WCA Deal Report for March 14, 2025

By Westwood Creative ArtistsMarch 14, 2025Deals

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 a private detective to uncover secrets and solve a murder. Full of snappy dialogue, exotic settings, and fast-paced twists, the book combines a detective story with mysterious intricacies of Freudian theory. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists on behalf of Hilary McMahon.

Robin Cass of Cass & Co and Robert Munroe of Blacktop Recess have optioned the film and television rights to Ian Hamilton’s bestselling Ava Lee series and Uncle Chow Tung series. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists.

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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.

WCA Deal Report for March 14, 2025

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