- 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.