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Category: Authors

May 23rd, 2025

Indian authors in the spotlight

May 8th, 2025

Dolores Redondo's continued success

April 11th, 2025

"Hot Water" by Bhavika Govil, published by Fourth Estate/HarperCollins India, hits bookstores

March 20th, 2025

Ennatu Domingo publishes her second book, “On Both Sides of the Mirror”

February 17th, 2025

Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani, winner of the 2024 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award, joins the Pontas Agency

February 7th, 2025

Dharini Bhaskar joins the Pontas Agency

February 5th, 2025

"Operation Kerman" by Sama Helalli is fresh from the press!

January 27th, 2025

Marcia Hutchinson among The Observer's Best New Novelists for 2025

January 20th, 2025

Rupleena Bose joins the Pontas Agency

January 14th, 2025

Books by Pontas authors coming in early 2025

December 17th, 2024

Pontas Stories that Shaped 2024

December 13th, 2024

Understanding current affairs through "An Orchard in Damascus" by Camille Neveux

December 9th, 2024

Eka Kurniawan's "The Dog Meows, the Cat Barks" will be published in English in 2026

November 22nd, 2024

Priya Hein at the University of Iowa’s 2024 International Writing Program

November 7th, 2024

The adaptation of Elvira Mínguez’s "Earth's Shadow" premieres at SSFF and will air on November 24th 2024

October 3rd, 2024

“The Villain’s Dance” by Fiston Mwanza Mujila is a finalist for the 2024 National Book Award

October 2nd, 2024

Olivier Truc concludes his bestselling crime pentalogy with “The First Reindeer”

September 12th, 2024

“The Villain’s Dance” by Fiston Mwanza Mujila is longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award

September 6th, 2024

"Those Who Don't Sleep. NASH": the highly awaited new novel by Dolores Redondo

August 30th, 2024

Pontas authors at the "Rentrée Littéraire 2024"

July 24th, 2024

A recap of the first half of 2024

July 5th, 2024

Jill Johnson launches her second mystery novel "Hell's Bells" at the Alnwick Poison Garden

June 20th, 2024

Mexican journalist and writer Lydia Cacho joins the Pontas Agency

May 10th, 2024

Benjamin Carteret’s debut novel “Perséphone” is making waves in France

May 2nd, 2024

Sant Jordi 2024: World Book Day in Barcelona

April 10th, 2024

Dolores Redondo’s "The North Face of the Heart" will become a premium international TV series

March 8th, 2024

“An Orchard in Damascus” by Camille Neveux is longlisted to the Prix Maison De La Presse 2024

March 7th, 2024

The miniseries based on Elvira Mínguez’s novel "Earth's Shadow" begins shooting

February 2nd, 2024

“El maestro de azúcar” by Mayte Uceda hits the shelves!

January 10th, 2024

Books by Pontas authors coming in early 2024

December 11th, 2023

“Devil’s Breath” by Jill Johnson is featured on BBC’s Between the Covers

November 30th, 2023

"The Villain’s Dance" by Fiston Mwanza Mujila will be published in English in early 2024

November 8th, 2023

Laura Gost wins the Proa Novel Award 2023 in Catalan language

October 3rd, 2023

“Síbaris,” the posthumous play by Domingo Villar, premieres in Vigo to a full house

September 26th, 2023

Zambian author Mubanga Kalimamukwento joins the Pontas Agency

August 30th, 2023

About some books by Pontas authors to be published in the second half of 2023

August 3rd, 2023

Dear friend and Pontas client Ramón Lobo, one of the best war correspondents, passes away

August 2nd, 2023

Pontas starts representing Isabel-Clara Simó’s literary estate and “The Wild One” will be published in English in 2024

July 21st, 2023

“The Tally Stick” by New Zealander author Carl Nixon continues to receive international praise

June 29th, 2023

“The Book of Ma” by Bhavika Govil will be published by HarperCollins India in 2025

June 23rd, 2023

French author Benjamin Carteret joins the Pontas Agency and his debut novel “Persephone” will be published in 2024

June 14th, 2023

“Earth’s Shadow” by Elvira Mínguez to be adapted as an Atresplayer original miniseries

