstein Buchverlage is again one of the leading trade publishers Martina Gedeck. Released in January 2018. the Nazi regime to the glamourous halls & JOB TITLE in Germany. Across several imprints (Ullstein, Ullstein fünf, Ullstein extra, Crime series (Taunuskrimis, 8 titles so far) of Sotheby’s New York; this is a real page Annemarie Blumenhagen Econ, List, Plötz & Betzholz, Midnight, Forever, Propyläen, Allegria and by Nele Neuhaus. Worldwide bestselling turner that stays with you long after you have Rights Director Ullstein leben) we publish international and German fiction, general series, adapted for German television finished the last sentence. PHONE / CELL PHONE non-fiction, history, current affairs, biographies, popular science, by all-in production. Fliegende Hunde (The Leningrad Diet) +49 3023456450 business and spiritual titles. Das schweigende Klassenzimmer by Wlada Kolosowa, published in March +49 15174126037 (The Silent Revolution), non-fiction title 2018, a stirringly new take on the coming- In 2009, Maria, ihm schmeckt’s nicht by Jan Weiler was adapted E-MAIL by Dietrich Garstka, based on true events. of-age genre. It covers all the big topics – for the screen. Die Wand by Marlen Haushofer premiered at the Berlinale annemarie.blumenhagen Published in 2006. Produced by Akzente love, friendship, identity and, of course, @ullstein-buchverlage.de in 2012 in the Panorama section and was shown in German cinemas. Film, directed by German filmmaker Lars sex – but what keeps you reading is the wit, An adaptation of another book by Marlen Haushofer, Wir töten Stella, Kraume, winner of the movie award “Lola”. the warmth and bold observations the author WEBSITE was released in Germany in January 2018. The movie Das schweigende ullstein-buchverlage.de Had its premiere at the Berlinale 2018 brings to the page. Klassenzimmer, based on a memoir (writer and director: Lars Kraume), within the section Special Gala. Der Apfelbaum (The Apple Tree) st ADDRESS hit the cinemas on March 1 , 2018. It was nominated for the Lola, Wenn alle Stricke reißen by Jennifer Bentz. by Christian Berkel, to be published Friedrichstraße 126 the most important German film prize, in four categories. Women’s fiction, published in 2014, in October 2018. To preserve his mother’s 10117 Berlin Germany film option by DCM Pictures. dwindling memory, the narrator searches Frühstück mit Elefanten by Gesa Neitzel. across Europe and South America for the Bestselling title (75,000 copies sold), missing pieces in the puzzle that is his published in 2016, film option by Neue Jewish-German family. What he finds Bioskop Film. is an unusual love story. Christian Berkel Sonne und Beton (Sun and Concrete) is one of Germany’s most famous actors. by Felix Lobrecht. Published in 2017. He starred in numerous European film Film option by Seven Elephant Pictures. productions and even in Hollywood blockbusters. After years in denial of his own heritage, he is finally facing his past.

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