- 19.11.2024 Arttu Tuominen’s Shamed shines with German reviews
- 15.11.2024 The Power of Hot and Cold London launch event!
- 14.11.2024 Robert Laffont acquired the French rights to DAUGHTER OF TWO BLOODS
- 13.11.2024 Martta Kaukonen’s FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY trilogy travels to Iceland!
- 07.11.2024 TREATMENT by Hanna-Riikka Kuisma nominated for the 2024 Finlandia Prize!
- 07.11.2024 PINE BARK by Tommi Kinnunen nominated for the 2024 Finlandia Prize!
- 07.11.2024 HOW WE MET YOUR MOTHER by Kaj Korkea-aho nominated for the 2024 Finlandia Prize in Fiction!
- 06.11.2024 THE SECRET STAIRCASE by Salla Simukka and JP Ahonen nominated for the 2024 Finlandia Prize!
- 05.11.2024 THE DIGITAL SPELL by Perttu Pölönen nominated for the 2024 Finlandia Prize in Non-Fiction!
- 05.11.2024 SANNA MARIN: FINLAND’S YOUNG PRIME MINISTER by Salla Vuorikoski nominated for the 2024 Finlandia Prize in Non-Fiction!
- 05.11.2024 Two-book Italian deal for Hannu Laakso’s Animal Family series
- 04.11.2024 A SHORT HISTORY OF ETERNAL LIFE awarded with a Nonfiction Jury Award!
- 04.11.2024 Welcoming Satu Sallantaus to the Ahlback Agency
- 01.11.2024 Latvian rights for PRANKENSTEIN acquired by Petergailis!
- 01.11.2024 Sara Al Husaini’s powerful and bestselling debut wins the Young Aleksis Award
- 31.10.2024 Max Seeck’s new MILO series secures a two-book deal!
- 31.10.2024 Arttu Tuominen voted top crime author by The Finnish Whodunnit Society!
- 30.10.2024 Estonian rights to LITTLE MOUSE WELCOMES SPRING acquired by Rahva Raamat!
- 28.10.2024 PINE BARK by Tommi Kinnunen nominated for Botnia Literature Prize!
- 25.10.2024 S. K. Rostedt wins the Best Book of the Year 2024 Award in fiction!
- 23.10.2024 Ahlback Agency Now Represents the Best of Finnish Screenwriting Talent
- 22.10.2024 Estonian rights to SANNA MARIN: FINLAND’S YOUNG PRIME MINISTER sold at an auction!
- 17.10.2024 Ukrainian rights for THE MANTICORE acquired by The Black Sheep, and Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nomination!
- 11.10.2024 MILO Italian rights sold at auction to PIEMME/MONDADORI GROUP!
- 10.10.2024 FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY nominated for Viktor Crime Award!
- 09.10.2024 Danish 3-book pre-empt for THE LAST WORD series!
- 08.10.2024 MILO #1 bestselling book in September
- 04.10.2024 Fantastic new praise for MILO, WOLF CUB, and OUR LAST GAME!
- 03.10.2024 FILI Grants Fall 2024 open from now until November 1st!
- 01.10.2024 Two more Ahlback Agency titles nominated for Young Aleksis Award!
- 30.09.2024 Estonian rights to THE SECRET STAIRCASE by Salla Simukka and illus. JP Ahonen sold to Ühinenud Ajakirjad!
- 27.09.2024 Stage play rights for THE STAGER by Arttu Tuominen acquired by Pori Theatre!
- 26.09.2024 Polish rights for LITTLE MOUSE’S SCHOOL PICTURE DAY sold to Filia!
- 25.09.2024 20,000 copies sold for Milo and Latvian deal!
- 19.09.2024 THE INVISIBLES by Sanna Isto nominated for the Young Aleksis Award!
- 18.09.2024 Lots of French praise for ALL THE KING’S MEN by Elina Backman!
- 16.09.2024 Magdalena Hai, author of THE HORNED GOD, wins the Laivakello Prize!
- 16.09.2024 German rights for THE STAGER, of River Delta series, acquired by Bastei Lübbe
- 11.09.2024 Elina Backman’s STILL WATERS RUN DEEP now sold to France!
- 10.09.2024 Tommi Kinnunen secures new international deals: ‘PINE BARK’ to Estonia and ‘DEFIANCE’ to Hungary
- 06.09.2024 Happy Publication Day to MILO! Film updates, extended English sample, and more…
- 04.09.2024 Estonian rights for Little Mouse and the Birthday Present acquired by Rahva Raamat!
- 02.09.2024 Slovakian rights to MONSTER ROUTE acquired by Arkus!
- 30.08.2024 Polish rights for THE HORNED GOD by Magdalena Hai acquired by GREG!
- 28.08.2024 THE KRISTINESTAD MURDERS rights sold to Germany in a two-book pre-empt deal!
- 23.08.2024 Czech rights for PUSH, PACE, POSITION, PRAY by Miika Nousiainen sold to Host!
- 20.08.2024 Japanese rights for PINE BARK sold to Shinchosha; DEFIANCE adapted to film by Oscar nominee Selma Vilhunen!
- 19.08.2024 Swedish rights for The Kristinestad Murders #1: REVENGE sold to Förlaget!
- 14.08.2024 Introducing Ahlback Agency’s new authors for Fall 2024!
- 13.08.2024 Introducing Ahlback Agency FALL 2024 CHILDREN’S & YA Catalogue
- 13.08.2024 Introducing Ahlback Agency FALL 2024 FICTION Catalogue
- 13.08.2024 Introducing Ahlback Agency FALL 2024 NON-FICTION Catalogue
- 08.08.2024 Film rights optioned by SOLAR FILMS for internationally bestselling THE STORY OF AINO AND ALVAR AALTO!
- 02.08.2024 The Kristinestad Murders author Kaisu Tuokko named 15th honorary citizen of Kristinestad!
- 01.08.2024 Latvian rights for THINGS THAT MAKE ONE’S HEART BEAT FASTER sold to Zvaigzne!
- 23.07.2024 Martta Kaukonen joins bestselling crime authors, former Prime Minister, and former FBI director, at the UK’s Harrogate Festival!
- 19.07.2024 Jessikka Aro international Courage Award for work against Putin’s terrorism; and Polish deal for PUTIN’S WORLD WAR
- 16.07.2024 Danish rights for THE MANTICORE sold to Bogoo!
- 02.07.2024 Summer books for every type of reader brought to you by EALA!
- 26.06.2024 Hungarian deal for THE 50 MOST DANGEROUS FAMILIES IN THE WORLD
- 25.06.2024 Two-book World Spanish (excl. Spain) deal for PRANKENSTEIN 1+2!
- 24.06.2024 Welcoming New Agent Martti Berner to the Ahlback Agency!
- 19.06.2024 Introducing award-winning author Johanna Holmström and first-class thriller WOLF CUB!
- 14.06.2024 Starred review for Elina Backman’s HOW TO FACE DEATH (Saana Havas #4)!
- 13.06.2024 Celebrating Ahlback Agency’s 15th anniversary with Editors’ Week!
- 12.06.2024 German rights sold for STOP CHASING HAPPINESS!
- 12.06.2024 Polish rights for THE INVESTIGATIONS OF A CERTAIN CAT sold to Swiat Ksiazki!
- 11.06.2024 Maria Turtschaninoff wins Eeva Joenpelto Literary Prize for INHERITED LAND!
- 10.06.2024 MEMORY OF WATER by Emmi Itäranta sold to Thailand!
- 05.06.2024 English book trailer for THE SECRET STAIRCASE!
- 04.06.2024 Elina Backman among international authors invited to HeadRead Literary Festival
- 04.06.2024 The Power of Hot And Cold – English cover reveal & proofs available!
- 04.06.2024 Frank Martela interview on NBC
- 31.05.2024 Max Seeck listed on Vogue’s “19 best Nordic noir of all time”!
- 30.05.2024 Italian deal for Elina Backman BEFORE THE POLAR NIGHT FALLS!
- 29.05.2024 MINI SCIENCE series sold to China!
- 28.05.2024 Helsinki Lit Festival with Sirpa Kähkönen!
- 21.05.2024 Slovak language deal for STELLA!
- 16.05.2024 Karelian language deal for MY FIRST MURDER
- 16.05.2024 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff nominated for European Literature Prize 2024!
- 15.05.2024 Martta Kaukonen among superstar lineup in UK crime writing festival
- 13.05.2024 10th Little Mouse title sold to Poland!
- 10.05.2024 Karelian edition of AS RED AS BLOOD – now sold to 53 territories!
- 10.05.2024 THE SECRET ONES sold to Czechia!
- 08.05.2024 Welcoming New Agent Julia Bogen and New Co-Agents to the Ahlback Agency!
- 02.05.2024 World English Rights sold to STOP CHASING HAPPINESS by Frank Martela
- 25.04.2024 New author and Nordic Council Prize Nomination!
- 25.04.2024 PRANKENSTEIN by Kaisa Paasto and illustrated by Mari Ahokoivu sold to Poland!
- 24.04.2024 THE EAGLE by Tuomas Oskari sold to Germany!
- 18.04.2024 3-book deal for the RIVER DELTA series by Arttu Tuominen!
- 17.04.2024 Max Seeck nominated for the Glass Knife Award!
- 05.04.2024 The FILI translation grants Spring application round is open now until 1st of May 2024!
- 28.03.2024 Film & TV News: V Street Media has optioned Katja Pantzar’s THE FINNISH WAY for screen adaptation
- 26.03.2024 Learn the secrets of the happiest country in the world!
- 26.03.2024 Many new Children’s and YA deals ahead of Bologna Book Fair!
- 22.03.2024 THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST and INHERITED LAND nominated for Eeva Joenpelto award!
- 20.03.2024 Cover for Max Seeck’s new crime series revealed!
- 19.03.2024 Arabic deal for LOGBOOK OF LOVE by Elina Hirvonen!
- 13.03.2024 Hungarian rights sold for THE INVESTIGATIONS OF A CERTAIN CAT by Katja Kettu!
- 11.03.2024 FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY by Martta Kaukonen published in the UK to great reviews!
- 07.03.2024 Two new Non-Fiction deals!
- 04.03.2024 Two new deals for THE HORNED GOD by Magdalena Hai!
- 29.02.2024 Lovely reception for INHERITED LAND in France and GHOST ISLAND in the US!
- 23.02.2024 Introducing New Authors for Ahlback Agency in Spring 2024!
- 21.02.2024 The Ahlback Agency FICTION Spring 2024 Rights Guide!
- 21.02.2024 The Ahlback Agency NON-FICTION Spring 2024 Rights Guide!
- 21.02.2024 The Ahlback Agency CHILDREN’S & YA Spring 2024 Rights Guide!
- 21.02.2024 Three new fiction deals! Katja Kettu sold in Germany, GHOST ISLAND in the Netherlands & MEMORY OF WATER in Albania!
- 12.02.2024 FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY by Martta Kaukonen is the Finnish nominee for the prestigious Glass Key Award!
- 02.02.2024 CupOfTherapy #2: Self-Care Every Day sold to Portugal!
- 02.02.2024 HOW FINLAND SURVIVED STALIN by Kimmo Rentola sold to Ukraine!
- 29.01.2024 THE MOONDAY LETTERS by Emmi Itäranta longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award!
- 29.01.2024 Azerbaijani rights sold for 36 URNS by Sirpa Kähkönen!
- 22.01.2024 FILI offers grants to support the translation of Finnish literature worldwide – Apply now until 1st of February!
- 16.01.2024 LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES 3: Sticky the Horrible Snowman by Magdalena Hai and Teemu Juhani sold to Portugal!
- 15.01.2024 Arabic rights to GHOST ISLAND by Max Seeck sold!
- 11.01.2024 Slovenian rights sold for Finlandia 2023 winner THE HORNED GOD by Magdalena Hai!
- 10.01.2024 Bestseller news: Finlandia 2023 winner 36 URNS by Sirpa Kähkönen is #1 in Finland!
- 03.01.2024 The FILI translation grants application round is open now until 1st of Feruary!
- 20.12.2023 Our books of the year 2023
- 19.12.2023 German pre-empt and Swedish auction sale for Finlandia 2023 winner 36 URNS by Sirpa Kähkönen – now sold to 5 languages!
- 18.12.2023 THE FOX AND SILENCE sold to Japan!
- 18.12.2023 THE HORNED GOD by Magdalena Hai sold to Norway
- 15.12.2023 Congratulations, Maria Turtschaninoff! Celebrating Finnish literature in Paris!
- 15.12.2023 Albanian rights sold for GENTLE POWER by Emilia Elisabet Lahti, PhD! Now 6 territories!
- 13.12.2023 Finlandia 2023 winner THE HORNED GOD by Magdalena Hai now sold to Denmark!
- 12.12.2023 The Italian rights to Martta Kaukonen’s bestselling thriller FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY acquired by Longanesi!
- 11.12.2023 Finlandia 2023 winner 36 URNS by Sirpa Kähkönen nominated for the Runeberg Prize!
- 08.12.2023 Estonian rights sold for THE INVESTIGATIONS OF A CERTAIN CAT by Katja Kettu!
- 07.12.2023 New praise for THE STORY OF AINO AND ALVAR AALTO!
- 30.11.2023 THE HORNED GOD by Magdalena Hai wins the Finlandia Literature Prize in children’s and YA category!
- 30.11.2023 36 URNS by Sirpa Kähkönen wins the Finlandia Literature Prize!
- 29.11.2023 LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES by Magdalena Hai and Teemu Juhani sold to France! Now 30 territories!
- 27.11.2023 THE HORNED GOD by Magdalena Hai is nominated for the Topelius Award!
- 22.11.2023 36 URNS by Sirpa Kähkönen now nominated for both the Savonia Literature Prize and Finlandia Prize!
- 21.11.2023 LITTLE MOUSE #8 and #9 sold to Romania! Estonian award for LITTLE MOUSE HELPS OUT!
- 16.11.2023 ME, MY DOG, AND HUMANITY by Tiina Raevaara sold to Mozaïek in the Netherlands!
- 15.11.2023 SOLAR FILMS acquires Film & TV Rights to MILO by Glass Key Award winner and NYT bestselling author Max Seeck!
- 14.11.2023 STOP SECRET MYSTERIES by Ilona Ahti and Miila Westin nominated for the Runeberg Junior Prize!
- 14.11.2023 Hungarian rights sold for 36 URNS: A History of Being Wrong by Sirpa Kähkönen!
- 10.11.2023 Kimmo Rentola’s HOW FINLAND SURVIVED STALIN (Yale UP) Book Launch in London! Now published in English!
- 09.11.2023 NOTHING REALLY DISAPPEARS by Laura Gustafsson nominated for the Finlandia Prize!
- 09.11.2023 36 URNS by Sirpa Kähkönen nominated for the Finlandia Prize!
- 08.11.2023 STELLA by Ted Forsström and Åsa Lucander nominated for the Finlandia Prize!
- 08.11.2023 THE HORNED GOD by Magdalena Hai nominated for the Finlandia Prize!
- 02.11.2023 Reetta Niemelä and Katri Kirkkopelto nominated for the Export Prize!
- 02.11.2023 New accolades for Elina Pitkäkangas, Maria Turtschaninoff, and Max Seeck!
- 01.11.2023 4th pre-publication deal for PUTIN’S WORLD WAR by Jessikka Aro!
- 31.10.2023 Two new deals for MILO by Glass Key Award winner and NYT bestselling author Max Seeck!
- 30.10.2023 ARGO acquires the Czech rights for THE INVESTIGATIONS OF A CERTAIN CAT by Katja Kettu!
- 25.10.2023 Mondadori pre-empts the Italian rights for THE INVESTIGATIONS OF A CERTAIN CAT by Katja Kettu! Fifth pre-empt!
- 19.10.2023 Fourth pre-empt for THE INVESTIGATIONS OF A CERTAIN CAT by Katja Kettu!
- 18.10.2023 THE INVESTIGATIONS OF A CERTAIN CAT pre-empted in Romania!
- 17.10.2023 Legendary Tobis TV has acquired the TV & Film rights to Martta Kaukonen’s THERAPIERT aka FOLLOW TO BUTTERFLY!
- 16.10.2023 THE INVESTIGATIONS OF A CERTAIN CAT sold to Sweden!
- 12.10.2023 Turkish sale for THE ICE COVEN by Max Seeck!
- 12.10.2023 Latvian sale for THE ENCHANTMENT by Riikka Pulkkinen!
- 12.10.2023 Chinese sale for INHERITED LAND – now 23 territories!
- 12.10.2023 Finnish rights to STOP CHASING HAPPINESS by Frank Martela sold to Gummerus in an auction!
- 11.10.2023 3 pre-empts for Jessikka Aro’s PUTIN’S WORLD WAR!
- 09.10.2023 THE INVESTIGATIONS OF ONE CAT sold to Norway!
- 06.10.2023 THE VOLE AND THE MOON by Mila Teräs and Nora Surojegin sold to Estonia!
- 05.10.2023 The FILI translation grants application round is open now until 1st November!
- 02.10.2023 Aino + Alvar Aalto Book Launch in New York
- 29.09.2023 Starred reviews for Katja Kettu’s wonderful novel!
- 28.09.2023 REVENGE (THE KRISTINESTAD MURDERS #1) by Kaisu Tuokko nominated for the BookBeat Newcomer of the Year Award!
- 28.09.2023 BEFORE THE POLAR NIGHT FALLS by Elina Backman sold to Slovakia!
- 26.09.2023 Introducing two new highly acclaimed Fiction titles!
- 21.09.2023 ME, MY DOG, AND HUMANITY by Tiina Raevaara sold to Knesebeck in Germany!
