Hellebore Literary Agency
@helleborelit.bsky.social
Selling translation rights for self-published authors in foreign markets 🌎📚
Looking for children’s fiction 🕵️
📍 Portland, OR
helleborelit.com
Looking for children’s fiction 🕵️
📍 Portland, OR
helleborelit.com
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If you are a children’s fiction self-published or small-published author, you should query us!
Visit helleborelit.com for more info 🌸
#literaryagency #foreignrights #translationrights #booksky
Visit helleborelit.com for more info 🌸
#literaryagency #foreignrights #translationrights #booksky
Are you in #Portland, OR and looking for some lightness in your community when everything feels heavy?
We have some indie bookstores we think you oughtta visit:
📕Grand Gestures Books
📗Second Shapes Bookstore
📘BOLD Coffee and Books
More recs on our blog! (Link in bio)
#booksky
We have some indie bookstores we think you oughtta visit:
📕Grand Gestures Books
📗Second Shapes Bookstore
📘BOLD Coffee and Books
More recs on our blog! (Link in bio)
#booksky
February 13, 2026 at 11:24 PM
“Don’t look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.”
- Faber, Fahrenheit 451
#booksky #literaryagency
- Faber, Fahrenheit 451
#booksky #literaryagency
February 7, 2026 at 1:55 AM
“Don’t look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.”
- Faber, Fahrenheit 451
#booksky #literaryagency
- Faber, Fahrenheit 451
#booksky #literaryagency
hellebore | n | HEH-luh-bore
1. any genus (Helleborus) of poisonus Eurasian herbs of the buttercup family having showy flowers with petaloid sepals
Also: the dried rhizome of a hellebore (such as H. niger) formerly used in medicine
2. your favorite literary agency 😉🌸
#booksky #authorsky
1. any genus (Helleborus) of poisonus Eurasian herbs of the buttercup family having showy flowers with petaloid sepals
Also: the dried rhizome of a hellebore (such as H. niger) formerly used in medicine
2. your favorite literary agency 😉🌸
#booksky #authorsky
January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
hellebore | n | HEH-luh-bore
1. any genus (Helleborus) of poisonus Eurasian herbs of the buttercup family having showy flowers with petaloid sepals
Also: the dried rhizome of a hellebore (such as H. niger) formerly used in medicine
2. your favorite literary agency 😉🌸
#booksky #authorsky
1. any genus (Helleborus) of poisonus Eurasian herbs of the buttercup family having showy flowers with petaloid sepals
Also: the dried rhizome of a hellebore (such as H. niger) formerly used in medicine
2. your favorite literary agency 😉🌸
#booksky #authorsky
📜 Hellebore’s Christmas Manuscript Wishlist: A Thread 📜
1. Middle grade, YA, or NA cozy sci-fi/fantasy 🍵
2. Picture/board book that tactfully addresses death ❤️🩹
3. NA body horror 🩸
4. YA or NA trans sports romance ⚽️
5. NA lesbian romantasy with medium-spicy scenes 💞
#booksky
1. Middle grade, YA, or NA cozy sci-fi/fantasy 🍵
2. Picture/board book that tactfully addresses death ❤️🩹
3. NA body horror 🩸
4. YA or NA trans sports romance ⚽️
5. NA lesbian romantasy with medium-spicy scenes 💞
#booksky
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
📜 Hellebore’s Christmas Manuscript Wishlist: A Thread 📜
1. Middle grade, YA, or NA cozy sci-fi/fantasy 🍵
2. Picture/board book that tactfully addresses death ❤️🩹
3. NA body horror 🩸
4. YA or NA trans sports romance ⚽️
5. NA lesbian romantasy with medium-spicy scenes 💞
#booksky
1. Middle grade, YA, or NA cozy sci-fi/fantasy 🍵
2. Picture/board book that tactfully addresses death ❤️🩹
3. NA body horror 🩸
4. YA or NA trans sports romance ⚽️
5. NA lesbian romantasy with medium-spicy scenes 💞
#booksky
Who do I talk to about making December hibernation month? I just wanna read in front of the fire and eat Christmas candy all month 😪 #booksky
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Who do I talk to about making December hibernation month? I just wanna read in front of the fire and eat Christmas candy all month 😪 #booksky
Thankful for authors who don’t use AI to write their prose or design their covers this season. In all seriousness, y’all are keeping the art of writing and design alive. Thank you 😌📖 #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Thankful for authors who don’t use AI to write their prose or design their covers this season. In all seriousness, y’all are keeping the art of writing and design alive. Thank you 😌📖 #booksky
