August 2010 Sales Film rights to A. Lee Martinez’s Divine Misfortune have been optioned to DreamWorks Animation. Canadian rights to C.S. Richardson’s The Emperor of Paris have sold to Doubleday Canada. Canadian rights to William Shawcross’s The Letters of the Queen Mother have sold to HarperCollins Canada, on behalf of Greene & Heaton. Awards Congratulations to Kaaron Warren. Slights has been shortlisted for the 2010 Ditmar Awards for Australian Science Fiction. July 2010 Sales French (Canada only) rights to Kate Taylor’s A Man in Uniform have sold to Libre Expression/Group Librex. World English (excluding Canada) rights to Carol Watterson and Michela Sorrentino’s Alfalfabet A to Z: The Wonderful Words from Agriculture have sold to Tricycle Press. Awards Congratulations to Hiromi Goto. Half World has been shortlisted for the 2010 Sunburst Award in the young adult category. June 2010 Sales German rights to Sharon Ashwood’s Unchained and Frostbitten have sold to Droemer Knaur. World rights to Gail Whitiker’s An Admirable Lady and The Trouble with Love have sold to Harlequin Mills & Boon. Estonian rights to Emily White’s Lonely have sold to Pilgrim Group. Awards Congratulations to Alanna Mitchell. Sea Sick has won the 2010 Grantham Prize. A. Lee Martinez’s The Automatic Detective is one of io9’s 10 Greatest Science Fiction Detective Novels. May 2010 Sales Canadian rights to John Gould’s Seven Good Reasons Not to Be Good have sold to HarperCollins Canada. World rights to Christopher Moore’s Two Weeks in Quebec City have sold to Penguin Canada. Canadian rights to Richard B. Wright’s Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard have sold to HarperCollins Canada. North American rights to Erin Dionne’s Elsie Wyatt Loves/Hates Marching Band have sold to Dial Books for Young Readers. Serbia rights to Alanna Mitchell’s Sea Sick have sold to Geopoetika. Awards Congratulations to John DeMont. Coal Black Heart: The Story of Coal and the Lives It Ruled has been nominated for the 2010 National Business Book Award. Congratulations to Kaaron Warren. Slights has been nominated for the 2010 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel. Congratulations to Andrew Podnieks. Canadian Gold is on The Globe and Mail bestseller list. April 2010 Sales US rights to Kate Taylor’s A Man in Uniform have sold to Shaye Areheart Books in a pre-empt. Canadian rights to Hiromi Goto’s Darkness, the sequel to Half World, have sold to Penguin Canada. Simplified Chinese rights to A. Lee Martinez’s Gil’s All Fright Diner have sold to Modern Press. French and Italian rights to Jesse Bullington’s The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart have sold to Bibliotheque Interdite and Alberto Castelvecchi Editore, respectively. French rights to A. Lee Martinez’s Gil’s All Fright Diner have sold to Fleuve Noir. Awards Congratulations to Carrie Mac. The Gryphon Project has won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. Congratulations to Shandi Mitchell. Under This Unbroken Sky has won both the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award. Congratulations to Jesse Bullington. The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart has been shortlisted for the Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer by The David Gemmell Legend Awards. Congratulations to Kaaron Warren. Slights has won the 2009 Australian Shadows Long Fiction Award. Congratulations to Andrew Podnieks. Canadian Gold is on The Globe and Mail bestseller list. Congratulations to Carrie Mac. The Gryphon Project is a finalist for the 2010 BC Book Prizes: Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. Congratulations to Patrick Lane. Red Dog, Red Dog has been made a Waterstone’s New Voices 2010 selection. Congratulations to Shandi Mitchell. Under This Unbroken Sky has been made a Waterstone’s New Voices 2010 selection. March 2010 Sales Italian rights to Shandi Mitchell’s Under This Unbroken Sky have sold to Fazi Editore. TV adaptation rights to Jeremy Duns’ Free Agent series have sold to the BBC. Awards Congratulations to Emily White. Lonely debuted at #6 on the Maclean’s