Founded by Marco Nardini, Otago raised anchor in 2010.
Vito di Battista joined the crew in 2016 as Foreign Rights manager.
Our crow’s nest is in Bologna, Italy.
We represent authors in Italy and abroad, foreign publishers and literary agencies in the Italian market, and we manage the foreign rights of some independent Italian publishing houses.
We are proud to be one of the founding members of ADALI, the first Association of Italian literary agents.
We are always open to new collaborations with foreign publishers, co-agencies and literary scouts. We attend the major book fairs, so let’s meet up in Frankfurt, London, Turin, Göteborg and Bologna!
Send us a message in a bottle. It won’t take long to reach us.
↣ Click here to see our Rights List updated to Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023.
↣ Click here to see our Rights List updated to Turin Book Fair 2023.
↣ Click here to see our Rights List updated to London Book Fair 2023.
SUB-AGENCIES
• Brazil, Portugal: Villas-Boas & Moss
• China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan: Niu Niu Culture
• Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia: Andrew Nurnberg Associates – Prague
• France: Agence Deborah Druba
• Greece: Read n Right Agency
• Hungary, Croatia: Andrew Nurnberg Associates – Budapest
• Japan: Tuttle-Mori Agency
• Poland: Book/lab
• Spain, Latin America: International Editors’ Co
• Thailand, Vietnam: Tuttle-Mori Agency – Bangkok
• The Netherlands: Marianne Schönbach Literary Agency
• Turkey: Anatolia Lit
CLIENTI STRANIERI che rappresentiamo in Italia
FOREIGN CLIENTS that we represent in Italy
• Alice Jeunesse (Belgium)
• Arsenal Pulp Press (Canada)
• Babel-Bridge Literary Agency (Denmark)
• Burro Lector (Spain)
• Cappelen Damm (Norway)
• Copenhagen Literary Agency (Scandinavia)
• CotCotCot (Belgium)
• ECW Press (Canada)
• Ferly (Finland)
• Figenshou (Norway)
• FonFon (Canada)
• House of Anansi (Canada)
• Immaterial Agents (Scandinavia)
• Jungbrunnen (Austria)
• Nordlyset Literary Agency (USA)
• Northern Stories Literary Agency (Norway)
• Oslo Literary Agency (Norway)
• Québec Amérique (Canada)
• Randle Editorial & Literary Consultancy (UK)
• Right Story Agency (France)
• Saposcat (Chile)
• The Rights Solution (UK-USA-Australia)
• Unnamed Press (USA)
• Winje Agency (Norway)
VENDITE RECENTI
RECENT SALES
• Variazioni sul tema
Martino Giordano
Solferino (Italy)
• La distrazione di un nome
Vito di Battista
Feltrinelli (Italy)
• Hvis der skulle komme et menneske forbi
Thomas Korsgaard
Sellerio (Italy)
• Vindens Historier
Ellen Viste
Aboca (Italy)
• Ninna nanna delle mosche
Alessio Arena
Borgerhoff & Lamberigts (The Netherlands/Belgium)
• Mio fratello che parla con gli alberi
Alberto Milazzo
Emons (Italy)
• Møgmis
Sophie Souid & Thomas Hjorthaab
Il Castoro (Italy) – 2 book deal
• Le bionde del Benaco
Marco Ghizzoni
Laurana (Italy)
• Allergic
Theresa MacPhail
Corbaccio (Italy)
• Ö
Raúl Nieto Guridi
Kite Edizioni (Italy)
• Unfuck your stress e Unfuck your anxiety
Faith G. Harper
Libreria Pienogiorno (Italy) – 2 book deal
• The Vampire Almanac
J. Gordon Melton
Mondadori Electa (Italy)
• Litt som oss
Kristoffer Hatteland Endresen
Codice (Italy)
• Alberodonti d’Italia
Tiziano Fratus
Gribaudo (Italy)
• Che fine ha fatto la Neve?
Gianluca Morozzi
TEA (Italy)
• Dinner on Mars
Lenore Newman – Evan D.G. Fraser
il Saggiatore (Italy)
• Meter i sekundet
Stine Pilgaard
Giunti (Italy)
• Où sont partis les cheveux de papi?
Martina Djogo – Agathe Bray-Bourret
Aboca (Italy)
• Maps For Penguins
Tracey Turner – Hui Skipp
Aboca (Italy)
• Chiudi gli occhi, Nina
Paolo Mascheri
Clichy (Italy)
• Idaho Winter
Tony Burgess
minimum fax (Italy)
• Solo i santi non pensano
Mattia Tortelli
Fandango (Italy)
• Isen
John Kåre Raake
Piemme (Italy)
• Fyrstene av Finntjern
Lars Elling
21lettere (Italy)
• Mine menn
Victoria Kielland
Sellerio (Italy)
• Havets kirkegård
Aslak Nore
Marsilio (Italy) – 3 book deal
• Humanimal
Christopher Lloyd
Aboca (Italy)
• Ci siamo traditi tutti
Maddalena Crepet
Solferino (Italy)
• Il mio monte analogo
Mauro Francesco Minervino
Oligo (Italy)
• Evolution
Sarah Darwin – Eva-Maria Sadowski
Aboca (Italy)
• Omeocrazia
Maurizio Bonino – Valentina Drago
AltreVoci (Italy)
• Om udregning af rumfang
Solvej Balle
NN Editore (Italy) – 3 book deal
• Il bambino e le isole
Marino Magliani
Bordighera Press (USA)
• Catalogo dei silenzi e delle attese
Claudio Morandini
Anacharsis (France)
• Just Maria
Jay Hardwig
Uovonero (Italy)
• Malotempo
Veronica Galletta
minimum fax (Italy)
• Earth is Big
Steve Tomecek – Marcos Farina
Aboca (Italy)
• This Life
Quntos KunQuest
Mar dei Sargassi (Italy)
• Neve, cane, piede
Claudio Morandini
Polyandria (Russia)
• Neve, cane, piede
Claudio Morandini
Anacharsis (France) – paperback
• Rocket Girls
Laura Gramuglia
Belas Letras (Brazil)
• Neve, cane, piede
Claudio Morandini
Al Arabi (Egypt)
• Le formiche non hanno le ali
Silva Gentilini
Fame Art (Poland)
• Prima che te lo dicano altri
Marino Magliani
Edicola (Chile, Argentina)
• I rinnegati di Arest voll. I, II, III
Adrian R. Rednic
Fanucci (Italy)