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Pontas is a company building bridges between literature and films across cultures since 1992.
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Shooting! 📚🎬 The adaptation of the novel co-written by French Olivier Truc and Spanish Rosa Montero (LA DESCONOCIDA at Alfaguara and L’INCONNUE DU PORT at Éditions Points ) is on its way to become a Netflix España feature film! 📚🎬 More details to come soon.


Peruvian author Claudia Salazar Jiménez is in Madrid for a few days at the Feria Libro Madrid her novel LA SANGRE DE LA AURORA (BLOOD OF THE DAWN), which is already translated into five languages.



DOUBLE ROOM (CHAMBRE DOUBLE), the debut novel by Anne Sénès is landing at Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧 on June 19th, translated from the French by Alice Banks and the publisher is counting down the days with a blog tour on Instagram.






We’re delighted to see Fiston Mwanza Mujila (THE VILLAIN'S DANCE) & Trifonia Melibea Obono (LA BASTARDA), translated from French & Spanish, included in PEN America ‘s Travel Ban Reading List, spotlighting writers from countries affected by the U.S. travel ban & visa restrictions.


News for Pushcart Prize nominee Ayotola Tehingbola: her debut short story collection LAGOS WILL BE HARD FOR YOU & debut novel THE LAST ELECTRIC MAN IN THE WORLD have been acquired by Jacaranda Books for publication in 2026 & 2027 respectively, in a 2-book deal (UK & Comm).


The English translation from the French of CHAMBRE DOUBLE (DOUBLE ROOM) by Anne Sénès is out with Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧 ! 💥




Book launch warming up in the UK! Marcia Hutchinson was on BBC Radio 4 to talk about literature, Bradford and her forthcoming novel THE MERCY STEP (with Cassava Republic ). 🔥



The French translation of THE SUGAR MASTER by Mayte Uceda is out now with Éditions Bragelonne ! The novel was originally published in Spanish early 2024 by Editorial Planeta and has sold over 25.000 copies so far. Rights have also been sold into 4 other languages.



Since publication by HarperCollins in April, debut author Bhavika Govil has been all around India doing events for HOT WATER, meeting booksellers and readers, attending book clubs and signing copies. HOT WATER follows a family of 3 over one long hot summer…


LOOKING FOR DEBUTS! The Pontas Agency is open to submissions from authors writing in English & French! We are looking for relevant & exciting new voices who can appeal to a broad audience: contemporary novels & elevated, quality genre fiction.
