WCA Deal Report for October 23, 2026

By October 23, 2026Deals
  • Author of AMBIVILANT and IN A LAND WITHOUT DOGS THE CATS LEARN TO BARK Jonathan Garfinkel’s THE BLOOD-HACKERS: A DIABETES DIARY, a work of hybrid narrative nonfiction combining the author’s personal story, health science, and reporting to explore how chronic illness, medical access, and the experience of living in a body intersect across us all in philosophical reflection, pitched as reminiscent of Meghan O’Rourke’s THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM, Stephanie Foo’s WHAT MY BONES KNOW, and Emmanuel Carrere’s LIVES OTHER THAN MY OWN, to Karen Brochu at House of Anansi, with Shivaun Hearne editing, for publication in spring 2028, by Geffen Semach at Westwood Creative Artists (world English ex UK and Germany).

Foreign rights:

  • Catherine Gildiner’s ANYTHING FOR LOVE, to Audioteka (Lithuania), by Tatjana Zoldnere at Eastern European and Asian Rights Agency; also to Bookzone (Romania), by Adriana Marina at Simona Kessler Agency; to Znak (Poland), by Tomasz Berezinski at Graal; to Planetopija (Croatia), by Nada Perisic at PLIMA Literary Agency; and to Yakamoz (Turkey), by Atilla Izgi Turgut at Akcali Copyright Agency; on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Hilary McMahon.