Paul Pope’s graphic novel THE RISE OF AURORA WEST enters the New York Times PB GN Best-Seller List for the week of Octobr 19 at Number 6. AURORA WEST is a prequel to Pope’s bestselling BATTLING BOY series.
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ANOTHER NEW CLIENT for FRANCE and HOLLAND
The Canadian agency, The Rights Factory, has appointed the Agency to represent their Children’s/YA list in France and the Netherlands, so we will be talking about their titles in Frankfurt. And they have some great ones!
NEWS FLASH! TWO PRE-FRANKFURT PREEMPTS!
Even before the Frankfurt Book Fair starts, we have had two pre-emptive offers! First, French rights to THE BOOK SCAVENGER by Jennifer Chambliss-Bertman, coming from Holt Books for Young Readers in June 2015, were snapped up by Glenn Tavennec at éditions Robert Laffont in a three-book deal for his new middle-grade collection, launching in autumn 2015….
WE HAVE A NEW CLIENT FOR GRAPHIC NOVELS!
Just before the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair opens next week,we are proud to announce that the Agency is now representing Quadrinhos na Cia, the graphic novels list of the prestigious Brazilian Publisher, Companhia Das Letras. Watch this space for news about titles…
A MAJOR WORK OF FICTION FROM ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING WRITERS TODAY!
We are very pleased to announce that the Lora Fountain Literary Agency is representing Alan Moore’s groundbreaking novel, JERUSALEM, in all territories. Weighing in at 614,000+ words, JERUSALEM is already causing a stir in literary circles, and the momentum is sure to keep building as word gets around. It will be published in late 2015…
THIS ONE SUMMER Wins the Ignatz!
Congratulations to cousins Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, whose graphic novel THIS ONE SUMMER (from First Second) has won the 2014 Ignatz Award for Best Graphic Novel. The Ignatz is one of the three most important, prestigious awards in the American comics industry. THIS ONE SUMMER is published in France by Rue de Sèvres, in Italy…
Faryl Dalrymple’s THE WRENCHIES is on the NY Times Bestsellers List!
THE WRENCHIES will debut at Number 8 on the 21 September New York Times Paperback Graphic Novels List! Praise for THE WRENCHIES: Craig Thompson: “Incredible. A deeply personal epic…a book that calls for re-readings.” Mike Mignola, (Hellboy): “AMAZING. Beautiful drawing and painting, great characters–it’s pretty much everything I could want a graphic novel to be.”…
Paul Pope gets yet another prize for BATTLING BOY!
Paul Pope with his Eisner at San Diego Comicon in July 2014. Last weekend, Paul Pope won the Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist for Battling Boy. This comes hot on the heels of his San Diego Comicon Eisner Award win, also for Battling Boy, and just before the release of The Rise of Aurora West.
Another great agent has left the room.
The international publishing world has lost one of the last great literary agents. Kezban Akcali, founder of Akcali Copyright Agency in Istanbul died on Saturday after a long illness at the age of 70. She practiced her profession with infinite dedication, tireless work, incorruptible ethics and pleasure. She was also such a warm and lovable personality,…
Morris Gleitzman’s DOUBTING THOMAS now in French!
Australian Morris Gleitzman is one of the funniest writers of children’s books around, and now his hilarious DOUBTING THOMAS (MENTEUR, MENTEUR!) is available from Albin Michel Jeunesse in the “Witty” collection.
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