✨📘 It's time for a #COVERREVEAL! Check out the fantastic cover for #SylvieCathrall's #THEARTOFCHARMINGACHANGELING, the first of three new romantasies and the start of an enchanting new chapter! The book will be released on August 25, 2026 by Orbit Books. 🔗 Preorder here: a.co/d/iXOmSYZ

📘✨ #SHOOTINGUP by #JonathanTepper releases February 17! Set in Madrid’s most notorious drug slum during Europe’s heroin epidemic, SHOOTING UP recounts a childhood spent among recovering addicts, radical compassion, and hard-won grace. 🔗 Preorder: www.amazon.com/Shooting-Up-...

🖊️📚 Join Chicago-based cartoonist and academic #DaryaForoohar for a live, hands-on online workshop exploring graphic essays and how #comics can make academic theory more accessible. 🔗 Register here: www.crucialcomix.com/product/grap...

🌊📘 #THESEAHIDESITSDEAD by #MeganBontrager is now available for preorder, ahead of its July 14, 2026 release from Orbit Books. THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD plunges readers into a haunting world where the ocean remembers everything. 🔗 Preorder here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/megan...

📘#MOMBRAIN by #NicoleHackett is available for preorder through Target! As expectations of modern motherhood collide with manipulation and power, MOM BRAIN reframes the term we’re taught to dismiss as a superpower worth trusting. 🔗 Preorder here: www.target.com/p/mom-brain-...

📚✨ DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT ✨📚 #GretaKelly is now entering her thriller era! Her new novel #THETHROWAWAYS is set for release in October 2026 and follows three generations of women as they are drawn into a deadly spy game when the family matriarch's past as a KGB double agent comes back to haunt them.

🖋️📚 WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT 📚🖋️ #SamHiyate, Founder and CEO of #TheRightsFactory, is leading a 10-week workshop titled "Sell Your Memoir," drawing on 22+ years as a literary agent and 25 successfully sold memoirs. 🔗 Apply here: syww.org/products/sel...

🗞️📚 We’re excited to share that two of our clients—#LeslieShimotakahara for #THEBREAKWATER and #AlexisStefanovichThomson for #OPPOSITESULLYSGYM—are featured on #49thShelf’s Most Anticipated Spring 2026 Fiction Preview! 🔗 See the full list here: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/01...

Agent and author #WayneArthurson will be on faculty for #CrimeWriting 2026, a literary arts residency at the #BanffCentre for Arts and Creativity! 📚🖋️ 🔗 Apply today: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

#AlexisStefanovichThomson speaks with #HollywoodNorthMagazine about his forthcoming noir novel #OPPOSITESULLYSGYM, out March 31, 2026. 🔗 Read the interview: hnmag.ca/interview/ma...

📚✨ DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT ✨📚 #BADWIDOW by Beverley Ann D’Cruz has been sold to Zainab Mirza at Viking Canada for publication in 2028! Pitched as CRYING IN H MART meets FLEABAG with a touch of HEARTBURN. The deal was negotiated by Julia Kim of The Rights Factory.

We’re thrilled to share the paperback cover (with sprayed edges!) for #BLOODSLAVES by #MarkusRedmond—a bold, defiant reimagining of the vampire origin story set during the early days of American slavery. The paperback edition will be out July 28. Preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/781340...

🍸📚 Event Highlight 📚🍸 #BarbaraRadecki will be reading from her novel #THEDARKHOUSE at #Drunk Fiction, a beloved literary series pairing bold writing with strong drinks. Barbara will be reading alongside Teri Vlassopoulos, Alex Pugsley, and Catherine Bush, with Heidi von Palleske hosting.

🎉📘 Out now! 📘🎉 We’re celebrating the release of #THESADBOOK by our client #HowardPearlstein, illustrated by James Munro. This is the third title in the beloved #EmotionBook series. 🔗 Get your copy here: graffeg.com/products/the...

🎧📚 DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT 📚🎧 TRF client #MeghanFitzmartin is adapting Boom! Studios' hit comic series #SOMETHINGISKILLINGTHECHILDREN by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera for audio! The deal was negotiated by Matt Belford of The Rights Factory.

Join #NicoleHackett for a book reading from #MOMBRAIN next week at Double Groove Brewing in Forest Hill, Maryland. A great chance to hear from a local author, grab a drink, and celebrate bold, sharp fiction in a relaxed setting. 🍻📚 🗓 January 21, 2026 🕕 6:00 PM 📍 Double Groove Brewing

📚✨New deal for our clients #TracyGreenan and #FijaDahlia, co-founders of Game-Changing Style and The Fashion in Gaming Awards! Their nonfiction book, #SKINSINTHEGAME: THE RADICAL WORLD OF VIDEO GAME FASHION, has been acquired by Deni Remsberg at Bloomsbury Academic for publication in spring 2027.

