Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Zoe Whittall has signed six-figure deals with HarperCollins (Canadian rights) and Ballantine (U.S. rights) for two forthcoming books.

Goose Lane Editions has acquired a short-fiction collection and a debut novel by Paul Carlucci.

Maeva will publish the Spanish edition of Claire Cameron’s latest novel The Last Neanderthal, while Bazar will publish the sixth, seventh, and eighth titles in Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce mystery series in Finnish.

Liveright Publishing has acquired U.S. rights to Toronto author Harriet Alida Lye’s novel The Honey Farm, forthcoming from Vagrant Press in spring 2018, while Texas-based Black Rose Writing will publish Ottawa author Robert Smith’s latest suspense novel, What Lies Within, in October 2017.

Penguin Random House India has acquired English-language rights in India to Buzzfeed culture writer Scaachi Koul’s essay collection.

Nimbus Publishing is set to publish 25 Years of 22 Minutes by Halifax writer Angela Mombourquette.

House of Anansi Press editorial director Janie Yoon has acquired world rights to a debut story collection by RBC Bronwen Wallace Award–winning author Erin Frances Fisher.