Martha Webb
@MarthaMWebb
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Literary agent & proprietor, CookeMcDermid.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined July 2012
I’ve had some wild highs and lows in the last 10 years. I was the top female poker player in the world & now lead one of the world’s largest foundations, but also lost 3 years to a devastating drug addiction that zeroed out the balance of my life. 1/5
Congratulations to @catehall and @sashachapin whose upcoming work YOU CAN JUST DO THINGS: A BLUEPRINT FOR RADICAL AGENCY, an expansion on Cate's viral substack "How to be More Agentic," has been sold to Eric Nelson at Harper Business by Martha Webb! 🎉🧠
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"We, The Data highlights how pervasive data collection & tracking are in everyday life. Laying the foundation for future policy... [Wong] calls for human rights to be extended to encourage human potential when data threatens to complicate how we progress" https://t.co/kaXDquSU0v
cbc.ca
The B.C.-based scholar and author won for her nonfiction book We, The Data. The annual Writers' Trust of Canada award recognizes nonfiction that advances public discourse.
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I hosted one of Canada’s most popular radio shows for 16 years. I’ve watched us descend into conflicting realities. In all my years as a journalist, I’ve never experienced a time in which the notion of truth has been so mistrusted. #Opinion by Carol Off
thestar.com
Words matter. Truth matters. It’s foundational for our lives as social beings, because without it, we can’t trust each other.
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Happiest of pub days, Carol!! This book is essential and could not be more timely. So thrilled to see it out in the world.
This book is a call to reclaim our political language while it exposes those who are responsible for hijacking it.
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A Must-Read in our times.... you can't talk to people if words have been bleached of meaning. https://t.co/31Vak0PFfX
penguinrandomhouse.ca
AN INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERA HILL TIMES BEST BOOK 2024Award-winning author and broadcast journalist Carol Off digs deep into six words whose meanings have been distorted and weaponized in...
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"This book is essential reading for journalists and writers, and all those brave enough to bear witness and tell it like it is.” —Tanya Talaga, author of The Knowing AT A LOSS FOR WORDS by Carol Off (@CarolOff_) is out today! https://t.co/WqtmdZD94g
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CookeMcDermid is so pleased to welcome new Literary Agent, Amy Moore-Benson! 🎉
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CookeMcDermid is so pleased to welcome Shivani Ojha as Contracts and Operations Assistant and Zoe Griffith (that's me!) as Sales and Marketing Assistant!
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Thank you to Sally Harding, one of the founding partners of CookeMcDermid Literary Management, who has announced her retirement.
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Thank you to the Crime Writers of Canada for nominating Wild Hope as the Best Crime Novel set in Canada!
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Congratulations to Joan Thomas (WILD HOPE, Best Crime Novel Set in Canada) and Cherie Dimaline (FUNERAL SONGS FOR DYING GIRLS, Best Juvenile/YA Crime Novel) on being shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Awards!
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LAST WOMAN, Carleigh Baker’s (@wanlittlehusk) new irreverent collection of short stories is now available! With equal parts compassion and critique, she delves into life’s complexities. Bracingly relevant, playfully irreverent, and absolutely unforgettable. Get your copy now!
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What??? Carleigh Baker's brand new short story collection is UP FOR GIVEAWAY on our site AND she shares brilliant book recos right here? Yes please. https://t.co/LSqyGwHme2
@McClellandBooks @NeWestPress @coachhousebooks
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Huge thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who bought Rogers v. Rogers or supported the book in other ways. You are helping to ensure that important Canadian business stories continue to be told. ❤️❤️❤️
Huge congratulations to Alexandra Posadzki (@alexposadzki ) as ROGERS V ROGERS, her riveting reporting of the battle for control of Canada’s largest wireless carrier, is an instant #1 Bestseller for overall nonfiction in @TorontoStar bestseller list!
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Fun fact: When I was 16 I had a part time job selling books at the @chaptersindigo next to Square One. So it is very surreal to see my own book, Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada's Telecom Empire, on the shelves. Thx to everyone who helped make this a reality...
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Loved #HBOSuccession? Pre-order your copy of #RogersvRogers, the real-life scandal, drama and you-have-to-read-it-to-believe-it fight for control of Canada’s largest Telecom company. Written by @globebusiness reporter @alexposadzki
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Congratulations to renowned restaurateur Jen Agg (@TheBlackHoof ), as Canadian rights to THEY’LL TOAST ME WHEN I’M DEAD, her sharply observed and scathingly funny memoir, were sold to Haley Cullingham (@haleycullingham ) at McClelland & Stewart by Martha Webb (@MarthaMWebb )!
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I was scrolling through Indigo's most anticipated non-fiction list, thinking how cool it would be if Rogers v. Rogers was there, and BOOM! There it is! 500 bonus plum points if you pre-order on @chaptersindigo 😉 https://t.co/lwxRV73TbW
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I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that my next book WAYS OF LISTENING is on the way! It’s a collection of essays about the joys of obscurity, the power of nostalgia, race’s role in sound quality, what we’re really searching for when we dig for records and more.
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