• Sustainability educator and author of the Tending Gardens Substack Kana Chan’s KO: A MICROSEASONAL ALMANAC FOR SAVORING THE PRESENT, an illustrated invitation to explore time seasonally for anyone, anywhere, who wants to slow down, embrace the smallest changes of the natural world, and rediscover the quiet joy of paying attention, through the Japanese concept of KO, or the “microseasons” that make up our year, to Cara Bedick at Little, Brown Spark, in an exclusive submission, by Bridgette Kam at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

• Travel journalist Natalie Preddie’s WHAT THE BLOOD REMEMBERS, a memoir tracing the author’s Jamaican and English family histories through genealogy, travel, and archival discovery while reckoning with the legacies of slavery, empire, and race that have shaped her identity and sense of belonging, to Rachel Stapleton at Penguin Canada, in a nice deal, for publication in January 2029, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Actor, model, and intuitive medium Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman’s MIDDLE FREQUENCY, channeled wisdom pitched in the tradition of ASK AND IT IS GIVEN, which blends the positive advice of Gabrielle Bernstein’s THE UNIVERSE HAS YOUR BACK with the pop culture foundation of RuPaul’s GURU, to Jason Gardner at New World Library, with Kristen Cashman editing, in a nice deal, by Geffen Semach at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

• Author of THE ABDUCTION OF SEVEN FORGERS Sean Dixon’s PROTECTOR, about the bond between an unwitting kidnapper and the abducted child, exploring the mysteries of attachment and the power of chosen families, to Kelsey Attard at Freehand Books, for publication in February 2027, by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists (Canada English).

• Author of A RUSSIAN SISTER and A WAY TO BE HAPPY Caroline Adderson’s MARIONETTE, pitched for fans of Daniel Mason, Sarah Winman, and Patrick Ryan, part unconventional love story, part mystery, a tale of three very different people from class-conscious England facing their dreams and their demons in 1890s Canada and the US, to Lara Hinchberger at Penguin Canada, in a two-book deal, for publication in August 2027, by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists (NA).

• EC Dorgan’s THE LAST STAMPEDE, a literary horror story dealing with grief, kin, and reckoning in a dystopian near present, to Shirarose Wilensky at House of Anansi, in a nice deal, for publication in April 2027, by Geffen Semach at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

Foreign rights:

• Glenn Dixon’s THE INFINITE SADNESS OF SMALL APPLIANCES, to Destek (Turkey), by Atilla Izgi Turgut at Akcali Copyright Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Hilary McMahon.

• Yann Martel’s LIFE OF PI, to Ljevak (Croatia), by Nada Perisic at PLIMA Literary Agency; and to Gutkind Verlag (Germany), by Hannah Nuspliger-Fosh at The Liepman Agency; on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Jackie Kaiser.

• Author of THE SEA CAPTAIN’S WIFE and THE SISTER’S TALE Beth Powning’s THE BIRD HEALER’S DAUGHTER, continuing the story of the forenamed two novels, exploring the friendship that takes root when the seemingly disparate lives of a resourceful unwed mother who sews men’s shirts to pay the rent on her modest flat in Saint John, New Brunswick, and an idealistic young woman from nearby Pleasant Valley who works as a spinner in a cotton mill to finance her dream of becoming a lawyer, intersect, changing the course of their lives and the lives of future generations of women, to Bethany Gibson at Goose Lane Editions, for publication in April 2027, by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

• Will Richter’s A TRICK OF KINDNESS, following in the style of his debut short fiction collection, JUST A HOWL, pitched as a take on the classic confessional narrative, in which an author is driven across the country and out of her mind as she seeks revenge for the plagiarist betrayal of her agent, to Nicholas Freer at Rare Machines, for publication in summer 2028, by Geffen Semach at Westwood Creative Artists (world English and French).

• Natalie Ku’s PEBBLE GIRL AND THE SECRETS OF MOUNT HUA, in which an overlooked girl ventures to a kung fu camp on China’s deadliest mountain to earn a spot in a place where she finally shines, while protecting a family secret and learning to wield the qi she’s born with, to Claire Caldwell at Annick Press, for publication in fall 2027, by Bridgette Kam at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

• Author John Larsen and astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s EARTHRISE, a first-person account of the iconic 2026 Artemis II mission, the groundbreaking human mission into deep space, and Hansen’s journey to preparing for lift-off, to Lauren McKeon at Harper Canada, at auction, for publication in October 2026, by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists. Rights also to John Glynn at Hanover Square Press, with Mia Council editing (US); and to Michel Lafon (France); rights sales by Harper Canada.

• Author of WRONG SIDE OF THE COURT H.N. Khan’s ZEROS AND ONES, which follows a 17-year-old coding prodigy who runs a YouTube channel dedicated to exposing corporate greed; still grieving the death of his mother and trying to save his father’s struggling bookstore, his life is upended when he stops a cyberattack on Toronto’s City Hall, which puts him on the radar of a notorious dark-web hacker, to Barry Jowett at Cormorant Books, in a nice deal, by Geffen Semach at Westwood Creative Artists (world English).

