✨ 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...

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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.

We’re thrilled to celebrate the Madrid launch of Iñaki Domínguez and Marina Cochet’s #MACARRASINTERSECULARES at Molar Discos y Libros! 🎉 Join them on Friday, November 21 at 7 PM for the official presentation of Astiberri’s graphic novel adaptation of Domínguez’s indie bestseller.

Hooray it's #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Nancy Goulet, an author-illustrator rustling for work on board + picture books & more. Hope this piece leafs you with a smile! Represented by @jestrudel.bsky.social @therightsfactory.bsky.social #kidlit #picturebooks #boardbooks #childrensbooks

#StevenSandor celebrated the launch of his powerful new book #LEVELINGTHEICE: CONFRONTING RACISM IN HOCKEY last week! 🏒📚 Sandor examines how systemic racism has shaped the sport, and how hockey can finally reckon with its history. Get your copy here: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/790549...

Join #MarkusRedmond, author of #BLOODSLAVES, for a meet-and-greet and book talk at Malik Books on Thursday, November 13 at 7 PM! 📚 Markus, an actor, director, and screenwriter, will be in conversation with comedian and writer #AllisonMick to discuss his powerful new novel. RSVP: malikbooks.com

Caitlin Galway’s #ASONGFORWILDCATS has been reviewed in the #LiteraryReviewofCanada! 🌙 “A SONG FOR WILDCATS offers up moments of loss, longing, grief, obsession, madness, and violence, each crafted with extraordinary beauty and care." – #StacyMayFowles Full review: reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...

#SaraFlemington, author of R.I.P SCOOT, has a new hybrid story in #LitMagazine! Titled “It’s Probably for the Best that I Don’t Remember,” this striking piece explores memory and identity in Flemington’s signature vivid prose. Read it here: www.litmagazine.org/its-probably...

#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...