Film/TV:
- M.D.F Productions has optioned the film and TV rights to Robert Rotenberg’s WHAT WE BURIED, the story of a Toronto homicide detective’s investigation into his brother’s murder, when he uncovers hidden links between a World War II Nazi massacre in an historical hill town in Italy, and criminals still at large and in positions of power in Canada today. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists.
Foreign rights:
- Sandra Gulland’s THE JOSEPHINE TRILOGY renewed to S. Fischer Verlag (Germany), by Theresa Lang at Liepman, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.
- Yann Martel’s SON OF NOBODY to Wydawnictwo Albatros (Poland), and LIFE OF PI renewed to the same publisher, by Tomasz Berezinski at Graal, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.
- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s THEORY OF WATER to Stéphane Cormier at Prise de Parole (World French), by Nina Court at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.
- Richard Wagamese’s RAGGED COMPANY to Guylaine Girard at Editions XYZ (French North America), by Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for John Pearce and Chris Casuccio.