The Rights Factory
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The Rights Factory
@therightsfactory.bsky.social
Literary Agents, Book Lovers, Provocateurs.

https://www.therightsfactory.com
🌈📘Welcome to the world, #COLORINNATURE by #StephenAitken! Out now from #OrcaBooks.

From rainbow parrots to color-shifting octopuses, this beautifully illustrated nonfiction book explores how animals use color to survive.

📖 Get your copy here: a.co/d/04qHcnIP
February 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
#SHOOTINGUP: A MEMOIR by #JonathanTepper (Infinite Books) is out now!

Set in Madrid’s most notorious drug slum during the height of Europe’s heroin epidemic, SHOOTING UP is a raw, compassionate account of a family who chose radical empathy over respectability.

📖 Get your copy: a.co/d/02a2eYW9
February 17, 2026 at 5:04 PM
🌊📘 BOOK RELEASE 📘🌊

Excited to share that #UNFATHOMABLE by #MaryBoone releases tomorrow from Bright Matter—and it’s a deep dive into the strangest, wildest, and most unbelievable truths our oceans have to offer.

🌊 Out tomorrow, preorder today:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/770932...
February 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
📚✨The cover for #THETHROWAWAYS by #GretaKelly is here—and it’s all secrets, spies, and family chaos!

On sale Oct 20, 2026 from Sideways (an Entangled imprint).

✨ DELUXE LIMITED EDITION available in a first print run (U.S. & Canada only)
📖 Presales now live: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-throwa...
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
✈️ #THEFLYINGFEMINIST by #MaryBoone is out now from Andersen Press UK!

Perfect for budding #feminists and fearless adventurers, this narrative nonfiction picture book celebrates curiosity, courage, and the joy of defying expectations.

🔗 Get your copy: www.andersenpress.co.uk/books/the-fl...
February 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
🎬📚 Payton McCarty-Simas, author of #THATVERYWITCH: FEAR, FEMINISM, AND THE AMERICAN WITCH FILM, will be on site at #TheIndependentPictureHouse for a special film sub-series exploring the history and evolution of the witch in American cinema!

independentpicturehouse.org/film-series/...
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
✍️📚 Upcoming Pitch Event!

TRF agent @nikkigetsliterary.bsky.social will be in attendance to receive pitches at the #BostonWritingWorkshop, hosted by #WritingDayWorkshops, on March 28, 2026, in Boston, MA.

🔗 Register here: thebostonwritingworkshop.wordpress.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM
💔🖋️ UPCOMING WEBINAR 🖋️💔

TRF agent #JesTrudel is hosting #Query Unrequited: Why I Didn't Fall in Love with Your Submission, a live webinar offering an honest, behind-the-scenes look at real queries and why they were rejected.

🔗 Register at WritingCommunity.ca
February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
✨📘 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
February 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
📘✨ #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-...
February 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
🖊️📚 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...
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
🌊📘 #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...
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
📘#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-...
January 30, 2026 at 5:03 PM
📚✨ 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.
January 29, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🖋️📚 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...
January 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🗞️📚 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...
January 27, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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...
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM
#AlexisStefanovichThomson speaks with #HollywoodNorthMagazine about his forthcoming noir novel #OPPOSITESULLYSGYM, out March 31, 2026.

🔗 Read the interview:
hnmag.ca/interview/ma...
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
📚✨ 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.
January 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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...
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
🍸📚 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.
January 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🎉📘 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...
January 19, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🎧📚 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.
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
📚✨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.
January 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM