• Jack David from ECW Press has acquired World rights to Private Investigator Ellen White’s HOSPITAL OF HORRORS, from Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists. In the book, co-written by Hope Thompson, Ellen and her Whereabouts Unknown team investigate the cases of six people who vanished without a trace from the notorious North Bay Psychiatric Hospital, for publication in Fall 2026.

Film/TV:

• White Pine Pictures has optioned the scripted rights to cyber security expert Ron Deibert’s book, CHASING SHADOWS, which  details the unseemly marketplace for high-tech surveillance, professional disinformation, and computerized malfeasance, and how his team at The Citizen Lab have lifted the lid on dozens of covert operations targeting innocent citizens. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists.

Foreign rights:

• Marc Lewis’s THE BIOLOGY OF DESIRE to Say Yayinlari (Turkey), by Atilla Izgi Turgut at Akcali Copyright Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Michael Levine.

• Yann Martel’s BEATRICE & VIRGIL renewed to Presenca (Portugal), by Milagros Paissan at Sandra Bruna Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Thomas King’s ALIENS ON THE MOON to Memoire d’encrier (World French), by Megan Husain at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Craig Shreve’s THE AFRICAN SAMURAI to Navona (Catalan), by Sandra Bruna at Sandra Bruna Literary Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Chris Casuccio.

• Rohinton Mistry’s A FINE BALANCE to Beagle (Ukraine) and Bogart Media (Georgia), by Tatjana Zoldnere at Eastern European and Asian Rights Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Pegasus Books’ Claiborne Hancock has acquired US rights, The Westbourne Press’s Lynn Gaspard has acquiredUK& Commonwealth rights (ex. Canada and Oceania) and Europe and Middle East, and Random House Australia’s Meredith Curnow has acquired Oceania rights to Louise K. Blight’s WHERE THE EARTH MEETS THE SKY: A STUDY OF PENGUINS, PEOPLE AND PLACE IN ANTARCTICA. The deals were arranged by Jackie Kaiser and Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists. Canadian English rights were also sold to Doubleday/Bond Street Books’s Janie Yoon.

• Biblioasis’s Dan Wells has acquired world English rights to Don Gillmor’s CHERRY BEACH. The novel follows two police detectives who are investigating the brutal murder of two girls, and their search for the killer takes them through a corrupt police force, a maze of criminals, expensive lawyers, graffiti artists, and suspect politicians, and finally into the heart of the city’s real estate world, all while a restless city is waiting to explode. Publication is expected for March 2026. The deal was arranged by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Kids Can Press’s Katie Scott has acquired world rights to Kate Jenks Landry’s ALL THE BASEMENTS ON BLACKBERRY STREET, to be illustrated by Marie Lafrance. The picture book is described as a celebratory story of the subterranean, in which a new family moves on to the unusual Blackberry Street, only to discover that their basement is not all that it seems. Publication is expected for spring 2027. Bridgette Kam at Westwood Creative Artists represented Jenks Landry.

• Karen Li at Groundwood Books has acquired AH MA’S HOME by Gillian Sze (I DREW A HEART) illustrated by Leah Hong, about a grandmother who shares with her granddaughter memories of village life in China, against the backdrop of the changing season and animals preparing for the winter.  Publication is slated for fall 2026. Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists represented the author and Kirsten Hall at Catbird Productions represented the illustrator in the deal for world rights. 

Film/TV:

• M.D.F Productions has optioned the film and TV rights to Robert Rotenberg’s WHAT WE BURIED, the story of a Toronto homicide detective’s investigation into his brother’s murder, when he uncovers hidden links between a World War II Nazi massacre in an historical hill town in Italy, and criminals still at large and in positions of power in Canada today. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists.

Foreign rights:

• Sandra Gulland’s THE JOSEPHINE TRILOGY renewed to S. Fischer Verlag (Germany), by Theresa Lang at Liepman, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Yann Martel’s SON OF NOBODY to Wydawnictwo Albatros (Poland), and LIFE OF PI renewed to the same publisher, by Tomasz Berezinski at Graal, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s THEORY OF WATER to Stéphane Cormier at Prise de Parole (World French), by Nina Court at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Richard Wagamese’s RAGGED COMPANY to Guylaine Girard at Editions XYZ (French North America), by Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for John Pearce and Chris Casuccio.  

• House of Anansi’s Shivaun Hearne has acquired Canadian rights to Jane Park‘s debut novel, INHERITANCE, in which a Korean Canadian woman returns to the prairies to revisit her childhood and confront a haunting guilt, while seeking to overcome a rift that crosses generations. Publication is expected for Winter, 2026. The deal was arranged by Chris Casuccio of Westwood Creative Artists. World English (ex Canada) rights previously sold to Jessica Case at Pegasus Books.

