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PW Talks with Global Kids Connect Speaker Ginger Clark
Clark, a literary agent at Curtis Brown Ltd. and speaker at PW’s upcoming Global Kids Connect Summit, shared her thoughts on which U.S. children's titles seem to be working well abroad right now, and the biggest mistakes publishers make in their approach to their foreign rights business.
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International Hot Book Properties, Week of Monday, October 26, 2015
Among the true-life tales gaining traction are a memoir from a Dutch poet about the death of his wife and father, and a Swedish journalist's story about her gender-transitioning father.
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Behind the Dutch Bestseller 'Dummy the Mummy'
The seven-book series, about a boy who befriends a mummy after discovering the creature in his bed, was first published in the Netherlands in 2009. After selling over 200,000 copies locally, and becoming the basis for a Dutch film, the series has been sold in 11 countries.
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International Hot Book Properties, Week of October 12, 2015
As the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair opens, deals are being struck for, among other projects, a children's book from film director and screenwriter Bobbie Peers and a debut UK novel discovered in the slush pile.
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International Hot Book Properties, Week of September 21, 2015
A Taiwanese coloring book and a Romanian thriller drawing 'Harry Quebert' comparisons are among the titles racking up international sales right now.
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International Hot Book Properties, Week of Monday, September 7
The new Canadian novel by the author of 'The Bear' sells in the States, a Finnish picture book makes its way to Germany, Swedish thriller 'The Evil Book' continues to sell, and more.
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International Hot Book Properties, Week of August 24, 2015
An Argentinian short story collection sells in the States, a Finnish thriller moves to Spain, an Italian novel about cooking and family is nabbed in Germany, and more.
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of August 10, 2015
A posthumous novel by Che Guevara's grandson keeps selling, an Australian debut draws interest, and a British novel continues to rack up major deals.
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of July 20, 2015
Among the titles generating interest this week are a Greek short story collection about locals fleeing the debt-ridden nation, and a previously unpublished novel by the grandson of Ché Guevara.
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of July 6, 2015
A Swedish romance set to make American publishing history, and a Spanish coming-of-age novel by the co-author of a popular crime series are among the titles heating up the global market this week.
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of June 22, 2015
Among the books drawing interest from publishers this week are a thriller by the Italian translator of 'The Goldfinch,' a new Spanish bestseller by the author of 'The Last Night at Tremore Beach,' and a Swedish novel about a bullied teenager.
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of June 8, 2015
A new crime series written by a Polish author is making waves this week, along with a Swedish novel that its new U.S. publisher is likening to the podcast phenomenon, Serial.
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of May 5, 2015
The memoir by a Dutch plane crash survivor, initially self-published, draws multiple houses; a Swedish spy series repped by the Salomonsson Agency lures pubs from Greece and beyond; and more.
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Doubleday U.K. Wins Auction for Hot Hungarian Novel 'Fever at Dawn'
Jane Lawson at Doubleday U.K. has signed Hungarian novel Fever at Dawn Péter Gárdos, winning a heated auction between nine publishers.
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International Hot Book Properties, Week of April 25, 2016
An Italian memoir, which began as a series of Facebook posts gone viral, draws bidders in Germany and Spain. A debut Danish crime thriller also draws attention from publishers in multiple countries.
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of April 20, 2015
A Hungarian director's novel about his parents' 1945 courtship in Sweden's refugee camps emerges as a hot book at last week's London Book Fair.
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of April 6, 2015
A John Green-like debut novel from France draws international buyers; the memoir by a once-illiterate Colombian artist gets set as a future Penguin Classic; and more.
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of March 24, 2015
In this week's column, the concentration camp memoir from a French actress goes global; an Iranian punk rocker's posthumous novel draws buzz; and more.
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of March 9, 2015
In this week's column, a backlist Dutch thriller sees new life after a movie adaptation; a Mexican debut novel with a bizarre culinary twist draws publisher in the U.K.; and more.
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Maria Campbell Adds Clients in the U.K.
Scouting agency Maria B. Campbell Associates is expanding its London office, adding three new clients, all houses within the Netherlands-based VBK Group: Atlas Contact, Kosmos Personal Growth and Ten Have.
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