Sasha Filipenko's The Hunt presented at the Cannes Film Festival

Sasha Filipenko’s novel The Hunt has been selected as one of this year’s pitch titles at the lively two-day ›Shoot the Book!‹ event taking place this week at the 77th ›Cannes Film Festival‹. In collaboration with Pro Helvetia, Diogenes and Sasha Filipenko travelled to and took part in Europe's most important film festival.

Each year ›Shoot the Book!‹ presents a curated selection of books ripe for screen adaptation. It is an initiative designed to showcase top literary works to an audience of international Film and TV producers. For film producers, ›Shoot the Book!‹ offers a unique opportunity to discover the latest and hottest IPs in literature and spark new collaborations.

Switzerland is this year’s guest country and the Swiss Arts Council ›Pro Helvetia‹ has handpicked four captivating literary works to present to filmmakers at the pitching sessions.

We are over the moon that Sasha Filipenko’s gripping political thriller The Hunt has been selected for this prestigious event. Uncomfortably close to the reality of our time, The Hunt is just screaming out to be a high-concept genre film or series. 

Foreign rights sold:
Czech (Pistorius & Olšanska)
Dutch (Meridiaan)
French (Éditions des Syrtes)
Russian original (Vremya)

 

Film rights for Joachim B. Schmidt's Kalmann series optioned to Kontent

The Reykjavík-based producer Kontent optioned rights of Kalmann and Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain for a TV or streaming series. We will keep you posted.

Ripley nominated for inaugural ›Gotham TV Awards‹

The ›Gotham Film & Media Institute is going to award new prizes for TV series: It announced the nominations in seven competitive award categories – and Ripley is among them, and in two categories: Breakthrough Limited Series and Outstanding Performance in a Limited Series (Andrew Scott). The awards ceremony is going to take place on June 4 in New York.

›The Gotham‹ is a not-for-profit that celebrates and nurtures independent film and media creators, providing career-building resources (previously: Independent Filmmaker Project).

Emanuel Bergmann's Tahara praised by the press

»Bergmann tells of a crazy love, so fast that it makes me almost breathless while reading.«
Petra Schulte / Emotion, Hamburg

»Bergmann convinces in these satirical passages, but also when he emphasizes his protagonist's passion for the magic of cinema.«
Babina Cathomen / Kulturtipp, Zurich

»A great novel with convincing characters full of secrets and rifts.«
Nordwest-Zeitung, Oldenburg

»And because Bergmann is a master of suspense dramaturgy, he aptly continues the leitmotif and brings together all the threads in the end.«
Katrin Krämer / NDR Kultur, Hamburg
 

English sample available of Beyond the Walls, an Ocean by Anne Reinecke

Jamie Bulloch translated the first 30 pages or so of the compelling speculative novel Beyond the Walls, an Ocean by Anne Reinecke. Please let us know if you would like to read it.

Bernhard Schlink's The Granddaughter receives the ›Award of the Bookstores of Navarre‹

The Spanish edition (Anagrama) of Bernhard Schlink's The Granddaughter was one of three winners of the ›Award of the Bookstores of Navarre‹ (Premio de las Librerías de Navarra). The ceremony took place on 11 April in the Palacio del Condestable in Pamplona.

Lukas Hartmann's Martha and Her Kin #1 on the Swiss bestseller list

Lukas Hartmann's latest book Martha and Her Kin rose to the top spot of the Swiss bestseller list in week 17 and has remained in the top five ever since.

We have an English sample of this book available, please let us know if you would like to see it.

Joachim B. Schmidt receives the ›Glauser Prize‹ 

Joachim B. Schmidt has been awarded the ›Glauser Prize‹ for his novel Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain. The ›Glauser Prize‹ is awarded every year by the German Society of Mystery Writers, the ›Syndikat‹, formed by 800 authors from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. There are five prize categories: novel, debut, short story, YA mystery, lifetime achievement. The novel category comes with an honorarium of EUR 5'000. The award ceremony took place on 18 May in Hanover. Congratulations, Joachim B. Schmidt!

Film rights for Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks optioned

Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks has been optioned for a series. Fingers crossed.

Ingrid Noll's Greetings from the Kitchen in the top 20 of the Spiegel bestseller list 

Ingrid Noll's Greetings from the Kitchen has been on the top 20 of the Spiegel beststeller list for 12 weeks, and counting. The book debuted on #2, and sales show no signs of slacking.

Martin Suter's Allmen and Mr. Weynfeldt in the top ten of the Spiegel bestseller list

Martin Suter's Allmen and Mr. Weynfeldt has been a constant on the top 10 of the Spiegel bestseller list for 8 weeks – and counting. The highest rank was #2. 

Spanish rights of Bernhard Schlink's The Late Life sold to Anagrama

And here's the list of rights sold:

Czech (Euromedia)
Dutch (Cossee)
English (UK) (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
French (Gallimard)
Greek (Kritiki)
Italian (Neri Pozza)
Romanian (Polirom)
Serbian (Plato)
Spanish (world) (Anagrama)
 

Recent Ripley rights deals: Armenian, Latvian, Norwegian, Serbian

Here is our updated Ripley rights list:

Arabic (Al Mada)
Armenian (Antares)
Bulgarian (in negotiation)
Catalan (Navona)
Chinese/CN (Shanghai Translation)
Chinese/TW (Owl/Cité)
Czech (Slovart)
Dutch (Arbeiderspers)
English/UK (William Heinemann)
English/USA (Norton)
Finnish (WSOY)
French (Calmann-Lévy)
Galician (Kalandraka)
Greek (Agra)
Indonesian (Gramedia)
Italian (La nave di Teseo)
Japanese (Kawade Shobo)
Korean (Eulyoo)
Latvian (Zvaigzne)
Norwegian (Gyldendal Norsk)
Polish (Noir sur Blanc)
Portuguese/BRA (Intrínseca)
Portuguese/PT (Relógio d'Agua)
Romanian (Art)
Russian (Azbooka-Atticus)
Serbian (Lombooks)
Slovak (Slovart)
Spanish/world (Anagrama)
Swedish (Modernista)
Turkish (Iletisim)
Ukrainian (in negotiation)
Vietnamese (BachvietBooks)

Ripley is currently available in 33 languages.

Now published in translation: Italian edition of Lektro by Reiner Zimnik

Italian edition by Salani (Milan)