Black Hole is an international literature network focused on translating and foreign rights, based in Oulu, Finland. The network organizes events each year to bring together publishers, agents, translators, and authors and to further book translations and networking.

Next event: More information to follow soon.

Black Hole – Books meet Rights 2022 took place on 11.–12.2.2022 virtually.

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13.10.2022

Literature event promoting foreign rights sales talks about exporting children’s literature

Black Hole Autumn event program has been released Black Hole Autumn event is focusing on how to export children’s literature. The event is a virtual event in Brella virtual environment and takes place on Tuesday 8.11.2022, starting at 1pm. Katharina Braun, the Editorial Director in Children’s Fiction from arsEdition, Germany, is sharing her experiences about […] Read more »

11.05.2022

Literature event promoting foreign rights sales talks about how to start a literary agency

Black Hole Summer event program has been released Black Hole Summer event is focusing on how to start a literary agency and finding people who are interested in it. The event will be a virtual event in Brella virtual environment and it will take place on Tuesday 7.6.2022, starting at 1pm. Lena Stjernström, the CEO […] Read more »

28.03.2022

Book industry professionals gather to discuss how books become movies

The program for Black Hole Spring event is now released Black Hole Spring event focuses on how books become movies. The hybrid event takes place at BusinessAsema (Hallituskatu 36 B, Oulu, Finland), on 26.4.2022, but the event can be followed through Brella virtual environment as well. Among the speakers are Andris Feldmanis and Livia Ulman, […] Read more »

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