Friday, 1 November 2024
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to three books from YA author Lynette Noni: a standalone contemporary romance, Wandering Wild; and a new fantasy series acquired in a...

Thursday, 31 October 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Lights, Camera, Love by Natalie Murray in a two-book deal by Annette Barlow, via Sarah McKenzie of Sarah McKenzie Literary Management....

Thursday, 24 October 2024
UQP has acquired world rights to Dead Ends, a ‘darkly funny and sexy’ mystery novel by Samantha Byres, via literary agent Jane Novak. Dead Ends begins as ‘all-round chaos merchant...

Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to the cookbook Cosy Vegan by Liz Douglas. Affirm described the book as ‘the ultimate kitchen companion for those wanting to explore a plant-based lifestyle,...

Thursday, 17 October 2024
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to For One Visitor at a Time, the second novel by Melbourne-based author Monica Raszewski. For One Visitor at a Time tells the story of...

Thursday, 17 October 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to the memoir Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You by Candice Chung via Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary. In describing the memoir, the publisher...

Thursday, 17 October 2024
Black Inc. has acquired ANZ rights to Kate Grenville’s nonfiction project Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place. Said Grenville: ‘I’ve been circling this book for twenty years. Researching and...

Monday, 14 October 2024
University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Julianne Negri’s young adult verse novel Hunting Bears, via Danielle Binks of Jacinta di Mase Management. Hunting Bears is...

Thursday, 10 October 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Broke Road, the second novel from Matthew Spencer, via Catherine Drayton at InkWell Management Literary Agency. Broke Road is set in the...

Monday, 7 October 2024
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Pip Harry’s middle-grade verse novel Drift, via agent Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. According to the author, Drift tells the story of Nate and...

Monday, 7 October 2024
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to three new books by Holly Ringland, via Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. The first book scheduled for release under the deal is a...

Thursday, 3 October 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Katrina Gorry: A Matildas Hero’s Story of Football, Motherhood and Breaking Down Barriers, written by Katrina Gorry with Robert Wainwright, in...

Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights to The Mortons by Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier in a two-book deal at auction, via Jill Grinberg Literary Management. The Mortons was...

Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Carol Lefevre’s memoir Bloomer, via literary agent Fran Moore. Lefevre is a visiting research fellow at the University of Adelaide, where she gained...

Thursday, 19 September 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Toby Schmitz’s debut novel, The Empress Murders, via Edwina Stuart at HLA Management. The publisher described The Empress Murders as a...

Monday, 16 September 2024
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Christy Tania’s first cookbook, Imagine: Creating Desserts with Christy Tania. The publisher said that the cookbook features over 50 base recipes for ‘adventurous and...

Monday, 16 September 2024
Riveted Press has acquired worldwide rights to five picture books in the series The Book of Kin by author/illustrator Tamlyn Teow, beginning with the book SoXiety. In this ‘almost-wordless’ picture...