We have sold Hungarian rights of Paradise Garden to Helikon, thereby taking up the language count to eleven. As of October, we have sold 80'000 copies of Paradise Garden. Furthermore, she was awarded the debut prize of the ›Literaturwerk Rheinland-Pfalz Saar‹ 2024. With the Italian edition just published, we have received raving press:

»Paradise Garden […], despite the heart-breaking bereavement, has a stylistic freshness and liveliness that overlaps with everything that is mournful, and, sometimes with an extra touch of sugariness, sadness and happiness reveal themselves almost simultaneously.«

Susanna Nirenstein / La Repubblica, Rome

»We can already anticipate that there will be a surprise: the pirouette that will bring both the enchanting girl and the enchanted reader down to the ground of harsh reality. It is a soft landing, an artful caper, a test of balance by the debut novelist who knows how to stop one step before the ice cream becomes too sweet and the story too sugary.«
Alessandra Iadicicco / Corriere della Sera: La Lettura 

Rights sold:

Czech (Prostor)

Dutch (Meulenhoff)

English (Indigo)
Estonian (Tänapäev)

French (Gallmeister)
Hungarian (Helikon)

Italian (Feltrinelli)

Portuguese (Porto)

Slovak (E.J.)

Spanish (AdN)

Charles Lewinsky's Deceptively Real made it to the top ten of the Swiss bestseller lists. 

»Charles Lewinsky delivers another inventive, witty text that effortlessly circles the serious question of what true writing still means in the age of AI. «
Rainer Moritz / Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich
 

»A deliciously dark humoured text on appearances and reality.«

Die Presse am Sonntag / Vienna

»With precision and wit, Lewinsky pokes fun at the world of high society, sentimental do-gooders and cheeky freeloaders.«
Rolf Fath / Badische Neueste Nachrichten, Karlsruhe

Kogakusha buys Japanese rights of Tomi Ungerer's That Pest Jonathan. 

Rights sold:

French (L'École des Loisirs)

Italian (Orecchio Acerbo)

Japanese (Kogakusha)

The happy three were:

• Jörg Fauser, Raw Material (1984)
• Alfred Andersch, The Father of a Murderer (1980)
• Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Judge and His Hangman (1952)

If you are looking for modern classics, these are for you. You can find the whole list here. 

Françoise Gilot, the only woman to leave Pablo Picasso, now has her own permanent exhibition room at the ›Musée Picasso‹ in Paris. What would Picasso have said about this? 

While we cannot answer this question, our biography The Woman Who Says No by Malte Herwig can tell you far more about this extraordinary woman. A painter in her own right, one of whose works sold for over half a million Euros in 2021. 

If you would like to read The Woman Who Says No, please let us know: We have a full English manuscript.

On a list of only 10 books, ›The Washington Post‹ counts A Refiner's Fire by Donna Leon as one of the best mystery books this year.

Furthermore, Donna Leon has been awarded the ›Bavarian Book Prize of Honour 2024‹. Here's why: »Donna Leon is unrivalled in her ability to bring the allure and magic of Italy to life in her books, and she has been shaping our image of Venice for many years. With Commissario Guido Brunetti, she has created one of the most popular investigators in contemporary crime fiction. She brings him, his colleagues and antagonists to life with great sensitivity, showing their strengths and weaknesses, often with a twinkle in her eye. And of course, there is no Brunetti without Venice. With great attention to detail, Donna Leon presents the city as a vibrant and authentic setting, with its winding alleys, historic buildings, and unique atmosphere, but also its dark sides. She skilfully weaves her exciting plots with profound social criticism and topical issues. With this unique combination, Donna Leon guarantees pure excitement and reading pleasure.«

Bitter Lemon Press (London) will publish the English edition of Hunkeler's Secret by Hansjörg Schneider in March 2025.