- 18.09.2023 Two new Children’s deals!
- 12.09.2023 Two new children’s deals: DAD MAN and BENJAMIN BATEMAN sold to Denmark!
- 11.09.2023 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Turkey! Now 22 territories!
- 08.09.2023 FILI translation and printing grants round opens on October 1, 2023!
- 06.09.2023 THE ENCHANTMENT by Riikka Pulkkinen has been nominated for the Botnia Literature Prize!
- 05.09.2023 GHOST ISLAND by Max Seeck sold to Hungary!
- 01.09.2023 German #1 Bestseller: THE 50 MOST DANGEROUS COMPANIES IN THE WORLD!
- 31.08.2023 SANG nominated for the Young Aleksis Award!
- 28.08.2023 Bestseller news: THE KRISTINESTAD MURDERS: REVENGE by Kaisu Tuokko – over 7,000 copies sold with excellent reviews!
- 24.08.2023 THE LAST GRUDGE by Max Seeck has won the prestigious Glass Key Award!
- 22.08.2023 Introducing New Authors for Ahlback Agency in Fall 2023!
- 18.08.2023 The Ahlback Agency CHILDREN’S & YA Fall 2023 Rights Guide!
- 18.08.2023 The Ahlback Agency FICTION Fall 2023 Rights Guide!
- 18.08.2023 The Ahlback Agency NON-FICTION Fall 2023 Rights Guide!
- 10.08.2023 LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES by Magdalena Hai and Teemu Juhani sold to Azerbaijan! Now 29 territories!
- 09.08.2023 GENTLE POWER by Dr. Emilia Elisabet Lahti sold to Kadokawa in Japan!
- 08.08.2023 Excellent praise for LEADERSHIP AS MASTERY: The Finnish Way by Asko Känsälä!
- 01.08.2023 Brilliant reviews for Elina Backman’s internationally bestselling & award-winning crime series all over the world!
- 27.07.2023 LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES by Magdalena Hai and Teemu Juhani sold to Ukraine! Now 28 territories!
- 21.07.2023 DAD MAN Series by Arttu Unkari and Kai Vaalio pre-empted in Germany by Mixtvision!
- 19.07.2023 Breaking news: SCRIBE acquires World English rights to THE ENCHANTMENT!
- 13.07.2023 FUTURE SKILLS by Perttu Pölönen sold to Albania! Now 8 territories!
- 12.07.2023 STELLA by Ted Forsström and Åsa Lucander sold to North Macedonia! Now 7 territories!
- 11.07.2023 Charlotte Casiraghi has chosen Mia Kankimäki’s bestseller THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT for the CHANEL “Summer Readings with Charlotte Casiraghi” campaign!
- 10.07.2023 World English rights to Gordon F. Sander’s book THE NOTE CRISIS: Kekkonen, Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Cold War sold to Cornell University Press!
- 04.07.2023 Great first reviews for Kaisu Tuokko’s new crime series THE KRISTINESTAD MURDERS!
- 28.06.2023 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Ukraine! Now 21 territories!
- 27.06.2023 Find your book for the summer with Ahlback Agency!
- 21.06.2023 Great praise for FOREVER WITH YOU – a rocking psychological thriller from Finland!
- 20.06.2023 FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY by Martta Kaukonen World Arabic rights sold!
- 19.06.2023 Swedish rights for Riikka Sandberg’s debut Ørja pre-empted by Norstedts!
- 15.06.2023 Japanese 3-book deal for the LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES!
- 13.06.2023 New crime series THE KRISTINESTAD MURDERS: Nordic crime, old coastal town, and drama!
- 09.06.2023 Ahlback Agency is 14 years old!
- 07.06.2023 Find your next megaseller for film, tv, books by diving into Ahlback Agency’s Storyfinder! A new and groundbreaking digital tool!
- 01.06.2023 Milo (working title), the brand new novel by Max Seeck is sold to Germany pre-publication!
- 26.05.2023 I’LL BECOME A RESEARCHER sold to Sweden!
- 26.05.2023 Ahlback Agency visits Korea!
- 24.05.2023 Breaking news! Chinese rights sold for Johanna Sinisalo’s “Finnish Weird” novel THE CORE OF THE SUN!
- 22.05.2023 PIPER acquired German rights for Elina Backman’s BEFORE THE POLAR NIGHT FALLS!
- 22.05.2023 Rockefellers, Windsors, Toyodas – THE 50 MOST DANGEROUS FAMILIES IN THE WORLD by Hannu Sokala published this week!
- 15.05.2023 Publishing Perspectives is discussing Finnish Non-fiction!
- 15.05.2023 MABEL MERRYWEATHER AND THE MINIATURE PIRATES by Noora Kunnas and Teemu Juhani sold to Bulgaria! 9 territories!
- 11.05.2023 GENTLE POWER is conquering the world: Rights sold in Latvia, US, China and Thailand!
- 10.05.2023 Polish rights sold for HOW FINLAND SURVIVED STALIN by Prof. Kimmo Rentola!
- 08.05.2023 SANG sold to Germany!
- 04.05.2023 First foreign sale for LEADERSHIP AS MASTERY: The Finnish Way by Asko Känsälä!
- 02.05.2023 Three more LITTLE MOUSE titles sold to Poland!
- 02.05.2023 Hungarian rights sold for STELLA by Ted Forsström and Åsa Lucander! Now 6 territories!
- 02.05.2023 Japanese rights to MONSTER NANNY TRILOGY sold at auction! 37th territory!
- 28.04.2023 AGNES AND THE GARDEN OF DREAMS picked as book prize for German reading competition
- 28.04.2023 Greek rights to HOW FINLAND SURVIVED STALIN sold to Papadopoulos Publishers!
- 27.04.2023 SANG wins the City of Tampere Literature Prize!
- 25.04.2023 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff honoured with the “Thank You for the Book” Award!
- 24.04.2023 Two new Children’s deals!
- 21.04.2023 Spring 2023 FILI translation and printing grants applications open until May 1st!
- 20.04.2023 MABEL MERRYWEATHER AND THE MINIATURE PIRATES by Noora Kunnas and Teemu Juhani has won the Swiss PRIX CHRONOS Award 2023!
- 14.04.2023 Pushkin Press to relaunch in the UK the Finlandia-winning TROLL. A LOVE STORY by Johanna Sinisalo!
- 13.04.2023 Introducing THE LOGBOOK OF LOVE – a novel about the universal power of love!
- 11.04.2023 STELLA by Ted Forsström and Åsa Lucander sold to Germany
- 05.04.2023 Happy Crime Easter!
- 04.04.2023 Spring 2023 FILI translation and printing grants round now open!
- 04.04.2023 THE LAST GRUDGE by Max Seeck is nominated for the prestigious Glass Key Award!
- 03.04.2023 Introducing two new fiction authors for Ahlback Agency!
- 30.03.2023 Estonian rights to the playful bedtime storybook STELLA sold! Now conquering the world!
- 23.03.2023 Little Shop of Nightmares sold to PRH Portugal!
- 23.03.2023 Little Mouse and Spring Leaves sold to France
- 22.03.2023 In the Dark I Can Be Yours sold to France in pre-empt
- 20.03.2023 First foreign sale for MY UGLY DIARY by Mari Kujanpää – to Estonia!
- 17.03.2023 Danish rights to Stella sold in a pre-empt!
- 15.03.2023 LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES 4 sold to Sweden before Finnish publication!
- 13.03.2023 HarperCollins France Acquires Elina Backman’s ALL THE KING’S MEN In A Pre-Empt Deal!
- 01.03.2023 MONSTER NANNY by Tuutikki Tolonen and Pasi Pitkänen sold to Bulgaria at auction! Now 36 territories!
- 24.02.2023 First foreign sale for BLACK MOON INN by Reetta Niemelä and Katri Kirkkopelto: Pre-empt in Estonia!
- 23.02.2023 Martta Kaukonen on the SPIEGEL BESTSELLER list!
- 22.02.2023 Taiwanese 4-book pre-empt deal for the LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES!
- 17.02.2023 FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY now published in German!
- 14.02.2023 MONSTER NANNY by Tuutikki Tolonen and Pasi Pitkänen sold to Slovakia! Now 35 territories!
- 13.02.2023 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Bulgaria! Now 20 territories!
- 09.02.2023 Introducing New Authors for Ahlback Agency in Spring 2023!
- 08.02.2023 Introducing Ahlback Agency NON-FICTION Spring 2023 Rights Guide!
- 08.02.2023 Introducing Ahlback Agency FICTION Spring 2023 Rights Guide!
- 08.02.2023 Introducing Ahlback Agency CHILDREN’S & YA Spring 2023 Rights Guide!
- 07.02.2023 THE LAST GRUDGE by Max Seeck published in the US today!
- 02.02.2023 Breaking news! Yellow Kite, Hodder & Stoughton has acquired World English rights for HOT AND COLD by Katja Pantzar and Carita Harju!
- 01.02.2023 MARESI RED MANTLE by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Lithuania!
- 30.01.2023 THE ARCHIPELAGO by Max Seeck sold to Latvia!
- 27.01.2023 Publication news!
- 24.01.2023 Celebrating today the US publication date of GENTLE POWER by Emilia Elisabet Lahti!
- 24.01.2023 Illustrator Mari Ahokoivu wins the Puupäähattu Award!
- 23.01.2023 LAND OF SERPENTS by Eeva Louko sold to Estonia!
- 20.01.2023 Putin’s Trolls inspires international TV series!
- 19.01.2023 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Hungary! Now 19 territories!
- 18.01.2023 MOONDAY LETTERS by Emmi Itäranta nominated for the BSFA Awards!
- 16.01.2023 SANG wins the Topelius Award!
- 12.01.2023 AGNES AND THE SHADOW IN THE WINDOW by Tuutikki Tolonen and Kati Vuorento sold to Estonia!
- 11.01.2023 World English rights to “WINTER WARRIORS: How Finland Survived Stalin” sold to Yale University Press
- 05.01.2023 FILI GRANTS For Translations Of Finnish Literature Application Period Is Now Open!
- 04.01.2023 FUTURE SKILLS by Perttu Pölönen sold to Indonesia to Alvabet!
- 03.01.2023 Interview With Elisabet Lahti About Gentle Power
- 22.12.2022 Our books of the year 2022
- 21.12.2022 Italian rights to THE STORY OF AINO AND ALVAR AALTO sold to Salani!
- 20.12.2022 Starred Review: Maria Turtschaninoff’s novel INHERITED LAND is an enchanting allegory for Finland! Best Books of 2022!
- 16.12.2022 MEMORY OF WATER by Emmi Itäranta sold to the Netherlands!
- 16.12.2022 BEFORE THE POLAR NIGHT FALLS by Elina Backman sold to Sweden!
- 15.12.2022 Turkish and Danish deals for SANG!
- 14.12.2022 Excellent Kirkus review of THE LAST GRUDGE by Max Seeck in the US!
- 13.12.2022 Topelius Award nomination for SANG and Arvid Lydecken Award nomination for BENJAMIN BATEMAN!
- 12.12.2022 LITTLE MOUSE’S FABLES by Riikka Jäntti sold to Estonia!
- 08.12.2022 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Estonia! Now 18 territories!
- 08.12.2022 THE NIGHT OF ANCIENT LIGHTS by Hanna Meretoja sold in a pre-empt to Germany!
- 05.12.2022 Johanna Sinisalo awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal!
- 05.12.2022 Helsingin Sanomat recommends INHERITED LAND as one of the best books of the year 2022!
- 01.12.2022 French rights to THE STORY OF AINO AND ALVAR AALTO acquired by Phaidon Press!
- 29.11.2022 Award Nomination News: Backman and Seeck both nominated for the Finnish Crime Writers’ Society’s Clue of the Year Award
- 29.11.2022 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Israel! Now 17 territories!
- 25.11.2022 Italian rights renewed for Emmi Itäranta’s MEMORY OF WATER!
- 23.11.2022 GENTLE POWER by Emilia Elisabet Lahti sold in Thailand in pre-empt to Amarin Books!
- 22.11.2022 French two-book-deal for WHERE THE LIGHT COMES IN and DRAGONFLY by Finlandia Prize winner Anne-Maija Aalto!
- 18.11.2022 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Croatia! Now 16 territories!
- 15.11.2022 Film option sold for Kaj Korkea-aho’s THE RED ROOM!
- 14.11.2022 Breaking news: World English rights for Maria Turtschaninoff’s INHERITED LAND sold to Pushkin Press!
- 10.11.2022 Bestseller News: Backman and Seeck topping Finland’s Bestseller Lists! Pulkkinen and Parkkinen climbing on the Bestseller Lists!
- 08.11.2022 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to the Czech Republic! Now 14 territories!
- 07.11.2022 Minna Lindgren’s SUNSET GROVE series goes to production in 2023!
- 03.11.2022 Polish and Albanian rights for INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold!
- 02.11.2022 Finnish crime rules: Max Seeck, Elina Backman, and Vera Vala news!
- 31.10.2022 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff won the Swedish YLE Literature Prize 2022!
- 25.10.2022 French and Italian deals for INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff! Now 11 territories for this title!
- 21.10.2022 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold in a four-way auction to Norway!
- 17.10.2022 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold in a pre-empt to Germany!
- 13.10.2022 THE END OF SUNSET GROVE by Minna Lindgren sold to Hungary!
- 12.10.2022 Memory Of Water International Film News
- 11.10.2022 INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff sold in auction to the Netherlands!
- 11.10.2022 Bestseller News : Max Seeck Finland’s #1 Bestseller!
- 10.10.2022 BENJAMIN BATEMAN – SUPER EMBARRASSED SUPERHERO by Hannele Lampela and Pasi Pitkänen sold to Denmark!
- 05.10.2022 Two new sales for INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff in pre-empts!
- 04.10.2022 Serbian rights sold for Emmi Itäranta’s MEMORY OF WATER! Now 25 territories for this award-winning title!
- 03.10.2022 WHAT IS A ROBOT and MINI SCIENCE 3 sold to Turkey!
- 30.09.2022 FILI grants and latest reviews
- 30.09.2022 Georgian rights sold for PUTIN’S TROLLS! Now 16 territories for this eye-opening title!
- 19.09.2022 Hungarian rights sold for THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST!
- 16.09.2022 Happy Publication Day Max Seeck: The 4th Jessica Niemi Title Now Out in Finland!
- 13.09.2022 THE ENCHANTMENT hits bestseller lists and gains excellent new praise!
- 09.09.2022 New Sales For Aki Ollikainen And Johanna Sinisalo!
- 02.09.2022 The film MEMORY OF WATER, based on Emmi Itäranta’s international bestseller, hits the theatres today!
- 01.09.2022 Glowing Reviews for New Books in EALA Fall Catalogue!
- 26.08.2022 First foreign sale for INHERITED LAND by Maria Turtschaninoff!
- 23.08.2022 Two new Children’s deals!
- 18.08.2022 Excellent Reviews for New Books in EALA Fall Catalogue!
- 10.08.2022 Introducing NEW AUTHORS Fall 2022 Catalogue!
- 09.08.2022 Introducing: EALA Fall 2022 Fiction Catalogue!
- 09.08.2022 Introducing: EALA Fall 2022 Non-Fiction Catalogue!
- 09.08.2022 Introducing: EALA Fall 2022 Children’s & Young Adult Catalogue!
- 01.08.2022 Estonian rights sold for THE BLACK BOOK OF FOOTBALL!
- 29.07.2022 Two new agents join Elina Ahlback Literary Agency! Welcome Anna Kappauf and Mimi Matinpalo!
- 25.07.2022 LITTLE MOUSE series sold to Bulgaria! Now 21 territories for this picture book series!
- 20.07.2022 Polish rights sold for THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT!
- 18.07.2022 The great post-#MeToo thriller by Martta Kaukonen now published in Finland!
- 14.07.2022 LITTLE MOUSE 8-book series sold in Germany!
- 13.07.2022 German audio rights for ALL THE KING’S MEN and STILL WATERS RUN DEEP by Elina Backman sold!
- 13.07.2022 German audiobook deal for PUTIN’S TROLLS by Jessikka Aro!
- 11.07.2022 Croatian rights pre-empted for MONSTER NANNY – 34 territories sold!
- 08.07.2022 30th deal for A WONDERFUL LIFE!
- 07.07.2022 Italian deal for ITTY BITTY PRINCESS!
- 07.07.2022 Greek Rights for Monster Nanny sold!
- 06.07.2022 The Moonday Letters published in the UK!
- 01.07.2022 Love is our base element of life – learn more about GENTLE POWER by Emilia Elisabet Lahti
- 28.06.2022 Two new LITTLE MOUSE titles sold to Poland!
- 27.06.2022 Finland’s #1 Bestseller Hanna Brotherus’ MY ONLY HOME now sold over 70 000 copies!
- 21.06.2022 New reviews and 100pp English sample for Tiina Raevaara’s ME, MY DOG AND HUMANITY
- 15.06.2022 Danish rights for MISS SWIFT’S WEIRD AND WONDERFUL HOUSE now sold to Vild Maskine!
- 14.06.2022 Italian rights for THE ICE COVEN sold!
- 14.06.2022 EALA Hidden Gems and Bestsellers!
- 09.06.2022 13th Anniversary week with Children’s Editors & Authors
- 31.05.2022 World Spanish deal for ITTY BITTY PRINCESS!
- 24.05.2022 Portuguese rights for FUTURE SKILLS sold!
- 19.05.2022 Spring Bestsellers & New Reviews!
- 18.05.2022 Jessica Niemi #4 by New York Times bestselling author Max Seeck sold to Germany!
- 17.05.2022 New praise for the international bestseller PUTIN’S TROLLS by the award-winning journalist Jessikka Aro!