June 9th, 2023

“The Bone Woman” by forensic anthropologist Clea Koff is reissued in French

May 11th, 2023

A French TV-series series adapting “All This I will Give to You” by Dolores Redondo starts shooting

March 29th, 2023

Gustavo Rodríguez travels to Spain to promote "Cien cuyes" ("One Hundred Guinea Pigs"), his Alfaguara Prize-winning new novel

March 17th, 2023

Olivier Truc publishes “The Stranger from the Port” in French and Spanish alongside co-writer Rosa Montero

March 1st, 2023

Priya Hein tours around Europe promoting her debut novel "Riambel"

January 20th, 2023

Gustavo Rodríguez wins the Alfaguara Prize 2023 with his novel, “Cien cuyes” (“One Hundred Guinea Pigs”)

January 12th, 2023

The first Pontas titles to be published in 2023

December 22nd, 2022

New titles by Pontas clients that marked the second half of 2022

December 15th, 2022

"Scatterlings" by Rešoketšwe Manenzhe is launched worldwide with great praise

November 8th, 2022

"Triangulum" by Masande Ntshanga has been optioned to become a TV series!

October 4th, 2022

Ferran Guallar holds up a mirror to humanity in his debut novel “The Wild Within”

September 23rd, 2022

Martí Gironell wins the 2022 Prudenci Bertrana Award for “The Maker of Memories”

September 22nd, 2022

Clea Koff joins the Pontas Agency and her novel "Surfacing" gets optioned in Hollywood!

July 20th, 2022

Amazon Crossing to release Rijula Das’ award-winning and highly acclaimed debut novel worldwide in September 2022 under the title "Small Deaths"

July 5th, 2022

Clarissa Goenawan's third novel hits bookstores worldwide!

June 22nd, 2022

Priya Hein's "Riambel" is a most awaited debut novel

June 17th, 2022

Janice Pariat's new novel will be published in October 2022 in English worldwide

June 9th, 2022

Acclaimed Spanish actress Elvira Mínguez joins the Pontas Agency with her debut novel, to be published in early 2023 by Espasa Calpe

May 26th, 2022

"A Touch of Moonlight" by Yaffa Santos forthcoming in October 2022 with Harper Perennial

May 20th, 2022

Dear friend and Pontas client Domingo Villar passes away at 51

May 9th, 2022

The long-awaited new novel from successful Basque author Kirmen Uribe centers on feminism and the power of non-violence

April 26th, 2022

Sant Jordi 2022: World Book Day in Barcelona

March 29th, 2022

Safia El Aaddam’s debut novel "Daughter of Immigrants" is finally here!

March 8th, 2022

Elena Medel's debut novel hits bookshops in several languages at the same time

February 25th, 2022

Ennatu Domingo’s debut narrative non-fiction: out in March 2022 in Catalan and Spanish with Editorial Navona

February 8th, 2022

Olivier Truc is back with a new stand-alone thriller set between France and Pakistan

January 27th, 2022

Musih Tedji Xaviere’s "These Letters End in Tears" to be published in early 2024

January 13th, 2022

Javier Fuentes' "Countries of Origin" to be published in 2023 by Pantheon

January 3rd, 2022

The first Pontas titles to be published in 2022

November 8th, 2021

"Burnt Sugar" by Avni Doshi to be adapted into a feature film written and directed by Deepa Mehta

October 19th, 2021

Heyday Television Options Dolores Redondo’s The North Face of the Heart & Baztan Trilogy

October 8th, 2021

Rešoketšwe Manenzhe joins the Pontas Agency

August 27th, 2021

A film adapting a novel by Eka Kurniawan wins the Locarno Film Festival 2021

July 21st, 2021

“The History of Nostalgia” by Natàlia Romaní: a debut novel becoming a “hot title” ahead of publication

July 15th, 2021

A Death in Shonagachhi by Rijula Das is out in July 2021

June 16th, 2021

Susana Fortes goes back to her Galician roots with her new novel

May 27th, 2021

Shubhangi Swarup’s debut novel is already being translated into twelve languages

May 13th, 2021

Olivier Truc returns to the land of the Sami with his new novel

April 26th, 2021

The first Sant Jordi’s Day (World Book’s Day) in the times of the pandemic

April 16th, 2021

Sara Lövestam begins the “Trilogy of Monika” in Sweden

March 31st, 2021

Defying racism through literature and film

March 24th, 2021

Nawal El Saadawi will be always part of the Pontas Agency’s history

March 16th, 2021

Ayesha Harrunah Attah's new novel: 'Zainab Takes new York'

