S&S acquires Kitching romance novel
Thursday, 20 June 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to The Life Experiment, a romance novel from Melbourne-based author Jess Kitching, in a deal negotiated by Daniel Pilkington. Described by...
Upswell acquires Pigram nonfiction title
Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to a debut nonfiction title by singer-songwriter Stephen Pigram, with the working title Feel Like Going Back Home. Upswell said that, in the book,...
A&U acquires two Nix novels
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Garth Nix’s adult science fiction novel Massif, in a two-book deal via Fiona Inglis at Curtis Brown Australia. US rights to...
Transit Lounge acquires Lyons-Lee gothic literary fiction
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson, a second novel from Belinda Lyons-Lee. Described by the publisher as ‘gothic literary fiction in the...
Ultimo acquires Tunnicliffe novel
Thursday, 13 June 2024
Ultimo Press has acquired rights to Hannah Tunnicliffe’s domestic noir The Pool. The publisher said The Pool ‘explores the choices and challenges that come after a devastating event through a cast of...
Summit Books to publish memoir from ‘Alone Australia’ winner
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has announced the first acquisition by Jane Palfreyman as Summit Books publishing director is We Are the Stars, a memoir by Gina Chick, winner of...
S&S acquires McCormack’s ‘Raising Resilient Children’
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired world rights to a nonfiction book from teacher Gavin McCormack, titled Raising Resilient Children: 7 ways to nurture lifelong learners, via literary agent Daniel...
A&U acquires Trevelyan debut novel
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to debut author Jennifer Trevelyan’s literary coming-of-age story A Beautiful Family, at an auction by Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary on behalf of...
McIntosh’s ‘The Pearl Thief’ to be adapted for film
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced Fiona McIntosh’s The Pearl Thief is being adapted into a feature film. Made Up Stories, led by Bruna and Steve Hutensky, will produce the...
Upswell acquires Holt poetry collection, ‘Fitzroy North 3068’
Thursday, 6 June 2024
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to a new collection of poetry from Yvette Henry Holt, titled Fitzroy North 3068, via Jeanne Ryckmans and Lou Johnson at Key People Literary...
A&U acquires London debut
Wednesday, 5 June 2024
Allen & Unwin has acquired world rights to debut novel Love on the Air by radio presenter and podcaster Ash London. Love on the Air follows radio host Alex York...
Affirm acquires Fioretti outback noir ‘Skull River’
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Pip Fioretti’s second outback noir novel, Skull River. Set in 1912, Skull River features mounted trooper Augustus (Gus) Hawkins, the protagonist of Fioretti’s first...
NewSouth acquires Wyndham’s Harrower biography
Thursday, 30 May 2024
NewSouth has acquired world rights to a new biography of Australian novelist Elizabeth Harrower by Susan Wyndham. Harrower received the Patrick White Award in 1996, established by White for writers...
Pantera sells rights to Duggan’s ‘Work Backwards’ to Wiley
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Pantera has sold world rights (ex ANZ) to Work Backwards (Tim Duggan) to Wiley, in a deal brokered by Pantera rights manager Katy McEwen. In the book, released locally in...
A&U acquires Rielly’s ‘Fridays with Blanche’
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Allen & Unwin has acquired world rights to Fridays with Blanche by Derek Rielly, via Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Literary Management. Fridays with Blanche is based on Rielly’s weekly...
Text acquires Stanley’s ‘Consider Yourself Kissed’
Thursday, 23 May 2024
Text Publishing has acquired ANZ rights to London-based Australian novelist Jessica Stanley’s Consider Yourself Kissed, via Lizzy Kremer at David Higham Associates. Kremer also sold US rights to Sarah McGrath...
Affirm acquires Art Simone anthology
Thursday, 23 May 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Drag Queens Down Under, an anthology curated by Art Simone. The anthology is described by the publisher as ‘a glorious celebration of life...
S&S acquires Behrendt novel
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) imprint Bundyi has acquired world rights to a new commercial novel by Larissa Behrendt. Friends for nearly four decades, Behrendt and Bundyi publisher-at-large Anita Heiss...
S&S acquires Murphy memoir ‘Madam’
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Antonia Murphy’s forthcoming memoir, Madam, at auction, via Alice Tasman and Cole Hildebrand at Jean V Naggar Literary...
Walker acquires Marr, Speechley picture book
Monday, 20 May 2024
Walker Books Australia has acquired world rights to the picture book One Day, written by Shirley Marr and illustrated by Michael Speechley, in a two-book deal. One Day introduces a...
Wakefield acquires Pollock novel ‘Starry Eyed’
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Wakefield Press has acquired ANZ rights to a second novel from Katharine Pollock, provisionally titled Starry Eyed, via Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. In Starry Eyed, when Addilyn Acker is...
Yankovich’s ‘Just Friends’ North American rights sold
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
North American rights for Just Friends (Gyan Yankovich, Ultimo) have been sold to The Experiment, via Rach Crawford at Wolf Literary Services. Just Friends—which The Experiment will publish as Friendship...
Pantera acquires Eley’s romantasy ‘The Rule’
Monday, 13 May 2024
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to The Rule by Bronwyn Eley in a two-book deal. The Rule is a fantasy novel following Zinha, a member of the underground assassin...
UQP sells First Nations Classics series to Bolinda
Thursday, 9 May 2024
UQP has sold world audio rights to the First Nations Classics series to Bolinda, in a 15-book deal brokered by rights and contracts manager Erin Sandiford. In 2023, UQP launched...
S&S acquires McEwan romantasy duology
Tuesday, 7 May 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia has acquired ANZ rights to a two-book romantasy series by Stacey McEwan, via an exclusive submission from Amy Collins at Talcott Notch Literary. S&S Australia associate...
Allen & Unwin acquires new Bublitz thriller
Monday, 6 May 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Leave the Girls Behind, a new novel by Jacqueline Bublitz, via Cara Lee Simpson at Peters Fraser + Dunlop. Bublitz’s book...
Affirm acquires Hodge’s ‘Top Knocks’
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights to Australian cricketer and commentator Brad Hodge’s nonfiction book Top Knocks, via TLA. The publisher said that Top Knocks will count down 20 of...
Pan Macmillan acquires two fantasy YA titles by Melbourne author in pre-empt
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Pan Macmillan Australia (PMA) has acquired rights to two fantasy YA titles by debut Melbourne author Mikayla Bridge in a six-figure pre-empt, alongside Macmillan Children's Books UK imprint First Ink...
Echo acquires Parker debut historical novel ‘Fulvia’ in two-book deal
Monday, 29 April 2024
Echo Publishing has acquired world rights to two historical novels from debut author Kaarina Parker (Ngāpuhi), via Vicki Marsdon at High Spot Literary. Fulvia, which is the first of the...
Upswell acquires Spirovski debut, ‘White Hibiscus’
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights for White Hibiscus: A portrait in words, the debut work of visual artist Loribelle Spirovski. Publisher Terri-ann White described the book as ‘a poetic...
