WCA Deal Report for September 20, 2024

By Westwood Creative ArtistsSeptember 20, 2024Deals

Riel Nason’s beloved ghost will continue its adventures in two new picture books, sold in a world rights deal to Samantha Swenson at Tundra Books. In the first title, THE LITTLE GHOST QUILT’S WINTER SURPRISE, the little ghost quilt—whose layers keep him warm in the winter—decorates a Christmas tree to show his friends the delights of the season. It will publish in fall 2025, with illustrations again provided by Byron Eggenschwiler. Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists represented Nason in the deal.

Jennifer Lambert from HarperCollins Canada has acquired World rights to Kevin Sylvester’s middle grade novel, TIME SURFERS, from Michael Levine at Westwood Creative Artists, about a group of elite travelers who travel back in time to save treasures that have been lost to disasters and war, for publication in Fall 2025.

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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 September 20, 2024

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