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North American, full service literary agency with agents in the US & Canada. Over 700 bestselling, award winning clients.

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We’re thrilled to share that PLAY YOU FOR IT by Samantha Saldivar is a USA Today bestseller!

Order your copy today to see what everyone is talking about!

Samantha is represented by Jo Ramsay.

Congratulations, Samantha!

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Congratulations to Danny Ramadan on being named a Canada Scholar by Library and Archives Canada!

This recognition celebrates his dedication to storytelling, culture, and preserving important narratives for generations to come.

Danny is represented by Rachel Letofsky.

30.10.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deal News - Kevin Chong’s YORICK YIP MEETS THE LOCAL GOD! Author of the Giller Prize shortlisted THE DOUBLE LIFE OF BENSON YU Kevin Chong’s YORICK YIP MEETS THE LOCAL GOD, tracing the seemingly disconnected lives of a struggling Chinese-American musician liv...

Deal News - Kevin Chong’s YORICK YIP MEETS THE LOCAL GOD!

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Deal News - Kathleen Winter's ANNABEL! Kathleen Winter's ANNABEL, to Editions Bourgois Satellites (France), for publication in February 2026 for the 60th anniversary of the press, by Megan Husain at Anna Jarota Agency, on behalf of Carolyn...

Deal News - Kathleen Winter's ANNABEL!

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Two of our own have made the longlist for the 32nd annual Hamilton Literary Awards! πŸ™Œ

✨ Gary Barwin β€” Scandal in the Alphorn Factory (Fiction)

πŸ’™ Sylvia McNicoll β€” Blue to the Sky (Children’s Literature)

Gary is represented by Evan Brown and Samantha Haywood at Transatlantic Agency.

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"Fascinating... Spam: A Global History nimbly uncovers the means by which this processed meat has become enmeshed in international foodways."

Kelly A. Spring shows Spam isn’t just a sandwich filler, it’s history!

Kelly is represented by Brenna English-Loeb.

Congratulations, Kelly!

28.10.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations on the publication of In Our Own Ways by Yejide Kilanko! Congratulations on the publication of In Our Own Ways by Yejide Kilanko - out now with Narrative Landscape Press! After a childhood in the backwaters of a Nigerian fishing town, up-and-comer Senami Ma...

Congratulations on the publication of In Our Own Ways by Yejide Kilanko - out now with Narrative Landscape Press!

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We are thrilled to share that MAGICAL/REALISM by Vanessa AngΓ©lica Villarreal has been named a finalist for the Housatonic Book Awards in the nonfiction category!

Vanessa is represented by Amanda Orozco.

Congratulations, Vanessa!

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Congratulations on the publication of The Gland Factory: A Tour of Your Body's Goops, Juices, and Hormones by by Rachel Poliquin and illustrated by Clayton Hanmer! Congratulations on the publication of The Gland Factory: A Tour of Your Body's Goops, Juices, and Hormones by by Rachel Poliquin and illustrated by Clayton Hanmer - out now with Greystone Kids! From t...

Congratulations on the publication of The Gland Factory: A Tour of Your Body's Goops, Juices, and Hormones by by Rachel Poliquin and illustrated by Clayton Hanmer - out now with Greystone Kids!

Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2025/10/28/c...

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Deal News - Simone Dalton’s WHAT REMAINS! Winner of the 2020 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Prize for nonfiction Simone Dalton’s WHAT REMAINS, a memoir interrogating theΒ complicatedΒ grief Simone felt after her mother’s death, when in one of their...

Deal News - Simone Dalton’s WHAT REMAINS!

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Big congrats to Elbows Up!: Canadian Voices of Resilience and Resistance β€” officially a national bestseller and #1 in Canadian fiction! πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦βœ¨

Our congratulations to TLA’s Iain Reid and all the remarkable authors who contributed to this inspiring anthology of Canadian storytelling and strength.

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list of the events, but the link is better https://www.queerfoodconference.com/p/additional-events.html
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list of the events, but the link is better https://www.queerfoodconference.com/p/additional-events.html on orange background

Upcoming November events!
www.queerfoodconference.com/p/additional...

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22.10.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to announce that Magical/Realism by Vanessa AngΓ©lica Villarreal has been included in ELLE's Shelf Life list of 2025 book recommendations, curated by the brilliant Jaquira DΓ­az!

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We’re proud to share that Katie Hallahan wrote a feature for a guest-post on @TheNerdDaily about why we’re so drawn to Witches, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Monsters In 2025 β€”check it out!

Katie is represented by Brenna English-Loeb.

Congratulations, Katie!

