We are thrilled to announce that the Polish rights to Mia Kankimäki’s internationally bestselling travelogue/biography THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT have now been acquired by Poznańskie! The deal was closed by Sten-Erik Tammemäe at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.
Mia’s book will be published in Poznańskie’s beautiful Works of Scandinavian Writers series, which so far includes titles from such writers as Roy Jacobsen, Karen Blixen, Knut Hamsun, Carl Frode Tiller, Laura Lindstedt et al.
Mia Kankimäki’s second book THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT has sold over 45,000 copies in all formats in Finland, and the translation rights have now been sold to 21 territories, including USA and China
A Nordic production company napafilms is developing a TV drama series, based on the book, that mixes the biographical lives of the real “Night Women” and the life of a fictional main character.
Rights are still available in Romania, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Spain, Greece, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia etc.
Download the English PDF here!
THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT
by Mia Kankimäki
Otava, 2018, 448 pp.
Have you heard about Artemisia Gentileschi, Lavinia Fontana or Nellie Bly? What about Karen Blixen? The Women I Think About at Night follows in the footsteps of 10 historical women, who did what was impossible for women to do in their own times: travel the world or create a career as an artist. And these women were quite successful – some of them actually became celebrities of their own time! So why have they been forgotten by the history books?
Finnish writer Mia Kankimäki sold her house, packed her suitcase and traveled the world to find out. Part biography, part travelogue, this book takes you from Karen Blixen’s farm in Kenya to Renaissance artists’ Florence and modern-day Japan.
A publishing sensation in Finland with over tens of thousands of copies sold, The Women I Think About at Night solidifies Kankimäki’s standing as one of Finland’s leading new authors. Her book was translated by Douglas Robinson and published by Simon & Schuster, one of the four largest English-language publishers in the world. Her book has received positive reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Travel & Leisure, and Kirkus Review, along with Fortune magazine.
THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT
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Otava, 2018, 448 pp.
Reading materials:
English edition
Rights sold:
FINLAND: Otava (orig.)
ALBANIA: Muza
CHINA: Beijing Huaxia Winshare Books Co., Ltd.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Albatros Media / Motto
DENMARK: Bilgrav
ESTONIA: Varrak Publishers
FRANCE: Editions Leduc
GERMANY: BTB
HUNGARY: Kossuth
ITALY: Neri Pozza Editore
JAPAN: Soshisha
LATVIA: Zvaigzne ABC Publishers
LITHUANIA: Leidykla Gelmes
NETHERLANDS: Orlando
NORWAY: Gursli Berg Forlag
POLAND: Poznańskie
RUSSIA: Eksmo
SLOVENIA: Didakta
SWEDEN: Wahlström & Widstrand
UK: Simon & Schuster
US: Simon & Schuster