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Sold to Spain
On behalf of The House of Books we sold picture book Er was eens een olifantje... by Gitte Spee to Macmillan Spain.
International Bookfairs
This Spring Mo Literary Services will attend Bologna Book Fair and London Book Fair. If you’d like to meet up with Monique at the fair, please contact her as soon as possible: scheduling has started!
Caldecott Medal 2011
Picture book A Sick Day For Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead (Roaring Brook Press) has been rewarded with the Caldecott Medal 2011. Dutch publisher Hoogland & Van Klaveren bought the Dutch rights, and hopes to publish the book in the Fall 2011.
New book by Charles Mann
The Dutch sale for the new book by Charles Mann, 1493, to Nieuw Amsterdam was the first foreign sale for this book, which we represent on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency.
New Australian clients
We are proud to welcome Scribe Publications, Australia to our representation list. They’ve been named ‘Australian Publisher of the Year’ three times, in 2006, 2008 and 2010. They’ve got strong books, and we’re looking forward to introduce them to you soon.
We’re also very enthusiastic about the latest addition to our representation list: HarperCollins Australia. We’ll represent both their children and adult titles and we’re looking forward to work with this impressive list
Successful in the Netherlands
We are pleased to announce that more than 12,500 copies of the Dutch translation of The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas have been sold at Ambo|Anthos.
If you don’t drink it, don’t cook with it
Reject the common myth that inferior wine and spirits can be used in cooking with no ill effect. Contrariwise, there is no need to use Louis XIII cognac to make brandied apples. As Escoffier writes, “Profligate extravagance is as bad as a restrictive economy.”