bestseller list! Congratulations to Carrie Mac. The Gryphon Project has been shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association’s 2010 Young Adult Book Award. Congratulations to Shandi Mitchell. Under This Unbroken Sky has won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2010 Caribbean and Canada Best First Book. Congratulations to Andrew Podnieks. Canadian Gold is on The Globe and Mail’s bestseller list! Congratulations to Shandi Mitchell. Under This Unbroken Sky has been shortlisted for the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award. Congratulations to Reif Larsen. The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet has been nominated for a 2010 Indies Choice Book Award (Book of the Year—Debut Author) by the American Booksellers Association. Congratulations to Jesse Bullington. The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart has been longlisted for the 2010 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Congratulations to Hiromi Goto. Half World has been longlisted for the 2010 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Congratulations to Kaaron Warren. Slights has been longlisted for the 2010 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel. February 2010 DreamWorks Animation has set Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris, the writers of Kung Fu Panda, to write Gil’s All Fright Diner, an adaptation of the A. Lee Martinez novel. Gil’s All Fright Diner has Barry Sonnenfeld attached to direct. Sales Spanish rights to A. Lee Martinez’s Monster have sold to Minotauro/Planeta. US rights to Hiromi Goto’s Half World have sold to Viking Penguin. French and Polish rights have sold to BAAM and MAG, respectively. Awards Congratulations to Shandi Mitchell! Under This Unbroken Sky has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Caribbean and Canada Best First Book. Congratulations to Kaaron Warren. Slights has made the preliminary ballot for the 2009 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. January 2010 Sales North American audio rights to Jesse Bullington’s The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart have sold to Brilliance Audio. December 2009 Sales Illustrator and comic book artist Nina Matsumoto is the illustrator of The Last Airbender Movie Prequel manga from Del Rey Manga available in May 2010. World rights to W. C. Mack’s Hat Trick have sold to Scholastic Canada. Awards Congratulations to Sarah Waters. The Little Stranger is one of The New York Times Book Review’s 100 Notable Books of 2009 and a Salon’s Top Five Fiction pick of 2009. Congratulations to Nina Matsumoto. Yokaiden is a 2010 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens nominee. Congratulations to Alanna Mitchell. Sea Sick has been named to The Globe 100, The Globe and Mail’s top 100 books of 2009. Congratulations to Catherine Gildiner. After the Falls has been named to The Globe 100, The Globe and Mail’s top 100 books of 2009. Congratulations to John Irving. Last Night in Twisted River is on The Globe and Mail bestseller list. November 2009 Sales World English rights to A. Lee Martinez’s next two books have sold to Orbit. Dutch rights to Shandi Mitchell’s Under This Unbroken Sky have sold to Orlando/AW Bruna. North American rights to Andrew Podnieks’ The Strangest Thing have sold to McClelland & Stewart. Awards Congratulations to Hiromi Goto. Half World is a 2010 White Pine Award nominee. Congratulations to Marsha Skrypuch. Call Me Aram is a 2010 Golden Oak Award nominee and a Silver Birch Express Award nominee. Congratulations to John Irving. Last Night in Twisted River is on The New York Times and The Globe and Mail bestseller lists. Congratulations to Jesse Bullington. The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart has been chosen by Amazon.com as a Top 10 Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of 2009. Congratulations to Shandi Mitchell. Under This Unbroken Sky has been selected by Booklist as one of this year’s Top 10 First Novels. Congratulations to William Shawcross. Queen Elizabeth is on the Maclean’s bestseller list.
