A Tale of Two Agents: Chapter Seventeen Summer Fiction Edition
Hot days and warm evenings in our part of the world entice us to dream of the sea, the beach, friends and family gatherings, and of course, our summer reading list. Here are a few ideas from the many talented authors we have the honour of representing.
“We are all like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”
A COAT DYED BLACK ||
By Don Pugnetti Jr.
Published by Girl Friday Books
Publication Date 1/28/2022 ||
World Rights Available
Filled with thrilling historical details about a corner of Europe often forgotten in the story of WWII, A Coat Dyed Black illuminates the struggles and sacrifices of ordinary people compelled to do the extraordinary.
THE COMPLICATION ||
By Amanda DuBois
Published by Girl Friday Books
Publication Date 6/14/2022 ||
World Rights Available
The first in the Camille Delaney Mystery series, The Complication is a fast-paced legal and medical mystery filled with greed, murder, and intrigue.
BROKEN ANGELS: A NOVEL ||
By Russell Heath
Published by Alatna Works
Publication Date 6/9/2015 ||
World Rights Available
Heath’s novel is gripping from the get-go, populated by a gallery of indelible characters and set against a landscape that’s both breathtakingly beautiful and punishing…An auspicious mystery debut. --Kirkus Reviews
KANAZAWA ||
By Joiner, David
Published by Stone Bridge Press
Publication Date: 1/25/2022 ||
World Rights Available
Packed with subtle literary allusion and closely observed nuance, with an intimacy of emotion inexorably tied both to the cityscape and Japan’s mountainous terrain, Kanazawa reflects the mood of Japanese fiction in a fresh, modern incarnation.
JADE IS A TWISTED GREEN ||
By Tanya Turton
Published by Rare Machines
(imprint of Dundurn Press Ltd.)
Publication Date 9/13/2022 ||
Licenses sold ||
French (United States, Canada)
English (United States)
For readers of Queenie and Honey Girl, a coming-of-age story about queer Black identity, love, passion, chosen family, and rediscovering life’s pleasures after loss.
I, GLORIA GRAHAME ||
By Sky Gilbert
Published by Rare Machines
(imprint of Dundurn Press Ltd.)
Publication Date 10/5/2021 ||
Licenses sold ||
French (United States, Canada)
English (United States)
A professor of English literature writes the autobiography of his fantasy alter-ego, wanton movie star Gloria Grahame, while his own sexual desires go frustrated.
TED’S CAFE ||
By Roger Sanders
Published by Beachy Books
Publication Date 11/13/2022 ||
World Rights Available
‘Roger Sander’s debut novel is a fascinating chronicle of those chaotic times just before the first lockdown. An expert mix of the personal and the political, it’s a bit Jonathan Coe’s Middle England, a bit Kingsley Amis’s The Old Devil’s for a later generation.’
- Patrick Kincaid, author of The Continuity Girl
SONJU ||
By Wondra Chang
Published by Madville Publishing
Publication Date 7/16/2021 ||
World Rights Available
Through the period of rapidly evolving political strife in her country following its liberation in 1945, Sonju's private struggle to seek her relevance in a male-dominated society parallels the struggles of Korea on its way to becoming a force in the word.
We love to see our authors and publishers get the chance to meet in person as happened this week in Prague when David Michie of Instant Karma and Dalai Lama’s Cat series success met with Czech publisher Marketa Simackova of Alpha Books.
June Deal Highlights
Maggie’s Second Chance (The Gryphon Press) - Vice Versa Publishing - English UK/French dual edition
Instant Karma (Conch Books) - Iviskos - Greek
Meditation and Its Practice (Himalayan Institute) - Guomai Culture & Media Co., Ltd + CA Link - Chinese simplified
Unicorn (and Horse) (Familius) - Alma dos Livros + IECO - Portuguese Europe
The Toltec Legacy (Smoking Mirror) - Vulkan + Plima - Serbian
The Anxiety Getaway / Anxious Little Monsters (Mango) - Rostyslav Burlaka Publishing - Ukrainian