March 4th, 2021

Two Pontas authors on The New York Times: Avni Doshi and Federico Moccia are just published in the US for the first time

February 24th, 2021

'In The Palace of Flowers': Victoria Princewill's debut novel

February 16th, 2021

'Gema', the new novel by Milena Busquets, is published with five translations on the way

January 27th, 2021

About Albert Bertran Bas’ debut novel: “Memory is you”

January 7th, 2021

The first new Pontas titles to be published in 2021

December 21st, 2020

Some Books of 2020

December 15th, 2020

JJ Bola's success: forthcoming novel, translations and adaptation to the screen

November 11th, 2020

Eloísa Díaz' debut novel 'Repentance' is coming out in February 2021

October 9th, 2020

The first nine Pontas Webinars: a successful initiative to be repeated

September 1st, 2020

New titles for the “rentrée” 2020

July 31st, 2020

Reading as a way to travel in the times of the lockdowns

July 28th, 2020

Avni Doshi's 'Burnt Sugar' longlisted for The Booker Prize 2020

June 9th, 2020

Amplifying the voices and stories of black authors as a way to fight racism

May 20th, 2020

"Latitudes of Longing" by Shubhangi Swarup makes international waves from the start

May 15th, 2020

Fiston Mwanza Mujila is back with "The Villain’s Dance”

April 30th, 2020

The Netflix success of Dolores Redondo and Federico Moccia’s adaptations

April 17th, 2020

The moment people turn to ebooks and audiobooks

April 3rd, 2020

Some books released in the middle of the pandemic

March 20th, 2020

Agenting in the time of Coronavirus

March 13th, 2020

Pontas networking in London with the book fair cancelled

March 4th, 2020

Kopano Matlwa's success as a writer and an acclaimed doctor

February 21st, 2020

Pontas networking in Munich

February 3rd, 2020

Domingo Villar becomes a Pontas client

January 23rd, 2020

All ready for the first launches of Minna Salami’s debut

January 10th, 2020

Some books by Pontas authors to be published in 2020

December 9th, 2019

Elena Medel's literary debut

November 21st, 2019

Kopano Matlwa and Carme Martí: two more Pontas authors with books about to become films

November 13th, 2019

Nominations and accolades for four Pontas authors

October 23rd, 2019

Pontas at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2019

October 1st, 2019

“The North Face of the Heart” by Dolores Redondo hits bookstores like a hurricane

September 13th, 2019

Hamish Hamilton scoops Avni Doshi's sharp betrayal novel 'Burnt Sugar'

September 5th, 2019

Karen Havelin’s debut novel shortlisted for Not the Booker Prize 2019

August 22nd, 2019

'Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined' by JJ Bola

July 30th, 2019

Jorge Zepeda’s international success with ‘The Black Jersey’

July 18th, 2019

‘As If Born To You’ by Susan Newham-Blake

June 18th, 2019

Pontas networking in New York

June 7th, 2019

Renato Cisneros across the media

May 24th, 2019

Saskia Vogel’s ‘Permission’ tour

May 7th, 2019

May book haul

April 30th, 2019

Forrest Gander wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 2019!

April 2nd, 2019

The international success of 'Todo esto te daré' by Dolores Redondo

March 27th, 2019

Introducing two debut authors: Eloísa Díaz and Y.S. Seraph

February 25th, 2019

The Pontas “Francophone soul” and some new titles released in French

January 22nd, 2019

Pontas in Stockholm

December 19th, 2018

Wrapping up 2018, getting ready for 2019!

December 17th, 2018

Jordi Cabré wins the Sant Jordi Award 2018

December 10th, 2018

Eka Kurniawan receives the Prince Claus Award 2018 in Amsterdam

November 9th, 2018

Kirmen Uribe is a New York Public Library Cullman Fellow 2018-2019

October 24th, 2018

Saskia Vogel’s debut novel ‘Permission’ is ready!

