Archive for December, 2009


Pontas at the Polynesian Book Fair 2009 in Tahiti

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Marc de Gouvenain attended the 9th edition of the Polynesian Book Fair in Papeete,  Tahiti’s capital, on behalf of Pontas and was invited to participate in several events of the programme “Lire en Polynésie 2009” from November 26th-29th. This book fair was launched in 2001 as an initiative of the Association of Publishers ...

More translations for Fiona Capp, Kajsa Ingemarsson and Gunnar Staalesen

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Just a few days before finishing the year, the activity selling translation rights at the Pontas Agency continues! Fiona Capp (Melbourne, 1963) is one of the most awarded Australian authors. Her second novel, Last of the Sane Days, was shortlisted for the Age Fiction Book of the Year and was nominated ...

“The two lives of Andrés Rabadán”: two books and one film

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Several years ago, back in 2001, at Pontas we had the chance to read a handwritten manuscript by someone called Andrés Rabadán that until then we only knew through the media. Diagnosed as mentally ill after provoking three train accidents not far from Barcelona (without injuries) and killing his father in ...

Tatiana Salem Levy in Barcelona

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Some days ago, Tatiana Salem Levy visited Barcelona invited by her Spanish publishing house, El Aleph, for the promotion of her novel. And the whole Pontas team could finally meet her after more than one year working for her in the distance!   Tatiana Salem Levy lives in Rio de Janeiro and is ...


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