October 2009 Sales Complex Chinese rights to Shandi Mitchell’s Under This Unbroken Sky have sold to Commonwealth. Awards Congratulations to Reif Larsen. The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet has been shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Congratulations to Shandi Mitchell. Under This Unbroken Sky is on the Edmonton Journal bestseller list. September 2009 Sales World rights to Jesse Bullington’s The Enterprise of Death have sold to Orbit. Film rights to A. Lee Martinez’s Gil’s All Fright Diner have been optioned to DreamWorks Animation. Awards Congratulations to Sarah Waters! The Little Stranger has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Congratulations to Reif Larsen. The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet has been shortlisted for the Boeke Prize. August 2009 Sales North American rights to Robin Spano’s Dead Politicians have sold to ECW in a three-book deal. Complex Chinese rights to A. Lee Martinez’s Too Many Curses, The Automatic Detective, Monster, and Divine Misfortune have sold to Gaea. US rights to Catherine Gildiner’s After the Falls have sold to Penguin. German rights to A. Lee Martinez’s Divine Misfortune have sold to Piper Verlag. World rights to Gail Whitiker’s Courting Miss Vallois have sold to Harlequin Mills & Boon. World rights to Gillian Chan’s The Call of Arms have sold to Scholastic Canada. Awards Congratulations to Reif Larsen. The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet has been longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Congratulations to Jonathan Bennett. Entitlement has been longlisted for the ninth annual Relit Awards. Congratulations to Shandi Mitchell. Under This Unbroken Sky has been chosen for the September 2009 Indie Next List. Congratulations to Alanna Mitchell. Sea Sick has been named an Amazon Best Books of Year (so far). July 2009 Sales World rights to Andrew Podnieks’ Canada’s Olympic Hockey History have sold to Fenn Publishing. Awards Congratulations to Sarah Waters. The Little Stranger has been longlisted for the Booker Prize. Congratulations to Nina Matsumoto for winning an Eisner Award. June 2009 Check out A Conversation with John Irving where he discusses Last Night in Twisted River and his writing life with Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the Book Review of The New York Times. Sales World rights to Andrew Podnieks’ The Year of the Penguins have sold to Fenn Publishing. Awards Congratulations to Sarah Waters and C. J. Sansom. Waters’s The Little Stranger and Sansom’s Revelation have both been selected as The Sunday Times (UK) 100 Best Holiday Reads. The Little Stranger is a Top 12 choice! Congratulations to Melanie Little. The Apprentice’s Masterpiece was awarded gold in the category of multicultural fiction (children’s) by the 2009 Independent Publishers Book (IPPY) Awards. Congratulations to Sarah Waters. The Little Stranger is number one on the Maclean’s bestseller list. Congratulations to Reif Larsen. The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet is on the Maclean’s bestseller list. Congratulations to Erin Dionne. Models Don’t Eat Chocolate Cookies has been nominated as one of ALA’s 2010 Popular Paperbacks. May 2009 Sales Polish rights to Jesse Bullington’s The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart have sold to Wydawnictwo Mag. Awards Congratulations to Gordon Pitts. Stampede: The Rise of the West and Canada’s New Power Elite has won the 2009 National Business Book Award. Congratulations to Sarah Waters and Reif Larsen. The Little Stranger and The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet are on Maclean’s bestseller list. April 2009 Sales World rights to the next two books of Sharon Ashwood’s The Dark Forgotten paranormal romance series have sold to NAL. Awards Congratulations to John DeMont. Coal Black Heart is on the Maclean’s bestseller list. Congratulations to Gordon Pitts. Stampede: The Rise of the West and Canada’s New Power Elite is a finalist for the 2009 National Business Book Award. Congratulations to Nina Matsumoto. Nina has been nominated for an Eisner Award. Congratulations to Alanna Mitchell. Sea Sick is on the Globe & Mail, Maclean’s, and Vancouver Sun bestseller lists. March 2009 Sales Hebrew rights to Shandi Mitchell’s Under This Unbroken Sky have sold to Kinneret. Awards Congratulations to Patrick Lane. Patrick Lane’s Red Dog, Red Dog is a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Congratulations to Colleen Craig. Colleen Craig’s Afrika has been nominated for the 2009 Violet Downey Book Award. February 2009 Awards Congratulations to Kenneth J. Harvey. Kenneth J. Harvey’s Blackstrap Hawco has been shortlisted for The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Best Book (Canada & Caribbean). Congratulations to Craig Boyko. Craig Boyko’s Blackouts has been shortlisted for The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Best First Book (Canada & Caribbean). Congratulations to Holly Phillips. Holly Phillips’s The Engine’s Child has made the Locus 2008 Recommended Reading List. January 2009 Sales Canadian rights to Mary Novik’s Muse have sold to Doubleday Canada. Canadian rights to Kate Taylor’s A Man in Uniform have sold to Doubleday Canada. Canadian rights to Chantel Simmons’s Love Struck have sold to Key Porter.
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