Last week’s book deals in Asia & Europe

Longanesi has acquired the Italian rights to Martta Kaukonen’s Meet me in the Darkness, book #2 of the Follow the Butterfly trilogy (Hengissä, WSOY), from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

TNT (of Bonnier Norsk Verlag) has pre-empted the Norwegian rights to S. K. Rostedt’s Daughter of Two Bloods (Kahden veren tytär, Otava) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

Aschehoug has pre-empted the Norwegian rights to Michaela von Kügelgen’s Villa Hilda trilogy (Villa Hilda, Schildts & Söderströms) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.  

dtv junior has acquired the German rights to Ted Forsström and Åsa Lucander’s Stiven (Stivens fat är utan mat, Förlaget) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

Bloomsbury USA has pre-empted the World English rights to Jessikka Aro’s Putin’s World War: Russia’s Covert Operations to Destroy the West (Putinin maailmansota – Venäjän salaiset operaatiot Lännen tuhoamiseksi, Johnny Kniga) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

Lens Media has acquired the Chinese rights to Heikki Aalto-Alanen’s The Story of Aino and Alvar Aalto (Rakastan sinussa ihmistä, Otava) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

Kawade Shobo Shinsha has acquired the Japanese rights to Tuula Karjalainen’s Tove Jansson: Work and Love (Tove Jansson tee työtä ja rakasta, Tammi) from Elina Ahlback Literary Agency.

Balto has pre-empted the Lithuanian rights to Kaija Puura’s How to Raise the World’s Happiest Children (Näin kasvatat lapsestasi mukavan aikuisen, WSOY) from Bonnier Rights Finland.

Sogensha has acquired the Japanese rights to the first two books in Satu Rämö’s Hildur series, Hildur and Rosa & Björk (WSOY), from Bonnier Rights Finland.