Archive for March, 2010


Pontas at the Salon du Livre de Paris 2010

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

 Anna Ascolies and Marc de Gouvenain attended the 30th edition of the Paris Book Fair (26-31 March 2010), representing Pontas as, for the first time, a rights center was opened. The Salon du Livre is the world’s largest French-language book-related event, a six-day fair that attracts about 200,000 people each year, ...

“Mornings in Jenin” by Susan Abulhawa

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Mornings in Jenin is a heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel that could do for Palestine what The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini did for Afghanistan. Pontas represents Palestinian-American author Susan Abulhawa worldwide and is also developing a film adaptation, as was recently informed through Screen Daily. Just some weeks ago the ...

Marc de Gouvenain: knight of the Order of the Polar Star

Monday, March 15th, 2010

On the 21st of January 2010, Marc de Gouvenain was awarded the badge of Knight First Class of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star. The ceremony took place at the Swedish ambassador’s residency in Paris, where on behalf of his Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, Mr. Per ...

Pontas at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2010

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair took place from 2-7 March 2010 to bring together over 823 exhibitors from more than 63 countries from across the world. Besides the publishing business going on, the fair organised a cultural programme with more than 150 workshops and readings with international authors and ...


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