- 16.05.2022 BAD BLOOD by New York Times bestselling author Max Seeck sold to the Netherlands!
- 13.05.2022 Estonian rights for THE FINNISH FACTOR sold!
- 10.05.2022 Finlandia-winning novel WHERE THE LIGHT COMES IN sold to Hungary!
- 06.05.2022 Swedish and Estonian deals for Max Seeck’s Jessica Niemi series #3 and #4!
- 03.05.2022 FUTURE SKILLS now acquired in Hungary
- 03.05.2022 Norwegian rights pre-empted for PUTIN’S TROLLS! Now will be published in 14 territories!
- 02.05.2022 Hebrew rights for MY ONLY HOME sold + new titles climbing bestseller lists!
- 29.04.2022 Two new Children’s deals!
- 26.04.2022 Three new Children’s deals!
- 25.04.2022 Film and TV rights for Jessikka Aro’s bestseller sold !
- 22.04.2022 3 new Fiction deals!
- 22.04.2022 100pp English sample and new reviews for Tiina Raevaara’s ME, MY DOG AND HUMANITY
- 21.04.2022 MY FRIEND NATALIA published in the US as a paperback!
- 20.04.2022 Film & TV rights for Johanna Sinisalo’s Finlandia Prize winning novel TROLL acquired by Måns Mårlind and Tuppence Middleton!
- 20.04.2022 Estonian rights sold for HILJA AND THE OPERATION CHRISTMAS MAGIC
- 20.04.2022 AGNES AND THE GARDEN OF DREAMS acquired in Hungary!
- 12.04.2022 LITTLE MOUSE and PRINCESS RASCAL sold to Albania!
- 08.04.2022 New London deals for EALA’s international best-sellers!
- 07.04.2022 Now World English Audio rights sold for Martta Kaukonen’s debut thriller FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY
- 06.04.2022 London 2022: new non-fiction and fiction deals and bestsellers
- 05.04.2022 Latvian rights for Jessikka Aro’s PUTIN’S TROLLS sold! Now 13 territories for this eye-opening title!
- 04.04.2022 I’LL BECOME A RESEARCHER sold to Latvia! First international sale for this Children’s Non-Fiction title!
- 01.04.2022 ITTY BITTY PRINCESS AND THE TRUTH ABOUT BABIES sold to Estonia pre-publication!
- 01.04.2022 AGNES AND THE SHADOW IN THE WINDOW now sold to Estonia pre-publication!
- 01.04.2022 SNOW WHITE TRILOGY by Salla Simukka sold to Albania!
- 01.04.2022 PRINCESS RASCAL AND THE POTTY WORDS wins Nextory E-Book Award!
- 31.03.2022 Indonesian rights for EVERYDAY SISU acquired by Gramedia Pustakama!
- 30.03.2022 2 new deals for BAD BLOOD by New York Times bestselling author Max Seeck!
- 29.03.2022 Goldmann Verlag acquires German rights for Jessikka Aro’s PUTIN’S TROLLS!
- 28.03.2022 Film rights for ARCTIC MIRAGE by Terhi Kokkonen sold to SF Studios!
- 24.03.2022 Bologna 2022: new children’s deals and bestsellers!
- 23.03.2022 2 new deals for MURDER ON THE ISLE OF BLISS!
- 22.03.2022 Dutch rights sold for THINGS THAT MAKE ONE’S HEART BEAT FASTER!
- 18.03.2022 World English audio rights sold for PUTIN’S TROLLS! The auction winner is Blackstone Audio!
- 17.03.2022 Estonian rights sold for WHAT IS A ROBOT!
- 17.03.2022 Dutch rights for LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES 3 sold!
- 15.03.2022 FUTURE SKILLS sold to Armenia! Rights sold in 5 territories!
- 15.03.2022 EVERYDAY SISU by Katja Pantzar published in the US today!
- 11.03.2022 PUTIN’S TROLLS sold to Albania! Rights sold in 11 territories!
- 10.03.2022 A new deal for A WONDERFUL LIFE! Rights sold in 29 territories!
- 07.03.2022 Estonian rights pre-empted for MURDER ON THE ISLE OF BLISS!
- 04.03.2022 Ullstein pre-empts German rights to both MY ONLY HOME and the upcoming novel by Hanna Brotherus!
- 02.03.2022 PRINCESS RASCAL series sold to Czech Republic!
- 02.03.2022 WHERE DID THE ANIMALS GO sold to Hungary!
- 01.03.2022 Miika Nousiainen’s ROOTS now sold to Poland!
- 01.03.2022 Albanian rights sold for BAD BLOOD (Jessica Niemi #3) – now 10 countries for this best-seller!
- 28.02.2022 Finnish Cultural Foundation’s grand prize for Sirpa Kähkönen!
- 25.02.2022 Mondadori to relaunch SNOW WHITE TRILOGY in Italy!
- 25.02.2022 Elina Backman’s ALL THE KING’S MEN and two sequels now pre-empted in Denmark
- 24.02.2022 THE RED ROOM by Kaj Korkea-aho nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2022!
- 22.02.2022 German rights for THE BOOK OF OBOI sold to Cross Cult!
- 22.02.2022 Now 28 territories for A WONDERFUL LIFE and 25 territories for THE FINNISH WAY!
- 22.02.2022 German rights sold for MURDER ON THE ISLE OF BLISS!
- 18.02.2022 THE SILK SISTERS historical romance series now pre-empted in Poland!
- 17.02.2022 Elina Backman’s STILL WATERS RUN DEEP now sold to Slovakia! Now 11 territories sold!
- 17.02.2022 Estonian rights pre-empted for Carita Harju’s Saunafulness!
- 11.02.2022 Estonian rights for MY ONLY HOME by Hanna Brotherus sold in an auction!
- 09.02.2022 Introducing NEW AUTHORS for EALA Spring 2022!
- 08.02.2022 LITTLE MOUSE SERIES now sold to Poland!
- 08.02.2022 Introducing: EALA Spring 2022 Non-Fiction Catalogue!
- 08.02.2022 Introducing: EALA Spring 2022 Children’s & YA Catalogue!
- 08.02.2022 Introducing: EALA Spring 2022 Fiction Catalogue!
- 08.02.2022 Italian deal for STILL WATERS RUN DEEP!
- 04.02.2022 Announcing the Norwegian auction winner for THE SILK SISTERS historical romance series!
- 04.02.2022 We are really happy to represent the bestselling Finnish authors and titles of 2021!
- 04.02.2022 German pre-empt for Maria Pettersson’s EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN OF HISTORY!
- 02.02.2022 Dutch audio rights for MONSTER NANNY trilogy sold!
- 01.02.2022 Italian rights sold for LITTLE MOUSE!
- 01.02.2022 Estonian rights sold for WHERE DID THE ANIMALS GO
- 01.02.2022 Czech rights sold for AGNES AND THE MYSTERIOUS MANOR!
- 27.01.2022 German rights sold for the award-winning WHERE DID THE ANIMALS GO
- 26.01.2022 Sara Medberg’s SILK SISTERS historical romance series pre-empted in Denmark!
- 26.01.2022 ‘Where Did the Animals Go – Travelling Through Time With Lotta and Kasper’ wins the Tieto-Lauri prize for Children’s and YA nonfiction!
- 21.01.2022 Icelandic e-book and audio rights for SNOW WHITE TRILOGY now sold to StorySide
- 20.01.2022 Lithuanian rights for NAONDEL (RED ABBEY CHRONICLES #2) acquired by Aukso pieva!
- 18.01.2022 THE MOONDAY LETTERS UK Cover & publication date reveal!
- 18.01.2022 THE GRUMBLEBELLY CAT now acquired in Italy!
- 18.01.2022 Film and TV rights for WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT by Mia Kankimäki now sold to napafilms!
- 17.01.2022 Apply for FILI Translation and Printing Grants until February 1st!
- 13.01.2022 Great reception in Italy to Mia Kankimäki’s WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT, sold to 20 territories
- 12.01.2022 Two new agents join Elina Ahlback Literary Agency! Welcome Sten-Erik Tammemäe and Elsa Lindström!
- 04.01.2022 Russian rights pre-empted for RED ABBEY CHRONICLES. Now 30 rights sold!
- 22.12.2021 Thank You for an excellent year 2021 and Happy Holidays!
- 17.12.2021 MEMORY OF WATER Feature Film Trailer and Release dates!
- 17.12.2021 Estonian rights for PRINCESS RASCAL series sold!
- 15.12.2021 Estonian rights for SUSTAINABLE INVESTING pre-empted by Äripäev!
- 13.12.2021 Martta Kaukonen’s debut thriller FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY now the winner of the Shadow-Savonia Prize!
- 10.12.2021 THE RED ROOM by Kaj Korkea-aho shortlisted for Runeberg Prize 2022!
- 09.12.2021 Introducing the Finlandia Prize winner 2021 Anne-Maija Aalto with the YA novel WHERE THE LIGHT COMES IN
- 09.12.2021 The Savonia Prize goes to Sirpa Kähkönen for her novel THE GREEN CHAMBER!
- 08.12.2021 German rights for WEIRD WEATHER now pre-empted!
- 07.12.2021 AGNES series now acquired in Romania!
- 03.12.2021 Martta Kaukonen’s debut thriller FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY now acquired in Denmark!
- 02.12.2021 Chinese rights for SUSTAINABLE INVESTING sold to Cheers
- 02.12.2021 Czech rights sold for THIS TRANSPARENT HEART by Katja Kallio!
- 01.12.2021 Introducing new author Hanna Brotherus and MY ONLY HOME
- 01.12.2021 Introducing new author Sirpa Kähkönen and THE GREEN CHAMBER
- 30.11.2021 Hungarian rights for STORMSEYE by Meri Luttinen sold to Európa Könyvkiadó!
- 29.11.2021 New accolades for Elina Backman and her thriller series!
- 25.11.2021 Martta Kaukonen’s debut thriller FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY now sold in the US! Nomination for the coveted Savonia Literary Prize announced!
- 25.11.2021 The Finnish edition of ‘US & us: Surviving Hollywood With Comedy’ by the comedian Ismo Leikola and Angelika Leikola is the most listened audiobook on Storytel 2021!
- 18.11.2021 Czech rights sold for THINGS THAT MAKE ONE’S HEART BEAT FASTER
- 18.11.2021 Korean rights for Maria Turtschaninoff’s bestselling YA Fantasy novel series THE RED ABBEY CHRONICLES acquired by Gimm-Young Publishers
- 17.11.2021 Lithuanian rights pre-empted for FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY! Now 11 territories for this debut thriller!
- 11.11.2021 Latvian rights acquired for FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY – 10 territories sold!
- 10.11.2021 ‘Where Did the Animals Go – Travelling Through Time With Lotta and Kasper’ nominated for Finlandia Prize for Children’s and Youth Literature
- 09.11.2021 Kirsti Paakkanen in Memoriam 1929-2021
- 05.11.2021 Excellent French praise for Laura Lindstedt’s MON AMIE NATALIA
- 03.11.2021 Russian rights for STORMSEYE by Meri Luttinen sold to Eksmo!
- 28.10.2021 Greek rights pre-empted for Minna Lindgren’s SUNSET GROVE TRILOGY! 15 rights sold!
- 26.10.2021 Two children’s series continue their success in Denmark: MABEL MERRYWEATHER book 2 rights acquired by ABC Forlag; PRINCESS RASCAL book 3 rights acquired by Gads Forlag
- 26.10.2021 Another deal for Minna Lindgren’s SUNSET GROVE TRILOGY! Now 4 deals in a row!
- 25.10.2021 19th territory for Mia Kankimäki’s THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT!
- 22.10.2021 Hungarian rights pre-empted for FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY and the sequel!
- 22.10.2021 Elina Backman’s debut crime novel ALL THE KING’S MEN nominated by the Swedish Crime Writer’s Academy as the BEST TRANSLATED CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
- 21.10.2021 TOP 8 Bestselling Nordic Fiction titles this Frankfurt Season!
- 15.10.2021 Latvian rights sold for SUNSET GROVE TRILOGY – now 13 languages for the cozy crime trilogy!
- 14.10.2021 Arabic rights sold for BAD BLOOD (Jessica Niemi #3) – now 9 countries for this bestseller!
- 14.10.2021 Now 5 languages for HOMESTEAD! Azerbaijani rights sold to Alatoran!
- 13.10.2021 Polish rights pre-empted for FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY and the sequel!
- 13.10.2021 Russian rights for NORDIC HORROR series sold to Eksmo!
- 11.10.2021 Lithuanian rights sold for Minna Lindgren’s DEATH IN SUNSET GROVE!
- 07.10.2021 WE ARE HIRING: Elina Ahlback Literary Agency is looking for new passionate Literary Agents!
- 07.10.2021 Three new Fiction deals: Johanna Sinisalo’s STORM FLUTE and BLOOD OF ANGELS and Minna Lindgren’s DEATH IN SUNSET GROVE!
- 06.10.2021 Emmi Itäranta’s MOONDAY LETTERS Czech rights sold to Albatros, MEMORY OF WATER to VBZ in Croatia!
- 05.10.2021 Introducing new award-winning author Juha Itkonen
- 05.10.2021 Hungarian rights for THE STORY OF AINO AND ALVAR AALTO acquired by Európa Könyvkiadó
- 04.10.2021 3 new LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES deals!
- 01.10.2021 Apply for FILI Translation and Printing Grants from today!
- 24.09.2021 Russian rights sold for the bestselling Nordic Noir CARGO and SWING!
- 23.09.2021 Albanian 2-book-deal for ANNI THE FRIEND TAMER series!
- 22.09.2021 The Croatian rights for FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY now pre-empted by Znanje!
- 20.09.2021 SOSHISHA acquires Japanese rights to Mia Kankimäki’s WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT, sold now in 18 territories
- 17.09.2021 The Czech rights for FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY acquired, now 6 territories for the debut thriller!
- 15.09.2021 Amazing week for the Finnish #1 Bestselling Crime Author – Leena Lehtolainen!
- 10.09.2021 Slovak rights for THE FINNISH WAY pre-empted by Motyl!
- 10.09.2021 Emmi Itäranta’s MOONDAY LETTERS World English, World English audio and Hungarian rights sold!
- 09.09.2021 Miika Nousiainen’s FACELIFT has now been published in Germany to amazing reviews!
- 09.09.2021 World English rights for THE STORY OF AINO AND ALVAR AALTO acquired by Phaidon Press!
- 09.09.2021 Elina Backman’s ALL THE KING’S MEN and STILL WATERS RUN DEEP pre-empted in Hungary!
- 08.09.2021 Hungarian rights acquired for the new fantasy novel THE STORM FLUTE by Johanna Sinisalo
- 07.09.2021 BAD BLOOD (Jessica Niemi #3) published today in Finland! Congratulations Max Seeck!
- 03.09.2021 Heliopolis acquires Taiwanese rights for THE 50 MOST DANGEROUS COMPANIES!
- 02.09.2021 The UK rights for FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLY acquired by Pushkin Press at auction in a two-book deal!
- 02.09.2021 Estonian rights for THE FINNISH WAY pre-empted by Rahva Raamat!
- 31.08.2021 AUTHORS’ AUGUST ends on a high note: watch Maria Turtschaninoff describe the ideas behind her bestselling YA Fantasy novels
- 30.08.2021 4th territory for Ann-Luise Bertell’s HOMESTEAD!
- 30.08.2021 Estonian rights acquired for Saara Turunen’s IRRATIONAL THINGS
- 30.08.2021 Thai Rights sold for Katja Pantzar’s EVERYDAY SISU
- 27.08.2021 The Greek rights for GUIDE ME, BUTTERFLY pre-empted by Psichogios in a two-book deal!
- 25.08.2021 AUTHORS’ AUGUST: How did the new Nordic Noir power couple Aki and Milla Ollikainen start to write together?
- 23.08.2021 Max Seeck’s THE WITCH HUNTER sold to Ukraine!
- 23.08.2021 Elina Backman’s ALL THE KING’S MEN sold to Romania!
- 20.08.2021 The much-awaited insider book on the designer couple THE STORY OF AINO AND ALVAR AALTO is published today
- 20.08.2021 German three-way auction over for Martta Kaukonen’s debut thriller GUIDE ME, BUTTERFLY! The winner is Heyne Verlag!
- 19.08.2021 THE GRUMBLEBELLY CAT now acquired in both Poland and Turkey!
- 19.08.2021 Estonian rights sold for Martta Kaukonen’s debut thriller GUIDE ME, BUTTERFLY!
- 18.08.2021 Authors’ August continues! How did one of the bestselling Finnish authors of all time – Salla Simukka – start writing and why did she choose Young Adult as her genre?
- 12.08.2021 Elina Backman’s STILL WATERS RUN DEEP (book #2 in the series) now sold to Poland!
- 11.08.2021 AUTHORS’ AUGUST: How did NYT bestselling Max Seeck start as a writer? Watch the video!
- 09.08.2021 New tv series premiering in August based on Leena Lehtolainen’s bestselling MARIA KALLIO Series
- 04.08.2021 AUTHORS’ AUGUST: Enter the writing space of our bestselling authors!
- 02.08.2021 Introducing NEW AUTHORS for Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency this Fall 2021!
- 30.07.2021 EALA Fall 2021 Fiction Rights Guide is here!
- 30.07.2021 EALA Fall 2021 Non-Fiction Rights Guide is here!
- 30.07.2021 EALA Fall 2021 Children’s Rights Guide is here!
- 21.07.2021 Emilia Lahti’s GENTLE POWER now pre-empted in China!
- 13.07.2021 Elina Backman’s STILL WATERS RUN DEEP sold to Russia!
