- Author of SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD & THE APOCALYPTIC YEAR 1885 Patrice Dutil’s THE WHITE PLUME: THE AUDACIOUS LIFE OF WILFRID LAURIER, an accounting of the life and times of Canada’s seventh—and first Francophone—prime minister, to Doug Pepper and David Moscrop at Signal Books, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2029, by John Pearce at Westwood Creative Artists (world, excl. French).
- Elliott Gish’s RUBY AND JUDE, a historical speculative novel set largely in an underground 1960s lesbian bar, to Jen Sookfong Lee at ECW Press, in a nice deal, for publication in May 2028, by Geffen Semach at Westwood Creative Artists (world).
Foreign rights:
- Annabel Lyon’s THE GOLDEN MEAN, to Julia Eisele at Eisele (Germany), in a pre-empt, by Hannah Nuspliger-Fosh and Marc Koralnik at The Liepman Agency; to Lydia Salerno at Rizzoli (Italy), by Elisa Beretta at The Italian Agency; on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Jackie Kaiser.
Foreign rights:
- Tomson Highway’s KISS OF THE FUR QUEEN, to Kistikan Pictures, by Jake Babad at Westwood Creative Artists, on behalf of Jackie Kaiser (world).