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
• Cammino nel fuoco
Claudia Grendene
HarperCollins (Italy)
• Portofino blues
Valerio Aiolli
Bertrand Editora (Portugal)
• Quante rose a scavalcare l’abisso
Emmanuel Exitu
Bompiani (Italy)
• Enken
Helene Flood
Newton Compton (Italy)
• Percy the Post Penguin
Genevieve Aspinall
Feltrinelli (Italy)
• Misurare il vuoto
Caterina Villa
Lindau (Italy)
• Paperboy
Vince Vawter
uovonero (Italy)
• Choose your mood: brave as a lion & Choose your mood: happy as a lamb
Teresa Bellón
Giunti (Italy)
• Il senso delle strade
Mauro Francesco Minervino
Morcelliana (Italy)
• La profezia della luce
Emmanuel Exitu
Bompiani (Italy)
• 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)
• Predatori. Sesso e violenza nelle mafie
Celeste Costantino
Fandango (Italy)
• Av måneskinn gror det ingenting
Torborg Nedreaas
Baldini+Castoldi/LaTartaruga (Italy)
• Nel dubbio, scrivi
Gianluca Morozzi
Mondadori (Italy)
• Le vite di ieri
Marta Mulè – Francesco Salvatore
Gallucci (Italy)
• Neve, cane, piede
Claudio Morandini
Vakxikon (Greece)
• Contro il matrimonio
Laura Gramuglia
EDT (Italy)
• La Cecilia
Michela Panichi
nottetempo (Italy)
• Dove cadono le comete
Vito di Battista
Feltrinelli (Italy)
• Hvis der skulle komme et menneske forbi
Thomas Korsgaard
Sellerio (Italy)
• A Árvore das Palavras
Teolinda Gersão
Voland (Italy)
• Le occasioni di Giovanna
Claudio Morandini
nottetempo (Italy)
• Die Brücke
Heinz Janisch – Helga Bansch
Orecchio Acerbo (Italy)
• Vindens Historier
Ellen Viste
Aboca (Italy)
• Ninna nanna delle mosche
Alessio Arena
Borgerhoff & Lamberigts (The Netherlands/Belgium)
• Dinner on Mars
Lenore Newman – Evan D.G. Fraser
il Saggiatore (Italy)
• Das Große Rennen
Heinz Janisch – Gerhard Haderer
Orecchio Acerbo (Italy)
• Møgmis
Sophie Souid & Thomas Hjorthaab
Il Castoro (Italy) – 2 book deal
• Un goûter festif
Chloé Millete – Zibelinbelt
Babalibri (Italy)
• Fyrstene av Finntjern
Lars Elling
21lettere (Italy)
• Havets kirkegård
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)
• Earth is Big
Steve Tomecek – Marcos Farina
Aboca (Italy)
• 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)
