Spanish YouTube Star's Sex Ed Book Draws Bidders
Spanish house RBA's forthcoming I Love Sex (October), a sex guide for teens written by YouTube personality Chusita, is getting attention from some international publishers. The book features illustrations and comic strips, and was conceived by the editors at RBA. The editors reached out to Chusita to write the book, since she vlogs about sex (and other topics) and has over 250,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel. RBA said the title is intended to give teens answers to their questions about sex and "shatter stereotypes." The book received a great deal of attention at the Bologna Book Fair, and rights have sold to Giunti Editore in Italy.
Italian Debut Drums Up Interest
Laura Ceccacci of the Laura Ceccacci Agency is finding traction for the Italian debut novel she represents, Lesser Isles by Lorenza Pieri. The book, which was published by Edizioni e/o on May 5, has already sold to Droemer Knaur in Germany and Kinneret Zmora in Israel. The novel, set in a Mediterranean island, takes place over four decades and focuses on two sisters, Teresa and Caterina, who grew up in the 1970s. While Caterina leaves Italy to pursue her career, Teresa becomes a reluctant mother. Pieri worked in book publishing for several years, in foreign rights, and is also a translator.
Spanish Novel Nabs First Foreign Sale
Polish rights have sold to Wydawnictwo Kobiece for A Garden Among Vineyards by Carmen Santos. The book is represented by Pontas Literary & Film Agency and was just published by Grijalbo/Random House in Spanish. The book follows a young man who, in the wake of his father's death, returns to the north of Spain to look after his family’s wine-making business. Set in the 1920s, the novel focuses on the young man's struggles to save the failing business while he deals with other family drama.
