• Mirjam Guesgen‘s THE RISE AND FALL OF THE LAB RAT, the untold story of how one small, reviled creature built modern science—and why their reign may be coming to an end, to David Allender at Godine, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2028, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (US).

• Brent Bishop‘s THE OVER-40 ATHLETE: TRAIN SMARTER, RECOVER BETTER, PERFORM STRONGER, a guide for active adults over 40 who want to stay competitive, feel strong, and move with purpose—offering sustainable strategies for training, recovery, and mindset that support lifelong athletic performance, to Christen Karniski at Bloomsbury Academic, in a nice deal, for publication in August 2027, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (world English).

• Brent Bishop‘s THE THINK FACTOR, a roadmap for anyone ready to escape mediocrity and build a high-performance life through disciplined training, intentional habits, and purposeful thinking, to Sarah Miniaci-Davis at Whitecap, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (world English).

• Author of THE CURIOSITY OF SCHOOL Zander Sherman‘s BROTHERS IN CHRIST: YOUNG MASCULINITY AND THE RETURN OF FAITH, following a quiet but telling shift: in one of the world’s most secular societies, a subset of young men are turning toward demanding forms of Christianity—not out of nostalgia or belief alone, but in search of structure, obligation, and a clearer way to live, to Nick Garrison at Penguin Canada, in a nice deal, for publication in September 2027, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (Canada).

• Author of SIX LITTLE STICKS and KNOT CANNOT Tiffany Stone‘s THE HAUNTED GREENHOUSE, the first in an early chapter book series that introduces an evil scientist turned gardener whose ingenious plants work together to solve a mystery, illustrated by Hayley Lowe, to Jennifer Stokes at Owl Kids, in a three-book deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists for the author, and by Essie White at Essie White Literary for the illustrator (world).

• Author of GIRL RUNNER Carrie Snyder‘s BEGIN, set in Shakespeare’s England, at the height of the witch hunts, following an orphan girl who writes imaginative stories encoded with survival tactics for women, something that endangers her home, her loved ones, and her printmaker, to Katherena Vermette at Simon & Schuster Canada, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2027, by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Author of the Giller Prize-longlisted THE OCTOPUS HAS THREE HEARTS Rachel Rose‘s THE SCARLET DAUGHTER, the imagined story of Hester Prynne’s defiant daughter Pearl, as she becomes an artist, avenger of wronged women, and lover of Isaac Newton, to Stephanie Koven at Blackstone Publishing, for publication in March 2027, by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists (US). Rights also to Anna Comfort O’Keeffe at Douglas & McIntyre (Canada).

Film rights:

• Film rights to Virginia Evans‘s THE CORRESPONDENT, to Lionsgate, at auction, with Todd Lieberman at Hidden Pictures producing, with Jane Fonda attached to star and produce, by Untitled, on behalf of Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Kyo Maclear‘s THE HILL, in which two friends spend a snowy day searching their neighborhood for the tallest hill, not realizing they are already climbing it, illustrated by Audrey Helen Weber, to Ann Kelley at Random House Studio, for publication in fall 2027, by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists for the author, and by Hannah Mann at Writers House for the illustrator (world).

• Bob McDonald‘s DEBUNKED: SEPARATING SCIENCE FROM PSEUDO-SCIENCE, explaining how and why conspiracy theorists, climate deniers, flat earthers, young earthers, anti-vaxxers, and others are misleading the public, to Douglas & McIntyre, for publication in fall 2027, by John Pearce at Westwood Creative Artists (NA).

• Associate professor of global development studies at Queen’s University Rebecca Jane Hall‘s LIFE TIME: CARE UNDER THE CLOCK, weaving research on care under capitalism with a narrative of the author’s experience balancing her work as a professor with the care work she does as a mother and community activist; responding to the problems of care scarcity, from nursing shortages and long wait times to the perpetual exhaustion of parents, and tracing the social consequences of lifetimes measured by economic value, asking, “Why don’t we have time to care, and what might the world look like if we did?”, to Stephanie Sinclair at McClelland & Stewart, with Haley Cullingham editing, for publication in fall 2027, by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Alpha Nkuranga and Jordan Scott‘s ALPHA AND ELIJAH, about the long and arduous journey to safety that a girl and her younger brother undertake when they are forced to flee their home in Rwanda, relying on creative distractions—and each other—to keep their spirits up, illustrated by Gracey Zhang, to Maggie Rosenthal at Viking Children’s, for publication in fall 2027, by Chris Casuccio for Nkuranga and Hilary McMahon for Scott at Westwood Creative Artists, and by Hannah Mann at Writers House for the illustrator (world).

