Can publishing advances sustain literary agencies in Latin America? And are more publishers looking for stories on violence this season?

What can happen in '180 Seconds'? That' the crux of one of the titles in our rights roundup, which gathers the work of Spanish, American, French, Finnish, Swedish, Polish, and Greek authors. 

A forthcoming biography of Formula 1 driver Kimi Räikkönen from Siltala Publishing in Finland is generating big buzz—and big rights deals—at the London Book Fair.

The Latvian publishing house Mansards has translated more than 60 works, and after our exchange with its lead editor Kristaps Ozoliņš, we look at some of the house's rights deals.