• Louise K. Blight’s WHERE THE EARTH MEETS THE SKY to Knesebeck (Germany), by Hannah Nuspliger-Fosh at Liepman, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Douglas & McIntyre has acquired World English rights to HUMANITARIENNE, a memoir by Dr. Kirsten Johnson. The book traces Johnson’s journey from a troubled childhood to finding purpose and belonging through global humanitarian work. Her path ultimately leads her to become a doctor and a powerful advocate for change in conflict zones. Told in vivid, high stakes stories from around the word, HUMANITARIENNE charts the author’s evolution from witness to changemaker, and is a testament to the impact of a life dedicated to service. Publication Fall 2026. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Chronicle Books’s Mirabelle Korn has acquired world rights to Diane Borsato’s DESSERT CLUB: A SWEET TOOTH’S GUIDE TO THE WORLD, FROM MILLE-FEUILLES TO MOCHI DONUTS. The nonfiction book is described as a field guide to the most delicious and spectacular desserts to taste around the world, with mouthwatering illustrations by Kelsey Oseid. Publication is scheduled for Fall 2026. The deal was arranged by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Random House Studio’s Ann Kelley has acquired world rights to the next book by Kyo Maclear and Gracey Zhang, the team behind the Caldecott Honor Award-winning NOODLES ON A BICYCLE and THE BIG BATH HOUSE. LITTLE FIREWORKS is described as a tender picture book about cousins sharing one last summer night together in Japan by lighting senko hanabi and reflecting on the bittersweet nature of saying goodbye. Publication is slated for summer 2027. Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists represented Maclear, and Hannah Mann at Writers House represented Zhang.

• Author of BUFFALO DREAMER Violet Duncan (Kehewin Cree/Taino)’s WE ARE ALL RELATED, in which a girl and her grandmother revel in the marvelous way everything in nature is connected, from plants to insects to people, illustrated by Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Ojibwe), to Nancy Paulsen at Nancy Paulsen Books, for publication in fall 2027, by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists for the illustrator (world).

Film/TV:

• Producer Robert B. Vink at Vink International Productions has optioned the audiovisual rights to the 26^th Governor General of Canada, The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson’s book EXTRAORDINARY CANADIANS: NORMAN BETHUNE, about the Ontario-born surgeon and political activist who practiced in both Spain and China in the 1930s, unifying humanitarian beliefs with his medical profession. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Lauren McKeon from HarperCollins Canada has acquired World rights to Jennifer Kingsley and Teuatakiri Tua Pittman’s STAR COMPASS, from Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists. This book takes readers inside the comeback of traditional Polynesian navigation, one of the most incredible stories of cultural revival on earth. It follows a Canadian journalist and a Master Navigator on a powerful adventure across the Pacific Ocean as they guide large sailing canoes across vast distances—all without the use of charts or compasses—and illustrates how an ancient way of life has returned, against all odds.

• Author of SAVING AMERICAN BEACH Heidi Tyline King’s FLASH!, chronicling the firefly research of John Bonner Buck and his discoveries in bioluminescence, illustrated by Laura Ramos, to Stacey Barney at Nancy Paulsen Books, in an exclusive submission, for publication in summer 2027, by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists for the author, and by Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).

• Douglas & McIntyre’s Anna Comfort O’Keefe has acquired Canadian rights to Rachel Phan’s THAT ASIAN GIRL IS A PROBLEM. The essay collection is described as a fearless gut-punch that confronts the racism, body policing, and misogyny Asian women are expected to swallow, flips the script on respectability, and reclaims the mess, rage, and power of refusing to play nice. Publication is expected for Fall 2026. The deal was arranged by Chris Casuccio of Westwood Creative Artists.

Foreign rights:

• Shyam Selvadurai’s FUNNY BOY to Društvo za teoretsko psihoanalizo (Slovenia), by Nada Perisic at PLIMA, and to Two Shores Press (Tamil), on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Chris Casuccio.

• Shyam Selvadurai’s CINNAMON GARDENS to Two Shores Press (Tamil), by Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Chris Casuccio.

• Ray Jayawardhana’s STRANGE NEW WORLDS renewed to Chongqing University Press (China), by Winney Deng at Andrew Nurnberg Associates International, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for John Pearce.

• Glenn Dixon’s THE INFINITE SADNESS OF SMALL APPLIANCES to Beijing Owspace Co. (China), by Jessica Wu at Andrew Nurnberg Associates International, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Hilary McMahon.

• Jack David from ECW Press has acquired World rights to Private Investigator Ellen White’s HOSPITAL OF HORRORS, from Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists. In the book, co-written by Hope Thompson, Ellen and her Whereabouts Unknown team investigate the cases of six people who vanished without a trace from the notorious North Bay Psychiatric Hospital, for publication in Fall 2026.

Film/TV:

• White Pine Pictures has optioned the scripted rights to cyber security expert Ron Deibert’s book, CHASING SHADOWS, which  details the unseemly marketplace for high-tech surveillance, professional disinformation, and computerized malfeasance, and how his team at The Citizen Lab have lifted the lid on dozens of covert operations targeting innocent citizens. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists.

Foreign rights:

• Marc Lewis’s THE BIOLOGY OF DESIRE to Say Yayinlari (Turkey), by Atilla Izgi Turgut at Akcali Copyright Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Michael Levine.

• Yann Martel’s BEATRICE & VIRGIL renewed to Presenca (Portugal), by Milagros Paissan at Sandra Bruna Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Thomas King’s ALIENS ON THE MOON to Memoire d’encrier (World French), by Megan Husain at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Craig Shreve’s THE AFRICAN SAMURAI to Navona (Catalan), by Sandra Bruna at Sandra Bruna Literary Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Chris Casuccio.

• Rohinton Mistry’s A FINE BALANCE to Beagle (Ukraine) and Bogart Media (Georgia), by Tatjana Zoldnere at Eastern European and Asian Rights Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Pegasus Books’ Claiborne Hancock has acquired US rights, The Westbourne Press’s Lynn Gaspard has acquiredUK& Commonwealth rights (ex. Canada and Oceania) and Europe and Middle East, and Random House Australia’s Meredith Curnow has acquired Oceania rights to Louise K. Blight’s WHERE THE EARTH MEETS THE SKY: A STUDY OF PENGUINS, PEOPLE AND PLACE IN ANTARCTICA. The deals were arranged by Jackie Kaiser and Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists. Canadian English rights were also sold to Doubleday/Bond Street Books’s Janie Yoon.