- 12.07.2021 GERMAN AUDIO RIGHTS sold to Leena Lehtolainen’s bestselling MARIA KALLIO Series and BODYGUARD Series!
- 08.07.2021 FOLIO acquires French paperback rights to Mia Kankimäki’s THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT
- 30.06.2021 LITTLE MOUSE GOES CAMPING now sold to France!
- 24.06.2021 Max Seeck topping bestseller lists – already 50.000 copies sold in Finland!
- 24.06.2021 Now 7 territories for MABEL MERRYWEATHER series!
- 24.06.2021 MONSTER NANNY trilogy to be published in Russia as a bind-up edition!
- 24.06.2021 Polish rights pre-empted for LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES series!
- 17.06.2021 Elina Backman’s STILL WATERS RUN DEEP now TOP 9 in the Finnish official bestseller list! See the new video!
- 17.06.2021 Tuutikki Tolonen’s AGNES AND THE GARDEN OF DREAMS has won the coveted Lukuvarkaus prize!
- 16.06.2021 Norstedts acquires Swedish rights to CHARMING DUKE and CHARLOTTA by Sara Medberg, and Varrak Estonian rights to CHARLOTTA!
- 15.06.2021 Introducing the Winner of the Best Crime Fiction Novel: LEAD WHITE by Jyrki Erra
- 15.06.2021 LITTLE MOUSE series now sold to Germany!
- 11.06.2021 Croatian rights sold for FACELIFT!
- 11.06.2021 Serbian rights sold for MONSTER NANNY! Now it has 31 publishers around the world!
- 10.06.2021 LITTLE MOUSE series now sold to Slovakia!
- 09.06.2021 Today Elina Ahlback Literary Agency celebrates its 12th anniversary!
- 08.06.2021 Salla Simukka nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award!
- 07.06.2021 LITTLE MOUSE series now sold to Romania!
- 07.06.2021 Czech rights sold for FACELIFT!
- 04.06.2021 Elina Backman’s ALL THE KING’S MEN has now sold over 20.000 copies!
- 01.06.2021 Dutch rights pre-empted for THE 50 MOST DANGEROUS COMPANIES!
- 27.05.2021 Swedish rights sold for THE GRUMBLEBELLY CAT, MONSTER NANNY rights to Korea
- 26.05.2021 Swedish rights for CARGO and SWING are now sold to Bokfabriken!
- 25.05.2021 New Rights & Contracts Coordinator Linda Powell joins Elina Ahlback Literary Agency!
- 25.05.2021 Estonian rights sold for THE 50 MOST DANGEROUS COMPANIES IN THE WORLD!
- 20.05.2021 Backman’s awaited crime sequel STILL WATERS RUN DEEP published this week!
- 20.05.2021 German rights sold for THE 50 MOST DANGEROUS COMPANIES IN THE WORLD!
- 18.05.2021 Excellent start for ONEIRON in Poland! Interview with Laura Lindstedt
- 14.05.2021 IRRATIONAL THINGS has now sold over 10 000 copies in Finland!
- 12.05.2021 Danish rights sold for novels #3 and #4 in the Max Seeck’s Jessica Niemi series!
- 11.05.2021 Danish rights for CARGO and SWING are now sold to Svane & Bilgrav!
- 11.05.2021 Estonian rights sold for ENCHANTED PLANET EARTH!
- 06.05.2021 An Evening with Laura Lindstedt, the “Rock Star” of Finnish Literature
- 04.05.2021 Hungarian rights sold for LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES 3!
- 04.05.2021 Finland is the new Mecca of crime fiction – CARGO publishers predict the future bestseller!
- 29.04.2021 Romanian rights sold for MONSTER NANNY trilogy!
- 28.04.2021 US and UK rights sold for New York Times Bestselling author Max Seeck’s novels #3 and #4 in the Jessica Niemi series!
- 27.04.2021 THE 50 MOST DANGEROUS COMPANIES IN THE WORLD in Finnish bestseller lists!
- 22.04.2021 Estonian rights sold for THE GRUMBLEBELLY CAT, Lithuanian for MONSTER ROUTE!
- 19.04.2021 Happy Publication Day, BECHI!
- 16.04.2021 Emmi Itäranta wins Tähtivaeltaja Award and Saara Turunen goes to #1 on the Finnish Bestseller List!
- 16.04.2021 North Macedonian rights sold for THE GRUMBLEBELLY CAT!
- 15.04.2021 Now Swedish rights sold for THE 50 MOST DANGEROUS COMPANIES IN THE WORLD!
- 12.04.2021 Now 16 rights sold for WEIRD WEATHER!
- 12.04.2021 Albanian rights sold for LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES series!
- 08.04.2021 New York Times recommends Laura Lindstedt’s US debut
- 07.04.2021 Russian rights sold for MISS SWIFT’S WEIRD AND WONDERFUL HOUSE
- 07.04.2021 Now 12 rights sold for LITTLE MOUSE series!
- 07.04.2021 HILJA-series sold to RUSSIA!
- 01.04.2021 Now longer sample available for THE 50 MOST DANGEROUS COMPANIES IN THE WORLD! Read the Italian praise!
- 01.04.2021 FACELIFT to be published in Germany! English sample for CHARMING DUKE!
- 31.03.2021 German 3-book deal for ANNI THE FRIEND TAMER series
- 26.03.2021 Elina Backman’s ALL THE KING’S MEN wins the Storytel Award
- 26.03.2021 Now Italian rights sold for 50 MOST DANGEROUS COMPANIES IN THE WORLD!
- 25.03.2021 Now 20 publishers worldwide for the LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES!
- 24.03.2021 Three new deals! CARGO and SWING now sold in 11 territories!
- 23.03.2021 MY FRIEND NATALIA by Laura Lindstedt published in the US today
- 23.03.2021 PUTIN’S TROLLS and THE MARIMEKKO STORY on foreign bestseller lists!
- 22.03.2021 Grumblebelly Cat sold to Denmark
- 22.03.2021 Mabel Merryweather and the Miniature Pirates sold in the Netherlands
- 19.03.2021 German rights for ARCTIC MIRAGE acquired by Hanser Berlin!
- 17.03.2021 CARGO and SWING pre-empted by Animus in Hungary!
- 17.03.2021 IRRATIONAL THINGS by Saara Turunen published today with rave reviews!
- 16.03.2021 Japanese sale for AINO & ALVAR AALTO!
- 16.03.2021 First sale for 50 MOST DANGEROUS COMPANIES IN THE WORLD!
- 15.03.2021 Emilia Lahti is introducing the original concept of GENTLE POWER to the English-speaking world
- 11.03.2021 CARGO sold to Norway and Slovenia
- 11.03.2021 Announcing a Latvian deal for LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES 2!
- 09.03.2021 Pre-empt for CARGO and SWING in Czech Republic!
- 05.03.2021 Five-book deal for CARGO by A.M. Ollikainen in Lithuania! Auction in Norway!
- 05.03.2021 Excellent US praise for Laura Lindstedt’s MY FRIEND NATALIA – An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Month in March 2021
- 04.03.2021 German and Dutch pre-empts for CARGO by A.M. Ollikainen!
- 26.02.2021 First sale for CARGO by A.M. Ollikainen!
- 25.02.2021 Mabel Merryweather series Russian rights pre-empted by Eksmo!
- 24.02.2021 Max Seeck launched in Sweden with great success
- 22.02.2021 2 new deals for LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES series!
- 16.02.2021 Announcing three new non-fiction deals!
- 16.02.2021 AGNES AND THE MYSTERIOUS MANOR acquired by Eesti Raamat in Estonia
- 10.02.2021 First rights sold for ARCTIC MIRAGE and fifth for FACELIFT!
- 05.02.2021 EALA Spring 2021 Fiction Rights Guide
- 05.02.2021 EALA Spring 2021 Non-Fiction Rights Guide
- 05.02.2021 EALA Spring 2021 Children’s Rights Guide
- 29.01.2021 First rights for IRRATIONAL THINGS by Saara Turunen sold to BALTO in Lithuania!
- 28.01.2021 Indonesian rights sold for A WONDERFUL LIFE! 26 territories sold altogether!
- 27.01.2021 Now 17 territories for LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES series and 20 for NAONDEL!
- 21.01.2021 Aschehoug acquires Max Seeck’s Book 3 & Book 4 in Jessica Niemi Series – Hexenjäger in the Spiegel Bestsellerliste!
- 19.01.2021 LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES series sold to Lithuania, WEIRD WEATHER to Denmark!
- 18.01.2021 Meri Luttinen’s STORMSEYE wins Topelius Prize
- 13.01.2021 NAONDEL sold to Azerbaijan!
- 13.01.2021 LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES 3 sold to Denmark!
- 04.01.2021 Happy New Year 2021: Full English manuscripts available for many EALA books
- 22.12.2020 Year 2020 at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency: New York Times Bestselling Author Max Seeck, Award-winners and Bestsellers
- 18.12.2020 Mia Kankimäki’s THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT A NIGHT now sold to 17 territories!
- 17.12.2020 Second rights sale for MINI SCIENCE: INVISIBLE WORLD
- 16.12.2020 Latvian rights sold for WEIRD WEATHER! Turkish for ENCHANTED PLANET EARTH!
- 15.12.2020 Breaking news: US publishing deal for award-winning journalist Jessikka Aro and PUTIN’S TROLLS!
- 14.12.2020 HOMESTEAD nominated for Runeberg Prize
- 14.12.2020 Topelius Award and Arvid Lydecken Award Nominations
- 08.12.2020 Polish rights sold for ENCHANTED PLANET EARTH!
- 04.12.2020 Welcoming New Authors
- 04.12.2020 Russian and Norwegian rights sold for FACELIFT!
- 03.12.2020 PUTIN’S TROLLS sold in Sweden! Jessikka Aro receives prestigious international Courage in Journalism Award!
- 26.11.2020 Nordic Inspirations Webinar – with Bestselling Authors, Mia Kankimäki and Frank Martela!
- 25.11.2020 Max Seeck’s Book 3 in Jessica Niemi Series Sold to Bastei Luebbe in Germany!
- 20.11.2020 WHEN THE KING DIES goes to Russia; THE WITCH HUNTER still New York Times Best-Seller #11
- 19.11.2020 World English Rights for EVERYDAY SISU Sold to Penguin Random House, TarcherPerigee!
- 12.11.2020 It’s official: Max Seeck is a NY Times Bestselling author!!!
- 11.11.2020 THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT, by Mia Kankimäki, hits US shelves!
- 10.11.2020 New Agent Eliot Baker joins Elina Ahlback Literary Agency
- 05.11.2020 Italian rights sold for ’WHEN THE KING DIES’, now 12 rights sold + Film & TV
- 05.11.2020 AGNES sold to Germany, THE LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES series to Italy!
- 04.11.2020 Max Seeck’s THE WITCH HUNTER is Barnes & Noble’s November Pick, WSJ recommends, and English ms. available for EVIL’S NET
- 29.10.2020 Now 25 territories for A WONDERFUL LIFE and 2 territories for AINO & ALVAR AALTO!
- 29.10.2020 Now 11 rights sold for Elina Backman’s ‘WHEN THE KING DIES’!
- 26.10.2020 Feel-Good Fiction from Finland!
- 23.10.2020 Finnish author Max Seeck shares the secret of his success as a novelist in an exclusive webinar hosted by the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce – Los Angeles.
- 21.10.2020 THE MARIMEKKO STORY sold to Japan: The Greatest of All is Love.
- 20.10.2020 The life and work of world-famous pioneering architect couple AINO AND ALVAR AALTO to be published by Otava and represented worldwide by the Elina Ahlback Literary Agency
- 12.10.2020 Elisa Audio Book Award Winners 2020
- 06.10.2020 Hungarian rights sold to Mabel Merryweather series!
- 02.10.2020 Estonian rights sold to HILJA’S SUMMER AT THE GREEN HOUSE
- 02.10.2020 LITTLE BOOK OF BAD MOODS sold to Georgia!
- 01.10.2020 Two new deals for Miika Nousiainen!
- 01.10.2020 Estonian rights sold for THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WORD!
- 01.10.2020 29th territory for MONSTER NANNY series!
- 29.09.2020 German and Danish rights sold to MABEL MERRYWEATHER series by Noora Kunnas and Teemu Juhani
- 25.09.2020 Introducing EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN OF HISTORY – first sale to Estonia!
- 25.09.2020 AURORA STUDIOS OPTIONS FILM & TV RIGHTS TO ‘WHEN THE KING DIES’!
- 21.09.2020 Apply for FILI Translation and Production Grants on October 1st onwards
- 17.09.2020 Frank Martela’s A WONDERFUL LIFE sold to Bulgaria – now 24 territories sold!
- 15.09.2020 TV Series based on Finland’s bestselling Maria Kallio crime series goes to production! Worldwide sales over 2.5 million copies!
- 10.09.2020 EVIL’S NET by Max Seeck published in Finland today
- 09.09.2020 Emmi Itäranta’s brilliant third novel THE MOONDAY LETTERS published today
- 07.09.2020 Frank Martela’s A WONDERFUL LIFE sold to Portugal – 23 territories conquered!
- 03.09.2020 World English rights sold to FUTURE SKILLS by Perttu Pölönen
- 02.09.2020 Introducing GENTLE POWER by Emilia Lahti
- 30.08.2020 Now 10 rights sold for WHEN THE KING DIES!
- 28.08.2020 Advance Praise for THE WITCH HUNTER in Kirkus Reviews
- 27.08.2020 First foreign sale for THE MARIMEKKO STORY!
- 19.08.2020 2020 Fiction Fall Rights Guide is published!
- 19.08.2020 2020 Non-Fiction Fall Rights Guide is published
- 18.08.2020 2020 Children’s & YA Fall Rights Guide is published
- 14.08.2020 MARESI is now sold to 27 territories!
- 13.08.2020 Feature film based on Emmi Itäranta’s novel MEMORY OF WATER now shooting in Estonia, soon in Germany and Norwegian Lapland
- 11.08.2020 Leena Lehtolainen’s RIPPLE EFFECT is now published
- 29.07.2020 Amazing review for Salla Simukka’s new YA novel DETAINED
- 20.07.2020 THE LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES 3 has now sold to Russia
- 20.07.2020 Now 8 territories sold for WHEN THE KING DIES!
- 10.07.2020 German rights sold to Leena Lehtolainen’s forthcoming bestseller RIPPLE EFFECT
- 09.07.2020 Frank Martela’s A WONDERFUL LIFE sold to Italy and Latvia, now 22 rights sold in total!
- 07.07.2020 Czech rights sold for WHEN THE KING DIES!
- 06.07.2020 Frank Martela’s A WONDERFUL LIFE now already sold to 20 territories! Estonian rights sold for WILLPOWER, DETERMINATION, SELF-ESTEEM.
- 03.07.2020 New deals for MISS SWIFT’S WEIRD AND WONDERFUL HOUSE and PRINCESS RASCAL SERIES!
- 02.07.2020 WHEN THE KING DIES sold to Norway and Sweden: 7 territories in 2 weeks!
- 26.06.2020 Korean rights sold to FUTURE SKILLS by Perttu Pölönen
- 24.06.2020 German and Dutch rights sold for WHEN THE KING DIES and sequel THE ISLE OF SHEEP!
- 18.06.2020 Salla Simukka’s DETAINED sold to Estonia, Magdalena Hai’s THE LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES 3 to Sweden
- 17.06.2020 First rights sold, German auction, TV Rights offer for WHEN THE KING DIES!
- 10.06.2020 Elina Backman’s WHEN THE KING DIES hits the Finnish bestseller list
- 09.06.2020 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency celebrates 11th anniversary
- 09.06.2020 MINI SCIENCE series sold to Turkey! Announcing the 2nd title in the series: MINI SCIENCE: INVISIBLE WORLD!
- 05.06.2020 Celebrate the summer with LITTLE MOUSE! Read the interview with the author and illustrator Riikka Jäntti!
- 05.06.2020 Japanese rights sold for EVERYDAY SISU by Katja Pantzar
- 03.06.2020 Frank Martela’s A WONDERFUL LIFE, published only 2 months ago, already sold to 19 territories!
- 28.05.2020 Courage in Journalism Award for Jessikka Aro! New review for her PUTIN’S TROLLS!
- 28.05.2020 2 new children’s deals: WHERE ARE YOU to Greece and HOW TO GREET AN ALIEN to Latvia!
- 27.05.2020 Introducing Elina Backman and WHEN THE KING DIES
- 22.05.2020 Maria Kallio and Daniel Kuisma are conquering the world!
- 20.05.2020 Praising reviews for Johanna Sinisalo’s STRANGERS INSIDE
- 19.05.2020 Frank Martela’s A WONDERFUL LIFE is published in Finland and already conquering Finnish bestseller lists!
- 15.05.2020 Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER (aka THE WITCH HUNTER) wins the Storytel Award
- 15.05.2020 Great review for THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT in Publishers Weekly
- 14.05.2020 Finest Feel-good Fiction from Finland!
- 06.05.2020 Tove Jansson biography WORK AND LOVE sold to Denmark
- 05.05.2020 MARESI is now sold to 26 territories!
- 30.04.2020 Russian rights sold for ENCHANTED PLANET EARTH
- 29.04.2020 Second deal for THE ISLAND OF LOST ANIMALS! MARESI is now sold to 25 territories!
- 29.04.2020 Lithuanian rights sold for Laura Lindstedt’s MY FRIEND NATALIA!
- 24.04.2020 Now 38 rights sold for FAITHFUL READER! New international covers announced!
- 23.04.2020 Turkish rights sold for FUTURE SKILLS!
