February 2012 Sales World rights to Gillian Chan’s Not the Slightest Chance have sold to Scholastic Canada. Spanish rights to Joan Clark’s Eiriksdottir have sold to Duomo Ediciones. French rights to Guy Vanderhaeghe’s A Good Man have sold to Albin Michel. Portuguese (Portugal only) rights to Emily White’s Lonely have sold to Bertrand. January 2012 News John Irving’s In One Person, which is number 2 on Entertainment Weekly’s top ten books for 2012, will be available May 2012. Watch an interview about the new novel here. December 2011 Sales Canadian rights to Emily White’s Count Me In have sold to McClelland & Stewart. North American rights to Emma Jane Holloway’s Gimcrack Angels have sold to Bantam Dell in a three-book deal. November 2011 Sales Canadian rights to Mary Stewart Atwell’s Wild Girls have sold to Doubleday Canada, on behalf of The Denise Shannon Agency. Canadian rights to Dennison Smith’s The Eye of the Day have sold to HarperCollins Canada. October 2011 Sales Canadian and UK rights to John Irving’s In One Person and an untitled second novel have sold to Knopf Canada and Transworld UK respectively. Canadian rights to W.C. Mack’s Athlete vs. Mathlete have sold to Scholastic Canada. US rights to Erin Dionne’s Wreck Your Life and an untitled second novel have sold to Dial Books for Young Readers. World rights to the first two books of Sharon Ashwood’s new Deadly Horsemen series have sold to Harlequin Nocturne. World rights to Danie Ware’s Virtual Rorscharch and an untitled second novel have sold to Titan Books. Czech rights to Dianne Warren’s Cool Water have sold to Geobypol. September 2011 Sales US rights to Nancy Richler’s The Imposter Bride have sold to St. Martin’s Press. Italian rights to Nancy Richler’s The Imposter Bride have sold to Piemme at auction. Italian rights to Steven Hayward’s Don’t Be Afraid have sold to Baldini Castoldi Dalai. German rights to A. Lee Martinez’s Chasing the Moon have sold to Piper Verlag. Dutch rights to Nancy Richler’s The Imposter Bride have sold to Orlando. Audio rights to books 7, 8, and 9 in Kat Richardson’s Greywalker series have sold to Recorded Books. August 2011 Sales World rights to Andrew Podnieks’ NHL Records Forever have sold to McClelland & Stewart. German omnibus rights to A. Lee Martinez’s The Automatic Detective have sold to Piper Verlag. Awards Congratulations to Guy Vanderhaeghe for being named the 2011 Banff Distinguished Author. July 2011 Awards Congratulations to Karen Lord. Redemption in Indigo has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Congratulations to Sharon Ashwood. Unchained: The Dark Forgotten has won the Romance Writers of America 2011 RITA award in the Paranormal Romance category. Congratulations to Karen Lord. Redemption in Indigo has won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. Sales Audio rights to A Lee Martinez’s Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain have sold to Audible. June 2011 Awards North American English rights to books 7, 8, and 9 in Kat Richardson’s Greywalker series have sold to Penguin US. French rights to Kat Richardson’s Underground (Greywalker #3) have sold to Bibliotheque Interdite. World rights to W C Mack’s Line Change have sold to Scholastic Canada. World English (excluding Canada) rights to two books in W C Mack’s new Athlete vs. Mathlete series have sold to Bloomsbury USA. Canadian English rights to Lilian Nattel’s Web of Angels have sold to Random House Canada. Canadian English rights and North American French rights to Vikki VanSickle’s Love Is a Four-Letter Word have sold to Scholastic Canada. World rights to Gail Whitiker’s No Occupation for a Lady and No Role for a Gentleman have sold to Mills & Boon. Dutch rights to Steven Hayward’s Don’t Be Afraid have sold to Pimento. Simplified Chinese rights to Dr. Piers Steel’s The Procrastination Equation have sold to Cheers Publishing. Romanian rights to Dr. Piers Steel’s The Procrastination Equation have sold to Litera International. May 2011 Awards Congratulations to Dianne Warren. Cool Water is a finalist for the High Plains Book Award, Best Woman Writer Category. Congratulations to Karen Lord. Redemption in Indigo has been nominated for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. April 2011 Awards Congratulations to Erin Dionne. The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet has been nominated for the 2011 Keystone (Pennsylvania) State Reading Association Young Adult Book Award. Congratulations to Kaaron Warren. Walking the Tree has been shortlisted for the Ditmar award for best novel. March 2011 Sales Canadian rights to Tasneem Jamal’s Where the Air Is Sweet have sold to HarperCollins Canada. Canadian rights to Ben Woods’s The Bellwether Revivals have sold to McClelland & Stewart, on behalf of Greene & Heaton. US rights to Guy Vanderhaeghe’s A Good Man have sold to Grove/Atlantic. Japanese rights to Dr. Piers Steel’s The Procrastination Equation have sold to Hankyu Communications. Australian and New Zealand rights to Dianne Warren’s Cool Water have sold to Allen & Unwin. Awards Congratulations to Sharon Ashwood. Unchained is a finalist for the 2011 RITA for Paranormal Romance. Congratulations to Winnie Mack. After All, You’re Callie Boone has been nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice 2011 Diamond Willow Award. Congratulations to Marsha Skrypuch. Stolen Child has been nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice 2011 Diamond Willow Award. Congratulations to Karen Lord. Redemption in Indigo has been longlisted in the fiction category for the 2011 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Congratulations to Winnie Mack. After All, You’re Callie Boone has been selected as one of the Ontario Library Association’s (OLA) 2010 Best Bets for Children. Congratulations to Marsha Skrypuch. Stolen Child has been selected as one of the Ontario Library Association’s (OLA) 2010 Best Bets for Children 2010. February 2011 Sales Film rights to four stories in Neil Smith’s Bang Crunch have been optioned to Les