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Rio de Janeiro Book Fair
The Rio de Janeiro Book Fair – Bienal do Livro – 2011 started today. Vikings of Brazil will, of course, take part: http://www.bienaldolivro.com.br/
New Representation Contract
Vikings of Brazil has signed an exclusive representation deal for the Brazilian market with the Finnish Elina Ahlback Literary Agency. The deal includes some of Finland’s most successful international authors, […]
FIT Astrid Lindgren Prize 2011
The Finnish translator Kaisa Kattelus has won the FIT Astrid Lindgren Prize for translating children’s books. See more at: http://bit.ly/oWWOGO
Paris Book Fair 2011 and Gothemburg 2012: Focus on Nordic Literature
After the Paris Book Fair 2011, the Gothemburg Book Fair has chosen Nordic literature as its theme for 2012. This is for the first time in 10 years and due […]
New Clients
Vikings of Brazil has signed exclusive representation deals with the author Ilan Brenman and the publisher Callis!
Reykjavik – City of Literature
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, designated Reykjavik (the capital of Iceland) as “City of Literature” on 2 August 2011, as part of the Organization’s Creative Cities Network. See more […]
São Paulo Literature Prize 2011
Rubens Figueiredo and Marcelo Ferroni win São Paulo Literature Prizes. The former won the Best Book of the Year prize, while the latter won the Best Debut of the Year […]
Two new Nordic crime novels published in Brazil
New books by the Norwegian Jo Nesbø and the Icelandic Arnaldur Indridason are published in Brazil, the former by Record and the latter by Companhia das Letras. Folha de S.Paulo interviews the […]
News about Vikings of Brazil
Itaú Cultural, a big Brazilian cultural funding body, writes about Vikings of Brazil on its website Conexões, which is dedicated to the export of Brazilian literature: http://conexoesitaucultural.org.br/?p=2859
E-Book Congress in São Paulo
The 2nd CBL International E-Book Congress starts tomorrow, 26th July, in São Paulo: http://bit.ly/pPDm9a