- 20.04.2020 MARESI is now sold to 24 territories! Excellent reviews for LITTLE MOUSE’S SUMMER, AGNES and ENCHANTED PLANET EARTH!
- 17.04.2020 Translation grants guarantee – apply before 1st of May!
- 15.04.2020 A WONDERFUL LIFE sold to France and Germany
- 09.04.2020 Gutkind pre-empts the Danish rights of FAITHFUL READER and EVIL’S NET by Max Seeck
- 09.04.2020 Now 7 territories for PUTIN’S TROLLS, 4 for WILD EAST!
- 09.04.2020 DETAINED: a new YA thriller by Salla Simukka
- 07.04.2020 Watch Elina Hirvonen talk about Julia & P.A.L// Introducing – Enchanted Planet Earth
- 06.04.2020 Translation Grants and New Awards for our Bestselling Authors!
- 02.04.2020 MARESI RED MANTLE – 2020 Global Literature in Libraries Translated YA Book Prize Winner
- 02.04.2020 WEIRD WEATHER will be published in the United States on Earth Day 2021!
- 01.04.2020 Arabic Rights sold for the heart-gripping novel BLACKBIRD!
- 27.03.2020 Russian rights sold for LITTLE BOOK OF BAD MOODS AT WORK!
- 24.03.2020 Happy Birthday: A WONDERFUL LIFE published today by HarperCollins!
- 20.03.2020 First sales for WHERE ARE YOU!
- 17.03.2020 15th pre-publication deal for A WONDERFUL LIFE by Frank Martela!
- 13.03.2020 Hungarian and Czech rights for sold for PUTIN’S TROLLS!
- 09.03.2020 World Spanish rights to A WONDERFUL LIFE by Frank Martela sold at auction
- 06.03.2020 13 PRE-LONDON DEALS!
- 02.03.2020 SISTERLAND by Salla Simukka getting rave reviews in the US
- 27.02.2020 13th pre-publication deal for A WONDERFUL LIFE by Frank Martela!
- 24.02.2020 EALA Spring 2020 Children’s & YA Rights Guide is published!
- 21.02.2020 Spring 2020 Fiction & Non-Fiction Rights Guide is published!
- 20.02.2020 Polish rights for PUTIN’S TROLLS, Korean rights for LITTLE BOOK OF BAD MOODS sold!
- 18.02.2020 Italian and Swedish rights sold for THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT by Mia Kankimäki
- 14.02.2020 12 rights sold for THE LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES SERIES!
- 11.02.2020 Three new deals for A WONDERFUL LIFE!
- 10.02.2020 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency shortlisted for The Literary Agent Award in LBF!
- 06.02.2020 US edition of THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT by Mia Kankimäki will be published in November 2020 (Simon & Schuster)
- 04.02.2020 Portál in Czech Republic completes the Monster Nanny trilogy!
- 31.01.2020 Frank Martela’s A Wonderful Life is getting amazing praise in the US before publication!
- 30.01.2020 Introducing: HIGH-RISE by Hanna-Riikka Kuisma – Critical success & Finlandia Prize Nominee
- 29.01.2020 Two deals for PUTIN’S TROLLS – true stories from the Russian information war
- 20.01.2020 New Non-Fiction Deals: MOTHER’S BAD MOODS and LOVE, JOY, COURAGE!
- 09.01.2020 New year’s sales for WEIRD WEATHER and MONSTER NANNY trilogy!
- 08.01.2020 Apply for FILI translation and printing grants now!
- 17.12.2019 Japanese rights sold to THINGS THAT MAKE ONE’S HEART BEAT FASTER
- 13.12.2019 A WONDERFUL LIFE sold to Croatia and WILD EAST to Sweden!
- 11.12.2019 10th foreign sale for WEIRD WEATHER! Slovak rights to IKAR!
- 06.12.2019 3 new children’s deals: Weird Weather, Princess Rascal and Monster Nanny!
- 05.12.2019 French rights sold to THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT by Mia Kankimäki
- 04.12.2019 BREAKING HOLLYWOOD NEWS! GREG SILVERMAN’S STAMPEDE VENTURES ACQUIRES TV RIGHTS for MAX SEECK’S “THE FAITHFUL READER” + now 35 rights sold!
- 27.11.2019 Norwegian rights sold to A WONDERFUL LIFE by Frank Martela
- 21.11.2019 FAITHFUL READER now sold to 30 territories!
- 20.11.2019 Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER sold to Korea! Now 29 rights sold!
- 20.11.2019 3 New children’s non-fiction deals: Weird Weather, What is Night and What is Water!
- 19.11.2019 Faithful Reader sold to Sweden!
- 18.11.2019 Excellent praise for award-winning author Elina Hirvonen’s new novel RED STORM
- 13.11.2019 WILD EAST by Aapo Roselius & Oula Silvennoinen nominated for Finlandia Prize, first sales to Estonia!
- 11.11.2019 Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER sold to the UK, Russia and Israel!
- 01.11.2019 4th pre-publication sale for AGNES AND THE GARDEN OF DREAMS
- 01.11.2019 Breaking news! Berkley, Penguin Random House, acquires US rights to Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER in a two-book-deal!
- 30.10.2019 Weird Weather sold to Hungary!
- 29.10.2019 Apply for FILI Finnish translation grants this week!
- 25.10.2019 Polish and Latvian sales for Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER
- 24.10.2019 Frankfurt Children’s Deals: Weird Weather, Agnes, Little Shop of Nightmares
- 23.10.2019 Non-Fiction Frankfurt deals for A WONDERFUL LIFE and FINNISH PARENTING BOOK
- 12.10.2019 13 pre-Frankfurt deals for FAITHFUL READER!
- 10.10.2019 5 countries in 24 hours for FAITHFUL READER!
- 08.10.2019 Aschehoug pre-empts Norwegian rights of Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER in a two-book-deal!
- 08.10.2019 Little Mouse Series sold to Russia’s Lenizdat
- 08.10.2019 The Little Shop of Nightmares continues to conquer the world!
- 08.10.2019 Russian rights sold for Agnes and the Garden of Dreams!
- 07.10.2019 Full English Manuscripts now available: A WONDERFUL LIFE and THE WOMEN I THINK ABOUT AT NIGHT
- 04.10.2019 Mondadori buys Italian rights to WEIRD WEATHER!
- 03.10.2019 German rights to Laura Lindstedt’s MY FRIEND NATALIA sold to dtv
- 02.10.2019 Apply for Finnish translation and printing grants now!
- 01.10.2019 Pre-Frankfurt deals for Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER: Dutch and French rights sold!
- 24.09.2019 4th deal for Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER!
- 23.09.2019 WEIRD WEATHER sold to Rabén & Sjögren in Sweden: The year 2020 Lotta and Kasper write an email to the world!
- 23.09.2019 Hungarian rights sold for THE LITTLE SHOP OF NIGHTMARES
- 19.09.2019 Bastei Lübbe acquires German rights to Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER in a pre-empt
- 18.09.2019 Max Seeck’s FAITHFUL READER creating buzz internationally – Read the full English translation now!
- 17.09.2019 12th deal for The Women I Think About at Night!
- 10.09.2019 Seven deals in one month for The Little Shop of Nightmares series!
- 05.09.2019 French rights for My Friend Natalia acquired by Gallimard
- 04.09.2019 Four new deals for The Little Shop of Nightmares
- 02.09.2019 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency expands in Europe: New office in Amsterdam!
- 26.08.2019 We celebrated our 10th anniversary!
- 22.08.2019 Breaking news! US deal for Laura Lindstedt’s MY FRIEND NATALIA!
- 20.08.2019 Allen & Unwin acquires Australian and New Zealand rights to Monster Nanny!
- 14.08.2019 EALA Fall Children’s & YA Rights Guide and New Deals
- 14.08.2019 EALA Fall Fiction Highlights and New Deals
- 08.08.2019 NEW CHILDREN’S DEALS
- 07.08.2019 The Women I Think About at Night sold to Denmark
- 07.08.2019 New fiction deals for Laura Lindstedt, Max Seeck and Mia Kankimäki
- 01.08.2019 New deals for The Little Shop of Nightmares and The Little Mouse Series
- 31.07.2019 10th foreign rights deal for The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimäki
- 23.07.2019 De Bezige Bij acquires the Dutch rights to My Friend Natalia
- 22.07.2019 New sales for Mia Kankimäki’s The Women I Think About at Night
- 08.07.2019 My Friend Natalia sold to Italy
- 05.07.2019 My Friend Natalia sold to 3 new countries in one week
- 17.06.2019 Winshare acquires Chinese rights to The Women I Think About at Night
- 11.06.2019 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency’s 10th anniversary celebration & New Deals
- 11.06.2019 New sales for Little Mouse series and The Little Shop of Nightmares
- 11.06.2019 German rights sold to The Ice-Cream Man by Katri Lipson
- 11.06.2019 Meaning of Life Explained sold to Rahva Raamat in Estonia
- 11.06.2019 Film News: The Memory of Water receives production support
- 07.06.2019 The Little Book of Bad Moods for Mothers sold to Czech Republic!
- 06.06.2019 Maresi Red Mantle published in the UK by Pushkin Press today!
- 06.06.2019 Have you heard about Petri Karra?
- 27.05.2019 Apply for the Creative Europe Grant to cover up to 50% of the costs of your new Finnish project!
- 24.05.2019 “The Soul of Sauna” full English manuscript now available!
- 21.05.2019 English sample for Laura Lindstedt’s MY FRIEND NATALIA now available!
- 10.05.2019 New Agent joins Elina Ahlback Literary Agency
- 06.05.2019 Slovenian rights of Max Seeck sold to Didakta and German rights of Mikko-Pekka Heikkinen’s The Reindeer Mafia sold to Antium Verlag!
- 02.05.2019 UK rights to Mother’s Little Book of Bad Moods, Estonian rights to The Women I Think About at Night and Russian rights to Love, Joy & Courage sold!
- 02.05.2019 New sales for Monster Nanny, Little Mouse and The Monster Tournament
- 02.05.2019 The Little Book of Bad Moods widely featured in Finland’s biggest daily newspaper
- 24.04.2019 New praise for Laura Lindstedt and Mia Kankimäki
- 17.04.2019 Apply for FILI grants for Finnish literature now, deadline 1st May!
- 12.04.2019 Mother’s Little Book of Bad Moods sold to Germany
- 29.03.2019 New deals for Monster Nanny in Portugal and Czech Republic – rights sold in 24 territories
- 28.03.2019 Hungarian deals for The Soul of Finnish Sauna and Love, Joy, Courage
- 27.03.2019 Czech rights to Max Seeck’s The Faithful Reader sold in a pre-empt
- 26.03.2019 Scolar acquires Hungarian rights to Laura Lindstedt’s My Friend Natalia
- 19.03.2019 Fantastic reception to Finlandia-winner Laura Lindstedt’s new novel about young woman’s sexuality ‘My Friend Natalia’
- 07.03.2019 Hanser Verlag acquires German rights to Monster Nanny Book 3: The Monster Message
- 01.03.2019 Our Fiction & Nonfiction London Rights Guide 2019 is here
- 01.03.2019 Children’s & YA Bologna Rights Guide 2019 is here
- 08.02.2019 The Bystander by Saara Turunen sold to Sweden
- 05.02.2019 New sales for The Women I Think About at Night, Max Seeck’s The Mephisto Touch and The Little Book of Bad Moods
- 24.01.2019 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency has moved
- 14.01.2019 New wonderful praise for The Women I Think About At Night
- 20.12.2018 Year 2018 in Elina Ahlback Literary Agency: bestsellers round-up
- 13.12.2018 French rights sold to The Peace Machine by Timo Honkela: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for World Peace
- 06.12.2018 Russian sale for The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimäki
- 23.11.2018 New sales for Salla Simukka, Magdalena Hai and The Fox Who Painted the Sky
- 22.11.2018 Korean rights sold to The Meaning of Your Life Explained by Frank Martela
- 20.11.2018 Simon & Schuster buys North American rights and btb Verlag German rights to The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimäki
- 16.11.2018 Excellent praise for Max Seeck in Finland’s biggest daily Helsingin Sanomat
- 08.11.2018 The Little Book of Bad Moods will be published in 30 territories & The Meaning of Your Life Explained sold in Russia
- 07.11.2018 Finlandia Prize nomination for The Third Sister by Magdalena Hai
- 01.11.2018 Ambo Anthos pre-empts Dutch rights to The Meaning of Your Life Explained by Frank Martela
- 30.10.2018 Orlando pre-empts Dutch rights to The Women I Think About at Night by Mia Kankimäki
- 29.10.2018 HarperCollins pre-empts World English rights to The Meaning of Your Life Explained by Frank Martela
- 17.10.2018 Frankfurt deals for The Little Book of Bad Moods in China, Japan, and Brazil: 20 territories sold
- 10.10.2018 The US and UK deals for The Little Book of Bad Moods – now sold in 16 territories
- 05.10.2018 Pre-Frankfurt deals and new reviews for our fiction highlights
- 05.10.2018 Monster Nanny sold to 22 languages, new reviews for our children’s highlights
- 26.09.2018 The Little Book of Bad Moods sold to Germany and Sweden at auctions
- 25.09.2018 Max Seeck no 4 on Bestseller list
- 21.09.2018 Spanish, Italian, Czech, Slovak and Serbian: new deals for The Little Book of Bad Moods!
- 14.09.2018 The Little Book of Bad Moods pre-empted in France and Norway!
- 12.09.2018 First deal for The Little Book of Bad Moods: A.W. Bruna pre-empts Dutch rights
- 04.09.2018 Fiction And Non-Fiction Rights Guide For Fall 2018 Is Here!
- 03.09.2018 Children’s and Young Adult Rights Guide for Fall 2018 is here!
- 23.08.2018 Dressler/Oetinger acquires the German rights to the prize-winning fairytale The Grumblebelly Cat at auction
- 23.08.2018 Copper Heart sold to Estonia and A Killer’s Girlfriend published in Finland!
- 13.08.2018 Finnish Sisu goes to Asia!
- 07.08.2018 New reviews and new agents!
- 03.08.2018 Breaking news for Monster Nanny feature film: Screen Australia invests in development
- 03.08.2018 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency and Finnish literature in The Paris Review
- 21.06.2018 Midsummer’s review round-up
- 13.06.2018 The Bystander by Saara Turunen gathers great reviews
- 11.06.2018 The Agency’s 9th anniversary & rights report: Oneiron sold to Spain
- 08.06.2018 We are looking for a new agent to join our team
- 30.05.2018 New deals for The Angry Widow, The Core of the Sun and The Game Designer Confessions
- 03.05.2018 Recent children’s book deals & reviews: monsters, virtual realities and nonfiction
- 27.04.2018 New fiction deals for The Angry Widow, Goblins and The Core of the Sun
- 25.04.2018 Finnish Sauna and Sisu among London Book Fair’s deals!
- 09.04.2018 Our fiction highlights for London Book Fair
- 29.03.2018 Pre-London Book Fair deals for The Angry Widow
- 19.03.2018 Finding Sisu “from the world’s happiest country” published this week!
- 08.03.2018 London Rights Guide celebrates the Year of Sisu 2018
- 06.03.2018 Bologna Rights Guide presents Finnish storytellers conquering the world
- 01.03.2018 Crime fiction news round-up of March
- 23.02.2018 Finlandia-winning Oneiron sold to Turkey, gathering praise globally
- 07.02.2018 Finding Sisu sells to 16 territories! In Search Of Courage, Strength And Happiness The Finnish Way
- 12.01.2018 January fiction deals: Memory of Water and Raspberry Boat Refugee
- 05.01.2018 Happy New Year: January’s non-fiction news
- 19.12.2017 Ahlback Agency December Newsletter
- 11.12.2017 The Guardian Angel sells to Grupo Planeta in Portugal
- 05.12.2017 Finland turns 100 years – celebrate with sisu
- 30.11.2017 Roots rights and reviews
- 20.11.2017 November rights & reviews round-up: The Guardian Angel; Siren; and They Know Not What They Do
- 10.11.2017 The Red Abbey Chronicles: awards, events, sales
- 07.11.2017 October deals & reviews round-up: The Guardian Angel and The Core of the Sun
- 02.11.2017 Maria Turtschaninoff’s Naondel sold to Latvia
- 01.11.2017 Roots, the warm-hearted hit of the season, gathers enthusiastic reviews
- 30.10.2017 ‘World-class literature comes from Finland’ – An interview with Elina Ahlbäck
- 19.10.2017 Piemme acquires The Guardian Angel at auction
- 03.10.2017 Translation grants for Finnish literature open for application until November 1st
- 26.09.2017 Maresi charms readers around the world
- 25.09.2017 September fiction reviews round-up
- 14.09.2017 New deals for Max Seeck and Leena Lehtolainen
- 30.08.2017 Fall Children’s catalogue with August highlights
- 28.08.2017 Fall fiction catalogue published & August highlights
- 15.08.2017 Highlights from WorldCon 75 in Helsinki
- 01.08.2017 Monster Nanny now sold in 21 territories!
- 20.07.2017 Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun wins Prometheus Award for Best Novel
- 14.07.2017 Great reviews for Valtonen, Susi and Lindstedt in Germany and Norway!