About two hours of looking at beautiful books, talking to awesome authors, and collecting a bounty of business cards later, Emmily and I are headed home. We’ll post our #PDXBookFest haul once we get there 😁
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
About two hours of looking at beautiful books, talking to awesome authors, and collecting a bounty of business cards later, Emmily and I are headed home. We’ll post our #PDXBookFest haul once we get there 😁
There are multiple floors to this place?? We already found so many cool bookstores and publishers on the first floor! #PDXBookFest
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There are multiple floors to this place?? We already found so many cool bookstores and publishers on the first floor! #PDXBookFest
Emmily and I (Jackie) just arrived in downtown Portland for the #PDXBookFest! It’ll be my first time - can’t wait to check it out 📚
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Emmily and I (Jackie) just arrived in downtown Portland for the #PDXBookFest! It’ll be my first time - can’t wait to check it out 📚
Yesterday was our Marketing and Design Director’s birthday! 🥳
Jackie is responsible for the creation and maintenance of Hellebore’s online presence via our website and social media. She helps us reach YOU, people interested in our agency.
Happy (belated) birthday, Jackie!
#literaryagency #booksky
Jackie is responsible for the creation and maintenance of Hellebore’s online presence via our website and social media. She helps us reach YOU, people interested in our agency.
Happy (belated) birthday, Jackie!
#literaryagency #booksky
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yesterday was our Marketing and Design Director’s birthday! 🥳
Jackie is responsible for the creation and maintenance of Hellebore’s online presence via our website and social media. She helps us reach YOU, people interested in our agency.
Happy (belated) birthday, Jackie!
#literaryagency #booksky
Jackie is responsible for the creation and maintenance of Hellebore’s online presence via our website and social media. She helps us reach YOU, people interested in our agency.
Happy (belated) birthday, Jackie!
#literaryagency #booksky
It’s our Business Administrator’s birthday! 🥳
Rin is a powerhouse who handles the bulk of Hellebore’s financial and administrative responsibilities. She keeps us organized, focused, and on track while reminding us to relax and take breaks.
Happt birthday, Rin! 🦂
#literaryagency #booksky #birthday
Rin is a powerhouse who handles the bulk of Hellebore’s financial and administrative responsibilities. She keeps us organized, focused, and on track while reminding us to relax and take breaks.
Happt birthday, Rin! 🦂
#literaryagency #booksky #birthday
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It’s our Business Administrator’s birthday! 🥳
Rin is a powerhouse who handles the bulk of Hellebore’s financial and administrative responsibilities. She keeps us organized, focused, and on track while reminding us to relax and take breaks.
Happt birthday, Rin! 🦂
#literaryagency #booksky #birthday
Rin is a powerhouse who handles the bulk of Hellebore’s financial and administrative responsibilities. She keeps us organized, focused, and on track while reminding us to relax and take breaks.
Happt birthday, Rin! 🦂
#literaryagency #booksky #birthday
Ever wondered what the desks at a literary agency look like? Wonder no more: a thread
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ever wondered what the desks at a literary agency look like? Wonder no more: a thread
For the end of #HispanicHeritageMonth, we put together a short list of books you shouldn’t miss: a thread
October 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
For the end of #HispanicHeritageMonth, we put together a short list of books you shouldn’t miss: a thread
For the end of Banned Books Week, we made a thread of banned books we think you should read:
October 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For the end of Banned Books Week, we made a thread of banned books we think you should read:
Portland + fall + books = cozy 🥰
Check out some book events you shouldn’t miss this season on our blog: www.helleborelit.com/blog/where-t...
