#IñakiDomínguez’s #MACARRASINTERSECULARES—now available as a #graphicnovel from Astiberri—has been featured in #ElMundo! 🎉 Read the full feature here: www.elmundo.es/madrid/2025/...

Writers, mark your calendars! ✍️ TRF agent Jennifer Chevais will take one-on-one pitches at the online #2025SeattleWritingWorkshop. This is your chance to connect directly with an agent and share your project from anywhere in the world. Register here: theseattlewritingworkshop.com

Looking for sharp, intimate writing that explores the complexities of #mentalhealth and generational psychology? Check out author, MSW candidate, clinical intern, and crisis counselor #MaryMellon’s Substack. ✍️ New posts every Wednesday and weekend. Read: marymellon.substack.com?utm_campaign...

Heading to the #SanMiguelWritersConference? Make it a full creative getaway by signing up for the Writing Retreat at Hotel Casa Primavera from Feb 17–24. TRF’s Sam Hiyate will be participating as a workshop leader and consultant. 🔗 Register for the Retreat: katiecurtin.com/retreat-2026/

Looking to bring more authenticity and depth to your fiction? 🌈 Join a six-week online course led by TRF client @finnianwritesstuff.bsky.social, exploring how to write LGBTQ+ characters with agency, complexity, and emotional resonance. Register here: www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p811/m...

#MACARRASINTERSECULARES (graphic novel) by #IñakiDomínguez and artist #MarinaCochet is out now from Astiberri Ediciones! ✨ Based on Domínguez’s acclaimed 2020 essay, this adaptation captures the raw pulse and grit of an era long vanished. Get your copy here: www.astiberri.com/products/mac...

We’re thrilled to share that #DeannaBarnhardtKawatski’s beloved wilderness memoir #WILDERNESSMOTHER has been picked up by #Audible at auction! 🌲 This updated 30th-anniversary edition of the indie classic recounts Kawatski’s remarkable years raising a family off-grid in the remote wilds of BC. 🎧

Start your engines! #VROOMBABYDRIVERZOOM, illustrated by #NancyGoulet and written by #LoriAlexander, is out now from #Charlesbridge! BEEP BEEP! Follow one speedy baby through a day full of movement, adventure, and fun sound words. Get your copy today: www.amazon.com/Vroom-Baby-D...

#NicoleHackett’s #MOMBRAIN is now on #NetGalley! ✨ Can a luxury resort transform her life by giving her back control? Georgia Evans thinks it sounds too good to be true. Turns out her motherly intuition isn't wrong... Request your copy: www.netgalley.com/catalog/?tex...

In loving memory of Elaine Dewar. #TheRightsFactory mourns the loss of this brilliant journalist and author, whose investigations and storytelling left an indelible mark on Canadian literature and journalism. Read Elaine's obituary in #theGlobeandMail here: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Looking for a spooktacular #storytime this #Halloween? 🎃 Join #aalivingston, author of #GRIZELDATHEGREENHATESHALLOWEEN, for a special “Halloween Author Storytime” event on October 31 at 10:30 AM at A Children’s Place (1423 NE Fremont Street, Portland, Oregon).

#RussellSmith, author of #SELFCARE, joins #TheCommentary to discuss his sharp and provocative new novel—a #GlobeandMail Fall Book of 2025. Listen to the interview here: tinyurl.com/russellsmith...

Join TRF author @markusredmond.bsky.social for a #Halloween event celebrating his novel #BLOODSLAVES! The evening will include a reading, discussion with #DahliaDeLaVega, and an author signing. 📅 October 31, 2025 | 5 - 7pm 📍 Barnes & Noble, 1318 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA

VROOM, BABY DRIVER, ZOOM, illustrated by @nancygoulet.bsky.social and written by #LoriAlexander, has been reviewed in @slj.com as "a fun read for [...] anyone who appreciates the magic of childhood imagination." 🚗✨ Read the full review here: www.schoollibraryjournal.com/review/vroom...

We’re thrilled to see #JOHNNYDELIVERS by #WayneNg selected as the October pick for CBC Ottawa’s All In A Day Book Club, hosted by #AlanNeal! To attend in person: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-d... To attend virtually: www.eventbrite.com/e/all-in-a-d...

