December 17th, 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