Shared Stories

Shared Stories is a prominent rights agency that represents multiple renowned publishing houses such as Luitingh-Sijthoff, De Fontein, Kosmos, Ten Have, Houtekiet, Kok, AnkhHermes, Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, and Alfabet Uitgevers. With a focus on rights sales, Shared Stories has become a vital player in the literary world. Since 2013, they have been working diligently to secure translation rights, as well as TV, film, and stage rights for esteemed Dutch and Flemish authors like Herman Koch, Geert Mak, Dimitri Verhulst, Eline Snel, Bert Wagendorp, Esther Verhoef, Dick Swaab, and many more.

Shared Stories does not engage in translating works themselves; instead, they collaborate with foreign publishers who have the opportunity to publish these books in their respective countries. If you're curious to explore the impressive roster of authors they represent, you can visit their 'authors' page or peruse their rights brochures from major book fairs like the Frankfurter Buchmesse, the London Book Fair, and the Bologna Book Fair. With Julia Foldenyi overseeing non-fiction rights and Irina Fomichev managing children's and young adult books, Shared Stories operates under the umbrella of Veen, Bosch & Keuning Uitgevers B.

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