March 2018 | RIGHTS EDITION
From Finland by way of Kosovo, as well as the UK, Israel, Nigeria, Sweden, Spain, and the United States, the writers of our roundup are producing thrillers, politically tinged literary fiction, and more.

Touting a record year for Norwegian rights sales, NORLA's Margit Walsø describes an industry unified in its mission: 'We want our stories to be part of the international dialogue.'

At a special ceremony during the Bologna Book Fair, Macmillan and 21st Century Publishing Group celebrated a new rights deal a new book by Cao Wenxuan, author of bestseller 'Bronze and Sunflower.'

Building on the success of Australia-based physicist Chris Ferrie's 'Baby University' series, Sourcebooks pre-empts world English rights from China's CCPPG for the 'Red Kangaroo' books.

Russian illustrator Igor Oleynikov and Japanese author Eiko Kadono have won the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award, given by IBBY.

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