Anja Portin’s Finlandia Junior Prize awarded Radio Popov has been acquired by one of the oldest and best known children’s book publishers in Italy, Salani.
In Russia, Radio Popov will be published by Samokat, also an awarded children’s book publisher.
Anja Portin’s Radio Popov has so far traveled to eight areas:
Bulgaria: Perseus
Denmark: Staarup & co.
Estonia: Ühinenud ajakirjad
Italy: Salani
Latvia: Janis Roze
Lithuania: Alma Littera
Netherlands: Ploegsma
Russia: Samokat
Salani is the Italian publisher of such authors as Roald Dahl, Astrid Lindgren, J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, Terry Pratchett and Tove Jansson. Samokat publishes, among others, Roald Dahl, Tomi Ungerer, Ulf Stark, Maria Parr, and from Finland for example Tove Jansson and Siri Kolu.
The Finlandia Prize news can be found here.