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With great sadness we announce the passing of WCA’s founder, Bruce Westwood. He was a champion of writers and ideas, and he was a larger-than-life presence in the publishing industry. He will be greatly missed.

To share memories and condolences, please visit Bruce’s memorial at legacy.com and visit his agent page on our website.

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I have been most fortunate to have been represented by Westwood Creative Artists since the very start of my writing career. Professionalism, expertise, and sage advice aside (and I was the recipient of all three), the thing I value most is the sense of really caring about me and my work. It has always been there, as constant as family.
Ian HamiltonAuthor of the Ava Lee series

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WCA is a dream literary agency, the only one I would ever want to be with. They take care of everything, meaning I only have to worry about writing something good.
Yann MartelAuthor of Life of Pi

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It’s been a pleasure having WCA represent my work since the agency’s inception. Their professionalism has been reassuring during these twenty years, particularly in navigating a course through the perennially uncertain world of publishing. Here’s to steady hands in the wheel-house for the next twenty.
Rohinton MistryAuthor of A Fine Balance

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More than 20 years ago I made the smartest decision of my career—and that was to join with Westwood Creative Artists. It’s not just the sage advice, the honesty and professionalism, but it has been the great and lasting friendships, the fun and laughter that comes from a team of sharp and witty people who care deeply and clearly love what they do.
Roy MacGregorAuthor of The Screech Owls series

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Westwood Creative has fielded my proposals to the highest-level publishers, with a solid record of success for each version of each of my books. They have surprised me with offers from all over the world and given my books the greatest possible exposure (and financial returns). I’m sticking with WCA, and I’m grateful for their work so far.
Marc LewisAuthor of The Biology of Desire

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I have been with the Westwood Agency for over twenty years and never had a moment’s regret. They are wonderful.
Rosemary SullivanAuthor of Stalin's Daughter

Westwood Creative Artists is one of Canada’s oldest and most respected literary agencies. Situated in Toronto’s Huron-Sussex neighbourhood, housed in the historic Chelsea Shop, our staff of eleven includes six full-time book agents who are supported by an in-house international rights agent and an outstanding network of twenty-four international co-agents. We take great pride in the enthusiastic response to our list from publishers around the world and in the wide praise our writers receive from Canadian and international critics. We are honoured that many of the writers we represent have won and been shortlisted for such esteemed prizes as the Man Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Recent Deals

WCA Deal Report for March 14, 2025

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Insight Productions has optioned the film and TV rights to Cathy Gildiner’s novel, SEDUCTION, a fast-paced, intellectual thriller that follows Kate Fitzgerald, a woman who has spent a decade in prison, as she works with…

WCA Deal Report for March 7, 2025

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Editorial director David A. Robertson at Swift Water Books, an imprint of Tundra Book Group, has acquired world rights to acclaimed Ojibwe author Richard Wagamese’s CANADA, to be illustrated by Anishinaabe artist Mangeshig…

WCA Deal Report for February 21, 2025

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Knopf Canada executive editor Kiara Kent has acquired Canadian English rights to Wayne Johnston’s THE NOVICE OF HOLLOWAY HALL. The novel is described as a tragicomic tale about a large,…

Westwood Creative Artists

Westwood Creative Artists is one of Canada’s oldest and most respected literary agencies. We take enormous pride in our superbly talented roster of clients, and in the phenomenal recognition their work receives from publishers, critics, and award juries in North America and throughout the world. Working out of the historic Chelsea Shop, in Toronto’s Huron-Sussex neighbourhood, our staff of fourteen includes eight literary agents who are supported by a dedicated administrative and bookkeeping staff, in-house international rights and film/TV and multimedia rights teams, and an outstanding network of twenty-five international co-agencies. We take great pride in the enthusiastic response to our list from publishers around the world and in the wide praise our writers receive from Canadian and international critics. We are honoured that many of the writers we represent have won and been shortlisted for such esteemed prizes as the Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize.