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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 1d

We’re thrilled to see two familiar faces featured on The Globe and Mail’s list of 61 Books to Lose Yourself in This Fall!🍂📚

✨ Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo
✨ The Trouble with Fairy Tales by Plum Johnson

Both Shani and Plum are represented by Samantha Haywood.

Congratulations!

Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 1d

We’re thrilled to see two familiar faces featured on The Globe and Mail’s list of 61 Books to Lose Yourself in This Fall!🍂📚

✨ Starry Starry Night by Shani Mootoo
✨ The Trouble with Fairy Tales by Plum Johnson

Both Shani and Plum are represented by Samantha Haywood.

Congratulations!

Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Donna Jones Alward on this wonderful review for Ship of Dreams! 🌊✨

Donna is represented by Carolyn Forde.

Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 1d

Deal News - Meg Smitherman's DEATHSWORN!

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Deal News - Meg Smitherman's DEATHSWORN!

THRUM and ENTITY author Meg Smitherman's DEATHSWORN, a gothic romantic fantasy about enemy Life and Death mages who become trapped in the underworld and must work together to escape--but truces are fr...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 2d

Transatlantic is delighted to welcome Mica Lemiski!

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Transatlantic is delighted to welcome Mica Lemiski!

Mica Lemiski is a graduate of UBC's MFA program and currently working as a marketing copywriter for a globally recognized fashion brand. Her work has been published in The Walrus, Chatelaine, Maisonne...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 2d

Deal News - Theresa Therrien’s SAINT JOAN BLACKHEART!

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Deal News - Theresa Therrien’s SAINT JOAN BLACKHEART!

Debut author, Theresa Therrien’s SAINT JOAN BLACKHEART, a painfully funny YA novel pitched as The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School meets Give Me a Sign featuring the rebellious and witty Joan of A...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 2d

Cover reveal for The Winter Witch by Jennifer Chevalier!

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Cover reveal for The Winter Witch by Jennifer Chevalier!

Two sisters set sail on a bride ship from Normandy hoping to leave a curse behind them and find better lives in the wilds of 17th-century Quebec, only to meet a mysterious witch who forces

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 2d

Deal News - Stranglehold, by Cale Plett!

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Deal News - Stranglehold, by Cale Plett!

Alison Romig at Delacorte has acquired Stranglehold, by Cale Plett, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2027. Stranglehold is a queer YA horror novel that brings together the smalltown...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 2d

Nick Medina’s THE WHISTLER is featured in The Montecito Journal’s October’s Books Past and Present!

Nick is represented by Amanda Orozco.

Congratulations, Nick!

Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations on the e-book release of all Meg Smitherman’s titles, now available from Michael Joseph, PRHUK!

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Congratulations on the e-book release of all Meg Smitherman’s titles!

Congratulations on the e-book release of all Meg Smitherman’s title's, now available from Michael Joseph, PRHUK! Thrown together by fate... At the center of a forbidden ruin, an artifact of black ston...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 3d

On the Air with Dr. Doodlebug By Susan E. Goodman has received a starred review from Booklist!

Susan is represented by Elizabeth Bennett.

Congratulations, Susan!

Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 3d

Deal News - Karen van Kampen's THE BRAIN NEVER SLEEPS: WHY WE DREAM AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR HEALTH!

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Deal News - Karen van Kampen's THE BRAIN NEVER SLEEPS: WHY WE DREAM AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR HEALTH!

Spanish language rights to Karen van Kampen's THE BRAIN NEVER SLEEPS: WHY WE DREAM AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR HEALTH have been sold to two different publishers! Editorial Pinola will publish the book i...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 3d

Deal News - Astrid Sheckels's HECTOR FOX AND THE GIANT QUEST!

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Deal News - Astrid Sheckels's HECTOR FOX AND THE GIANT QUEST!

Bulgarian rights to Astrid Sheckels's HECTOR FOX AND THE GIANT QUEST, have been sold to Stefan Nedkov at InfoDar, by Kalina Stefanova at ELST Literary Agency, on behalf of Amy Tompkins at Transatlanti...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 3d

Catch Nick Medina at New York Comic-Con this Friday as he joins the Voices in the Dark panel to talk all things horror audiobooks! You’ll never listen to fear the same way again…

📍NYCC | River Pavilion Stage 2
🕛 12:30–1:15 PM

Nick is represented by Amanda Orozco.