📚✨ BOOK RELEASE ✨📚 EL PANAMÁ: VIDA DE UN FUERA DE LA LEY by Iñaki Domínguez is now out with Editorial Ariel (Grupo Planeta)! This gripping biography traces the life of José Manuel Cifuentes—el Panamá—one of the most legendary figures of Madrid’s 1980s underworld. Get your copy: a.co/d/73mxh4l

Alexandra West's nonfiction book SCAREDY CATS: THE NINE LIVES OF FELINES IN HORROR has been acquired by Brian Lam at Arsenal Pulp Press for publication in spring 2027! Blending cultural criticism, film history, and social analysis, SCAREDY CATS explores the evolving role of cats in horror.

📚✨ We’re delighted to share that #TheRightsFactory clients, #LeslieShimotakahara and #MauriceVellekoop, will be reading as part of the #BrocktonWritersSeries, alongside Tamara Jong and Jes Battis this week! More information here: brocktonwritersseries.wordpress.com/next-event/

✨📘 PRE-ORDER NOW LIVE + COVER REVEAL 📘✨ Pre-orders are now open for #LETMEDOWN: REFLECTIONS ON ABUSE AND LOVE by #CallieRaeOReilly, forthcoming June 2026 from #ECWPress—and we’re also thrilled to share a first look at the cover! 🔗 Pre-order today: a.co/d/a588gh4

🩸🔥 Pre-Order Now 🔥🩸 #BLOODRISING by #MarkusRedmond—book two in #TheBloodSaga (following BLOOD SLAVES)—is now available for pre-order, ahead of its August 25 release. 🔗 Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/818137...

📖✨ New Book Feature ✨📖 #RussellSmith’s novel #SELFCARE has been featured in Zoomer as one of the buzzy, under-the-radar books worth reading right now. 🔗 Read the feature here: zoomer.com/zed-book-clu...

TRF client Finnian Burnett has launched a Substack called The Queer and Sweary Writer's Survival Guide! Expect mental health adventures, craft of writing tips, and the occasional bout of them standing on their desk yelling about interiority. 📚 Subscribe here: substack.com/@finnianburn...

📚✨ Deal Announcement ✨📚 We’re excited to share a new deal for our client #ChrisGudgeon! His middle-grade nonfiction book #EARLYHUMANS, which explores the often overlooked history of early hominids, has been acquired by Ruth Linka at #OrcaBookPublishers for publication in spring 2029.

✨ Happy New Year from The Rights Factory! ✨ Here’s to bold stories, powerful voices, and exciting journeys ahead. Thank you for being part of our world of words! Cheers to a year filled with new deals, new reads, and new possibilities. 📚🎉

We’re thrilled to celebrate Jennifer Lewis on the release of POISONED SOUP FOR THE MACABRE, DEPRAVED, & INSANE, published by Brigids Gate Press. Jenny’s story, “Memory Is a Viewfinder,” appears alongside a stellar lineup of horror writers in this deliciously dark anthology. a.co/d/1m5obvo

🔔 Deal Announcement 🔔 We’re excited to share a new deal for our client #JMBerger! His #thriller THE POPE’S HITMAN—pitched as #JohnWick meets #Conclave, for fans of #TheDaVinciCode—has been acquired by Marcia Markland at Crooked Lane Books. Congratulations to J.M. and everyone involved!

✨ Happy Holidays from all of us at The Rights Factory! ✨ Wishing you a season filled with great stories, warm moments, and well-earned joy. Thank you for being part of our community—here’s to closing the year with inspiration and looking ahead to new chapters. 📚

✨ Congratulations to our client, Howard Pearlstein! ✨ #THEWORRIEDBOOK has been longlisted in the 12 Books of #Christmas Picture Fiction for Early Readers category of the #SparkBookAwards—a wonderful recognition for this thoughtful book for young readers. 🔗 Get your copy here: a.co/d/hs7VNYZ

J.Y.H. Ng’s debut novel #ANDALUSIA has been acquired by Marc Côté at #CormorantBooks, in a deal arranged by Natasha Mihell at The Rights Factory (world)! ✨ ANDALUSIA follows a young Chinese woman in downtown Toronto as she navigates the complexities of her secret past relationship.

We’re delighted to celebrate TRF client Tara Isabel Zambrano, whose story “Mother, False” has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Fractured Lit. Congratulations to Tara and all the nominees! Read Tara’s nominated story here: fracturedlit.com/mother-false/

Excited to welcome Gemma Joyce to @therightsfactory.bsky.social 🥳 you won’t be able to put her stories down! #newclient #literaryagent #upmarket #womensfiction #commercial

Exciting news! Mieke Marple has been featured in a new artist interview in Ramona Mag! 🎙️ Learn about her journey, inspirations, and creative process. Read the full interview here: ramonamag.com/2025/12/arti...