Join #RussellSmith and #EmilyAWeedon at #LitUpLunch, where they'll be joined by fellow authors #JeanMarcAhSen and #AlexPugsley to discuss recent works set in modern Toronto, and an evolving world. Emily A. Weedon will host the conversation. 🎟️ Get your tickets here: ticketscene.ca/events/56334/

Excited to welcome @ashleylynneast.bsky.social to @therightsfactory.bsky.social 🥳 you won’t be able to get enough of her stories! #newclient #literaryagent #romcom #suspense #femgore

Mark your calendars! TRF agent @nikkigetsliterary.bsky.social will be virtually attending #PhiladelphiaStories’ Pitch Fest on November 16. #Writers—this is your chance to pitch your work and connect with agents and editors! Register now to secure your spot: secure.givelively.org/event/philad...

Now available as an audiobook, #CaitlinGalway’s #ASONGFORWILDCATS is an arresting, vividly imaginative collection of stories exploring intimacy, obsession, and the unravelling mind. Listen now: www.audible.ca/pd/A-Song-fo...

Time to celebrate! #JUSTINCASE by #MeganClendenan, illustrated by #BrittanyCicchese, is out now from Charlesbridge! Perfect for curious young readers and future conservationists, JUST IN CASE shows how protecting seeds means protecting our planet. 🌍✨ Find it here: www.amazon.ca/Just-Case-Sa...

Exciting news! Holistic Métis dog trainer #NikiPerry’s upcoming book #THEDOGSAREALRIGHT has been acquired by Meghan Macdonald at @dundurnpress.bsky.social for publication in spring 2027! Represented by Trisha Telep at The Rights Factory.

Congratulations to #JoséÁngelMañas, whose novel #GUERRERO is a finalist for the #2025NewMexicoBookAwards! Translated by #BrendanRiley, GEURRERO tells the story of #GonzaloGuerrero, the Spanish conquistador who defied Cortés to fight alongside the Mayans. Full list: nmwriters.org/nm-book-awar...

🎙️ What does it take to sell books, pitch stories, and break into Hollywood? CEO, founder, and agent, #SamHiyate, joins #EstelleErasmus on the #FreelanceWritingDirectpodcast to talk about paths writers can take to publication and beyond. Catch the episode here: estelleserasmus.com/157-inside-t...

#LauraPicklesimer, author of #KILLFORLOVE, is on the East Coast this month with a few special readings for you all! More information here: www.storywellproductions.com/kill-for-love

We're excited to share that #NEGOTIATEITRIGHT by #KamalGupta is out now! In today’s world of corporate dominance and rising inequality, the power to negotiate is one of the most valuable skills you can have. Find out more here: www.jaicobooks.com/shop/busines...

#WILDERNESSMOTHER by #DeannaBarnhardtKawatski is OUT NOW as a fully updated 30th anniversary edition from #RonsdalePress! First published in 1994, WILDERNESS MOTHER tells the true story of raising a family in the remote wilds of Northern BC. Order your copy here: www.amazon.ca/Wilderness-M...

🐺✨ We’re thrilled to share the release of #THREADSOFTIME, the second book in #AWOLFINTHESUN series by #ColtraneSeesequasis, out now from #KegedoncePress! Get your copy today: www.amazon.ca/Threads-Time...

⭐ @PublishersWkly.bsky.social has given a glowing review to #StevenSandor's #LEVELINGTHEICE: CONFRONTING RACISM IN HOCKEY, praising its urgent look at how racism continues to shape Canada’s game and what needs to change. 🏒📖 Read the full review here: www.publishersweekly.com/9780807020463

A big thank you to everyone who came out to #TheWordOnTheStreet’s 36th Annual Festival in Toronto! 📚✨ Wayne Ng joined fellow authors #RachelPhan, #WandaTaylor, and #ZehraAllibhai for the panel “Setting the Table: On Food and Friendship.” It was a joy to see #JOHNNYDELIVERS connect with readers. 💛

📚✨#CaitlinGalway will read from #ASONGFORWILDCATS as part of @junctionreads.bsky.social, alongside #CatherineBush and #MichelleWinters. The event takes place in person at #TypeBooksJunction and will also be livestreamed on Zoom. 🔗 Learn more: junctionreads.ca/upcoming-sch...

#HEMOSAPIENS by #EmilyWeedon is out now from @dundurnpress.bsky.social in Canada, and will be coming to US readers on October 28th! 🩸 Don't miss out! Get your copy here: www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...

It's been a busy few weeks at #TheRightsFactory, and we have more agent news to share with you! Trisha Telep has been promoted to #literaryagent, and we are beyond excited to celebrate with her on this hard-earned achievement.