#literaryagency #booksky #portlandoregon #launchparty #writingworkshop #bookfestival
Check out some book events you shouldn’t miss this season on our blog: www.helleborelit.com/blog/where-t...
#literaryagency #booksky #portlandoregon #launchparty #writingworkshop #bookfestival
October 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Portland + fall + books = cozy 🥰
Check out some book events you shouldn’t miss this season on our blog: www.helleborelit.com/blog/where-t...
#literaryagency #booksky #portlandoregon #launchparty #writingworkshop #bookfestival
Check out some book events you shouldn’t miss this season on our blog: www.helleborelit.com/blog/where-t...
#literaryagency #booksky #portlandoregon #launchparty #writingworkshop #bookfestival
If you are a children’s fiction self-published or small-published author, you should query us!
Visit helleborelit.com for more info 🌸
#literaryagency #foreignrights #translationrights #booksky
Visit helleborelit.com for more info 🌸
#literaryagency #foreignrights #translationrights #booksky
September 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you are a children’s fiction self-published or small-published author, you should query us!
Visit helleborelit.com for more info 🌸
#literaryagency #foreignrights #translationrights #booksky
Visit helleborelit.com for more info 🌸
#literaryagency #foreignrights #translationrights #booksky
The books we most recently read as Spotify playlists: a thread
August 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The books we most recently read as Spotify playlists: a thread
August 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Besides working diligently to make Hellebore the best it can be for our clients, here’s what we’ve been up to this summer: a thread #literaryagency
August 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Besides working diligently to make Hellebore the best it can be for our clients, here’s what we’ve been up to this summer: a thread #literaryagency
Reposted by Hellebore Literary Agency
Why read books? Because books are still the most powerful, reliable, transportive & magical storytelling technology we've invented - and all they need to work is YOUR OWN IMAGINATION! #booksky
(Cartoon by @mariascrivan.bsky.social)
(Cartoon by @mariascrivan.bsky.social)
August 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Why read books? Because books are still the most powerful, reliable, transportive & magical storytelling technology we've invented - and all they need to work is YOUR OWN IMAGINATION! #booksky
(Cartoon by @mariascrivan.bsky.social)
(Cartoon by @mariascrivan.bsky.social)
Congratulations, Rin, Rebecca, and Emmily, for graduating this past weekend with your Masters degrees in Book Publishing! 🥳
Rin was chosen by the cohort to give a speech, and she did a great job. Brought a tear to Emmily’s eye 🥹
#graduation #bookpublishing #literaryagency
Rin was chosen by the cohort to give a speech, and she did a great job. Brought a tear to Emmily’s eye 🥹
#graduation #bookpublishing #literaryagency
June 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Congratulations, Rin, Rebecca, and Emmily, for graduating this past weekend with your Masters degrees in Book Publishing! 🥳
Rin was chosen by the cohort to give a speech, and she did a great job. Brought a tear to Emmily’s eye 🥹
#graduation #bookpublishing #literaryagency
Rin was chosen by the cohort to give a speech, and she did a great job. Brought a tear to Emmily’s eye 🥹
#graduation #bookpublishing #literaryagency
We had to leave the Small and Self-Publishing (S2) Faire, but we had such a great time meeting everyone and hearing about their books! Thank you to Ali Shaw and Christine Longmuir for putting on this wonderful event.
Also, Emmily won an Indigo package from the raffle 🥳
#literaryagency #booksky
Also, Emmily won an Indigo package from the raffle 🥳
#literaryagency #booksky
May 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
We had to leave the Small and Self-Publishing (S2) Faire, but we had such a great time meeting everyone and hearing about their books! Thank you to Ali Shaw and Christine Longmuir for putting on this wonderful event.
Also, Emmily won an Indigo package from the raffle 🥳
#literaryagency #booksky
Also, Emmily won an Indigo package from the raffle 🥳
#literaryagency #booksky