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 Turin Book Fair 2023.
↣ Click here to see our Rights List updated to London Book Fair 2023.
↣ Click here to see our Rights List updated to Frankfurter Buchmesse 2022.
SUB-AGENCIES
• Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia: Livia Stoia Literary Agency
• 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: Onk Agency
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)
• Figenschou (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
• Ninna nanna delle mosche
Alessio Arena
Borgerhoff & Lamberigts (The Netherlands/Belgium)
• Hvis der skulle komme et menneske forbi
Thomas Korsgaard
Sellerio (Italy)
• 100 Alberodonti d’Italia
Tiziano Fratus
Gribaudo (Italy)
• Uomo bruciato
Paolo Mascheri
Clichy (Italy)
• Trilogia di Vilo Vulcano
Gianluca Morozzi
TEA (Italy)
• Il buon uso della distanza
Vito di Battista
Gallucci (Italy)
• Balcone con vista Bismarckstrasse
Helga Schneider
Solferino (Italy)
• La conca buia
Claudio Morandini
nottetempo (Italy)
• Dinner on Mars
Lenore Newman – Evan D.G. Fraser
il Saggiatore (Italy)
• Idaho Winter
Tony Burgess
minimum fax (Italy)
• Om udregning af rumfang
Solvej Balle
NN Editore (Italy) – 3 book deal
• Di cosa è fatta la speranza
Emmanuel Exitu
Bompiani (Italy)
• Il bambino e le isole
Marino Magliani
Bordighera Press (USA)
• Ci siamo traditi tutti
Maddalena Crepet
Solferino (Italy)
• Eitt satt orð
Snæbjörn Arngrímsson
Carbonio (Italy)
• An Elegant Puzzle
Will Larson
Mondadori (Italy)
• Meter i sekundet
Stine Pilgaard
Giunti (Italy)
• Catalogo dei silenzi e delle attese
Claudio Morandini
Anacharsis (France)
• Solo i santi non pensano
Mattia Tortelli
Fandango (Italy)
• Isen
John Kåre Raake
Piemme (Italy)
• Mine menn
Victoria Kielland
Sellerio (Italy)
• Havets kirkegård
Aslak Nore
Marsilio (Italy) – 3 book deal
• Just Maria
Jay Hardwig
Uovonero (Italy)
• Pelleossa
Veronica Galletta
minimum fax (Italy)
• This Life
Quntos KunQuest
Mar dei Sargassi (Italy)
• Lo stempo
Marino Magliani
66thand2nd (Italy)
• Neve, cane, piede
Claudio Morandini
Polyandria (Russia)
• Quella stagione dal colore azzurro
Giuseppe Elio Ligotti
Ronzani (Italy)
• 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)
