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1491.
NEW REVELATIONS OF
THE AMERICAS BEFORE
COLUMBUS
Charles Mann
non fiction
- A 100 Notable Books of the
Year, The New York Times
- Best Book Award from National
Academies of Science
- National Communications
Award for the best book of
the year
NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF BOOKS
– “A journalistic masterpiece: lively, engaging…a
wonderfully provocative and informative
book.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY – “In a riveting
and fast paced history, massing archeological,
anthropological, scientific and literary
evidence, Mann debunks much of what
we thought we knew about preColumbian
America.”
1493.
UNCOVERING THE NEW
WORLD COLUMBUS
CREATED
Charles Mann
non fiction
Charles Mann’s 1491 has sold over half a million
copies, now he examines the dramatic
world changes that occurred after Columbus’
landing in 1493.
Rights sold to: US (Knopf), The Netherlands
(Nieuw Amsterdam), British (Granta)
DAHANU
ROAD
fiction
Anosh Irani
Set in the town of Dahanu on the outskirts of
Bombay, this is a tale of two opposing clans and
the forbidden love that brings them together,
with tragic results. With an inimitable mix of
earthy humour and searing tragedy, bestselling
author Anosh Irani gives us his most ambitious
novel yet.
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS - “Irani weaves an
intricate web of personal and political relationships…
With characters as rooted in the earth as
the trees of the orchard, Dahanu Road springs
to life. The fruits of Irani’s labours will surely
win him the acclaim he’s enjoyed for his past
work.”
THE NATIONAL POST - “…historic truths and
rich storytelling…”
Rights sold to: Canada (Doubleday), Italy
(Piemme), India (English, HarperCollins India),
Turkey (Inkilap Kitabevi)
I AM HALF-SICK
OF SHADOWS
fiction
Alan Bradley
The Flavia de Luce mystery series has been
sold in 35 territories and has sold more than
500,000 copies worldwide.
Flavia’s first release, The Sweetness at the Bottom of
the Pie, has won many awards including: Macavity
Award for Best First Mystery Novel / Barry
Award for Best First Novel / Agatha Award for
Best First Novel / Dilys Winn Award / Arthur
Ellis Award for Best Novel / Spotted Owl Award
for Best Novel / CWA.
USA TODAY – “If ever there was a sleuth who’s
bold, brilliant, and, yes, adorable, it’s Flavia de
Luce.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW –
“Irresistibly appealing…. Impressive as a sleuth
and enchanting as a mad scientist, Flavia is most
endearing as a little girl who has learned how to
amuse herself in a big lonely house.”
THE BOSTON GLOBE – “Delightful … [Flavia
is] a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes.
… fearless, cheeky, wildly precocious.”
THE WAL STRET JOURNAL – “This idiosnycratic
young heroine continues to charm.”
DAILY TELEGRAPH – “Flavia is mercilessly
addictive.”
Rights sold to: US (Bantam Books), UK (Orion),
Canada (Doubleday), US Audio (Random
House), Japan (Tokyo Sogensha), Poland (Vesper),
Netherlands (Luitingh-Sijhoff), Germany
(Blanvalet)
MIDNIGHT AT
THE DRAGON CAFÉ
memoir
Judy Fong Bates
The life of a young Chinese girl is torn apart by
dark family secrets and divided loyalties in a
small Ontario town in the 1950s.
KIRKUS REVIEWS – “An original, haunting
debut novel.”
BOOKLIST – “The mounting suspense of family
secrets makes this first novel a breathless
read.”
Rights sold to: US (Counterpoint), Canada (Mc-
Clelland & Stewart), Thailand (Sanskrit), China
(Nankai University Press)
SHELTER
fiction
Frances GreensLADE
Poignant, tender and vivid, Shelter traces the
relationship of two daughters with their missing
mother through family stories.
Rights sold to: Canada (Knopf ), US (Free
Press), UK (Virago), Holland (Orlando), Germany
(Mare Verlag)
THE WIFE’S
TALE
fiction
Lori Lansens
With sharp humour and delicate grace, The
Wife’s Tale follows Mary Gooch – morbidly
obese and living in denial – as she pursues her
husband across the country.
THE NEW YORK TIMES - “Sensitive but deliciously
comic.... Lansens has more than a few
tales worth telling.”
PEOPLE - “Lansens’ clear prose unveils the
connetion between a body weighed down by
flesh and a spirit smothered by loneliness.
Mary’s odyssey of heartache and hope is not so
much about finding her husband as it is about
rediscovering herself.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY - “[Mary is] a wonderful
character, and Lansens’ handling of her
eventual transformation into someone capable
of compassion and acceptance is handled with a
light but assured touch.”
BOOKLIST - “Lansens writes with acute insight
… fully immersing readers in her protagonist’s
struggle to find a new and better self.”
ROMANTIC TIMES - “This uplifting story
illustrates how a life can be transformed at
any time, even if it seems stuck in a permanent
rut. Mary is wonderful … Lansens’ memorable
journey takes Mary out of her comfort zone and
reintroduces her not only to the world beyond
but also to herself.”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - “Lansens’s
great capacity for humour and insight … makes
this book riveting and compelling.”
Rights sold to: US (Little, Brown & Co), UK
(Virago), Canada (Knopf), Italy (Mondadori),
Holland (De Bezige Bij), Brazil (Bertrand Brasil),
French-Canadian (Editions Alto), Poland
(W.A.B.), Turkey (Artemis Yayinlari), Norway
(Juritzen Forlag), French (world rights ex
Canada, Editions l’Archipel)
TELL IT
TO THE TREES
fiction
Anita Rau Badami
A bestselling writer returns to the domestic
canvas of her award-winning books with a tense
mystery and heart-rending story of family life
set in an Indian household in a small town.
Rights of previous works sold to: US (Algonquin),
US Paperback (Ballantine), UK (Bloomsbury),
France (Stock), Spain (Bronce), Catalan
(Columna), Canada (Knopf), Greece (Kastaniotis),
Poland (Dialog), Portugal (Difel), Italy
(Marsilio), Holland (De Geus), France (Philippe
Rey), India (Penguin), Germany (Bertelsmann)
SLEEPING WITH
MOVIE STARS
short stories
Gitanjali Kolanad
Sleeping with Movie Stars, a compelling and erotic
read told through 8 linked stories, transforms
fragments of life into stories of love, infidelity
and betrayal with the grace, elegance and effortless
ease of a classical dancer.
Rights sold to: India (Penguin)
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