- Douglas & McIntyre’s Anna Comfort O’Keeffe has acquired North American English rights to Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio’s REUNITING WITH STRANGERS: A NOVEL TOLD IN STORIES. The debut collection is told through linked perspectives from the Filipino-Canadian diaspora and follows families who have separated and reunited through the caregiver program, exploring themes of estrangement, displacement, healing, and belonging. Publication is slated for Fall 2023. The deal was arranged by Hilary McMahon and Bridgette Kam at Westwood Creative Artists.
Foreign rights:
- Sandra Gulland’s THE JOSEPHINE TRILOGY to Saga-Egmont (Denmark), by Monique Oosterhof at MO Literary Services, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.
- Yann Martel’s LIFE OF PI, BEATRICE & VIRGIL, and THE FACTS BEHIND THE HELSINKI ROCCAMATIOS renewed to S. Fischer Verlag (Germany), by Hannah Nuspliger-Fosh at Liepman, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.
- Craig Shreve’s THE AFRICAN SAMURAI to Anubis Publishing (Greece), by John Moukakos at JLM Literary Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Chris Casuccio.
- Craig Shreve’s THE AFRICAN SAMURAI To Porto (Portugal), by Sandra Bruna at Sandra Bruna Literary Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Chris Casuccio.
- Craig Shreve’s THE AFRICAN SAMURAI to İthaki Yayıncılık (Turkey), by Atilla Izgi Turgut at Ackali Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Chris Casuccio.