Rights Notes: Recent Agency Reports from Norway, Spain, Germany, the UK, and Finland

Literary agencies around the world report their latest deals on some of their strongest titles. In some cases, the books are new releases, in others we see new market action for established titles.

At The Pontas Agency in Barcelona, three books recently have been announced for film option deals.

  • Rocking Horse Road, by New Zealander Carl Nixon has been optioned by South Pacific Pictures Limited, the company that’s also in development with Nixon’s The Virgin and The Whale.
  • The Hour of Waking Together, Kirmen Uribe‘s latest novel, is in development with Txintxua Films based in San Sebastian, and has received the Best Book of the Year accolade from the Basque Academy.
  • The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo (Grupo Planeta for Spanish, Planeta DeAgostini for graphic treatment) had its film premiere in March, and director Fernando Gonzalez Molina has announced development in 2018 of the two other parts of the Baztan trilogy, The Legacy of the Bones and Offering to the Storm.

Read more: Publishing Perspectives

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