• Author of I TALK LIKE A RIVER Jordan Scott’s HOT SPAGHETTI BRAIN!, a collection of radical poetry that channels Gertrude Stein, Minecraft, and HATCHET to form an immersion in the molten lava of a kid’s inner life, illustrated by Joana Avillez, to Taylor Norman at Neal Porter Books, for publication in May 2028, by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists for the author, and by Kate Mack at Aevitas Creative Management for the illustrator (world).

• Author of THE FIX Declan Hill’s BIRDS OF PREY: THE REAL WORLD OF SPORTS GAMBLING, an investigation into how legalization, “frictionless” online betting, offshore finance, and organized crime combined to create a trillion-dollar global industry engineered to maximize addiction and profit, to David Moscrop at McClelland & Stewart, in a nice deal, for publication in 2028, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (NA).

• Jeanette Liu’s THE LAST CALL, a memoir about returning to the author’s family’s Hakka Chinese restaurant, the last remaining pillar of Toronto’s original Chinatown, where saving the business becomes a fight to preserve community, memory, and a living immigrant legacy before it disappears, to Meredith Pal at Penguin Canada, in a nice deal, for publication in summer 2028, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

• Author of A POND, A POET, AND THREE PESTS Caroline Adderson’s THE CASTLE AND THE MOUSE, a ghost story about overcoming anxiety, illustrated by Pierre Pratt; and MADELEINES FOR MARCEL, an ode to community and memory, pitched as inspired by Marcel Proust’s REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST, illustrated by Josee Bisaillon, to Katie Scott at Kids Can Press, for publication in fall 2027 and fall 2028, by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

Foreign rights:

• Sima Samar’s OUTSPOKEN, to Eksmo (Russia), by Natalia Sanina at Synopsis Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Hilary McMahon.

• Roberta Rich’s THE MIDWIFE OF VENICE, to Saga Egmont (Germany), by Hannah Nuspliger-Fosh at The Liepman Agency; and to dotbooks (Germany), for audio rights; on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Hilary McMahon.

• Yann Martel’s SON OF NOBODY, to Penerbit Baca (Indonesia), by Santo Manurung at Maxima Creative Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Jackie Kaiser.

• Debi Goodwin’s RAINS, AT TIMES HEAVY, to Sindbad (Russia), by Natalia Sanina at Synopsis Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Chris Casuccio.

• Author of WOLF, MOON, DOG Thomas Wharton’s THE BIRDS THEY SING AT BREAK OF DAY, a literary epistolary novel in which a chance encounter between a young Canadian ecologist and an aspiring American journalist in Iceland in 1974 sparks a decades-long correspondence that sustains them through love, loss, ambition, and heartbreak, their letters becoming a lifeline across years and continents until a devastating tragedy forces them to confront whether words from a distance are enough, to Catherine Abes at Random House Canada, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Dr. Jamaica Cass’s RETURN IS A RESPONSIBILITY: A MOHAWK PHYSICIAN ON REFUSAL, LEADERSHIP, AND BUILDING WHAT COMES NEXT, in which the first Indigenous woman in Canada to earn both an MD and PhD journeys from a childhood the system believed it could predict to a career spent transforming the institutions that shaped her life; drawing on Haudenosaunee teachings to challenge conventional ideas of success, leadership, and reconciliation, arguing that systems produce what they are designed to produce, and the real work lies not in overcoming them, to Stephanie Sinclair at McClelland & Stewart, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2028, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (Canada).

• Author of THE VERY, VERY FAR NORTH Dan Bar-el’s AN EVEN FARTHER VERY, VERY FAR NORTH, about change, as a polar bear and his arctic friends learn to navigate shifting friendships and evolving identities, illustrated by Kelly Pousette, to Reka Simonsen at Atheneum, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2027, by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists for the author (world).

• Author of SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD & THE APOCALYPTIC YEAR 1885 Patrice Dutil’s THE WHITE PLUME: THE AUDACIOUS LIFE OF WILFRID LAURIER, an accounting of the life and times of Canada’s seventh—and first Francophone—prime minister, to Doug Pepper and David Moscrop at Signal Books, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2029, by John Pearce at Westwood Creative Artists (world, excl. French).

• Elliott Gish’s RUBY AND JUDE, a historical speculative novel set largely in an underground 1960s lesbian bar, to Jen Sookfong Lee at ECW Press, in a nice deal, for publication in May 2028, by Geffen Semach at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

Foreign rights:

• Annabel Lyon’s THE GOLDEN MEAN, to Julia Eisele at Eisele (Germany), in a pre-empt, by Hannah Nuspliger-Fosh and Marc Koralnik at The Liepman Agency; to Lydia Salerno at Rizzoli (Italy), by Elisa Beretta at The Italian Agency; on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Jackie Kaiser.

Foreign rights:

• Tomson Highway’s KISS OF THE FUR QUEEN, to Kistikan Pictures, by Jake Babad at Westwood Creative Artists, on behalf of Jackie Kaiser (world).