2025 got off to a flying start for the agency with the release of PHOTO SUR DEMANDE by Simon Chevrier on January 2nd. The novel has received an enthusiastic response from readers, booksellers, and the press. Livres Hebdo ranked it among the Top 3 best debut novels of the January “rentrée littéraire”, and the paperback rights have already been acquired by Le Livre de Poche!
The debut novel by Palestinian writer Omar Khalifah was released by Coffee House Press in December and received warm accolades from the press. “Through its polyvocal structure, Sand-Catcher refutes the demand for one Palestinian story to be told (and sold), instead offering many stories, about many kinds of people, with many different relationships to Palestine.”Bekah … →
Le monte-charge culturel closed the year with a couple of exciting deals! FANTASTIQUE HISTOIRE D’AMOUR by Sophie Divry: World Spanish rights to Nórdica Editorial LA OU JE ME TERRE by Caroline Dawson: World Spanish rights to Minuscula HISTORIA NA S ́MIERC ́I ZYCIE by Wojciech Tochman: Czech rights to Vydavatelstvo Absynt FAMA O BICIKLISTIMA by Svetislav Basara: French … →
Adrien Blouët’s third book was released on June 23, 2024, by Notabilia. With humor and a good dose of self-deprecation, the author recounts his adventures in locked-down Japan, anxieties, obsessions and natural talent for procrastination, driven by an illusory desire for authenticity. From the humidity of Okinawa to the bustle of Tokyo nights and through … →
New York Review Books acquired two titles by Chilean writer Gonzalo Maier (represented on behalf of Minuscula): “Leer y dormir” and “El libro de los bolsillos”. Editor Alex Andriesse said about the books: “These are surprising, digressive, often balletic short texts, forging crónicas with the tradition of the English essay from William Hazlitt and G.K. Chesterton to … →
Blending travelogue and guide, Giosuè Calaciura shares his love for Pantelleria, an overlooked island nestled off the coast of Sicily, poised between Europe and Africa. Through a myriad of authentic anecdotes, he paints a vivid portrait of the island. Since 2007, the Prix Nicolas Bouvier has honored authors of narratives, novels, and short stories whose style … →
| The debut novel by Jordanian writer Omar Khalifah has been acquired by Jeremy Davies at Coffee House Press: ” We all love the novel and the ways it smuggles humor into a context that would seem to preclude it, letting in a little satirical fresh air without ever sacrificing a keen sense of horror and injustice.” It will come out in December 2024 in the USA and Canada, translated by Barbara Romaine. |
The seventh novel by Sophie Divry, released by Editions du Seuil in January 2024, is among the 10 novels selected for the Prix du Livre Inter. The jury of 24 readers, chaired by Isabelle Hubert, will deliver its verdict on June 3rd.
“Fantastic Love Story” is also nominated for the Prix France Télévision, Prix Orange, Prix France Bleu / Page des Libraires, Prix Relay des lecteurs voyageurs, and Prix La Ponche.
“As the Andes disappear” (Editions du Remue-Ménage, 2020) is the first novel by Quebecois writer Caroline Dawson. The book has seen immense success in Quebec, where it has sold over 63,000 copies. It was a finalist for the Prix des libraires du Québec and the winner of Prix Littéraire des collégiens in 2022. In this memoir, Caroline Dawson recounts … →
On January 4th 2024, Fantastique histoire d’amour, Sophie Divry’s 8th novel, will be released in France by Le Seuil. One week later, Globe will publish Sur les chemins perdus by French writer Stéphane Chaumet. Foreign rights for both books are represented by Le monte-charge culturel.
| Fatima Daas’ debut novel, published by Ullstein in Germany, will be adapted for the stage by Leyla Rabih and presented at the Theater an der Parkaue in Berlin in the summer of 2024. |
Two years after the release of her debut non-fiction book, Une poupée en chocolat, Amandine Gay signed her second book deal with the French publishing house La Découverte for her autobiographical essay La Blanchisserie. The book will explore the concept of “white supremacy as a political system” through tangible anecdotes drawn from Amandine’s personal experience and elements of … →
Vierge (Harper Collins) the debut-novel of Franco-British writer Constance Rutherford was released on August 23, 2023. A tender and terribly funny portrait of Maxine, a 24-year-old young woman determined to lose her virginity, VIERGE also delivers a reflection on social expectations and imposed identities.
We are very proud to represent Minuscula’s foreign rights (excluded Italy). Minúscula is a Barcelona-based independent press founded by Valeria Bergalli in 1999. Since the publication of its first titles, the catalogue reflects a marked interest in European culture, an artistic heritage which has never known boundaries, and in writers who have determined with extraordinary … →
We are happy to announce that Amandine Gay is now represented by Le monte-charge cultruel. Amandine Gay divides her time between research, creation and activism. In 2017, she released Speak Up, her first film that gives voice to twenty-four French-speaking Afro-descendant women. In 2021, she directed a second documentary, A story of One’s Own, an archive film on international adoption from the point of view of five adoptees. Her first book, A chocolate doll, was published in France (La Découverte) and in Quebec (Remue-Ménage) in 2021. She is currently working on her second book, an essay on white supremacy.
Pantelleria was published in May 2023 by Notabilia. This short book tells in a poetic language the mythical past of this Italian island and its present fraught with contradictions. Giosuè Calaciura also provides us with some delightful anecdotes, such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s stay on the island after the publication of One Hundred Years of Solitude, or … →
Sand-catcher, the debut-novel of Jordan writer Omar Khalifah will be published in France by Liana Levi. With this story about four Palestinian journalists confronted with the silence of an old man who refuses to give his testimony about the Nakba, Omar Khalifah delivers an original and humorous reflection on exile, Palestinian identity and collective memory.
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Sur les chemins perdus by Stéphane Chaumet plunges into the mind of a Colombian ex-guerrilla torn between the desire to start a new life and the weight of the past. This novel will be published by Globe in January 2024.
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Constance Rutherford graduated with a Masters in Literary Creation at Paris 8. Vierge, her first novel, will be published by Harper Collins France in August 2023. It follows the trials and tribulations of Maxine, a young woman of 24 who is determined to lose her virginity.
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