- Andrew Boden’s WHEN WE WERE ASHES to Piemme (Italy), by Caterina Galimberti at The Italian Literary Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for John Pearce.
- Josef Skvorecky’s short stories renewed to Wydawnictwo Czarne (Poland), by Tomasz Berezinski at Graal, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists.
- Donald Thompson’s THE $12 MILLION STUFFED SHARK to Knigolove (Ukraine), by Tatjana Zoldnere at Eastern European and Asian Rights Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for John Pearce.
- Timothy Findley’s THE PIANO MAN’S DAUGHTER, HEADHUNTER, AND PILGRIM renewed to Gallimard (France), by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Bruce Westwood.
- Richard Wagamese’s boxset of INDIAN HORSE, MEDICINE WALK and STARLIGHT to Editions Zoe (World French excl. North America), by Sarah Dray at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for John Pearce and Chris Casuccio.
Film/TV:
- Good Entertainment Inc. and Donald Martin Enterprises, Inc. optioned the film and tv rights to Lawrence Scanlan and Birgit Stutz’s book THE RESCUE OF BELLE AND SUNDANCE, the story of two horses, abandoned in the Canadian Rockies, starving and frost-bitten when a snowmobiler spotted them in December. The harrowing story of their rescue—which included hand-digging a trench six feet deep and a kilometre long—gives new life to words such as community, caring and compassion. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists on behalf of Jackie Kaiser.
- Quiet Ghost Productions has optioned the film and TV rights to Charlotte Gray’s THE MASSEY MURDER, the true story of an eighteen year old servant who shot and killed a member of one of Toronto’s most powerful families in 1915. Carrie Davies’ sensational trial laid bare the stresses and schisms within a society and a country struggling towards maturity. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists on behalf of Hilary McMahon.