Who we are

We believe every good book deserves a passport.

ForeignRights.eu is the international rights hub created by Bookguru.gr, Greece’s first writer’s agency. Since 2021 we have worked alongside authors and publishers as a literary agency and, through our imprint Pigi Paideias, as publishers ourselves. We know the journey of a book from both sides of the table.

The gap

The gap we kept running into

Book fairs are where rights are bought and sold. But access to them is far from equal. Smaller and independent houses often lack the budget, the dedicated rights staff, or the know-how to compete for attention on a crowded fair floor.

18 days

between the London Book Fair and Bologna in spring 2027. Frankfurt and Sharjah are less than a month apart.

London 16–18 March · Bologna 5–8 April 2027
€1,455

for a single registration and one Rights Centre table at Bologna, before flights, hotels and staff.

Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2027 rates
12,300+

flights cancelled across Middle East hubs in early 2026, keeping publishers away from London.

Feb–Mar 2026 · Euronews

In 2020 the pandemic cancelled London and Bologna. Great books were being left out, not because of their quality, but because of geography, budget and timing.

Our answer

So we built a marketplace that never closes.

An online hub where publishers, literary agents and authors showcase, discover and negotiate translation rights all year round, not only for four days in October.

We don’t replace the fairs. We make sure your conversations start before them, continue after them, and never depend on a plane ticket.

Built on trust

Selling rights means sharing unpublished work. We take that seriously.

Verified buyers only

Every buyer is checked: company registration, VAT or tax ID, verified contact details.

Protected by NDA

Non-public samples are shared only after a signed confidentiality agreement.

Curated, not crowded

Every title is reviewed before it is listed, so buyers see books ready for the international market.

Creators come first

No idea travels without its author being credited and paid. Your manuscript never sits forgotten on a stranger’s computer.

Proof, not promises

From Greece to India.

Two titles from our list were translated into English and published by Fingerprint! Publishing (Prakash Books), one of India’s leading publishers.

The Art of Selling: Greek and Indian editions
The Art of Selling
Lefteris Papageorgiou
Greek original: Startups – Οι Πωλήσεις
Laws of Success and Persuasion: Greek and Indian editions
Laws of Success and Persuasion
Leonidas I. Galanis
Greek original: Ήθος Πάθος Λόγος
PUBLISHERS WHO TRUST US WITH THEIR BOOKS
KaktosDiaplous PublicationsLes Éditions ShakespearePigi Paideias
Our mission

To give every publisher, large or small, a fair chance to see their books travel, and every buyer a trusted place to find the next story worth translating.

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