A new literary agency built for books that travel
Founded in London, Raintree brings literary properties into a wider conversation: publication, global rights, direct readership, and adaptation across screens.
London · Publishing Representation · Global Rights
Raintree Literary Agency
Global literary representation for books, rights, publishing, readership, and screen adaptation opportunities.
Founded in London in 2025, Raintree Literary Agency represents literary properties for the global book market. Chinese-to-English publication is one part of our practice; our broader work is to build publishable books, international rights value, direct readership, and film or television potential worldwide.
2025
Founded in London
19
Titles and forthcoming projects in the publishing pipeline
6
Forthcoming projects
Global
Publishing, rights, readership, and screen opportunities
Press / News
Where books become news, rights, and screen possibilities
Raintree tracks the life of a title beyond publication: rights interest, reader momentum, critical attention, partnerships, and stories with the power to move toward film or television.
From Chinese-language originals to global publishing lists
Selected titles are being shaped for English presentation, translation rights, territorial conversations, audio editions, and international publishing partners.
Stories with worlds, characters, and visual momentum
Raintree identifies books with dramatic architecture, emotional stakes, and adaptable worlds for producers, scouts, and film or television conversations.
Featured Titles
Books positioned for readers, rights, and wider life
Selected titles show the range of Raintree’s work: literary fiction, poetry, essays, youth titles, mythic storytelling, and books with international rights or adaptation potential.
The Fentanyl Girl
A contemporary novel with urgent themes and screen development potential.
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A Walk with Arendt
A philosophical notebook shaped for readers interested in freedom, thought, and the life of the mind.
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Rabbit Angel
A lyrical work of innocence, fable, image, and quiet strangeness.
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Youth Magical Pouch
A youth title about imagination, confidence, and the next generation’s dreams.
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Great Barrel
A mythic literary work that can travel across publishing and visual media.
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My Refugee Friends
A poetry collection attentive to displacement, endurance, and human presence.
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Global representation for books, rights, and screen potential
Raintree provides literary representation, publishing positioning, international rights development, editorial packaging, overseas publishing coordination, and adaptation strategy for books with global potential.
Representation beyond translation
Chinese-to-English development is one doorway, but Raintree’s work is broader: how a title is positioned, published, distributed, reviewed, sold, licensed, and adapted across markets.
A global agency for literary properties
Across fiction, poetry, nonfiction, young-adult writing, philosophical prose, and mythic storytelling, Raintree develops books as publishable, licensable, and adaptable intellectual property.
Rights & Film / TV
From book rights to screen opportunities
Raintree develops literary properties beyond a single edition. We help shape titles for publishing, translation, territorial rights, audio, and film or television conversations.
Global rights representation
We prepare books for international rights conversations with clear positioning, author context, title materials, sales language, and market-aware presentation.
Adaptation potential
For selected works, we identify narrative worlds, characters, themes, and formats that may support film, television, streaming, documentary, or stage development.
How We Work
A book moves through a full publishing path
Raintree’s work can begin with selection and editorial development, then move through English packaging, publication, distribution, rights, and screen strategy.
Selection
Identify titles with literary strength and market potential.
Packaging
Shape English titles, summaries, cover direction, and pitch materials.
Publishing
Coordinate publication paths, metadata, retail readiness, and launch timing.
Distribution
Prepare books for discoverability across sales and reader channels.
Rights
Develop territorial, translation, audio, and licensing opportunities.
Screen
Assess film, television, and other adaptation possibilities.
For Authors / For Publishers
One agency, two professional conversations
Raintree works with writers seeking representation and with publishers, scouts, producers, and rights partners looking for distinctive literary properties.
For Authors
We help authors understand whether a work is ready for global positioning, English-language development, publication, rights outreach, or adaptation exploration.
For Publishers & Producers
We provide curated access to represented titles, forthcoming projects, rights information, author background, and books with international or screen potential.
Catalogue
Represented Titles
The catalogue below presents represented and forthcoming titles with purchase, discovery, and detail links. Rights information and expanded materials can continue to grow title by title.
Forthcoming
Forthcoming Titles
These projects can be added to the main catalogue once covers, ISBNs, publication dates, and official descriptions are confirmed.
Founder
Angus He / He Sanpo
Poet, screenwriter, director, translator, and founder of Raintree Literary Agency. His screenplay The Twelve Houses of Love sold for RMB 2 million; his translation Midnight Sailing Boat became a three-million-copy bestseller.
His work spans poetry, fiction, translation, film, publishing strategy, and author branding, giving Raintree a practical and imaginative understanding of how books can travel across languages, markets, and screens.
Poet and screenwriter
Translator of Midnight Sailing Boat
Co-founder of the Chinese Writers Rich List
Submissions & Rights
Books can travel across languages, markets, and screens.
Raintree welcomes inquiries from writers, publishers, producers, scouts, and rights partners. We represent literary projects with global publishing potential, including Chinese-to-English titles, international rights, direct publication, and film or television adaptation opportunities.
Contact
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, UNITED KINGDOM
(66) 998590805
sanpo630@gmail.com