STORYDRIVE Exhibitions
Kalem Agency
Founded in Istanbul, Turkey, Kalem Literary Agency represents numerous renowned Turkish authors among them the most prominent and established assets of contemporary Turkish literature and classical masters like Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar.
Our search for emerging voices and perseverance to support and nurture newly developing talents goes hand in hand with our respect for the roots of Turkish Literary tradition. The number of the contracts Kalem Literary Agency has made to represent and disseminate Turkish literature abroad in 36 languages has exceeded 1.130 by 2013. Even if our focus is on fiction that ranges from high-quality literary works to commercial titles with mass-market appeal, we also represent non-fiction titles.
Besides representing Turkish language rights, Kalem Agency also works as a sub-agent for publishers and literary agencies abroad. Our main objective is to match the right publishers with just the right titles.
Kalem Agency organizes the first and only international literary festival in Turkey: Organized in 2009 for the first time, ITEF-Istanbul Tanpinar Literature Festival creates a space that ensures the cooperation of Turkish authors and publishers with foreign publishers, editors, translators and authors.
Since its foundation Kalem Agency has been emphasizing the importance of productiveness in the literary environment and cultural relations. It will serve these ends from hereafter.
Exhibitors:
Copyright Clearance Center | IPR License | International Information Content Industry Association | Youku Tudou | China International Publishing Group | 21st Century Publishing House | Carlsen Publishing House | Schott Music | Singapore Book Publishers Association | MP International | Mapin Publishing | Autêntica Publishing Group | People's Literature Magazine | KEHUA | German Center Beijing | The Frankfurt Tourist+Congress Board | Petra Eggers Agency | Kalem Agency | Paper Republic | Publishing Perspectives | ChinaContact | China Publishers Magazine | China Publishing and Media Journal | The World of Chinese | INSIDE A Communications AG | HPI School of Design Thinking | Goethe-Institut China | Frankfurt Book Fair | German Book Office Beijing