Foreign rights:

• Ann Y.K. Choi‘s ALL THINGS UNDER THE MOON, to Beta (Czech Republic), by Kristin Olson Literary Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Glenn Dixon‘s THE INFINITE SADNESS OF SMALL APPLIANCES, to Dereta (Serbia), by Nada Perisic at PLIMA Literary Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Hilary McMahon.

• Yann Martel‘s SON OF NOBODY, to Yakaboo (Ukraine), by Tatjana Zoldnere at Eastern European and Asian Rights Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Jackie Kaiser.

• Visual and performance artist Diane Borsato‘s WHAT IS A SCULPTURE?, an introduction to the world of sculpture and an invitation to appreciate, build, and create art in unexpected ways, illustrated by Laura Carlin, to Elizabeth Kribs at Tundra Books, with Kyo Maclear, Margot Blankier, and Anne Shone editing, for publication in fall 2026, by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists for the author, and by Helen Osborne at Heart Agency for the illustrator (world).

• Author of ALL THE THINGS WE FOUND and LET IT GLOW Joanne Levy‘s HOW TO WALK A DOG, told using prose, doodles, lists, and footnotes, featuring a boy living—and (mostly) thriving—with ADHD whose project to normalize menstruation in an effort to support his best friend goes viral in the best way possible, to Suzy Capozzi at Union Square Kids, for publication in fall 2026, by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists (world).

Foreign rights:

• Susin Nielsen‘s SNAP, to Quebec Amerique, for French Canadian rights, by Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, on behalf of Hilary McMahon (NA).

• Thomas Wharton‘s SALAMANDER, to Antoine Tanguay at Editions Alto (France), by Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, on behalf of Chris Casuccio.

• Yann Martel‘s LIFE OF PI, to Audio Tribe (Romania), by Thomas Kessler at Simona Kessler Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Jackie Kaiser.

• Glenn Dixon‘s THE INFINITE SADNESS OF SMALL APPLIANCES, to Aktivni (Slovenia), by Nada Perisic at PLIMA Literary Agency; also to Psichogios (Greece), by John Moukakos at JLM Agency; and to Faber & Faber (UK), by Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists; on behalf of Hilary McMahon.

• Author of THE AFRICAN SAMURAI Craig Shreve‘s THE MAROON KING, based on a true story, pitched as reimagining one of the earliest slave uprisings—a tale of rebellion, survival, and the birth of freedom amid 16th-century Spanish colonialism, to Dan Lopez at Counterpoint, in a nice deal, for publication in summer 2027, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (US).

• Author of FUNNY BOY Shyam Selvadurai‘s AND ALL THE TIME OUR HEARTS WERE ON FIRE, a personal story of memory and exile in which an older writer excavates the year that changed everything—his first summer in Canada after leaving Sri Lanka, to Lynn Henry at Knopf Canada, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (Canada).

• Author of AND THEN THERE WAS US Kern Carter‘s DON’T TELL ME HOW TO BE BLACK, a memoir-in-essays that dissects how a childhood accusation that the author “wanted to be white” drove him into silence before going on to perform, resist, and ultimately redefine what Blackness means on his own terms, to Anna Comfort O’Keeffe at Douglas & McIntyre, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2027, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Author of BLACK BOYS LIKE ME Matthew R. Morris‘s BAD LESSONS, a work of narration, stories, and lyrical letters from a Black Canadian educator to the young Black males he teaches; exploring masculinity, memory, culture, and care, these “lessons” serve as both balm and armor as they step into the world, to Anne Shone at Tundra Books, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2027, by Chris Casuccio at Westwood Creative Artists (world).