Hachette acquires two Jordan novels Archive
Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Hachette has acquired world rights for two novels by Toni Jordan, in a deal struck between head of fiction Rebecca Saunders and Jane Novak of Jane Novak Literary Agency. The...
S&S acquires two books by Heiss Archive
Thursday, 26 August 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired two new books by First Nations writer and cultural activist Anita Heiss. The first book is a picture book for young readers about...
Pantera acquires Scott book on mental health Archive
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About by journalist, writer and presenter Elfy Scott. Scott's debut nonfiction book is, according to the publisher,...
Ultimo acquires new Featherstone novel Archive
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to My Heart is a Little Wild Thing by Nigel Featherstone, in a deal brokered by Gaby Naher of Left Bank Literary. My Heart...
Rights round-up Archive
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold Slovak rights to The Dictionary of Lost Words (Pip Williams) to Motyl. Black Inc. has sold North American rights and UK/Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights...
Larrikin House acquires Freeman picture book Archive
Thursday, 12 August 2021
Larrikin House has acquired worldwide rights to children’s picture book The Heartbeat of the Land by Cathy Freeman. The publisher says the book is ‘a poignant call for environmental action...
S&S acquires Cachia memoir ‘Then There Was Her’ Archive
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Simon & Schuster has acquired world rights to Then There Was Her by influencer and entrepreneur Sophia Cachia, in a deal brokered by Bruce Kaider at ONE Sports & Entertainment....
PRH acquires Scott debut ‘Compulsion’ Archive
Friday, 6 August 2021
Penguin Random House Australia has acquired ANZ rights to debut novel Compulsion by Kate Scott, in a deal agented by Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. Compulsion centres on Lucy, a...
‘Still Alive’ sells to Fantagraphics Archive
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Melbourne graphic novel publisher Twelve Panels Press has sold world English rights (ex ANZ) to Safdar Ahmed’s Still Alive to Gary Groth at Fantagraphics, to be published under the Fantagraphics...
Pantera acquires McWilliams debut middle-grade novel Archive
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to The Reindeer and the Submarine, the debut middle-grade novel by Beverly McWilliams. Inspired by the true story of a reindeer who lived aboard...
Ultimo acquires Kassab’s ‘Australiana’ in two-book deal Archive
Tuesday, 3 August 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to two books by Yumna Kassab, in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw from Shaw Literary. Drawing from Kassab’s time teaching in rural Australia,...
McIntosh’s DCI Jack Hawksworth series optioned for TV Archive
Monday, 2 August 2021
Fremantle Australia has acquired the exclusive screen rights to Fiona McIntosh's DCI Jack Hawksworth crime series. The series consists of the novels Bye Bye Baby, Beautiful Death and Mirror Man, which...
UQP acquires Fraillon’s middle-grade novel ‘The Way of Dog’ Archive
Friday, 30 July 2021
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Zana Fraillon’s ‘inventive’ middle-grade novel The Way of Dog. Told in verse from the perspective of a dog called...
Affirm acquires Levin manifestation guide ‘Make YOU Happen’ Archive
Friday, 30 July 2021
Affirm has acquired personal development title Make YOU Happen: Figure out who you are, what you need (and why you already have it) by Jordanna Levin. A sequel to Levin’s...
PRH acquires Chadderton middle-grade graphic novel Archive
Thursday, 29 July 2021
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired world rights to the contemporary middle-grade graphic novel Oh, Brother by Adelaide author-illustrator Georgina Chadderton. Rights were acquired in a joint deal between PRH...
Wakefield acquires Bellamy memoir ‘that perfectly suits our times’ Archive
Friday, 23 July 2021
Wakefield Press has acquired world rights to a memoir about mental illness, queerness and Jewish identity by Archer online editor Roz Bellamy. Mood, which was longlisted for the Kill Your...
Affirm acquires Cox’s ‘So Many Beats of the Heart’ Archive
Thursday, 22 July 2021
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to a novel by Perth-based journalist Carrie Cox via Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management. So Many Beats of the Heart is ‘a wonderfully...
S&S acquires two McAlister rom-coms Archive
Thursday, 22 July 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to two adult novels by Jodi McAlister, author of the YA series 'Valentine', via Alex Adsett from Alex Adsett Literary....
PRH acquires Yu debut novel and essay collection Archive
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired Australian rights to a debut novel and collection of essays from Jessica Zhan Mei Yu, in a four-way auction. The deal was struck between...
Ultimo acquires inside account of Tour de France Archive
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights for Inside Le Tour, an inside account of the Tour de France from sports journalist Sophie Smith. Inside Le Tour 'will bridge the gap...
ABC Kids to publish Teeny Tiny Stevies picture books Archive
Monday, 19 July 2021
HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired world rights to two picture books by children's music duo Teeny Tiny Stevies, to be published under the ABC Kids imprint. Teeny Tiny Stevies is...
A&U acquires Lukins’ ‘Loveland’ Archive
Monday, 19 July 2021
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to a new novel by Robert Lukins, from Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary, in a ‘heated auction’. Loveland was acquired by...
UQP acquires Gíslason’s ‘The Sorrow Stone’ Archive
Thursday, 15 July 2021
UQP has acquired world rights to The Sorrow Stone by Kári Gíslason, co-author of Saga Land (with Richard Fidler, ABC Books). Set against the backdrop of medieval Norway and Iceland, The...
UQP sells ‘The White Girl’ to HarperVia Archive
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
UQP has sold world English rights (ex ANZ) for The White Girl by Tony Birch to HarperCollins imprint HarperVia. The deal was handled by UQP rights manager Kate McCormack in...
‘Ginnie & Pinney, Learn & Grow’ series optioned for TV Archive
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Big Sky Publishing’s educational children's series Ginnie & Pinney, Learn & Grow has been optioned for development as a television series by Australian animation studio Moody Street Productions. Created by...
Hachette acquires Yarwood debut in two-book deal Archive
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Sydney author Dianne Yarwood’s debut novel The Wakes in a 'hotly contested' international auction. The six-figure, two-book deal was struck with Catherine Drayton...
Ultimo acquires Jafari debut ‘Forty Nights’ Archive
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Pirooz Jafari’s literary fiction debut Forty Nights, in a deal brokered by Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary. Forty Nights is a novel...
Affirm acquires Berry’s ‘Fearlessly Failing’ Archive
Monday, 28 June 2021
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to nutritionist and podcast host Lola Berry’s new personal development book Fearlessly Failing. Affirm said Fearlessly Failing is ‘a guide to embracing challenges and...
Black Inc. acquires Clode’s book on ‘the hidden life of koalas’ Archive
Friday, 25 June 2021
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to biologist and natural history author Danielle Clode’s new book on ‘the hidden life of koalas’, via Jenny Darling & Associates. Black Inc. publisher...
Transit Lounge acquires Howell debut Archive
Thursday, 24 June 2021
Transit Lounge has acquired world English rights to Adriane Howell's debut novel Hydra, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. The novel’s protagonist is Anja, a disgraced antiquarian who comes to...
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