New Deal: GOOD INTENTIONS: HOW “SAVING THE BEES” IS CAUSING AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER by Dana L. Church

PhD in animal cognition Dana Church’s GOOD INTENTIONS: HOW “SAVING THE BEES” IS CAUSING AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER has sold to Kenneth Whyte at Sutherland House by The Rights Factory agent Stacey Kondla.

This book explores misunderstandings about honey bees, showing how “save the bees” campaigns are creating large profits for companies while killing biodiversity, and suggesting how individuals and organizations can redirect their efforts and what “saving the bees” should look like, ultimately changing how we think about beekeeping and helping guide us toward real and meaningful bee conservation.

"This book is important and will help us all do better in saving the bees,” says TRF agent Stacey Kondla. “Dana writes with great passion about how beekeeping honey bees is not the answer many think it is, and recommends ideas that will have a more solid and positive impact on native bee populations and other important pollinators."

GOOD INTENTIONS: HOW “SAVING THE BEES” IS CAUSING AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER is set for publication in fall 2024.

ALL GLOWN UP: A CHEAT SHEET FOR NAVIGATING MIDLIFE, FEELING GREAT, AND AGING WELL by Michelle McIvor

Health and wellness journalist Michelle McIvor’s ALL GLOWN UP has sold to Suzanne Staszak-Silva at Rowman & Littlefield by The Rights Factory agent Kathryn Willms.

This book is a manual in which McIvor interviews experts on topics and then tries their advice to curate simple and effective habits, strategies, and life edits to help women everywhere complete their glow-ups.

“From the moment Michelle presented the idea for this book, I was hooked. All Glown Up covers the topics women discuss when they’re together—things we might worry are frivolous or trivial but definitely care about (disappearing eyebrows, anyone!) but also those that keep us up at night (relationships, creativity, sex, insomnia … overzealous eyebrow tinting). And Michelle is the writer you want on the case. Like Tim Ferris but for women, she was ready to hit up experts, reveal her insecurities, gamely try the advice she got, and track the results,” says TRF agent Kathryn Willms. “What sold this book, though, was her fabulous voice, which is generous, funny, honest, and smart. Reading Michelle is like chatting with a good friend – you feel like she’s got your back and only wants what’s best for you, whether it’s avoiding trendy misinformation, buying art, deciding whether to give up your skinny jeans, or cutting down on the rosé. Looking forward to sharing this book with friends!”

ALL GLOWN UP is set for publication in early 2024.

New Deal: A LETTER TO THE LUMINOUS DEEP by Sylvie Cathrall

A LETTER TO THE LUMINOUS DEEP is the first in the Sunken Archive duology sold by Natasha Mihell at The Rights Factory to Priyanka Krishnan at Orbit US and Nadia Saward at Orbit UK.

Sylvie Cathrall’s A LETTER TO THE LUMINOUS DEEP follows the romance that blooms between two lovers on a seafaring world, and the mystery surrounding their subsequent disappearance.

“I fell into A LETTER TO THE LUMINOUS DEEP wholeheartedly. After I started, I just wanted to keep reading, and when I finished it, I wanted to read it all over again. No breaks,” says Mihell. “The joy infusing this story is sublime and propulsive, and the prose is handled with extraordinary grace. It is moreover a story that will leave you with a deep trust in the beauty of life. Readers who have experienced obsessive-compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, and more generally, anxiety, will recognize themselves in E.--and discover empowerment through her. Cathrall's writing is pure music, and I am continuously impressed by its warmth, shimmer, and elegance.”

A LETTER TO THE LUMINOUS DEEP is scheduled for publication Spring 2024.

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