Portuguese Brazilian rights to Long Way Home (Penguin Random House Australia) have been licensed to Grupo Record after a heated auction in Brazil. The book has been adapted to the big screen by British Australian film company See Saw and the film, named Lion, brings Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel and Rooney Mara on the leading roles. Directed by Garth Davis (Top of the Lake), Lion is currently on post-production. (Feb 2016)

Publication rights for Portugal to Maria by Rodrigo Alvarez (Globo Livros) have just been licensed to Porto Editora, who will release the book in the first semester of 2016. Maria was one of the top 10 books in 2015 non-fiction best-seller list in Brazil selling over 90,000 copies since publication. (Feb 2016)

We are delighted to have closed a deal with Porto Editora's imprint Sextante for two titles by best-selling Israeli author Etgar Keret. Missing Kissinger, Keret's second collection of short stories, has gathered critical acclaim from Le Monde, Der Spiegel, La Repubblica and many other renowned publications worldwide, and The Seven Good Years, the author's latest book, has been considered one of the best memoir books of 2015 by The Guardian. (Jan 2016)