Congratulations Caroline, David, Yann and Beth!

By Westwood Creative ArtistsNovember 7, 2011News

Four WCA clients have been longlisted for the prestigious 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Caroline Adderson for The Sky is Falling (Thomas Allen Publishers), David Bergen for The Matter with Morris (HarperCollins Canada), Yann Martel for Beatrice & Virgil (Knopf Canada) and Beth Powning for The Sea Captain’s Wife (Knopf Canada).

The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind. It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language. The shortlist will be announced in April.

For more information, and to find jury citations, please visit:

http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/2011/longlist.htm

Westwood Creative Artists

Westwood Creative Artists is one of Canada’s oldest and most respected literary agencies. We take enormous pride in our superbly talented roster of clients, and in the phenomenal recognition their work receives from publishers, critics, and award juries in North America and throughout the world. Working out of the historic Chelsea Shop, in Toronto’s Huron-Sussex neighbourhood, our staff of fourteen includes eight literary agents who are supported by a dedicated administrative and bookkeeping staff, in-house international rights and film/TV and multimedia rights teams, and an outstanding network of twenty-five international co-agencies. We take great pride in the enthusiastic response to our list from publishers around the world and in the wide praise our writers receive from Canadian and international critics. We are honoured that many of the writers we represent have won and been shortlisted for such esteemed prizes as the Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Congratulations Caroline, David, Yann and Beth!

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