FICTION Page Page 7. Alcolea, Ana 22. Mas, Laura A Toast For Margarita. Socrates’ Teacher 8. Barbal, Maria 23. Palomas, Alejandro Tandem A Mother 9. Bennasar, Sebastià 24. Palomas, Alejandro The Empire Of Lions. A Love 10. Campoy, Jordi 25. Pardo, Diana The Fado Singer Abril Discovers The Sea And The Strawberry Ice-cream. 11. Castelló, Paz None Of Us Will Have Mercy 26. Ródenas, Gabri The Old Lady Who Crossed The World On A 12. Crusafont, Anna Bicycle The Students’ Ball 27. Rodríguez, Susana 13. Doñate, Ángeles Beneath The Skin The Last Wagon 28. Rodríguez, Irene 14. Doñate, Ángeles and Miralles, The Boy On The Milk Carton Francesc A Tea To Heal The Soul 29. Solé, Jordi The Tiger And The Duchess 15. Fàbregas, Laia I Won’t Write Your Story 30. Sólyom, Anna Neko Café 16. Gracia, Carla Goethe and Schiller 31. Tarragó, Sílvia The Doctoress 17. Jardí, Berta Etiquette 32. Tarragó, Sílvia and Escribà, Christian The Bakery Of Delights 18. Karrouch, Laila May Allah Forgive Me 33. Tirado, Miriam Resless 19. Lapid, Roberto Imperfect Passion 34. Valls, Coia The Paths Of Light 20. Lucero, Jose Antonio Life In Just A Minute 21. Marías, Men The Last Dove 5 NON-FICTION Page Page 36. Amela, Víctor 51. Olivia, Xènia Our Youth Was Stolen Happy Go Lucky 37. Benito, Cristina 52. Rovira, Àlex and Miralles, Francesc Money Mindfulness Joy 38. Benito, Cristina 53. Rovira, Àlex and Miralles, Francesc Time Mindfulness Love 39. Estivill, Eduard 54. Rovira, Àlex and Trias de Bes, Fernando Go To Sleep, Baby. The Seven Keys 40. Estivill, Eduard and Estivill, Carla 55. Sainz, Paloma The Tokei Method Mindfulness For Children 41. Falgueras, Meritxell 56. Sólyom, Anna #BornToBeWine A Quick Lesson On Everyday Magic Sólyom, Anna 42. Fernández, Sònia 57. Reconnect With Your Body Breakfast With Particles 58. Sorribes, Lola 43. García, Héctor The Power Of Vital Connection Japan’s Magic 59. Suzuki, Nobuo 44. García, Héctor Ganbatte. A Geek in Japan 60. Swan, Rupert L 45. García, Héctor and Miralles, Francesc The Kamala Method Ichigo Ichie. 61. Tirado, Miriam García, Héctor and Miralles, Francesc 46. Tantrums Ikigai For Teens 62. Toliatas, Algirdas 47. Garcia, Meritxell Make peace with yourself The Art Of Empathy 63. NORMA 48. Hernández, Gaspar North Korea The Inner Freedom Japan 49. Missen, Keyla Japanese in comic strip Modern Witchcraft Guide board Japanese in comic strips 2 50. Moreno, Eva My desire Depends on me 6 FICTION 7 El brindis de Margarita (A Toast for Margarita) History is but what our memories made of the past. Margarita is a successful writer with the nerve wrecking task of emptying the house where she grew up. She is the last member of her family and is left alone to do so. Her parents, now both gone, belonged to a different time, so did her grandmother, but they all shared their lives in that very same apartment she is no set to empty of all objects, memories, and history. It all happens as the dictator Francisco Franco is removed from his burial place and the whole of Spain is shaken by history. Her thoughts travel back in time to a time where the Women’s Fiction dictatorship was very much alive, and her country was at the verge of collapse. Original title: El brindis de Margarita Original language: Spanish The story of three different generations of women touched by 300 pages history in so many ways, that will appeal to readers of all Published in October 2020 Material available: Spanish PDF ages, who will find themselves included in the pages of this powerful novel. RIGHTS SOLD Spanish (Harper Collins) Excerpt from the book: “You are about to open a very special door. If you do, you will dive into a world of music, words and images. Every page of this book will take to a different opera. Imagine entering a living picture.” Key selling points ✓ An essential read to understand the changes that, in a very small lapse of time, changed three different generations. ✓ A very prolific author. ✓ Awarded author. ✓ Fascinating voices that share the views of the last century of Spanish History. ANA ALCOLEA Ana Alcolea (Zaragoza, 1962) graduated in Spanish and English Philology. She has taught language and literature for more than twenty-five years and has published school editions of several plays. She has also published numerous articles on teaching literature and languages. As an author, she writes for both young readers and adult audiences. In her writing career, she has published more than 25 books and has won several awards, including the ANAYA award and the prestigious Cervantes Chico in 2016. Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria – [email protected] – www.sandrabruna.com 8 Tàndem (Tandem ) Beautiful story about a man and a woman who gave themselves the opportunity to start over and rediscover what happiness means. Happiness is not necessarily a wonderful journey, nor is it so simple that someone chooses us and tell they love us, even though there are a love story with some “I love you” in this novel. The protagonists, Elena and Armand, from the moment they meet, try to get rid of everything that traps them, the painful events, the mistakes... They recover their spontaneity, and step by step they understand that you have Fiction / upmarket literary fiction to love yourself to have the chance to reconquer the happiness of your present. They also realize that they have Original title: Tàndem the right to change, to look at the world, at others, in a Original language: Catalan different way than they have done for years. A frank way, 223 pages Published in 2021 no matter how long it takes, they have to grant themselves Material available: Catalan, Spanish PDF freedom to live fully. RIGHTS SOLD Catalan (Columna) Spanish (Destino, Grupo Planeta) Italian (Gruppo Editoriale Mauri Spagnol) Barbal’s contribution to Catalan literature has earned her numerous awards, including the Critics' Prize, the National Prize for Literature, the Serra d'Or Prize and the Creu de Sant Jordi, the highest medal awarded by the Catalan government. Stone in a Landslide is her first novel, released in 1985. Maria Barbal, the most influential name on the Catalan literary scene More than 60 reprints and 1,000,000 today, returns 35 years after the international bestseller Stone in a copies sold. Translated into 13 languages. Landslide. Catalan (Grup 62) Spanish (Grup 62) Swedish (Nilsson Literary) Key selling points Turkish (Odem Yayincilik) Slovenian (Studentska Zalozba) ✓ The most influential writer in the Catalan literature today. French (Tinta Blava) ✓ International bestseller author. Hungarian (Harmattan) ✓ Top of the bestselling list for more than three months. Macedonian (Antolog) ✓ 2 printings in 2 weeks! Hebrew (Rimonim Publishers) Italian (Marcos & Marcos) English (Peirene Press) Serbian (Arhipelag Publishing) German (Diana Verlag) MARIA BARBAL A novelist and teacher, she published in 1985 the novel Pedra de tartera, inspired by the rural surrounding she grew up in, which became a landmark of the Catalan narrative in the 80s and is now considered a classic. With her later novels – which take up more urban environments –, Mel i metzines and Càmfora, she won more literary awards and was acclaimed by the public and critics alike. Since then, she has written more novels and collections of short stories, translated into Spanish and other languages. Her literary achievements got her the Creu de Sant Jordi, i.e. Cross of Saint George, the highest medal awarded by the Catalan government. Sandra Bruna Agencia Literaria – [email protected] – www.sandrabruna.com 9 El imperio de los leones (The Empire of Lions) Throughout Europe, the raw and thrilling story of a major mafia clan In 1972, Jean Neige and his gang are preparing the big job that will establish them as one of the most dangerous criminal groups in France. But taking control of the Lyon mafia is a long, blood-smeared path that they’ve just started to explore, and that will eventually lead them, among other things, to urbanizing Costa Brava, controlling prostitution and hash traffic in half of Europe. The gang members, who share their time between their own illegal activities and other dodgy -albeit legal- businesses such as construction, find themselves in a crossroad in 2006. Will Neige’s son, the Fiction / Crime novel heir of the empire, be able to maintain the clan´s ruling position? Original title: L’imperi dels lleons Original language: Catalan 284 pages With this thriller inspired by the French mafia clans Published in 2017 operating in Spain since the 70s, the author dives into the Material available: Spanish and Catalan pdf deepest part of the human soul and crowns himself as a reference writer of the genre. RIGHTS SOLD Catalan (Editorial Alrevés) “Powerful, realistic, deeply noir, and combining moments of absolute Spanish (Editorial Alrevés) Spanish audio (Storytel) cruelty with episodes of blind loyalty to the clan [...], L’imperi dels lleons Italian (Bibliotheka Edizioni) is to be enjoyed from the first two violent pages [...] to the outcome.” —Calibre 38, blog Audiovisual rights (Stromboli Television International) “This is a well-structured and documented story, with a style which is Also by Sebastià Bennasar: hard to forget.” —Libros y Literatura, blog “L’imperi dels lleons is an excellent story told through powerful images that will stay with the reader thanks to the frenetic pace of the novel.” —Abrir un libro, blog Key selling points ✓ Winner of the 2017 Valencia Negra Festival Award for Best Crime Novel. ✓ Sebastià Bennasar is one of the most prestigious crime novel writers Catalan (Columna) in Spain. Spansih (Editorial Milenio) ✓ The story was inspired by a band who acted in Spain in the 70s. ✓ Outstandingly documented work.