🌍✈️ We’re heading to Frankfurt! Members of The Rights Factory team will be at the #FrankfurtBookFair from October 14–17. You can find us in Hall 6.2, Stand 31E. 📚✨ Get your ticket to the fair here: www.buchmesse.de/en

📣 Big news from the The Rights Factory! Please join us in congratulating Literary Agents @alexmico.bsky.social and Natasha Mihell on their well-deserved promotions to Co-Associate Film & TV Agents! 🎉📚🎬 We’re so proud to see them take this exciting next step!

🌙✨ We’re over the moon to share that #KatieOrtiz’s #THESOUTHERNSORORITYOFSUPERSTITIOUSWITCHES has been acquired at auction by #AlcovePress for publication in Fall 2026! Think sisterhood, spells, and systemic change. 🔮🖤 Represented by Alexandra D'Amico at TRF.

We're excited to announce our newest agent, @nikkigetsliterary.bsky.social! Nikki is looking for adult, new adult, and young adult fiction in the #mystery, #thriller, #suspense, #romance, #womensfiction, and #contemporaryfiction spaces. #Query Nikki: bit.ly/QueryNikkiCa...

We're thrilled to announce that Nicholas Pullen, author of #THEBLACKHUNGER, is back with #FAMOUSBLUE, a queer literary university bildungsroman in the tradition of Donna Tartt, James Baldwin, and E.M. Forster. Acquired by #CormorantBooks.

New agent listing for: Nikki Carrero at The Rights Factory @therightsfactory.bsky.social (Fiction; General, Mystery, Romance, Thriller). #WritingCommunity

New #podcast alert 🎙️✨ We’re excited to share #AsianPickles, co-hosted by our client Sho-Sho Smith alongside Hoa Nguyen and Brandon Chien. It's “a podcast about the pickles we find ourselves in as Asian-Americans, and how we find our way out.” Listen now: 🔗 open.spotify.com/show/223SGTE...

TRF client, Beverley Ann D’Cruz, shares a powerful new CBC First Person essay: "I’m part of the sandwich generation—caught between being a new mom and my mom’s caregiver." 🍼❤️👩🦳 Read the full essay here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Happy Release Day! Did you know that monsters need legal help, too? In #MONSTERLAWYER3: #LAWYERSANDOTHERMONSTERS, Daniel Becker handles his most chaotic cases yet. Get your copy here: tinyurl.com/monsterlawyer3

Don't miss #SELFCARE by #RussellSmith, out now from Biblioasis Books! An electric examination of women and men, sex and love, self-loathing, and twenty-first-century loneliness. Get your copy now: www.biblioasis.com/shop/fiction...

#LEVELINGTHEICE: CONFRONTING RACISM IN HOCKEY by #StevenSandor is out now from #BeaconPress! 🏒✊🏽 Through sharp reporting and powerful testimony, Sandor confronts racism in Canada’s game and asks what can be done to change it. Get your copy today: www.beacon.org/Leveling-the...

✨ We’re delighted to share that #DeannaBarnhardtKawatski, author of #WILDERNESSMOTHER, is featured on the cover of the brand-new issue of #BCBookworld! WILDERNESS MOTHER will be republished by #RonsdalePress this October. 🌲📚 Check out the issue here: issuu.com/bcbookworld/...

Join us this Sunday for a free online session with #SamHiyate, founder and CEO of #TheRightsFactory, as part of the #KauaiWritersConference online series! 🌴📚 Sam will also be attending the Kauai Writers Conference in person this November. 🔗 Join the session here: us06web.zoom.us/j/8466820037...

🎧 #RuneKierNielsen, author of #SPEAKINGONCLIMATE (Zest Books), joins #BarryScott on Big Problems, Little Solutions to talk about how to speak to power in the face of the climate emergency. Watch the interview here: bigproblemslittlesolutions.substack.com/p/how-to-tal...

🎬🎶 It's another #bookdeal! We’re thrilled to share that acclaimed filmmaker #AnneWheeler’s #WHENISING: A #MEMOIR OF MUSIC, MOTHERS AND MOVIES will be released by #ECWPress in 2027. Represented by #WayneArthurson at The Rights Factory.

Excited to welcome #HollieLuckie to @therightsfactory.bsky.social 🥳 you won’t be able to get enough of her romance stories! #newclient #literaryagent #romanceauthor #romcom #chronichealthrepresentation

We’re excited to announce #WARRIORSANDHEROES: STORIES OF INDIGENOUS WAR HEROES by #WayneArthurson, publishing with #OrcaBooks in fall 2027. This collection sheds light on the bravery and sacrifice of Indigenous military heroes. Wayne is represented by Stacey Kondla at #TheRightsFactory.