A Tale of Two Agents: Chapter Fourteen Between the Fairs
“What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.” – Kobayashi Issa, Poems
We’ve arrived back from the Fairs like the start of Spring - blossoming with new ideas, and eager to see life in full colour again, surrounded by cherry blossoms, magnolia trees and the sun making guest appearances.
It felt like a 60% attendance rate at Bologna, and London at least 75%, the Italians considerably more masked up than those at LBF. Those who were able to participate joyfully networked and brokered deals in person once again.
Soft Opening is an unconventional story about Walter the chunky wombat who wakes up with a rumbling tummy in a strange world where it seems absolutely ordinary that animals wear fancy designer clothes and drive Italian mopeds...
We’re also working on finalizing several traditional, hybrid and individual author representation agreements as a result of face-to-face meetings, more valuable now than ever.
To quote one of our forthcoming partners, they compared our platform, Sherlock, to a Waterstones store front, full of bright and enticing covers, such as:
We’re delighted to begin representing Canadian publisher Dundurn Press, one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult and children's fiction and non-fiction.
February & March Deal Highlights
The Octonauts series (Immedium) - Spanish (at auction currently)
An Introvert's Guide to World Domination (Scribe Media) - Svetovna Biblioteka - Bulgarian
Anxious Little Monsters & The Anxiety Getaway (Mango) - Citadel Grupo Editorial - Brazilian-Portuguese
The Secret Mantra, The Magician of Lhasa, Instant Karma & Dalai Lama’s Cat series (Conch Books) - Hay House Publishers India - English Indian continent
Your Story, Well Told (Mango) - Profit via International Editors - Spanish
This Monk Wears Heels (Sunmark via EAJ Agency ) - Ubiliber - Italian & Profit - Spanish
A Warbler’s Journey (Gryphon Press) - China Science & Technology via CA-Link Agency - Chinese Simplified
100 Deadly Skills: Combat Edition (Scribe Media) - Riva - German
Mommy Ever After (Familius) - Editura Univers via Livia Stoia - Romanian
Into the Impossible (Scribe Media) China Translation and Publishing House via CA-Link - Chinese Simplified & Dasan via LENA Agency - Korean
Literary Agent Highlight
The Toltec Legacy: Wisdom to Live By in the New Dawn - by Sergio Magana and Michelle Rodriquez - Watkins Media - WEL. All foreign rights available, contact us for details.
