CBC Books features HYSTERIA (HarperCollins) by Elisabeth de Mariaffi in their How I Wrote It series this week! In it, Elisabeth explains the seed for the book: "I almost always have a really visual scene in mind and in this case, Heike and her son Daniel at the pond when the little girl arrives was the one that came to me. I knew I wanted to write a story about it and, at first, I thought it might be a short story; but once I sat down to write, it just all started to fill in. All of a sudden you've got 100 pages and you think, 'OK, now I must go on.'" Click the link below to read further!
www.cbc.ca/books/elisabeth-de-mariaffi-on-the-importance-of-giving-herself-the-space-to-write-1.4... ...
We're delighted to be welcoming Michelle Parise to Transatlantic as a new client of Samantha Haywood's!
Michelle Parise has been a producer for CBC Radio and Television for over two decades. Born and raised in Toronto in a gigantic Italian immigrant family, Michelle was surrounded by storytellers, and as a child she wrote hundreds of short stories about her life. When she was 11-years-old she wrote a feminist novella in response to a book she'd taken issue with on the Grade 7 reading list. The teacher made it part of the curriculum in the years following. Her commitment to honest storytelling started early, is what we're getting at, and is part of everything she creates, continually striving to make connection through shared experience. With over 2.5 million downloads to date, she is the creator of the memoir ALONE: A Love Story, a story of love, marriage and life after betrayal resonates with audiences all over the world. Originally conceived as a memoir, Alone: A Love Story is an intensely relatable tale of heartbreak and hope that taps into the loneliness inside all of us. No matter how many times love kicks her in the shins, Parise doesn't give up on hope or on herself. The only thing to do once you've hit bottom is to swim back up! And for those who are fans of Season One, check out the highly anticipated Season Two (available for free download) which just released on April 4th! ...
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DEAL NEWS: Canada English rights to ELEMENTAL by Catherine Bush, a provocative, compelling and urgent novel that through a propulsive narrative weaves together climate change, love, loyalty, family and Shakespeare’s The Tempest, set on a fictionalized version of Fogo Island, off the coast of Newfoundland, where a storm whips up enough force to rip through houses and lives, to Bethany Gibson at Goose Lane Editions for Spring 2020 publication by Samantha Haywood.