Deal Announcement! ✨📚 We’re thrilled to share that #SEAFOAMSHALLOWS by Emma E. Murray has sold to #ShortwavePublishing for publication in early 2028. Congratulations to @emmaemurray.bsky.social and her agent, Clara Chuiton, on this chilling, visionary deal.

New on #Substack from #LeslieMcFadden: How the Misuse of Pretext Calls Harms Sexual Assault Investigations. In her latest essay on #Fractured, Leslie examines how a tool meant to support survivors is often mishandled, and what reform is needed. 🔗 lesliemcfadden.substack.com/p/how-the-mi...

AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT: We’ve recently been informed that someone is impersonating a TRF agent. If you are approached by anyone claiming to be with our agency, please verify their email is from our own domain @therightsfactory.com and that they are listed on our website as an agent.

Mark your calendars: Caryn Larrinaga, internationally bestselling mystery and horror author, will be a featured guest at the 1st Annual Black Cat Craft Crawl at Black Cat Comics in Salt Lake City! 🖤🐾 More info: blackcat-comics.com/pages/store-...

#JUSTINCASE: #SAVINGSEEDSINTHESVALBARDGLOBALSEEDVAULT, written by Megan Clendenan and illustrated by Brittany Cicchese, has been named an Outstanding Science Trade Book by the #NationalScienceTeachingAssociation and the #ChildrensBookCouncil! ✨ More info: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779671...

#GrantKempster’s #DEADONTIME—a gripping dual-timeline #thriller in which a disgraced ex-cop in 1950s New York and a present-day Met detective in London use their strange bond across decades to bring criminals to justice… until that bond puts them both in danger—has been acquired by Sphere UK! ✨

We are thrilled to see TRF client #GregRhyno featured in #AllLitUp’s #GiftGuide Week, sharing his holiday book recommendations. Among his picks is #RIPSCOOT by fellow TRF client #SaraFlemington, published by Nightwood Editions. Explore Greg’s full list here: alllitup.ca/gift-guide-w...

Did you hear about the upcoming event from TRF author #DeniseDaCosta and #DiasporaDialogues? Writing Home: The Literature of the Diaspora & Connection will occur on December 13th at 2:30 pm at Heliconian Hall in Toronto. Reserve a free spot today: www.eventbrite.ca/e/writing-ho...

Don't miss this upcoming event! ✨ Writers on Resistance and Open Mic, curated by TRF client Hillary Leftwich, will take place on January 29 at East Window. Featured readers: Julie Carr, Hillary Leftwich, and Crisosto Apache. More info: www.eastwindow.org/events/resis...

#MauriceVellekoop will be joining the By the Lake Book Club to read from #IMSOGLADWEHADTHISTIMETOGETHER on December 9th at 7:00 p.m. EST at Assembly Hall. ✨ You won't want to miss this evening with one of Canada’s most beloved cartoonists and illustrators. 📚 Tickets: tinyurl.com/MauriceVelle...

LIVE READING ALERT! Join TRF author #HeatherGraceStewart for a YouTube Live reading on December 2 at 7:30 p.m. EST. The event will feature the narrators of #THELOVELEAP and #THELOVEQUEST, #JacciPrior and #GaryFurlong. Tune in here: m.youtube.com/@HeatherGrac...

We're thrilled to see two TRF titles on #AllLitUp’s #HolidayBookRecommendations for #YAreaders! ✨ Coltrane Seesequasis’s #THETHREADSOFTIME and Leslie Shimotakahara’s #SISTERSOFTHESPRUCE appear on the list, celebrating standout YA books from across Canada.📚 Full list: alllitup.ca/gift-their-next/

We're thrilled to see #NancyGoulet, illustrator of VROOM, BABY DRIVER, ZOOM, featured in this week’s #PublishersWeekly Children’s Bookshelf newsletter! 📚✨ Get your copy of VROOM, BABY DRIVER, ZOOM here: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/798166...

Author and TRF client #ColtraneSeesequasis will be signing copies of his fantasy novels #SECRETSOFSTONE and #THETHREADSOFTIME at Indigo Pinecrest (2735 Iris Street, Ottawa) on Saturday, November 22, from 11 AM to 1 PM. 📚 Can't make it? Order your copies here: www.amazon.ca/stores/Coltr...

Big congratulations to #MollyRodenWinter! 💫 Her #memoir #MORE has been featured by #BookRiot in “Altar or Alter: Six Memoirs at the Intersection of Marriage, Divorce, Gender, and Sexuality.” Read the full feature here: bookriot.com/memoirs-at-t...

Catch TRF author #WayneNg alongside an incredible lineup of mystery writers at the #CrimeforChristmas Mystery Author #BookFair! Join Wayne, Peggy Blair, Don Butler, Brenda Chapman, Barbara Fradkin, John Delacourt, Mike Martin, Katie Tallo, and Amy Tector for an afternoon of books and conversations.