Productions Des Derniers Jours. Indian rights to Ameen Merchant’s Tongue have sold to HarperCollins India. Complex Chinese right to Rebecca Eckler’s The Lucky Sperm Club have sold to Pushing Hanz. Complex Chinese rights to Rebecca Eckler’s How to Raise a Boyfriend have sold to Eurasian Press. Simplified Chinese rights to Rebecca Eckler’s How to Raise a Boyfriend have sold to China Citic. Canadian rights to Will Wiles’s Care of Wooden Floors have sold to Doubleday Canada, on behalf of Greene & Heaton. World rights to Carrie Mac’s The Opposite of Tidy have sold to Penguin Canada. Turkish rights to Richard B. Wright’s October and Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard have sold to Pegasus. French rights to Dianne Warren’s Cool Water have sold to Presses de la Cité. Awards Congratulations to Steven Hayward. Don’t Be Afraid is on the Maclean’s bestseller list for a second week. Congratulations to Dianne Warren. Cool Water is a finalist for the 35th annual Amazon.ca First Novel Award. Congratulations to Richard B. Wright. Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard has been shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Canada and Caribbean Best Book. Congratulations to Carole Enahoro. Doing Dangerously Well has been shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Canada and Caribbean Best First Book. January 2011 Sales Audio rights to Dr. Piers Steel’s The Procrastination Equation have sold to HarperAudio Audio rights to A. Lee Martinez’s Chasing the Moon, Divine Misfortune, Spanish rights to Kate Taylor’s Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen have sold to Siruela. Canadian English and North American French rights to Marsha Skrypuch’s Making Bombs for Hitler have sold to Scholastic Canada. Canadian rights to Nancy Richler’s The Imposter Bride have sold to HarperCollins. North American rights and French Canadian rights to Andrew Podnieks’s Sid vs. Ovi have sold to McClelland & Stewart. Canadian rights to Rob Carrick’s Generation $ and an untitled second book have sold to Doubleday Canada. US rights to Dianne Warren’s Cool Water and an untitled second book have sold to Amy Einhorn Books/Penguin at auction. Awards Congratulations to Hiromi Goto. Half World has won the Carl Brandon Parallax Award. December 2010 Sales Jesse Bullington’s novel Hook and Cod has sold to Orbit US and Orbit UK. News Dr. Piers Steel’s The Procrastination Equation is being featured on the Psychology Today website. November 2010 Sales Macedonian rights to Colleen Craig’s Afrika have sold to Vermilion Zim Doo. Awards Congratulations to Dianne Warren. Cool Water has been named a 2010 Globe 100 selection. Congratulations to Dianne Warren. Cool Water has won the 2010 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. Congratulations to Erin Dionne. The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet has been selected for the 2011 Texas Lone Star Reading List. Congratulations to Hiromi Goto. Half World has been longlisted for the 2011 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Congratulations to Shandi Mitchell. Under This Unbroken Sky has been longlisted for the 2011 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Congratulations to Emily White. Lonely: Learning to Live with Solitude has been chosen as a Psychology Category Finalist for the 15th Annual Books for a Better Life Award. Congratulations to Mary Novik. Conceit has been named a Top 40 Essential Canadian Novel of the Decade by CBC Canada Reads. Congratulations also to Guy Vanderhaeghe. The Last Crossing has been named a Top 40 Essential Canadian Novel of the Decade by CBC Canada Reads. Congratulations also go out to Richard Wright. Clara Callan has been named a Top 40 Essential Canadian Novel of the Decade by CBC Canada Reads.
October 2010 Sales World rights to Tom Howell’s The Rude Story of English have sold to McClelland & Stewart. Australian and New Zealand rights to Richard Wright’s Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard have sold to HarperCollins Australia. Canadian rights to Brian Francis’s The Natural Order have sold to Doubleday Canada. Canadian rights to Claire Mulligan’s The Dark have sold to Doubleday Canada. Awards Congratulations to Dianne Warren. Cool Water has been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction. Congratulations again to Dianne Warren. Cool Water has been shortlisted for three of the 2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards: the Regina Book Award, Fiction Award, and Book of the Year Award. Congratulations to Guy Vanderhaeghe for winning the inaugural Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence. Congratulations to Hiromi Goto. Half World has won the 2010 Sunburst Award in the young adult category.
September 2010 Sales North American rights to the first three books in C.C. Benison’s new mystery series, Twelve Deaths of Christmas, have sold to Bantam Dell. Awards Congratulations to Dianne Warren. Cool Water has been longlisted for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Congratulations to Dr. Piers Steel, who has been selected for the 2010 Killam Emerging Research Leader Award at the University of Calgary. Congratulations to Alanna Mitchell. Sea Sick has been selected as a finalist for the inaugural Lane Anderson Award. August 2010 Sales Film rights to A. Lee Martinez’s Divine Misfortune have been optioned to DreamWorks Animation. Canadian rights to CS 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 An Edible Alphabet: 26 Reasons to Love the Farm 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 Frostbound 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 Notes from an Accidental Band Geek 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 onThe Globe and Mailbestseller 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 Darkest Light, 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 onThe Globe and Mailbestseller 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.
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