Ishiguro's Nobel win leads to 20 global renewal deals | The Bookseller

Ishiguro's agent and RCW m.d. Peter Straus said there had been multiple renewal deals (following the lapse of the original contracts) and deals in new territories including Armenia and what is believed to be the first deal administered by the agency has ever administered for Mongolian rights. Straus told The Bookseller: "He was very well published everywhere already [in more than 50 countries] before the Nobel but of course there is a lot of great activity surrounding this announcement."

Tristan Kendrick, the agency's foreign rights agent, said: "Since the win, we've had renewal offers in more than 20 territories from all over the world. We expect them all to be concluded by the end of Frankfurt, we are trying to move as quickly as we can. Some deals may have closed by the end of this phone call." He revealed that "calls are coming thick and fast" for the author with some territories publishing his whole backlist. "I'd say the majority of the ongoing renewal deals are for whatever backlist is still available. As much of Ish's backlist is still in print in many territories it is maybe a case of filling gaps," he said.