Do your best and don’t give up! The Japanese Art of will power In Japan, right before an exam, students don’t wish good luck to one another. They say Ganbatte! because getting where you want to be, has nothing to do with luck. It’s the energy and the effort you devote to something that will help you reach your objectives….
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Carlos Bardem El asesino inconformista (The unconventional murderer) published in Spain on 3rd of June 2021
An original story of love, humour and death, by the best-selling author of Mongo Blanco (Premio Espartaco 2020) Fortunato is a contract killer. He is cultured, elegant and discrete. When he is hired to get rid of a corrupt politician, he recalls his childhood, how he felt the violence growing within him, and what he did to control and use…
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“Die letzte Pille bringt den Tod ( The last pill brings death) by Romina Angeli released today on April 20th. 2021!
The pharmacist Ludwig Fischlinger is dead! So much excitement in the otherwise too contemplative Burglbach in the Allgäu, that is a welcome change for Walli Schimmel. Inmediatly the eccentric pensioner rushes into the investigation – much to the displeasure of Wolfi, her slightly phlegmatic son and local police officer. He initially believes in a completely natural death: too much pork…
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“Der Sternenfänger” by Francesc Miralles & Àlex Rovira and “Jenseits des Abgrunds” by Ángeles Doñate & Francesc Miralles published on 22nd of March in Germany
Francesc Miralles & Àlex Rovira “Un corazón lleno de estrellas” (A heart full of stars) A fable about the power of love Mysterious things are happening in the small french town. Someone secretely cuts a peace of cloth in the shape of a star out of the clothes of respectable citizens. Some claim to have seen a boy who was walking with scissors….
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Carolin Hristev’s debut novel published by Ueberreuter.
We are thrilled to announce that the debut novel “Keiner zwischen uns“(No-one can come between us)”, by Carolin Hristev is published by Ueberreuter. About a class-trip that has changed everything One moment 15-year-old Nelson is day-dreaming about how he can finally get together with Marie during their school trip. But his dream is destroyed when he sees Marie in a…
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Maria Barbal awarded with the Premi Josep Pla for her new novel “Tandem”,
The Catalan author Maria Barbal has now been awarded with the Premi Josep Pla for her new novel “Tandem“, which will be published in Spain by Destino. In the words of the author Tàndem is a story about happiness and second chances. Both protagonists, Elena and Armand, from the moment they meet, try to get rid of everything that traps…
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Online-Reading – Domestic violence
A current topic. Unfortunately!In 2019 “Beating: A Quite Ordinary Story of Domestic Violence by Antje Joel was published in Germany.Since then, the author, who is doing a master on the subject and writes for various German media, is repeatedly requested for readings and lectures. Online reading Woman‘s refuge (Frauenhaus) Darmstadt Online lecture for the “Domestic Violence” coordination office of the…
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Luisge Martin awarded with the Heralde Award 2020
The Spanish author Luisge Martín was awarded with the Premio Heralde 2020 for his latest novel Cien noches ( One hundred nights) The novel will be published by Anagrama on November 25th. We represent German and Dutch translation rights. More information
Start of shooting for Ana Tramel. The game, the adaptation of Roberto Santiago’s legal thriller ANA
Salvador García Ruiz and Gracia Querejeta direct the six episodes of the adaptation, for which Roberto Santiago himself co-wrote the script, and Maribel Verdú will be the leading actress. The series is produced by RTVE, Tornasol and DeAPlaneta in co-production with ZDF Enterprises. The series tells the story of Ana Tramel, a brilliant criminal defence attorney who is at her…
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Berna González Harbor and Carlos Bardem awarded at the XXXIII Semana Negra de Gijón 2020 (the most important crime festival in Spain)
El sueño de la razón, by Berna González Harbor, was awarded the Premio Dashiell Hammett for the best crime novel published in Spanish in 2019, and Mongo Blanco received the Premio Espartaco for the best historical novel published in Spanish in 2019. Berna González Harbor receives the Premio Dashiell Hammett for the best crime novel published in 2019 in Spanish…
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Nando López awarded with the 42nd SM Gran Angular Award for YA literature
On April 20th the Spanish author Nando López was awarded with the SM Gran Angular Award for his novel La version de Eric . This novel combines the thriller genre with questions about identity and the inalienable right to be who we are and to defend who we want to be.