New Deal: LETTERS TO SINGAPORE by Kelly Kaur (Audio Rights)

Audio rights for Kelly Kaur's LETTERS TO SINGAPORE have sold to Kim Budnick at Tantor Media.

In this fictional tale, a young woman from Singapore moves to Canada to attend university. Told through letters exchanged back home to her mother, sister and friends, LETTERS TO SINGAPORE reveals that no matter which path women take, traditional or independent, life is fraught with conflict, hilarity and peril.

“Kelly writes her women with humour, heart, and humanity,” says The Rights Factory agent Stacey Kondla. “This epistolary delight will make a fabulous audiobook and I can’t wait to listen to it!”

The LETTERS TO SINGAPORE audiobook is scheduled for publication in spring 2023.

New Deal: FLUTE ON A MISTY SEA by C.A. Parker

Theologian and musician C.A. Parker’s FLUTE ON A MISTY SEA has sold to Lisa Diane Kastner at Running Wild.

Set in feudal Japan, this new novel follows historical figure Kurosawa Kinko—samurai, monk and shakuhachi master— as he is expelled in disgrace from his temple in Nagasaki and embarks on a journey to reclaim his honor; discovering the complexity of the human spirit in a tale of adventure, love, and redemption.

“Titled after one of his most famous compositions, this novel about Kurosawa Kinko and the Edo period will enthrall historical fiction fans and Japan enthusiasts, and anyone who loves a great story of redemption,” says The Rights Factory agent Natalie Kimber. “Parker brings so much to this carefully told tale, from his own expertise playing shakuhachi to deep research on the period and Kinko’s long journey through ancient lands. There’s so much to love here!”

FLUTE ON A MISTY SEA is scheduled for publication in fall 2023.

Learn more about C.A. Parker at: www.drcaparker.com/mukaiji

New Deal: THE NIGHT WHEN NO ONE HAD SEX by Kalena Miller (Audio Rights)

Audio rights for Kalena Miller's THE NIGHT WHEN NO ONE HAD SEX have sold to Daniel Ehrenhaft at Blackstone Audio for publication in fall 2022.

"Kalena's narrative voice is brilliant and will translate to audio spectacularly!” said The Rights Factory agent Stacey Kondla. “And I am so thrilled that it will be full cast and released so quickly.”

Kalena Miller is the Winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Young Adult Literature for THE NIGHT WHEN NO ONE HAD SEX.

THE NIGHT WHEN NO ONE HAD SEX was first published in September 2021 by Albert Whitman & Co.