Foreign rights:

• Yann Martel’s LIFE OF PI renewed to XYZ Editeur (Quebec), by Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Ann Y.K. Choi’s ALL THINGS UNDER THE MOON to Giunti (Italy) at auction, by Elisa Beretta at The Italian Literary Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Rohinton Mistry’s A FINE BALANCE to Sichuan Tiandi Publishing House (China), by Andrew Nurnberg Associates Beijing, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Kim Fu’s THE VALLEY OF VENGEFUL GHOSTS to Héliotrope (French), by Megan Husain at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Marc Lewis’ THE BIOLOGY OF DESIRE to Herald (Romania), by Thomas Kessler at Kessler Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Michael Levine.

• Emily Feinberg at Roaring Brook Press has acquired, at auction, MY BUFFALO DREAM, the debut picture book from Métis-Cree poet, actor and theatre creator PJ Prudat, in which a child’s nighttime imaginings lead to a joyful road trip with a buffalo-speaking grandpa at the wheel and an ice-cream loving buffalo in the back, celebrating imagination and wonder and families of all kinds. Aly McKnight will illustrate. Publication is slated for spring 2027. Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists represented the author and the illustrator represented herself in the deal for world rights.

• Stephanie Smith at HarperOne has acquired world rights to author of MOTHER TERESA: A SIMPLE PATH and pilgrimage guide Lucinda M. Vardey‘s THE GREEN SOUL: DISCOVERING GOD IN NATURE, an exploration of our modern exile from sacred belonging with the earth and a new vision for rewilded spirituality through the grand inheritance of the great outdoors. Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists represented Vardey in the deal.

• Ken Whyte from Sutherland House has acquired world rights to James King’s biography of the renowned Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky. Burtynsky’s stunning images of fractured landscapes have established his reputation as one of the greatest photographers of our time, and this biography tells readers not only of his adventures around the globe, but the deeply personal story of how he came into being as an artist, by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists for publication in Spring 2026.

• Insight Productions has optioned the film and TV rights to Cathy Gildiner’s novel, SEDUCTION, a fast-paced, intellectual thriller that follows Kate Fitzgerald, a woman who has spent a decade in prison, as she works with a private detective to uncover secrets and solve a murder. Full of snappy dialogue, exotic settings, and fast-paced twists, the book combines a detective story with mysterious intricacies of Freudian theory. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists on behalf of Hilary McMahon.

• Robin Cass of Cass & Co and Robert Munroe of Blacktop Recess have optioned the film and television rights to Ian Hamilton’s bestselling Ava Lee series and Uncle Chow Tung series. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Editorial director David A. Robertson at Swift Water Books, an imprint of Tundra Book Group, has acquired world rights to acclaimed Ojibwe author Richard Wagamese’s CANADA, to be illustrated by Anishinaabe artist Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. The picture book is based on a poem by the late Richard Wagamese in which an Indigenous child struggles with a school assignment that asks, “What makes you proud to be Canadian?” and calls on the strength of their ancestors to find the answer. The poem speaks to a new generation of Indigenous children, and welcomes everyone to honour the past, find belonging here and now, and look toward the future in this place now called Canada. Publication is expected for March 2026. Chris Casuccio and John Pearce at Westwood Creative Artists represented Wagamese, and Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists represented Pawis-Steckley.

• Knopf Canada executive editor Kiara Kent has acquired Canadian English rights to Wayne Johnston’s THE NOVICE OF HOLLOWAY HALL. The novel is described as a tragicomic tale about a large, wealthy Newfoundland family in which the iconoclastic youngest daughter, Vivvy, finds herself in a battle with her siblings, not just for her own survival, but also for that of a five-year-old orphan named Ivan. Publication is slated for April 2026. The deal was arranged by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists.

Foreign:

• Patricia Finn’s SEVEN DAYS IN MARCH to C. Bertelsmann (Germany), by Hannah Nuspliger-Fosh at Liepman, and Fazi Editore (Italy), by Elisa Beretta at The Italian Literary Agency, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Hilary McMahon.

• Josef Skvorecky’s THE COWARDS to Fundacja Instytut Reportażu (Poland), by Tomasz Berezinski at Graal Agency, for Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists.

• Yann Martel’s LIFE OF PI to Krishna Publications (India), by Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

• Yann Martel’s SELF to Phanbook Publishing (Vietnam), by Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists for Jackie Kaiser.

Film/TV:

• Zavafilms has optioned the film and TV rights to Marc Raboy’s MARCONI: THE MAN WHO NETWORKED THE WORLD, about the relationship between technology and political power, and the extraordinary man – largely unknown and misunderstood – who was the precursor to the connected world we live in today, Guglielmo Marconi. The deal was arranged by Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists on behalf of John Pearce.