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, Rome, 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 2025.
↣ Click here to see our Rights List updated to Turin Book Fair 2025.
↣ Click here to see our Rights List updated to Roma PLPL 2024.
↣ Click here to see our Rights List updated to London Book Fair 2023.
SUB-AGENCIES representing us in their countries
• Brazil, Portugal: LVB & Co.
• 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: Casanovas & Lynch
• Thailand, Vietnam: Tuttle-Mori Agency – Bangkok
• The Netherlands, Scandinavia: Marianne Schönbach Literary Agency
• Turkey: Anatolia Lit
FOREIGN CLIENTS that we represent in Italy
• Alice Jeunesse (Belgium)
• Arsenal Pulp Press (Canada)
• Babel-Bridge Literary Agency (Denmark)
• Burro Lector (Spain)
• Copenhagen Literary Agency (Scandinavia)
• CotCotCot (Belgium)
• ECW Press (Canada)
• Figenshou (Norway)
• FonFon (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 (Scandinavia)
RECENT SALES
• Cos’è un meme
Daniele Zinni
Einaudi (Italy)
• I botroidi
Caterina Mazzucato
Il Saggiatore (Italy)
• Joyspan
Kerry Burnight
Newton Compton (Italy)
• Hapax
Federico Capitani
Apalós (Italy)
• Hotel Crono
Tarek Komin
Gallucci (Italy)
• What Do You Do When Your Dog Grows Old?
Jackie Short
Sonda (Italy)
• Albergo Savoia
Simone Azzu
Il Maestrale (Italy)
• Gentle Hands For Gentle Children
Emily Hamilton
Fabbri (Italy)
• Hafni fortæller & Hey Hafni
Helle Helle
La nave di Teseo (Italy) – 2 book deal
• Le vite di domani
Marta Mulè – Francesco Salvatore
Gallucci (Italy)
• Liken vi begravde
Lina Wolff
Iperborea (Italy)
• Dronningland
Eva Fretheim
Fazi (Italy)
• Gunnars rekordbok
Anders Totland
Camelozampa (Italy)
• Quante rose a scavalcare l’abisso
Emmanuel Exitu
Bompiani (Italy)
• The Wide-Mouthed Frog
Keith Faulkner
La Coccinella (Italy)
• Portofino blues
Valerio Aiolli
Bertrand Editora (Portugal)
• Percy the Post Penguin
Genevieve Aspinall
Feltrinelli (Italy)
• Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Charles T. Munger
Apogeo (Italy)
• Baignades
Andrée A. Michaud
La Nuova Frontiera (Italy)
• Enken
Helene Flood
Newton Compton (Italy)
• Le vent léger & Le roitelet
Jean-François Beauchemin
Edizioni La Serra (Italy) – 2 book deal
• A Rimini con Federico Fellini
Laura Gramuglia
Perrone (Italy)
• Paperboy
Vince Vawter
uovonero (Italy)
• Choose your mood: brave as a lion & Choose your mood: happy as a lamb
Teresa Bellón
Giunti (Italy) – 2 book deal
• My Book of Firsts
Lee Wardlaw – Bruno Brogna
Mondadori (Italy)
• Soli mai
Claudio Volpe
Einaudi Ragazzi (Italy)
• Itty Bitty Kitty #1
Maddy Mara – Noémie Gionet Landry
Piemme/Il Battello a Vapore (Italy)
• Far rygg
Niels Fredrik Dahl
Iperborea (Italy)
• Il buon uso della distanza
Vito di Battista
Rua do Sabão (Brazil)
• Nina sull’argine
Veronica Galletta
Rua do Sabão (Brazil)
• Neve, cane, piede
Claudio Morandini
Vakxikon (Greece)
• Vindens Historier
Ellen Viste
Aboca (Italy)
• Ninna nanna delle mosche
Alessio Arena
Borgerhoff & Lamberigts (The Netherlands/Belgium)
• Havets kirkegård (saga)
Aslak Nore
Marsilio (Italy) – 3 book deal
• Humanimal
Christopher Lloyd
Aboca (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)
• Neve, cane, piede
Claudio Morandini
Polyandria (Russia)
• 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) – 3 book deal