October 4th, 2018

'Amnesia' by Federico Axat is out now

September 20th, 2018

A new voice from Africa: Ijangolet S Ogwang

August 29th, 2018

'All This I Will Give to You' by Dolores Redondo is out in English

July 18th, 2018

Sara Lövestam is nominated for Sweden’s 'New Academy' Award

June 26th, 2018

'Muerte contrarreloj' by Jorge Zepeda Patterson out in June 2018

June 4th, 2018

When literature travels through different covers

May 2nd, 2018

'The Hundred Wells of Salaga' by Ayesha Harruna Attah out in May 2018

March 29th, 2018

'Rainbirds' by Clarissa Goenawan is out in English

March 26th, 2018

The Pontas Agency stands for freedom and democracy

March 2nd, 2018

William Morrow to publish Zara Raheem's debut novel 'The Marriage Clock' in 2019

February 21st, 2018

“Afrofuturistic” novel ‘A Spy in Time’ by Imraan Coovadia: out in August 2018

February 13th, 2018

Debut novel 'In The Palace of Flowers' by Victoria Princewill to be published in 2019

February 1st, 2018

Martí Gironell wins the Ramon Llull Award 2018

January 24th, 2018

Key feminist voice Minna Salami to be published by HarperCollins US and Zed Books in 2019

December 19th, 2017

Exciting and diverse voices to wrap up 2017 and look forward to 2018

November 6th, 2017

More books becoming films soon

September 19th, 2017

As a bridge between Maori and British cultures, Jill Johnson’s debut novel ‘The Time Before The Time To Come’ will be published in 2018

September 14th, 2017

Catalan literature to the world

July 19th, 2017

Pontas novels hitting bookshops in the UK and the US

June 14th, 2017

Imraan Coovadia's new novel to Random House South Africa and Speaking Tiger in India

May 15th, 2017

4th Estate India to publish Janice Pariat’s new novel ‘The Nine-Chambered Heart’

May 2nd, 2017

Three Pontas authors take part of Writers of the World Unite literary festival in London

April 24th, 2017

The Pontas Agency's 25th anniversary celebration in Barcelona

April 12th, 2017

The Pontas Agency keeps pushing African literature to the world

April 3rd, 2017

‘The Beauty House’ by Melba Escobar, the Colombian novel that took the London Book Fair 2017 by storm

March 9th, 2017

'Wonderful Feels Like This' by Swedish rising star Sara Lövestam out in English worldwide

February 28th, 2017

The film based on 'The Invisible Guardian' by Dolores Redondo hits the cinemas

February 20th, 2017

'Ressentiments Distingués' by Christophe Carlier is out in French and Italian rights have been pre-empted

January 31st, 2017

South African literary sensation Kopano Matlwa to be published by Sceptre and Bompiani

January 19th, 2017

Hollywood producers Anonymous Content and Campanario Entertainment acquire the rights to Federico Axat’s novel

November 21st, 2016

'No Place to Call Home', the debut novel by exciting new British voice JJ Bola, will be published in 2017

November 18th, 2016

Federico Moccia closes his hugely successful 'Three Meters Above the Sky' Trilogy

November 7th, 2016

Dolores Redondo wins the Planeta Prize 2016 with 'Todo esto te daré' (All This I Will Give You)

October 7th, 2016

Helping books to become films

September 19th, 2016

The film based on 'The Invisible Guardian' by Dolores Redondo to be premiered in March 2017

September 14th, 2016

'The Winterlings' by Cristina Sánchez-Andrade takes off internationally

September 8th, 2016

'Ce qu'elle ne m'a pas dit' (What She Never Told Me) by Isabelle Bary is out in French

August 31st, 2016

Sean Rabin: the new exciting literary voice from Tasmania

August 25th, 2016

Meetings & Greetings: Pontas authors around the world

July 19th, 2016

Debut novel 'Rainbirds' by Clarissa Goenawan to be published in 2018 by Soho Press

July 14th, 2016

z.p. dala's new novel, 'The Architecture of Loss', to be published in 2017 by Pegasus Books

July 4th, 2016

‘Dark Chapter’, the debut novel by Winnie M Li, will be published worldwide in 2017

June 8th, 2016

Olivier Truc continues his best-selling thriller series set in Lapland with 'La montagne rouge'

