WCA Deal Report for October 23, 2026

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  • 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.

WCA Deal Report for October 16, 2026

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  • Author of HER SPACE, HER TIME Shohini Ghose’s QUANTUM PARIS, which takes readers on a journey through the streets and sites of Paris, uncovering the history and building blocks of quantum computing, quantum entanglement, and quantum chaos, and illustrating how quantum is leaving the lab and entering the real world, to Whitney Rauenhorst at MIT Press, for publication in spring 2029, by John Pearce at Westwood Creative Artists (world English, excl. Canada and India).

  • Author of BLACK BOYS LIKE ME Matthew R. Morris’s WE MIGHT HAVE ALL LIVED, about friendship, brotherhood, grief, and the often-unspoken ways Black men love and care for one another, moving between Scarborough and Ohio, hospital rooms and prison visiting rooms, backyard barbecues and late-night drives, to explore the relationships that are shaped by—and survive—loss, to Meredith Pal at Penguin Canada, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2028, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (world ex US).

  • Lily Howard Scott’s TIME TO SEE, the author’s debut children’s book, inviting children to notice flashes of beauty and delight in ordinary moments and routines, illustrated by Lauren Soloy, to Maria Russo at Union Square Kids, for publication in fall 2028, by Kristyn Keene Benton at Empire Literary for the author, and by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists for the illustrator (world).

WCA Deal Report for October 2, 2026

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  • 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).

WCA Deal Report for September 25, 2026

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  • 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.

WCA Deal Report for September 18, 2026

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  • Author of JUST SAY YES and host of CBC Radio’s science show Quirks & Quarks Bob McDonald’sTHE TRUTH SEEKERS: SCIENCE IN AN AGE OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES, ALTERNATE FACTS AND FAKE NEWS, exploring the prevalence and origin of anti-science beliefs, to Douglas & McIntyre, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2027, by John Pearce at Westwood Creative Artists (NA).

  • Author of SEARCHING FOR FRANKLIN Ken McGoogan’s WHY CANADA IS CANADA: A HISTORY OF RESISTANCE, to Douglas & McIntyre, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2027, by John Pearce at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

  • Ken McGoogan’s ARCTIC AWAKENING: HOW THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE CREATED CANADA, to Douglas & McIntyre, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2028, by John Pearce at Westwood Creative Artists (NA).

WCA Deal Report for September 11, 2026

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  • 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).

FRAUD ALERT

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WCA Deal Report for August 14, 2026

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  • 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).

WCA Deal Report for July 31, 2026

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  • 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).

WCA Deal Report for July 23, 2026

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  • 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.