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Host Foreign Rights Catalogue 2018

There are thirteen new titles presented in the Host Publishers Foreign Rights Catalogue this year. Most of the books are fiction for adults as usual, but there are fantasy novels too.

A new bestselling Czech author is born, having published her debut work at the age of fifty.

An exceptional phenomenon has emerged in Czech literature, as amply testified by the reaction of fans and literary critics alike and the number of copies sold. A few years ago, Alena Mornštajnová took a big gamble: she quit her job to focus on her writing.

Burying the Season by Antonín Bajaja shortlisted for the Angelus Central European Award 2018

The Angelus Central European Literature Award / Literacka Nagroda Europy Środkowej Angelus is the most important Polish prize in the field of creative prose written by Central European writers and published in Poland.

New editions published abroad – 2018

One of the most popular pages on the agency’s site concerns surveys of new editions of our works in translation. In which countries have our authors just gained new readers? Which publishers and translators deserve our gratitude for this?

Rights sales in 2018

As things stand, this year looks like being the best in the agency’s history. Although we are wary of counting our chickens before they hatch, the list below, of rights sales since the beginning of 2018, gives us a very clear message.

Two new books by Petra Soukupová published almost at the same time. One for children, one for adults.