Finlandia Junior winner Radio Popov travels: sold to 6 areas, auction in Russia, offer from Italy

Finlandia Junior Prize winning RADIO POPOV by Anja Portin is getting a huge amount of attention, with an ongoing auction in Russia and an offer from Italy on the table.

Only a week has passed from the Finlandia Junior Prize celebration where Anja Portin’s middle-grade novel RADIO POPOV was awarded as the best children’s book of 2020, and the book has already found its way to the hearts of many European children’s book publishers. The rights of the warm-hearted adventure story, compared to such classics as Roald Dahl and Astrid Lindgren, has been so far sold to

Bulgaria, Perseus
Denmark, Staarup & co.
Estonia, Ühinenud ajakirjad
Latvia, Janis Roze
Lithuania, Alma littera
Netherlands, Ploegsma.

And there is more to come, as there is an ongoing auction in Russia and a fresh offer from Italy on the table – and loads of interest from other areas!

You can read more about the book here,
and more about the author here.

The Finlandia Prize news can be found here.

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