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Congratulations on the publication of Play You For It by Samantha Saldivar! Congratulations on the publication of Play You For It by Samantha Saldivar - out now with Dell! In this sizzling sapphic romance debut, sparks fly between a sports journalist and her latest sourceβ€”the...

Congratulations on the publication of Play You For It by Samantha Saldivar - out now with Dell!

Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2025/10/21/c...

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Deal news - Elinor Florence’s TOUCHING GRASS! Bestselling author of FINDING FLORA Elinor Florence’s TOUCHING GRASS, a work of historical fiction set inΒ Canada’s southern prairies in the late 1800s,Β about a woman’s search for her missing sister, w...

Deal news - Elinor Florence’s TOUCHING GRASS!

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Transatlantic is delighted to welcome Hilary Filkins! Hilary Filkins is an educator and writer whose work explores resilience, identity, and the fierce bonds that hold people together. Her gritty, darkly humorous YA novel, about a biracial teen and her m...

Transatlantic is delighted to welcome Hilary Filkins!

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We’re honoured to see some of our amazing clients shortlisted for the 2025 Governor General’s Literary Awards!

Winners will be announced November 6, 2025.Β 

Congratulations and good luck to all of these amazing authors!

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Congratulations on the publication of The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah by Jean Meltzer! Congratulations on the publication of The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah by Jean Meltzer - out now with MIRA Books!Β  "A tender second-chance romance bursting with Jewish joy." β€”Amanda Elliot, USA TODAY...

Congratulations on the publication of The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah by Jean Meltzer - out now with MIRA Books!Β 

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Congratulations on the publication of This Is Orange: A Field Trip Through Color by Rachel Poliquin and illustrated by Julie Morstad! Congratulations on the publication of This Is Orange: A Field Trip Through Color by Rachel Poliquin and illustrated by Julie Morstad - out now with Candlewick! "A tour de force through world history, ...

Congratulations on the publication of This Is Orange: A Field Trip Through Color by Rachel Poliquin and illustrated by Julie Morstad - out now with Candlewick!

Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2025/10/21/c...

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Congratulations on the publication of The One About the Blackbird by Melanie Florence and illustrated by Matt James! Congratulations on the publication of The One About the Blackbird by Melanie Florence and illustrated by Matt James - out now with Tundra Books! A gorgeous picture book about the connections created t...

Congratulations on the publication of The One About the Blackbird by Melanie Florence and illustrated by Matt James - out now with Tundra Books!

Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2025/10/21/c...

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Kim Narby attendedΒ BinderyCon last week where she signed advanced copies of her debut SATURN RETURNING!Β 

Saturn Returning is a smoldering, soul-splitting debut that tracks three friends through the celestial chaos of adulthood, love, and queer identity.

Kim is represented by Jo Ramsay.

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πŸŽ‰ Big news! Iβ€―Amβ€―We by Leslieβ€―Barnardβ€―Booth has landed at #10 on the Pacificβ€―Northwestβ€―Booksellersβ€―Association (β€œPNBA”) Children’s Illustrated list!

Leslie is represented Fiona Kenshole.

Congratulations, Leslie!

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We’re thrilled to celebrate our amazing author Melanie Florence at the launch of The One About the Blackbird β€” a new picture book created with illustrator Matt James.

Join the fun on Thursday, October 23 at Book People (Toronto) from 7–9 pm!

πŸ“1640 Queen Street West

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Cover Reveal for Cale Plett’s The Saw Mouth! For fans of The Last Bookstore on Earth and Compound Fracture, a heart-pounding rural horror novel following a nonbinary teen who survives a near-apocalypse, only to be hunted by a mysterious monster ...

Cover Reveal for Cale Plett’s The Saw Mouth!

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The Ontario Library Association has announced the Forest of Reading shortlists β€” and we’re over the moon to see so many of our authors among the nominees! πŸŒ²πŸ’š

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The Ontario Library Association has announced the Forest of Reading shortlists β€” and we’re over the moon to see so many of our authors among the nominees! πŸŒ²πŸ’š

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The Ontario Library Association has announced the Forest of Reading shortlists β€” and we’re over the moon to see so many of our authors among the nominees! πŸŒ²πŸ’š

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Pre-order the UK paperbacks of these two new novels from Waterstones this week and get 25% off! πŸŽ‰

Use code #OCTOBER25 at checkout before midnight this Friday!

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Join Lana Reeves at the Southern Festival of Books this week!

🌟 Saturday, October 18 β€” 1PM
β€” In Conversation with former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith about her forthcoming book Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times (Norton).

✍️ Sunday, October 19 β€” 11:30AM
β€” Poetry Reading

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