- 22.06.2017 Midsummer children’s news: prizes and reviews for Leinonen, Parkkinen, Pitkänen and Simukka
- 16.06.2017 Film news for Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water
- 15.06.2017 Sisterland wins the LukuVarkaus award
- 14.06.2017 June deals round-up: Finlandia Prize winning dystopian satire to China, feel-good family novel to Hungary
- 09.06.2017 The Agency celebrates its 8th anniversary with 3 new deals and great reviews
- 01.06.2017 Deals round-up: monsters, goddesses, and rave reviews
- 31.05.2017 Literary prize nominations and reviews – May 2017
- 17.05.2017 North American and Russian deals for Katja Pantzar’s sisu book
- 11.05.2017 Maria Turtschaninoff awarded Finland-Swedish prize for culture
- 09.05.2017 The Magic of Sisu sold to China and Czech Republic
- 04.05.2017 Children’s books: spring deals and reviews round-up
- 26.04.2017 The Angels of Hammurabi to Iceland, and The Decent Ingredient to Italy this week
- 19.04.2017 France and Netherlands snap up Nordic Kiss: the sisu book
- 12.04.2017 Monster Nanny and Maresi deals follow Bologna Book Fair
- 28.03.2017 Book fair week pre-empts for Nordic Kiss: the sisu book
- 17.03.2017 Simukka and Turtschaninoff selected for Hay Festival Aarhus 39
- 01.03.2017 Sisterland nominated for the ‘Lasten LukuVarkaus’ award
- 01.03.2017 Spring 2017 children’s rights guides & highlights
- 28.02.2017 Spring 2017 fiction & non-fiction rights guides and highlights
- 23.02.2017 Oneiron nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 22.02.2017 The Torch-bearer Prize 2017: recognition for our three new authors’ translation potential
- 16.02.2017 World Spanish and Norwegian deals for Maresi
- 14.02.2017 Actes Sud acquires French rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s Iron Sky: Renate’s Story
- 09.02.2017 Monster Nanny charms readers and critics
- 01.02.2017 The Angels of Hammurabi wins the Debut Thriller of the Year Award 2017
- 25.01.2017 Japanese Sunmark acquires The Charm of Ice
- 20.01.2017 Nousiainen and Lehtolainen bestsellers of 2016!
- 18.01.2017 Salla Simukka’s As Red as Blood launched in the US!
- 10.01.2017 Italian press for Oneiron + FILI grants for 2017
- 05.01.2017 The horror writer who scares himself: interview with Marko Hautala
- 04.01.2017 Brazilian rights to Maresi sold at auction
- 29.12.2016 Books That Have Inspired Me: Max Seeck
- 22.12.2016 Happy Holidays!
- 20.12.2016 Saara Turunen awarded Finland Prize for contribution to culture
- 15.12.2016 Naondel nominated for Topelius Prize 2017
- 12.12.2016 Internationally bestselling authors Salla Simukka and Max Seeck touring in the US
- 09.12.2016 Dazzling reviews for Maresi and Freya, and the latest new deals
- 29.11.2016 Film deals and glowing reviews: an amazing year for Tammi authors Salla Simukka, Tuutikki Tolonen, Max Seeck & more
- 24.11.2016 Pre-empt for Monster Nanny and Monster Route in Norway!
- 22.11.2016 Jussi Valtonen’s Finlandia prize-winning novel sells a whopping 110,000 copies!
- 17.11.2016 Finnish fantasy saga Maresi’s film rights optioned by Film4
- 15.11.2016 Arctis acquires German rights to Emmi Itäranta’s The Weaver
- 07.11.2016 New deals for The Angels of Hammurabi by Max Seeck, and The Whispering Girl by Marko Hautala
- 04.11.2016 Hollywood film deal for Monster Nanny
- 14.10.2016 Pre-Frankfurt buzz: sixth deal for Miika Nousiainen
- 14.10.2016 International TV concept for Storm Sisters
- 04.10.2016 FILI translation grant application window now open!
- 29.09.2016 German publisher for The Sauna Cookbook amongst this week’s deals
- 22.09.2016 Frankfurt 2016 rights guides & highlights
- 15.09.2016 German publishers snap up Max Seeck and Miika Nousiainen
- 30.08.2016 Dutch pre-empt for Roots by Miika Nousiainen
- 26.08.2016 New agent joins Elina Ahlback Literary Agency
- 24.08.2016 Publication day for thriller The Angels of Hammurabi by Max Seeck
- 18.08.2016 The Whispering Girl by Marko Hautala is now published and getting rave reviews!
- 16.08.2016 Q & A about Heavensky, Sari Peltoniemi’s new children’s fantasy novel!
- 12.08.2016 Roots by Miika Nousiainen sold to Sweden!
- 10.08.2016 Bloggers and critics love Storm Sisters – out now in English!
- 04.08.2016 Praise in the Netherlands for Finlandia Prize Winner Jussi Valtonen
- 28.07.2016 Starred Publishers Weekly review of Emmi Itäranta’s second novel The Weaver
- 26.07.2016 New Chinese picture book deals: Mandy & Andy and Little Mouse!
- 21.07.2016 Johanna Sinisalo’s critically acclaimed The Core of the Sun sold to Latvia!
- 19.07.2016 Dutch rights of Naondel by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Clavis!
- 14.07.2016 Q&A with author Paola Suhonen: “We wanted to create books that communicate tolerant values”
- 12.07.2016 Onni’s Recycling Book by Sanna Pelliccioni sold to Korea!
- 07.07.2016 Rowohlt acquires German rights of Eye of the Tiger by Leena Lehtolainen!
- 06.07.2016 The Beast Is an Animal, a haunting YA fairy tale from the U.S., sold to Carlsen in Denmark!
- 05.07.2016 Hachette Acquires French Rights Of Sisterland, Dutch Rights Sold To Clavis!
- 27.06.2016 Emmi Itäranta’s The City of Woven Streets sold to Italy!
- 21.06.2016 Japanese rights to Salla Simukka’s new novel SISTERLAND sold to Nishimura!
- 20.06.2016 Miika Nousiainen’s Forthcoming Novel ROOTS Sold In Italy To Iperborea!
- 16.06.2016 Norstedts acquires Swedish rights to Death in Sunset Grove by Minna Lindgren!
- 14.06.2016 Monster Nanny sold to Slovenia!
- 09.06.2016 The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta published in the UK!
- 07.06.2016 Salla Simukka’s Sisterland sold to Latvia!
- 01.06.2016 Random House U.S. pre-empts Sisterland by Salla Simukka!
- 31.05.2016 New author Max Seeck debuts with The Angels of Hammurabi
- 26.05.2016 Q & A with Katri Lipson about Detroit, love, dreams and ice-hockey
- 24.05.2016 Book bloggers love Pauliina Susi’s In the Rear Window!
- 16.05.2016 The Snow White Trilogy set for film treatment in Hollywood and will newly publish in the US by Random House
- 12.05.2016 Great reviews for Love/Monster by Saara Turunen!
- 10.05.2016 Scolar acquires The Red Abbey Chronicles by Maria Turtschaninoff
- 06.05.2016 New praise for Johanna Sinisalo, Katri Lipson and Emmi Itäranta!
- 03.05.2016 Dutch rights of Mo-ko-ma-ki by Satu Kontinen sold!
- 29.04.2016 Luitingh-Sijthoff acquires Dutch rights of Monster Nanny!
- 26.04.2016 New praise for Laura Lindstedt’s Oneiron!
- 19.04.2016 Latvian rights of Monster Nanny and Maresi sold!
- 01.04.2016 Minna Lindgren’s Death in Sunset Grove sold to Slovakia – and getting rave reviews in Germany!
- 01.04.2016 Oneiron sold in 12 territories: W.A.B. Foksal acquires the Polish rights!
- 22.03.2016 Film rights sold to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water!
- 17.03.2016 Monster Nanny duology pre-empted in France and Sweden!
- 14.03.2016 Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff sold in 15 territories, its follow-up Naondel in 7!
- 09.03.2016 Spring 2016 Rights Guides published!
- 01.03.2016 Monster Nanny sold to the U.S. and China!
- 25.02.2016 Ricky and the Nighthawk movie premiers in Finland!
- 24.02.2016 Karo Hämäläinen’s novel Alone wins two awards!
- 18.02.2016 Finlandia Prize Winner Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt sold in 11 languages
- 17.02.2016 Storm Sisters by Mintie Das published in Finland and Hungary
- 11.02.2016 In the Rear Window by Pauliina Susi wins the Clue of the Year award
- 09.02.2016 Italian and Czech rights to the Finlandia winner Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt sold to Elliot Edizioni and Argo
- 08.02.2016 French Rights to Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Éditions Rageot
- 02.02.2016 Forlaget Oktober acquires Norwegian rights of Finlandia prize winner Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt
- 28.01.2016 Hungarian rights to Monster Nanny by Tuutikki Tolonen sold to Tessloff Babilo
- 27.01.2016 Swedish rights to Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta sold to Modernista
- 21.01.2016 World English rights to Finlandia winner Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt sold in pre-empt to Oneworld
- 15.01.2016 Fabulous reviews for Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun
- 14.01.2016 Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff published in the UK – and keeps getting excellent reviews!
- 14.01.2016 Monster Nanny by Tuutikki Tolonen wins Arvid Lydecken Children’s book prize!
- 12.01.2016 Gallimard pre-empted the French rights of Finlandia Winner Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt
- 08.01.2016 Excellent reviews for Maria Turtschaninoff’s Maresi
- 29.12.2015 Vietnamese rights sold to “They Know Not What They Do” by Jussi Valtonen
- 22.12.2015 Simplified Chinese rights sold to Jorma Ollila’s bestselling autobiography Against All Odds!
- 21.12.2015 Rights sold in Latvia to Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta: 20 territories sold!
- 18.12.2015 Norstedts acquires Swedish rights to Laura Lindstedt’s Finlandia Prize-winning Oneiron
- 16.12.2015 More praise for Jingle Land, Miina Supinen’s holiday-themed satire
- 09.12.2015 Finlandia Prize winner Oneiron tops bestseller lists in Finland
- 08.12.2015 Maven House Press acquires U.S. rights to Jorma Ollila’s bestselling insider story of Nokia
- 02.12.2015 Rosinante acquires Danish rights to Laura Lindstedt’s Finlandia Prize winner Oneiron in pre-empt
- 26.11.2015 Laura Lindstedt wins the Finlandia Prize for Oneiron!
- 23.11.2015 Presenting Finlandia Prize nominee Souls by Markku Pääskynen!
- 18.11.2015 Hungarian rights to Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt sold to Scolar
- 17.11.2015 Simplified Chinese rights to The Red Abbey Chronicles by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Shanghai 99!
- 13.11.2015 Rave review in The Guardian for Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff
- 12.11.2015 Thriller author Marko Hautala joins the Horror Writers Association!
- 09.11.2015 Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt nominated for the Finlandia Prize!
- 06.11.2015 North American rights to Maria Turtschaninoff’s Red Abbey Chronicles sold to Abrams!
- 28.10.2015 Italian rights to The Red Abbey Chronicles by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Atmosphere Libri!
- 26.10.2015 Starred review for The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo!
- 26.10.2015 Laura Lindstedt’s Oneiron wins the Toisinkoinen literature prize!
- 22.10.2015 Readers love The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta!
- 09.10.2015 DTV acquires German rights to Pauliina Susi’s cyberthriller In the Rear Window!
- 06.10.2015 Czech rights to Jussi Valtonen’s critical and commercial hit, They Know Not What They Do, sold to LEDA!
- 01.10.2015 Korean rights to Tuula Karjalainen’s Tove Jansson biography sold to Munhakdongne!
- 30.09.2015 Presenting the UK cover for Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff!
- 29.09.2015 Affe the Adventure Dog by Ivana Helsinki creators Paola and Pirjo Suhonen charms critics!
- 25.09.2015 U.S. readers love Marko Hautala’s The Black Tongue!
- 24.09.2015 New Praise for Pauliina Susi’s Hitchcockian cyberthriller In the Rear Window
- 23.09.2015 Finnish rights to Iron Sky: Renate’s Story by Johanna Sinisalo sold to Johnny Kniga!
- 22.09.2015 Fall 2015 rights guides published!
- 21.09.2015 New praise and English sample for Secrets of my Vanity Case by Kaisa Haatanen!
- 17.09.2015 Russian rights to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold to Text Publishers!
- 17.09.2015 UK & Commonwealth rights and Danish rights to The Mercurial Mouse sold!
- 16.09.2015 Snow White Trilogy author Salla Simukka reflects on her international travels and newly re-released debut books!
- 15.09.2015 A Stroke of Sadness by Leena Lehtolainen is Finland’s #1 bestseller!
- 09.09.2015 Interview with Laura Lindstedt, author of the critically lauded Oneiron
- 07.09.2015 Rave reviews for Miina Supinen’s adult fairy tale, Jingle Land
- 04.09.2015 Hungarian rights to Jussi Valtonen’s bestselling They Know Not What They Do sold to Cser!
- 03.09.2015 German rights to The Mercurial Mouse by Riikka Jäntti sold to Eulenspiegel!
- 02.09.2015 Johanna Sinisalo selected as Guest of Honour at Worldcon 2017 in Helsinki!
- 28.08.2015 Critics and readers love Pauliina Susi’s cyberthriller, In the Rear Window
- 27.08.2015 Miina Supinen talks Jingle Land, her Tim Burton-esque adult fairy tale
- 25.08.2015 Lithuanian rights to Jussi Valtonen’s They Know Not What They Do sold to Alma Littera!
- 21.08.2015 Katri Lipson’s The Ice Cream Man sold in Serbia and Macedonia!
- 20.08.2015 Critics and readers love Secrets of my Vanity Case by Kaisa Haatanen!
- 19.08.2015 Laura Lindstedt dazzles critics with Oneiron
- 10.08.2015 Romanian rights to Monster Nanny by Tuutikki Tolonen sold to Editura Univers!
- 06.08.2015 Leena Lehtolainen’s new Maria Kallio novel, A Stroke of Sadness, published!
- 05.08.2015 Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff published in Romania!
- 04.08.2015 Note our new Helsinki address and like us on Facebook!
- 29.07.2015 Critics and readers love The Mercurial Mouse by Riikka Jäntti!
- 28.07.2015 New Nordic sales of outstanding U.S. picture and coloring books!
- 24.07.2015 Rights to Hannele Huovi’s Ware Bears series sold in China!
- 23.07.2015 Estonian rights to Monster Nanny by Tuutikki Tolonen sold to Tiritamm!
- 20.07.2015 Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy is an international hit!
- 16.07.2015 Korean rights to Freya and the Myth Machine sold to Design Comma!
- 15.07.2015 German rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s forthcoming Maria Kallio novel sold to Rowohlt!
- 14.07.2015 Spanish and Catalan rights to Tuutikki Tolonen’s Monster Nanny sold to La Galera!
- 10.07.2015 German rights of the novel Iron Sky: Renate’s Story by Johanna Sinisalo sold to Klett-Cotta!
- 07.07.2015 French rights to Sinikka and Tiina Nopola’s Hayflower & Quiltshoe series sold to Didier Jeunesse
- 02.07.2015 Dutch rights to Maria Turtschaninoff’s Maresi sold to Clavis!
- 23.06.2015 The Black Mandala Trilogy: new praise and English sample!
- 18.06.2015 New Dutch cover and praise for Jussi Valtonen’s Finlandia Prize-winning They Know Not What They Do!
- 17.06.2015 Book III in Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy is a commercial and critical hit!
- 16.06.2015 Praise and publication news for Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
- 10.06.2015 Ukrainian rights sold to books by Anna-Lena Lauren and Jyrki Vainonen
- 09.06.2015 Turkish rights to Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff sold to Altin Kitaplar!
- 08.06.2015 Danish rights to Minna Lindgren’s Death in Twilight Grove sold to Jensen & Dalgaard!
- 02.06.2015 Euromedia acquires Czech rights to Granny Hatchet by Marko Hautala!
- 29.05.2015 Miina Supinen visits the sinister heart of winter holidays in Jingle Land
- 28.05.2015 Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta to be broadcast on Czech Radio!
- 25.05.2015 U.S. doodle and superfood books head to Finland!
- 22.05.2015 Interview with Finlandia Prize winner and internationally praised Jussi Valtonen
- 19.05.2015 German and World English digital rights to Storm Sisters sold to Bastei Lübbe!
- 15.05.2015 Macmillan acquires World English rights to the Freya series by Matthew Laurence!
- 12.05.2015 Emmi Itäranta celebrates the success of Memory of Water at the Arthur C. Clarke awards
- 07.05.2015 French (Canadian) rights to Maresi sold to Editions de la Bagnole!
- 06.05.2015 German rights to Monster Nanny by Tuutikki Tolonen sold to Carl Hanser Verlag!
- 30.04.2015 Sanna Pelliccioni’s Onni series sold in China!
- 29.04.2015 Illustrator Kristiina Louhi wins the Kieku lifetime achievement award!
- 28.04.2015 More international news for Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
- 27.04.2015 Johanna Sinisalo selected as guest of honour at Eurocon 2016!
- 24.04.2015 Swedish rights to This One Summer sold to Placebo Press!
- 23.04.2015 Spanish and Catalan rights to the Storm Sisters series sold to Planeta!
- 22.04.2015 Apply for FILI translation grants by May 1st!
- 20.04.2015 They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen still Finland’s bestselling novel!
- 17.04.2015 New releases and praise for Harri Nykänen!
- 15.04.2015 New international releases for Leena Lehtolainen!
- 14.04.2015 Praise for the Black Mandala Trilogy!
- 13.04.2015 Spanish rights sold to Maria Peura’s debut novel Your Love is Infinite
- 10.04.2015 International award accolades for Emmi Itäranta and Maria Turtschaninoff!
- 27.03.2015 Spring 2015 Fiction Rights Guide published!
- 27.03.2015 Introducing Freya, an ancient Norse god in a modern world!
- 24.03.2015 Estonian rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio series sold to Pegasus!
- 23.03.2015 Bologna 2015 rights guides published!
- 19.03.2015 Estonian rights to The Sauna Cookbook sold to Pegasus!