Congratulations, Nick!

Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 3d

DEAL NEWS - Marty Chan's MIRROR MIRROR!

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DEAL NEWS - Marty Chan's MIRROR MIRROR!

Aurora and High Plains award-winning author Marty Chan's MIRROR MIRROR, a spooky adaptation of the Bloody Mary legend, in which Nathan become trapped in a mirror world while a shadowy boy is trying to...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 3d

We’re thrilled to announce that I Am Wind by Rachel Poliquin & Rachel Wada has won the Youth Category at the SWCC Book Awards!

Rachel Poliquin (Author), Rachel Wada (Illustrator) are both represented by Amy Tompkins.

Congratulations to all!

Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations on the publication of Feeling Your Feelings by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and illustrated by Phil Nicholls - out now with Kids Can Press!

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Happy Book Publication Day to Feeling Your Feelings by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and illustrated by Phil Nicholls!

Congratulations on the publication of Feeling Your Feelings by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and illustrated by Phil Nicholls - out now with Kids Can Press! A one-of-a-kind tour through the body that looks at how, ...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations on the publication of Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food by Alex D. Ketchum and Megan J. Elias - out now with Arsenal Pulp Press!

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Congratulations on the publication of Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food by Alex D. Ketchum and Megan J. Elias!

Congratulations on the publication of Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food by Alex D. Ketchum and Megan J. Elias - out now with Arsenal Pulp Press! An anthology of essays, comics, a...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations on the publication of Vesselless by Cortney L. Winn - out now with Harper Voyager!

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Congratulations on the publication of Vesselless by Cortney L. Winn!

Congratulations on the publication of Vesselless by Cortney L. Winn - out now with Harper Voyager! Cortney L. Winn’s sensational debut Vesselless is an addictive enemies-to-lovers romance following th...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations on the publication of The Marionette by Terry Fallis - out now with McClelland & Stewart!

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Congratulations on the publication of The Marionette by Terry Fallis!

Congratulations on the publication of The Marionette by Terry Fallis - out now with McClelland & Stewart! Bestselling and beloved author Terry Fallis' tenth novel, The Marionette, introduces readers t...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations on the publication of The Christmas Cure by Kristine Winters - out now with Simon & Schuster!

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Congratulations on the publication of The Christmas Cure by Kristine Winters!

Congratulations on the publication of The Christmas Cure by Kristine Winters - out now with Simon & Schuster! A cozy holiday rom-com in which ER physician Dr. Libby Munro travels back in time to the

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations on the publication of WAVELENGTH by Cale Plett - out now with Groundwood Books!

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Congratulations on the publication of WAVELENGTH by Cale Plett!

Congratulations on the publication of WAVELENGTH by Cale Plett - out now with Groundwood Books! Hannah Montana meets Heartstopper in this story of a teen pop star on the run from fame who finds family...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations on the paperback publication of THIN PLACES by Kay Chronister - out now with Counterpoint Press!

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Congratulations on the paperback publication of THIN PLACES by Kay Chronister!

Congratulations on the paperback publication of THIN PLACES by Kay Chronister - out now with Counterpoint Press! A finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award, Thin Places is a gothic and atmospheric coll...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations on the paperback publication of THE BOG WIFE by Kay Chronister - out now with Counterpoint Press!

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Congratulations on the paperback publication of THE BOG WIFE by Kay Chronister!

Congratulations on the paperback publication of THE BOG WIFE by Kay Chronister - out now with Counterpoint Press! Finalist for best novel at the World Fantasy Awards. "A lush, beautifully written no...

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Transatlantic Agency @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations on the publication of The Dark Cove Theatre Society by Sierra Marilyn Riley - out now with Annick Press!

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The Dark Cove Theatre Society by Sierra Marilyn Riley!

Congratulations on the publication of The Dark Cove Theatre Society by Sierra Marilyn Riley - out now with Annick Press! An aspiring young actor must find her place at a cutthroat arts boarding school...

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