WELCOME TO THE STUPIDPOCALYPSE: SURVIVAL TIPS FOR THE DUMBAGGEDON by popular social media personality, Brittlestar, aka the Internet's Favourite Dad (self-appointed), has sold to Debra Englander at Post Hill Press.
This collection of humorous essays will be similar in tone to his satirical, common sense viral videos which have over 600 million views across various platforms. Brittlestar’s social media followers include the likes of Ben Stiller, Henry Winkler, Ryan Reynolds, Nancy Sinatra, Jane Lynch, Ken Jeong, Rex Chapman, and many other North American politicians and journalists.
"Expanding Brittlestar's highly popular global brand into the world of publishing has been thrilling for everyone involved,” said The Rights Factory agent Wayne Arthurson. “Fans have requested for years that he write a book and are already expressing their excitement with news of this deal. I'm sure they'll be happy with the book while at the same time, it will bring in thousands of new fans into Brittlestar's world of humour."
Find our more about Brittlestar at his website: https://www.brittlestar.com
Greg Rhyno's WHO BY FIRE, the first novel in the Dame Polara mystery series, has sold to Marc Côte at Cormorant Books in a three-book deal.
This new series follows a reluctant detective who must rely on the skills she learned from her hardboiled PI father to uncover and survive a dangerous arson conspiracy.
"Like so many reluctant detectives before her, Dame Polara's complex past and detective dad makes her the perfect person to find and pursue wrong-doing amidst the moral decay around her and in Toronto,” says The Rights Factory agent Sam Hiyate. “Rhyno has given us a new, big-hearted and compelling character to follow in her first three big cases."
Learn more about Greg on his website.