- 17.03.2015 Czech rights to Cosmonaut by Katri Lipson sold to Argo!
- 12.03.2015 German rights to Granny Hatchet by Marko Hautala sold to DTV
- 09.03.2015 Tove Appelgren’s Vesta-Linnea series sold in Turkey!
- 06.03.2015 Polish rights to Jussi Valtonen’s Finlandia Prize winner They Know Not What They Do sold to Foksal!
- 05.03.2015 Storm Sisters make a splash at Books at Berlinale!
- 04.03.2015 Danish rights to This One Summer sold to Høst & Søn!
- 03.03.2015 Johanna Sinisalo and Emmi Itäranta selected as best of 2014 by Locus magazine!
- 03.03.2015 Estonian rights sold to Tales from Bug Forest by Ville Hytönen
- 27.02.2015 Piper acquires German rights to Jussi Valtonen’s They Know Not What They Do
- 25.02.2015 Awards news for Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water!
- 24.02.2015 Book III in J.K Johansson’s Palokaski Trilogy sold in Germany + other news
- 19.02.2015 Fischer acquires German rights to My Little Creature by Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam!
- 18.02.2015 International editions launch for Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy!
- 17.02.2015 Danish rights to Cosmonaut by Katri Lipson sold to Jensen & Dalgaard!
- 13.02.2015 Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy heads to Argentina + new rave reviews!
- 11.02.2015 They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen is Finland’s #1 bestselling novel!
- 10.02.2015 Rave reviews in Germany for Johan Bargum’s Sailing in September!
- 09.02.2015 Swedish readers love Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff!
- 06.02.2015 Fayard acquires French rights to Jussi Valtonen’s They Know Not What They Do
- 05.02.2015 French rights to Cruel is the Night by Karo Hämäläinen sold to Actes Sud!
- 02.02.2015 Enchanted Lion Books buys World English rights to My Little Creature by Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam!
- 29.01.2015 Storm Sisters by Mintie Das generates major media buzz!
- 28.01.2015 Apply for translation grants from FILI by February 1st!
- 26.01.2015 Acclaimed American YA titles find Nordic homes!
- 23.01.2015 Oneworld Publications acquires World English rights to Jussi Valtonen’s They Know Not What They Do!
- 22.01.2015 Satu Kontinen’s Mo-ko-ma-ki series and Kristiina Louhi’s Annie series sold in China!
- 21.01.2015 Storm Sisters by Mintie Das selected for Books at Berlinale!
- 19.01.2015 Signatuur/A.W. Bruna acquires Dutch rights to Jussi Valtonen They Know Not What They Do!
- 14.01.2015 Rights to Tiina Nopola’s Siri series sold in Vietnam!
- 13.01.2015 World English rights to Cruel is the Night by Karo Hämäläinen sold to Soho Press
- 09.01.2015 Emmi Itäranta nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award!
- 08.01.2015 Finlandia Junior Prize winner Maresi conquers the world + other December deals!
- 07.01.2015 Jussi Valtonen’s Finlandia Prize-winning They Know Not What They Do continues its success streak with 100,000 copies sold!
- 05.01.2015 J.K Johansson’s Palokaski Trilogy sold in Estonia + other December highlights!
- 18.12.2014 Finlandia Prize winners ring in the holiday season!
- 17.12.2014 U.S and UK accolades for Johanna Sinisalo and Emmi Itäranta!
- 15.12.2014 Survival Game by Markku Karpio nominated for the Topelius Prize!
- 15.12.2014 Minna Lindgren’s Escape From Twilight Grove nominated for the Runeberg Prize!
- 15.12.2014 World English rights to Maria Turtschaninoff’s Maresi sold to Pushkin Press in a three-book deal!
- 12.12.2014 Taiwanese and Estonian rights sold to Jorma Ollila’s bestselling insider story of Nokia!
- 11.12.2014 Angry Birds Stella titles sold in Spain, France, Indonesia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic!
- 10.12.2014 Pocket Jeunesse acquires French rights to Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola’s Ricky Rapper series in a six-book deal!
- 05.12.2014 Finlandia Prize winner They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen is a runaway bestseller; 80,000 copies printed!
- 03.12.2014 Random House Heyne acquires German rights to Finlandia Junior Prize winner Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff!
- 02.12.2014 Robert Laffont acquires French rights to Storm Sisters by Mintie Das in a five-book deal!
- 28.11.2014 Rights sold in Romania to Finlandia Junior Prize winner Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff!
- 27.11.2014 Finlandia Prize winner: They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen!
- 25.11.2014 French readers love Salla Simukka’s As Red As Blood!
- 24.11.2014 More rave reviews for The Ladies of Seven Brothers by Riina Katajavuori
- 20.11.2014 Finlandia Junior Prize winner: Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff!
- 19.11.2014 World English rights to Satu Kontinen’s Mo-ko-ma-ki sold to POW!, an imprint of powerHouse Books
- 18.11.2014 Finlandia Prize nomination for They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen!
- 17.11.2014 Storm Sisters by Mintie Das sold in Finland to Tammi Publishers!
- 12.11.2014 Rights to Sinikka and Tiina Nopola’s children’s books sold in the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Latvia!
- 06.11.2014 Finlandia Junior Prize nominations for Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff and My Little Creature by Linda Bondestam & Ulf Stark
- 04.11.2014 Praise for The Ladies of Seven Brothers by Riina Katajavuori
- 31.10.2014 Storm Sisters by Mintie Das sold in Indonesia!
- 30.10.2014 More international rave reviews and a visit to the Netherlands and Belgium for Salla Simukka!
- 29.10.2014 Rave reviews for Johanna Sinisalo in the U.S, UK and Germany
- 28.10.2014 Maria Turtschaninoff awarded the Swedish YLE Literature Prize for Maresi
- 23.10.2014 Pan Macmillan acquires World English rights to The Twilight Grove Trilogy by Minna Lindgren
- 22.10.2014 Bestselling author Leena Lehtolainen generates buzz and meets readers around the world
- 21.10.2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai speaks directly to her peers in the young readers’ edition of her book
- 20.10.2014 Major wins in Germany for Ricky Rapper and Slick Leonard!
- 17.10.2014 Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy sold in Macedonia: 47 total territories!
- 16.10.2014 The Ice Cream Man by Katri Lipson sold in Estonia
- 08.10.2014 World English rights to Marko Hautala’s Granny Hatchet sold to AmazonCrossing
- 06.10.2014 FINNLAND. COOL. Guest of Honour 2014 at Frankfurt Book Fair
- 01.10.2014 Finland’s bestselling nonfiction book tells the ultimate insider story of Nokia – the company that created a global mobile revolution
- 30.09.2014 Rave reviews for Salla Simukka in Sweden
- 26.09.2014 Storm Sisters bring girl-driven pirate power to the YA scene
- 24.09.2014 Critics applaud Leena Lehtolainen’s latest work of upmarket women’s fiction
- 22.09.2014 Finnland. Cool: Elina Ahlback Literary Agency Frankfurt Rights Guides published
- 19.09.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in Georgia!
- 17.09.2014 Ricky Rapper and the Scrooge of Seville tops bestseller lists!
- 15.09.2014 Finnish authors celebrated in the U.S and Finland
- 10.09.2014 More critical praise for Marko Hautala’s Granny Hatchet
- 09.09.2014 New German releases by Finnish authors represented by Elina Ahlback Literary Agency!
- 09.09.2014 Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy sold in the Czech Republic!
- 04.09.2014 Angry Birds Stella launches!
- 03.09.2014 Finnish crime trilogies, Palokaski and Snow White, conquer new territories!
- 01.09.2014 Riina Katajavuori shines with The Ladies of Seven Brothers
- 27.08.2014 Snow White Trilogy sold in 44 territories: Latest Azerbaijan!
- 26.08.2014 Readers and critics love Ricky Rapper and the Scrooge of Seville
- 21.08.2014 International publication news for Hannele Huovi and Tiina Nopola
- 20.08.2014 Financial Times praises Salla Simukka’s As Red as Blood!
- 19.08.2014 Rights to Ricky Rapper sold to Varrak in Estonia!
- 18.08.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in Korea
- 13.08.2014 Rave reviews for Marko Hautala’s Granny Hatchet
- 12.08.2014 Third starred review for Salla Simukka’s As Red as Blood in the U.S
- 08.08.2014 Tove Jansson’s 100th anniversary celebrated on August 9th
- 06.08.2014 Women’s fiction from Leena Lehtolainen, A Life in Six Scenes, published today!
- 04.08.2014 Strong Dutch and Polish reviews for Laura in J.K Johansson’s Palokaski Trilogy
- 01.08.2014 Bestselling Ricky Rapper is Finland’s Wimpy Kid: New releases
- 31.07.2014 New releases and praise in Germany, the UK and U.S for Johanna Sinisalo!
- 29.07.2014 Longer sample of Minna Lindgren’s Death in Twilight Grove now available
- 24.07.2014 New Snow White Trilogy web site and a rave Australian review for Salla Simukka
- 21.07.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in Norway
- 17.07.2014 Rovio Visions titles sold in Korea and Russia!
- 11.07.2014 Elina Rouhiainen’s Wolf Creek series sold in China!
- 04.07.2014 Angry Birds Stella launches in September!
- 03.07.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water published in Spain, rights sold in Bulgaria
- 01.07.2014 Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola’s children’s books head to Turkey
- 30.06.2014 Leena Lehtolainen’s Upwind and other Finnish thrillers published around the world
- 26.06.2014 Minna Lindgren’s Escape from Twilight Grove is a critical and commercial smash
- 24.06.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water gets a rave review from The Washington Post!
- 19.06.2014 The Palokaski crime series debuts in the Netherlands and Poland!
- 18.06.2014 Salla Simukka’s As Red as Blood gets another starred review in the U.S!
- 16.06.2014 EU Literature Prize winner The Ice Cream Man sold in Denmark
- 12.06.2014 Finnland.Cool. kicks off: Ricky Rapper meets German readers in Cologne
- 10.06.2014 Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio crime series conquers Brazil!
- 09.06.2014 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency celebrates 5 years in business: Thank You!
- 05.06.2014 Starred review in Publishers Weekly for Salla Simukka: “Fans of Nesbø and Larsson won’t be disappointed”
- 04.06.2014 Book Expo America marks a festive U.S debut for author Emmi Itäranta
- 03.06.2014 Finnish children’s favourites conquer new territories
- 27.05.2014 Critics and bloggers love the second entry in Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy
- 22.05.2014 What if learning was fun?
- 21.05.2014 A Nordic twist on Twin Peaks: Praise for the Palokaski Trilogy!
- 19.05.2014 Critical accolades in the U.S and UK for Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water
- 16.05.2014 Salla Simukka’s Snow White conquers the Faroe Islands: 43 territories sold!
- 14.05.2014 English sample of Eruption by Anna-Kaari Hakkarainen now available!
- 12.05.2014 Full German translation of bestselling children’s hit Ricky Rapper and the Double now available!
- 09.05.2014 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency now in New York!
- 08.05.2014 Calmann-Lévy buys French rights to Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove Trilogy
- 05.05.2014 Rights to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy sold in Slovakia: 42 total territories!
- 30.04.2014 Praise for Eruption by Anna-Kaari Hakkarainen
- 28.04.2014 English sample of Wave Tamer, part II in the Faunoids Trilogy, now available!
- 25.04.2014 Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy makes its debut around the world!
- 24.04.2014 Emmi Itäranta’s breakthrough hit Memory of Water published in the Czech Republic
- 23.04.2014 Apply for FILI translation grants by May 1st!
- 22.04.2014 Leena Lehtolainen thrillers out in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Israel and Armenia
- 17.04.2014 Rights to the Tapper Twins series sold in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark
- 16.04.2014 Rights to Maria Turtschaninoff’s Maresi sold in Denmark
- 15.04.2014 Finnish children’s books hot off the presses worldwide
- 09.04.2014 Starred review in Publishers Weekly for Memory of Water by Emmi Itäranta
- 04.04.2014 London 2014 Rights Guides published
- 03.04.2014 Maria Turtschaninoff’s new novel creates buzz in Bologna
- 01.04.2014 Rights to Minna Lindgren’s Twilight Grove mysteries sold in Spain and Estonia
- 21.03.2014 Bologna 2014 Rights Guides published
- 20.03.2014 Ricky Rapper heads to Poland
- 18.03.2014 World English rights to Katri Lipson’s The Ice-Cream Man sold to AmazonCrossing
- 13.03.2014 Publication dates set in 10 countries for Tuula Karjalainen’s Tove Jansson biography
- 12.03.2014 Kiepenheuer & Witsch buys German rights to Minna Lindgren’s bestselling Twilight Grove Trilogy
- 11.03.2014 Bestselling author Leena Lehtolainen celebrates her 50th birthday
- 10.03.2014 Bestselling crime author Leena Lehtolainen shows a different voice with her new book
- 07.03.2014 Grove Atlantic acquires World English rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun
- 05.03.2014 An eventful spring for Ricky Rapper on the page and screen
- 04.03.2014 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency welcomes Annukka Salama
- 03.03.2014 Snow White Trilogy sold in 40 territories: latest Malaysia!
- 28.02.2014 Rights to Snow White Trilogy sold in Thailand: 39 total territories!
- 25.02.2014 Rights to Memory of Water sold in Brazil
- 20.02.2014 The Core of the Sun nominated for 2013’s best science fiction book
- 19.02.2014 Anna-Lena Laurén nominated for Finland’s largest journalism prize
- 17.02.2014 Advance U.S praise for Memory of Water
- 14.02.2014 Marsilio buys Italian rights to the Twilight Grove Trilogy
- 14.02.2014 Rights to U.S hit Grandmaster sold in Norway
- 13.02.2014 Critics love Minna Lindgren’s Death in Twilight Grove
- 12.02.2014 Snow White Trilogy sold in Japan: 38 total territories!
- 11.02.2014 New Ricky Rapper film breaks opening weekend record
- 07.02.2014 Czech rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun sold to Euromedia
- 05.02.2014 Rights to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in Japan
- 05.02.2014 EU Literature Prize winner Katri Lipson generates buzz in Prague and London
- 04.02.2014 Harri Nykänen’s latest Ariel Kafka novel entertains Nordic crime fans
- 03.02.2014 Leena Lehtolainen’s third Bodyguard makes a splash in Germany
- 31.01.2014 Readers love Cruel is the Night by Karo Hämäläinen
- 30.01.2014 Tuula Karjalainen’s Tove Jansson biography to be published in 10 territories
- 24.01.2014 Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola’s Ricky Rapper and Eric books published in new languages
- 22.01.2014 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency welcomes Minna Lindgren
- 21.01.2014 Prestigious Lauri Jäntti Prize to Tuula Karjalainen for her Tove Jansson biography
- 20.01.2014 Katri Lipson’s The Ice-Cream Man sold in Hungary
- 17.01.2014 Bestselling Ricky Rapper and Hayflower & Quiltshoe children’s series sold in China
- 16.01.2014 Rights to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in Hungary
- 15.01.2014 Miina Supinen’s Ray Girl gets critical raves
- 14.01.2014 French rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun sold to Actes Sud
- 10.01.2014 World invasion of Finnish children’s books continues
- 09.01.2014 Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency celebrates successes by U.S authors
- 07.01.2014 Critics applaud Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun
- 18.12.2013 Ricky Rapper and Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency wish you Happy Holidays!
- 17.12.2013 Finland Prize 2013 for Salla Simukka
- 13.12.2013 Polish rights to LAURA and two other novels in the Palokaski crime series sold to Literackie
- 29.11.2013 Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency to open an office in New York
- 27.11.2013 Hearts of Khao Lak by Marja-Leena Tiainen nominated for the Savonia Prize 2013
- 26.11.2013 Katri Lipson to receive the 2013 EU Prize for Literature in Brussels today
- 21.11.2013 Five star reception for Leena Lehtolainen’s Copper Heart!
- 18.11.2013 Leena Lehtolainen visiting New York
- 12.11.2013 World premier in Dutch for Salla Simukka!
- 08.11.2013 Wheezy Donkey and Wonky Monkey nominated for the Finlandia Junior Prize 2013
- 07.11.2013 Finnish Children’s and YA books published worldwide
- 05.11.2013 Warmest congratulations to the six ALMA nominees represented by the Agency!
- 04.11.2013 Rights to Snow White Trilogy sold in 37 territories: Latest sales in Albania and Georgia!
- 29.10.2013 Young Aleksis Kivi Prize 2013 for Emmi Itäranta
- 23.10.2013 Dutch rights to LAURA and two other novels in the Palokaski crime series sold to The House of Books in a 3-book-deal!
- 22.10.2013 Johanna Sinisalo’s new novel burns with gloom and power
- 18.10.2013 Leena Lehtolainen at Montevideo Book Fair: A great success for Finnish & Nordic crime!
- 17.10.2013 Frankfurt deals: Rights to Ray Girl sold in Germany and in Denmark and Cruel is the Night in Italy!
- 16.10.2013 Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature The Ice-Cream Man sold in Turkey
- 07.10.2013 Frankfurt 2013 Rights Guides published
- 07.10.2013 German rights to The Life and Art of Tove Jansson sold to Verlag Urachhaus
- 04.10.2013 Rights to Snow White Trilogy sold in 35 territories: Latest sales in Serbia and Slovenia!
- 03.10.2013 Bulgarian rights sold to Katri Lipson’s winning novel The Ice-Cream Man!
- 02.10.2013 Jyrki Vainonen’s Explorer & Other Stories reviewed in Publishers Weekly
- 26.09.2013 European Union Prize for Literature 2013 for Katri Lipson!
