WCA Deal Report for May 1, 2026

By Westwood Creative ArtistsMay 1, 2026News

Foreign rights:

Annabel Lyon’s THE GOLDEN MEAN, to Open Books (Hungary), by Esther Szasz at Katai & Bolza, on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Jackie Kaiser.

Yann Martel’s SON OF NOBODY, to Mondial (Sweden), by Sam Jongejan at Marianne Schoenbach Literary Agency; also to Phanbooks (Vietnam), by Santo Manurung at Maxima Creative Agency; and to Gutkind, by Hannah Nuspliger-Fosh at The Liepman Agency; on behalf of Meg Wheeler at Westwood Creative Artists, for Jackie Kaiser.

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.

WCA Deal Report for May 1, 2026

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