May 25th, 2016

Three Pontas authors at the Warsaw Book Fair 2016

May 10th, 2016

'This Too Shall Pass' by Milena Busquets is published in English worldwide

May 5th, 2016

'Love and Vengeance' by Eka Kurniawan will be adapted into a feature film

April 21st, 2016

Thomas Dunne Books acquires North American rights to 'War Fairy', the debut novel by Daniela Tully

April 5th, 2016

Dolores Redondo and Olivier Truc at Quais du Polar 2016

March 18th, 2016

“La ràbia” (“Rage”) by Lolita Bosch wins the Roc Boronat Literary Award 2016

March 3rd, 2016

Sándor Jásberényi’s war stories keep getting international attention

February 25th, 2016

Kirmen Uribe’s new novel to be published simultaneously in Euskera, Spanish, Catalan and Galician

February 15th, 2016

Introducing Brigitte L’Archevêque, a debut author from Québec

February 8th, 2016

Eka Kurniawan: South East Asia’s most globally celebrated novelist

January 26th, 2016

Olivier Truc: the bestselling French author of thrillers set in Lapland

January 13th, 2016

Sara Lövestam: Sweden's rising international star!

December 16th, 2015

The great journey of TRAM 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila

December 4th, 2015

Renato Cisneros signs with the Pontas Agency

December 1st, 2015

Milena Busquets' novel También esto pasará (This Too Shall Pass) will be adapted into a film

November 23rd, 2015

Dolores Redondo: the first 5 years of an incredible journey

November 19th, 2015

Pontas authors have worldwide encounters

November 9th, 2015

Kirmen Uribe signs with Pontas Literary & Film Agency

November 2nd, 2015

Susan Abulhawa promotes 'The Blue Between Sky and Water' in Germany and Scandinavia

October 28th, 2015

Italian best-selling author Federico Moccia signs up with the Pontas Agency

October 6th, 2015

The Pontas Agency is now representing Catalan author Martí Gironell internationally

September 30th, 2015

Winnie M Li joins Pontas with her extraordinary debut novel Dark Chapter

September 22nd, 2015

Sandstone Press acquires literary debut 'The Solitary Woman of Shakespeare' by James Terry

September 15th, 2015

Chigozie Obioma’s debut novel, THE FISHERMEN, is shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2015!

September 1st, 2015

South African author ZP Dala joins Pontas

August 6th, 2015

John J. Healey joins Pontas with his novel 'The Samurai of Seville'

July 23rd, 2015

Making the ‘English translation dream’ happen

July 15th, 2015

LA ÚLTIMA SALIDA (THE LAST WAY OUT) by Argentinian author Federico Axat reaches 10 translation rights sold before its original language publication

July 2nd, 2015

“The Blue Between Sky and Water” by Susan Abulhawa takes off internationally

June 23rd, 2015

Eka Kurniawan, Indonesia’s modern literary genius, joins Pontas

June 15th, 2015

Claudia Salazar Jiménez, the first Peruvian author to join Pontas

June 3rd, 2015

Lisa Hågensen joins Pontas

May 21st, 2015

The most awaited Swedish debut novel is out

May 8th, 2015

Pontas signs two new English-language writers

April 28th, 2015

Sant Jordi 2015: Books’ Day & International Networking in Barcelona

April 10th, 2015

Lolita Bosch becomes a Pontas Agency client

March 11th, 2015

"The Tide That Took The Sea" announces Susanna Crossman as a wise and exciting new author

February 10th, 2015

"This Too Shall Pass" by Milena Busquets: a literary tsunami

December 19th, 2014

"The Baztan Trilogy" by Dolores Redondo is successfully concluded!

November 10th, 2014

French author Hélène Couturier becomes a Pontas Agency's client

October 22nd, 2014

Sean Rabin and his novel "Wood Green", set in Tasmania, begin a new journey with the Pontas Agency

September 25th, 2014

Milena Busquets' novel: one of the "pre-Frankfurt 2014 hot titles"

September 17th, 2014

Chigozie Obioma and Mitch Cullin become Pontas clients

September 2nd, 2014

"The Blue Between Sky and Water", the second and awaited novel by Susan Abulhawa, to be published in 2015!

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