- 26.09.2013 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency at the Gothenburg Book Fair and Frankfurt Book Fair
- 19.09.2013 Beauty meets two beasts. A mystical love story from Finland by Miina Supinen.
- 17.09.2013 Norwegian rights to The Life and Art of Tove Jansson sold to Heinesen Forlag!
- 16.09.2013 Snow White Trilogy: Book 2 published to rave reviews
- 13.09.2013 Marko Hautala, Emmi Itäranta and Kristiina Vuori nominated for the Young Aleksis Kivi Prize 2013
- 11.09.2013 The Iron Triangle by Leena Lehtolainen is bestseller #1
- 09.09.2013 Penguin buys World English rights to The Life and Art of Tove Jansson!
- 30.08.2013 Third Maria Kallio novel by Leena Lehtolainen sold to Tokyo Sogensha in Japan
- 16.08.2013 Ricky Rapper sells like hotcakes!
- 12.08.2013 Cruel Is The Night by Karo Hämäläinen published today!
- 08.08.2013 Leena Lehtolainen’s 12th Maria Kallio novel The Iron Triangle published today!
- 07.08.2013 Arabic and Russian rights sold to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
- 23.07.2013 Snow White Trilogy by Salla Simukka now sold to Presenca in Portugal!
- 04.07.2013 Animus buys Hungarian rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s crime novel The Killing One!
- 03.07.2013 Rowohlt buys German rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s new novel The Iron Triangle!
- 02.07.2013 The Life and Art of Tove Jansson sold in Japan, Sweden and Finland!
- 01.07.2013 Klett-Cotta buys German rights to Johanna Sinisalo’s new novel The Core of the Sun!
- 28.06.2013 Polish rights of The Blood of Angels by Johanna Sinisalo sold to Foksal!
- 20.06.2013 Bestselling Children’s Books sold to Estonia, Korea, Latvia and Poland!
- 17.06.2013 Snow White Trilogy by Salla Simukka now sold in an amazing 30 territories!
- 06.06.2013 Leena Lehtolainen’s second Maria Kallio crime novel HER ENEMY published in the US!
- 04.06.2013 North American rights to Jyrki Vainonen’s The Explorer & Other Stories sold!
- 03.06.2013 Brazil and Iceland to join the global success of The Snow White Trilogy!
- 24.05.2013 25th sale of The Snow White Trilogy: Foksal buys Polish rights
- 23.05.2013 Suhrkamp buys German rights to LAURA and the second novel NOORA in the Palokaski crime series!
- 17.05.2013 24 foreign sales for The Snow White Trilogy: Greek, Hebrew and Romanian rights sold today!
- 16.05.2013 Rights of Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold in 12 languages
- 10.05.2013 Mondadori buys Italian rights to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
- 07.05.2013 Book launch in India: Dr Shashi Tharoor releases A Delicate Shade of Pink written by the Foreign Minister of Finland Dr Erkki Tuomioja
- 03.05.2013 La Galera buys Spanish and Catalan rights to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
- 29.04.2013 Rights sold in Russia: A Delicate Shade of Pink by Dr. Erkki Tuomioja, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
- 25.04.2013 US and UK rights sold to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy – Global success for a young Finnish author at the London Book Fair
- 24.04.2013 Johanna Sinisalo’s award-winning novel The Blood of Angels will publish in France in May 2013!
- 12.04.2013 London 2013 Rights Guide published
- 10.04.2013 Arena Verlag buys German rights to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
- 09.04.2013 Dutch and Turkish rights sold to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy
- 03.04.2013 Hachette Black Moon buys French rights to Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy!
- 19.03.2013 Bologna 2013 Rights Guide published
- 13.03.2013 Croatian rights to Salla Simukka’s As Red as Blood sold to Znanje
- 11.03.2013 Studio Hamburg FilmProduktion has optioned television rights for Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio novel series
- 08.03.2013 Presses de la Cité buys French rights to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water and to her next novel
- 06.03.2013 Maria Kallio celebrates her 20th anniversary today!
- 27.02.2013 Rights sold in India: A Delicate Shade Of Pink by Dr. Erkki Tuomioja, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
- 21.02.2013 Snow White Trilogy: Book 1 now published!
- 18.02.2013 World Spanish rights to Memory of Water acquired by Ediciones B
- 08.02.2013 Marko Hautala’s Allucinazioni published in Italy
- 06.02.2013 World English rights of The Blood of Angels by Johanna Sinisalo sold to Peter Owen
- 01.02.2013 Emmi Itäranta shortlisted for the Tähtivaeltaja Award
- 14.01.2013 Topelius Prize for Salla Simukka!
- 09.01.2013 Rights to Kari Nars’ Swindling Billions sold in Hungary to HVG Publishers – Money and Happiness in Brasil to Editora Gutenberg
- 08.01.2013 Piemme in Italy and Dogan Egmont in Turkey have acquired rights to Emmi Itäranta’s novel Memory of Water!
- 31.12.2012 Happy New Year
- 13.12.2012 Salla Simukka shortlisted for the Topelius Prize 2013
- 11.12.2012 Angry Birds turn three!
- 04.12.2012 US pre-launch reviews for Lehtolainen’s My First Murder
- 29.11.2012 HarperCollins buys World English rights to Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water, and to her next novel, in a 2-book-deal
- 22.11.2012 Santillana acquires World Spanish rights to Ricky Rapper!
- 21.11.2012 Two 3-book-deals for Leena Lehtolainen
- 16.11.2012 Emmi Itäranta’s Memory of Water sold to Germany
- 13.11.2012 Hooray for Helsinki! and Chatty Elias nominated for the Finlandia Junior Prize 2012
- 25.10.2012 Czech rights to Katri Lipson’s Ice Cream Man sold to Argo!
- 21.09.2012 Frankfurt 2012 Rights Guides now available!
- 14.09.2012 Leena Lehtolainen shines in Scandinavia!
- 03.09.2012 Drops of Life wins in the 2012 Living Now Book Awards!
- 21.08.2012 Kari Nars’ great success in Brazil!
- 09.08.2012 Leena Lehtolainen’s worldwide success
- 09.08.2012 Destino to publish The Bodyguard Trilogy by Leena Lehtolainen!
- 25.07.2012 The successful launch of Karo Hämäläinen’s Calle Erottaja
- 21.06.2012 Leena Lehtolainen meets her translators from all over the world
- 11.06.2012 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency celebrates 3rd anniversary!
- 08.06.2012 Karo Hämäläinen debuts in Spain with Calle Erottaja!
- 01.06.2012 Rights of Tiina Nopola’s and Mervi Lindman’s SIRI series now sold to eight countries!
- 31.05.2012 Leena Lehtolainen’s bestselling Maria Kallio titles published in Hungary and France
- 30.05.2012 Finnish Children’s Books published in France and Norway!
- 28.05.2012 French, Russian and Dutch rights sold to Leena Lehtolainen’s The Bodyguard!
- 25.05.2012 Rights of Ricky Rapper now sold to nine countries!
- 11.05.2012 Publishing Perspectives introduce Finland’s Most Beloved Kids’ Book Character: A Rapper
- 04.05.2012 Karo Hämäläinen receives the Tampere Literary Prize
- 25.04.2012 Leena Lehtolainen visited the 19th International Book Festival Budapest 2012
- 25.04.2012 Latest Picture Book deals
- 13.04.2012 London 2012 Highlights: International bestsellers by Leena Lehtolainen
- 10.04.2012 Tapani Bagge cracks into critics’ Top 10 List in Germany
- 05.04.2012 Recent Children’s Deals and Happy Easter Wishes
- 16.03.2012 Bestselling Finnish children’s books sold to Korea, Lithuania, Russia and Romania
- 16.03.2012 Film rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s THE BODYGUARD TRILOGY optioned to Solar Films Inc., the leading production company in Finland
- 08.03.2012 Bologna 2012 Rights Guide published
- 01.03.2012 Tapani Bagge now published in German
- 23.02.2012 Maria Kallio titles now published in Turkish and Hebrew
- 10.02.2012 Johanna Sinisalo nominated for the Tähtivaeltaja award 2012
- 31.01.2012 Amazon Publishing buys World English rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio series and The Bodyguard trilogy
- 20.01.2012 Lehtolainen’s Where Have All the Young Girls Gone published in Complex Chinese
- 10.01.2012 Sarah McCoy’s The Baker’s Daughter sold to Norway!
- 10.01.2012 Daughter of Smoke and Bone to be published in 2012 in Scandinavia and Finland
- 21.12.2011 Kari Nars’ Swindling Billions published in Korea
- 21.12.2011 Ben Furman’s bestselling titles sold to the Netherlands, Russia and Estonia
- 21.12.2011 Recent children’s books deals
- 21.12.2011 The Dictator sold to four countries
- 16.12.2011 Tokyo Sogensha buys rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s Snow Woman and The Death Spiral
- 16.12.2011 Johanna Sinisalo’s prize-winning The Blood of Angels sold to France
- 13.12.2011 Publishers can now apply for EU translation grants in a simplified process- deadline is on 3 February 2012
- 09.12.2011 Annika Luther, Sari Peltoniemi and Marja-Leena Tiainen nominated for the Topelius Prize
- 09.12.2011 Leena Lehtolainen’s My First Murder published in Russia
- 02.12.2011 Congratulations to Finlandia Prize winner Rosa Liksom – author of Jepata Nasta children’s books
- 01.12.2011 Finnish Christmas calendar based on Mysi Lahtinen’s book published in eight languages
- 01.12.2011 Tittamari Marttinen and Jari Mäkipää nominated for the Anni Polva Prize
- 30.11.2011 Bestselling children’s authors Sinikka and Tiina Nopola receive State Awards for Children’s Culture – now represented by Ahlback Agency
- 22.11.2011 Karo Hämäläinen’s The Buyout shortlisted for the Savonia Prize
- 18.11.2011 Kari Nars’ Swindling Billions sold to Brazil
- 15.11.2011 Recent Scandinavian rights deals
- 09.11.2011 Latvian rights to Viivi Luik’s Shadow Play sold to Mansards
- 08.11.2011 Johanna Sinisalo’s Birdbrain nominated for the 2012 International Impac Dublin Literary Award
- 08.11.2011 Finlandia Junior Prize nominations for Hannele Huovi, Kristiina Louhi, Hannu Hirvonen and Pia Sakki
- 27.10.2011 Kari Nars participating in the Singapore Writers Festival
- 24.10.2011 Sari Peltoniemi’s Dog and Her Girl succeeds in Poland
- 24.10.2011 Finnish non-fiction titles published in Estonia
- 20.10.2011 Karo Hämäläinen’s The Buyout sold to Spain
- 17.10.2011 Angry Birds fly to Ahlback Agency
- 10.10.2011 Finnish Weird: Johanna Sinisalo’s new novel The Blood of Angels published to rave reviews
- 07.10.2011 Leena Lehtolainen gets a two-book deal in Germany
- 30.09.2011 Karo Hämäläinen’s The Buyout (Erottaja) is “A Bonfire of the Vanities for the new millennium, flavored with a… thriller plot”
- 22.09.2011 New Rights Guides!
- 20.09.2011 Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s books sold to 23 countries
- 16.09.2011 Leena Lehtolainen hits the top of Finnish bestseller lists!
- 13.09.2011 Kalle Isokallio to be represented by the Ahlback Agency
- 06.09.2011 Ulf Stark and Linda Bondestam’s The Dictator sold to Russia and Norway
- 30.08.2011 Viivi Luik to be represented by Ahlback Agency
- 30.08.2011 Jenni Mäntylä joins the Ahlback Agency
- 26.08.2011 Ahlback Agency to represent Emmi Itäranta, winner of Teos Fantasy and Sci-fi Contest
- 17.08.2011 Finnish writers visiting the Edinburgh International Book Festival
- 11.08.2011 Leena Lehtolainen’s latest novel The Lion of Justice published in Finland
- 01.08.2011 Maarit Verronen awarded with Tähtivaeltaja Prize
- 08.07.2011 Best summer wishes from the agency!
- 04.07.2011 Animus buys rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s My First Murder
- 21.06.2011 Italian rights to Marko Hautala’s Shrouds sold to Newton & Compton
- 20.06.2011 Maria Peura is participating in the annual Lahti International Writers’ Reunion (LIWRE) 19.-21.6.
- 13.06.2011 Nikolai Tiitinen wins 3rd place at the 9th Mikkeli Illustration Triennial
- 09.06.2011 Johanna Sinisalo nominated for two literature awards!
- 07.06.2011 Leena Lehtolainen’s internationally bestselling Maria Kallio crime series sold in Poland to REBIS Publishers
- 06.06.2011 Author Laura Lindstedt on a literary tour 2011 across Europe
- 03.06.2011 Johanna Sinisalo’s Birdbrain sold to Norway
- 27.05.2011 Markku Ropponen’s German success continues
- 11.05.2011 The Scandinavian rights for MONSTER HIGH Series by Lisi Harrison (Poppy/Little, Brown/Hachette) sold to Forlaget Buster!
- 11.05.2011 SWINDLING BILLIONS by Kari Nars sold to five languages so far
- 19.04.2011 Worldwide distribution for Finnish children’s book
- 12.04.2011 Marko Hautala and Sami Hilvo get German readers
- 24.03.2011 Tove Appelgren visited the Shanghai International Literary Festival
- 16.03.2011 New Fiction Rights Guides!
- 14.03.2011 New Children’s Rights Guide!
- 01.03.2011 Söderströms and Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency begin collaboration
- 25.02.2011 Erkki Tuomioja’s Jaan Tõnisson published in Estonia
- 18.02.2011 Markku Ropponen’s Ein beschissenes Sortiment an Schwierigkeiten published in Germany
- 03.02.2011 Essi Kummu’s Death of the Bear sold to Italy
- 01.02.2011 Tapani Bagge gets a two-book deal with a prominent German publisher
- 27.01.2011 Essi Kummu’s Death of the Bear nominated for the Tiiliskivi Prize
- 20.01.2011 Leena Lehtolainen’s The Bodyguard published in Germany
- 05.01.2011 Recent Scandinavian rights deals
- 04.01.2011 Esko-Pekka Tiitinen wins the Savonia Prize
- 03.01.2011 Finnish children’s and youth rights sold to China and Denmark
- 22.12.2010 Awards and nominations for our authors and illustrators
- 20.12.2010 Finnish literary fiction published in the US
- 01.12.2010 Marko Hautala receives Kalevi Jäntti Literary Prize for 2010
- 27.11.2010 Finnish fiction rights sold to Italy and Norway
- 25.11.2010 Finnish non-fiction rights sold to Germany and Estonia
- 11.11.2010 Leena Lehtolainen sold to 20 countries
- 05.11.2010 Rights to Tammi’s fantastic children’s books sold all over the world!
- 29.10.2010 Leena Lehtolainen’s My First Murder published in Italy
- 27.10.2010 Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s works sold to 19 countries
- 11.10.2010 Leena Lehtolainen’s international success continues!
- 04.10.2010 The Elina Ahlback Literary Agency will be at the Frankfurt Book Fair on 4–9 October 2010
- 01.10.2010 Ms Päivi Ruottinen appointed Associate Agent
- 23.09.2010 Huge interest in Finnish literature in North America
- 24.08.2010 The future of foreign rights sales looks bright
- 24.08.2010 Non-fiction rights sold to the UK and Hungary
- 23.08.2010 Several rights deals for children’s books
- 19.08.2010 The website is getting a facelift!
- 05.08.2010 Rights to Leena Lehtolainen’s bestsellers sold to Russia and Turkey
- 24.06.2010 Stephenie Meyer’s Bree Tanner bestseller in Scandinavia
- 24.06.2010 Leena Lehtolainens Spiral of Death sold to Turkey
- 15.06.2010 Leena Lehtolainen in Italy this week
- 09.06.2010 Elina Ahlback Literary Agency : one year today !
- 09.06.2010 Leena Lehtolainen’s Maria Kallio Detective Series on Finnish TV
- 26.05.2010 Leena Lehtolainen breaks through on the Spanish market
- 30.04.2010 Päivi Ruottinen appointed Foreign Rights Assistant
- 18.04.2010 New Rights Guides for 2010
- 18.04.2010 No show in London Book Fair ?
- 16.04.2010 Rights to Staffan Bruun
- 07.04.2010 Leena Lehtolainen
- 31.03.2010 Rights to Leena Lehtolainen
- 30.03.2010 London Book Fair, April 19-21, 2010
- 30.03.2010 Bologna Book Fair 2010
- 30.03.2010 A new book from Stephenie Meyer
- 29.03.2010 Rights to Erkki Tuomioja
- 11.02.2010 Karoliina Timonen appointed Foreign Rights Manager at Elina Ahlback Literary Agency
- 11.02.2010 Finnish Tammi Publishers has signed a representation agreement with Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency Oy Ltd
- 11.02.2010 A new facelift to www.ahlbackagency.com
- 10.02.2010 Elina Ahlbäck Literary Agency is representing Stephenie Meyer’s forthcoming titles exclusively in Scandinavia
- 23.10.2009 Strong interest for vampires, zombies, and thrillers in Frankfurt
- 18.09.2009 New publishers and agencies
- 18.09.2009 Attendance in International Book Fairs 2009
- 31.08.2009 Agency has moved to new offices in Ruoholahti, Helsinki
- 07.08.2009 Page under reconstruction
- 23.07.2009 Sterling
- 02.07.2009 Two exciting new novels from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- 01.07.2009 Tricycle Press
- 25.06.2009 Little Brown
- 22.06.2009 Simon & Schuster
- 16.06.2009 Publishers Lunch Deluxe – Publishers’ Marketplace Today’s Meal
- 15.06.2009 Bloomsbury USA
- 10.06.2009 Webpages launched
- 09.06.2009 Agency founded
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