Literary Rights, PR & Events
Helping stories travel across languages and borders.
VRAP connects publishers with the international visibility their titles deserve — through rights management, literary PR and carefully curated events. Founded by a communications professional with a lifelong passion for books, VRAP brings together the strategic and the personal.
Latest Insights
Reflections on literary rights, publishing and international visibility.
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![A colorful abstract hallway with neon-like lighting and the title 'Kokain Jahre' by Marina Jung, published by rüffer & rub cares.]()
Kokainjahre
A powerful true story about cocaine addiction, told from a mother’s perspective, revealing the hidden dangers of a drug often underestimated.
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![Book cover with illustration of a woman with blue hair and red lips, featuring German text about racism]()
Du lachst ja gar nicht mehr
A powerful and intimate narrative exploring how racism and social silence shape identity, memory and the body.
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![Cover of a book titled 'Der Held' by Karl Rühmann, published by rüffer & ruber, with a red sticker indicating it was nominated for the Swiss Book Prize in 2020, featuring perforations and postal stamp marks.]()
Der Held
A powerful novel about guilt, silence and the devastating consequences of believing in heroes.
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![Book cover titled 'Matija Katun und seine Söhne' by Karl Rühmanna, published by rüffer & rub literatur, with a person holding it, outdoors, with a blurred background.]()
Matija Katun und seine Söhne
A witty and thought-provoking novel about authorship, ambition and what happens when success erases its creator.
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![Book cover featuring a black and white checkered background. The title is in German, 'Die Wahrheit, vielleicht,' with the author's name, Karl Rühmann, above it. The word 'Roman' appears indicating it is a novel.]()
Die Wahrheit, vielleicht
A precise and compelling novel about an interpreter caught between languages, where every word can shift the truth.
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![Book cover titled 'Glasmurmeln, ziegelrot', author Karl Rühmnnan, published by Rüffer & Rub Literatur.]()
Glasmurmeln, ziegelrot
A tender and precise novel about childhood under an authoritarian regime, where storytelling becomes a way to survive.
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![Book cover with the title '1983 Verfluchte Hitze' by Lukas Holliger, published by Rotpunktverlag.]()
1983. Verfluchte Hitze
A darkly humorous Cold War thriller set during a suffocating summer in 1983.
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![Book cover of 'Afrika fluten' by Christoph Keller featuring abstract geometric art with pastel colors, a ladder frame structure, and architectural elements.]()
Afrika fluten
A thought-provoking novel exploring technology, power and the colonial imagination behind Europe’s grand engineering visions.
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![Book cover with shattered glass background and text that reads 'Katrin Müller, Jetzt bloß nicht heulen, Roman'.]()
Jetzt bloß nicht heulen
A precise and unsentimental novel about loss, control and the silent pressure surrounding female infertility.
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![The cover of a book titled "Spurlos in Neapel" by Franco Supino, featuring yellow and beige buildings from a street view in Naples, Italy, with a perspective looking upward.]()
Spurlos in Neapel
A literary novel set in Naples, where identity, migration and a mysterious disappearance intertwine.
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![Book cover with the title 'Closeby' and a subtitle in German, showing two landscape photos of canyons and rivers.]()
Why go far away when everything is Closeby
A visually driven and inspiring exploration of landscapes close to home, inviting us to rediscover the extraordinary in the familiar.
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Swiss author Karl Rühmann speaks from his residency at Literaturhaus Niederösterreich in Stein/Krems about writing in an unfamiliar place, the language each new novel demands, and what it means to burden your characters with the weight of real life.