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
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers’ Susan Rich has acquired world rights to Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley’s THE TRICKSTER SHADOW. The picture book is described as the story of a child who…
McClelland & Stewart’s Stephanie Sinclair has acquired world rights to David A. Robertson’s 52 WAYS TO RECONCILE: HOW TO WALK WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ON THE PATH TO HEALING. The book…
Owlkids’s Karen Boersma and Jennifer Stokes have acquired world rights to author-illustrator Katie Arthur’s WHAT IF MARTY DOESN’T LIKE MY PARTY? The graphic novel format picture book is described as a…
Home page photograph: “Buckwheat Qwerty,” © Peter Powning, 2007.
Reproduced with permission of the artist.