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Rights and Permissions

Orca prides itself on publishing Canadian authors and bringing them to a wider audience. With over 450 award-winning and best-selling books in print, we have much to offer the global market.

Foreign rights for many of Orca titles have been sold all over the world, including to Australia, Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Korea, Japan, Latvia and many other countries.

World rights (excluding North America) to many titles are available and are represented by Samantha Haywood of Transatlantic Literary Agency.

For more information on French Canadian and Chinese rights please email Andrew Wooldridge.


Download our international rights catalogues:

  • Spring 2009 Hot List
    -includes our most recent titles for juveniles and young adults.

  • Juvenile
    -fiction for ages eight to thirteen (contemporary, historical, fantasy, mystery, graphic novels).

  • Young Adult
    -compelling fiction with themes relevant to teens (contemporary, historical, fantasy, mystery).

  • Picturebooks
    -an extensive list of illustrated stories for kids ages four to eight.

  • Orca Soundings
    -short high-interest novels with contemporary themes, written expressly for teens reading below grade level.

  • Orca Currents
    -compelling fiction with themes relevant to teens (contemporary, historical, fantasy, mystery).

  • Orca Sports
    -short high-interest novels with exciting sports action and suspense. Ages ten and up

Film/Television Rights
For information on film and television rights, or to inquire about options, please contact Sarah Cooper at The Saint Agency in Toronto.

Rights/Permissions
To enquire about anthology rights, excerpts, online usage or anything else pertaining to copyright please email the permissions department.

For information on titles from any of the publishers we distribute please contact the publishers directly. Click here for a list of publishers we distribute.
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