Babel-Bridge Literary Agency

Making books travel

Looking for the next great book to publish in translation? At Babel-Bridge, every book is selected for its potential to travel, be it for its universal theme, its commercial hook or stunning artwork, or indeed all three.

Tine Nielsen - founder of Babel-Bridge

A stunning-looking authorised biography, making Curie's fascinating story available to children and adults alike, published August 2021 by IDW Publishing in the US.

Marie Curie: a Quest for Light - Frances Andreasen Østerfelt, Anja C. Andersen, Anna Blaszczyk

”This is #MeToo on wheels. And Sarah Engell oversees it with her falcon eye and embraces it with measured warmth. No violins. But power”.

The Moment You Doubt - Sarah Engell

Sally's Dad is a modern day classic in Denmark with sales reaching 100.000 copies. Nordisk Film have acquired the option to develop a live-action TV series and Sally's Dad is furthermore proving its ability to travel, currently reaching bestselling status in Poland.

The Sally's Dad series - Thomas Brunstrøm, Thorbjørn Christoffersen

With a over 300.000 followers on SoMe, John Kenn has status of cult illustrator of monsters and Night Terror is his latest stunning book. John is currently shortlisted for the Cultural Ministry's Illustrator Prize with this particular book.

Night Terror - John Kenn Mortensen

News

"Teenagers need this book" - StineStregen's charming new book sees its first translation sales

Stunning graphic novel retelling Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" sold to Brazil at auction

Three first translation sales for award-winning debut graphic novel, Lonely Journey.

The Film Option to Ditte Wiese's important YA story sold to F-Film

Highlights

Volcano

Zakiya Ajmi

It will be a Long Life

Stine Stregen

Jungle Dreams

Anna Knakkergaard, Julie Dam

Nightshade: the Rosewood trilogy (3)

Gry Kappel Jensen

The Chinese Twin

Sarah Engell

The Pointing Book

HuskMitNavn HuskMitNavn

Diary of a Young Naturalist

Dara McAnulty

Sally's Dad is a Bad Loser

Thomas Brunstrøm, Thorbjørn Christoffersen

The Silent Three: The Guardian (1)

Synne Kristine Eriksen

Scantily Clad in the Compression Chamber

Karin Brunk Holmqvist

The Moment You Doubt

Sarah Engell

Tales from the Sky: Science Stories for Children

Gertrude Kiel, Gunvor Rasmussen

I am the Corona Virus

Hjalmar Arnason, Fanney Sizemore

The Tree

Bárður Oskarsson

Book of Farts: an Encyclopeadia of Farts

Stine og Hannah Dreyer

Mogens and Mahdi

Rasmus Bregnhøi, Kim Fupz Aakeson

...and then I Drown

Ditte Wiese

Topscorer

Conrad Fields

Inventions, Knitted Beanies and a Mean Cat

Rasmus Bregnhøi

Valhalla - Collected Sagas 1: At the End of the Rainbow

Peter Madsen, Henning Kure

When I Came Out

Anne-Mette Kærulf Lorentzen

A Christmas Bestiary

John Kenn Mortensen, Benni Bødker

Marie Curie: a Quest for Light

Frances Andreasen Østerfelt, Anja C. Andersen, Anna Blaszczyk

Lonely Journey

Ida Rørholm Davidsen

Frantz gets into a Fight (1)

Katrine Marie Guldager

Something happens to an Animal: Anna rescues a Bumble Bee (1)

Rasmus Bregnhøi, Peter Nordahl

The Heart of the Ice: The Ice Conjurers (1)

Ida-Marie Rendtorff

Six Fairy tales

Hans Christian Andersen, Lars Gabel

The Children's Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen, Svend Otto S.

Little Twig's Den

Elvira Fragola

Dream Bikes and Soccer Dogs - Poems for Children

Carsten René Nielsen

When the Heart is a Hand Mixer

Mette Vedsø

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