‘The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree’ sells in US and UK
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Wild Dingo Press has sold North American and UK rights to Shokoofeh Azar’s Stella Prize-shortlisted The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree. US and UK rights were sold to Europa Editions,...
OzCo to send Australian delegation to Shanghai
Friday, 4 May 2018
The Australia Council has announced it will support up to five Australian publishing delegates to attend the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) in 2018. Expressions of interest are...
Australians report ‘calm’ and ‘optimistic’ LBF, feminism and big data key trends
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Australian publishers who attended the London Book Fair (LBF) reported a ‘relatively calm’ fair, with interest across a broad range of titles and plenty of discussion around the future of...
Hachette acquires world rights to Richell Prize shortlisted debut
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to 2017 Richell Prize finalist Triptych by debut novelist Julie Keys. Triptych traces two timelines from the perspectives of two headstrong women: Muriel Kemp,...
Tusk Books gains representation by The Rights Hive
Friday, 27 April 2018
Animal rights publisher Tusk Books has gained international rights representation through rights agency The Rights Hive. Director of The Rights Hive Natasha Solomun said that two Tusk Books picture books—titled...
O’Neill’s forthcoming ‘Drover’s Wives’ sold to UK
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Prime Minister’s Literary Award-winner Ryan O’Neill has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Australia and New Zealand) to his Henry Lawson-inspired short-story collection, The Drover’s Wives, to UK publisher Lightning...
Black Inc. sells ‘Nobel Prize’ middle-grade in seven territories
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
Nobel Prize-winner Barry Marshall and Lorna Hendry’s middle-grade time-travel adventure, How to Win a Nobel Prize (illus by Bernard Caleo, Black Inc.), has sold into seven territories, including to Oneworld...
New Frontier signs first licensing deal for new early years imprint
Friday, 20 April 2018
Children’s publisher New Frontier has signed the first licensing deal for its new baby and early years imprint, Catch a Star. The five-year publishing contract will see New Frontier publish...
Giles’ adult debut optioned by Hollywood production company
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
US production company New Regency has acquired film rights to Australian author Stephen Giles’ debut adult novel, The Boy at the Keyhole. Penguin Australia pre-empted Australian rights to the novel...
‘The Book Ninja’ sells in Europe
Friday, 13 April 2018
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has sold German rights to The Book Ninja in a six-way auction to Blanvalet. The debut novel, by Books on the Rail founders Ali Berg and...
Avon Books acquires debut thriller from Ingrid Alexandra
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
HarperCollins imprint Avon Books has acquired world rights to a psychological thriller from debut Australian author Ingrid Alexander, reports the Bookseller. The book, titled The New Girl, is described as...
Croggon to publish new middle-grade fiction with Walker
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
Alison Croggon, author of the 'Pellinor' series for young adults, will publish her first middle-grade fantasy adventure title, The Threads of Magic, with Walker Books. Walker Books acquired world rights in all...
Fremantle Press to publish ‘Meet Me at the Intersection’ anthology
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Fremantle Press will publish an inaugural anthology of 'Own Voice' stories from emerging and established writers who identify as one or more of First Nations, people of colour, LGBTQIA+ or...
OzCo announces eight delegates for New York Publishers Program
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Eight Australian publishers, rights managers and literary agents will travel to New York City from 4 to 8 June this year as part of the Australia Council’s New York Publishers...
PRH acquires ‘Star-Crossed’
Monday, 26 March 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Star-Crossed by Minnie Darke, the pen-name of Tasmanian literary author Danielle Wood. Rights were secured by PRH commercial fiction publisher...
Brow Books sells UK rights to ‘Apple and Knife’
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Brow Books has sold UK and Commonwealth rights to Sydney-based Indonesian author Intan Paramaditha’s short-fiction collection Apple and Knife to Harvill Secker, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK. Harvill Secker...
Scholastic acquires Rogers’ ‘Girltopia’
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Scholastic Australia has acquired a middle-grade fiction trilogy, 'Girltopia', written by former Hardie Grant Egmont publishing director Hilary Rogers. Book one in the trilogy, Girltopia, marks Rogers’ debut as an...
PRH acquires 13-year-old slam poet Solli Raphael’s debut
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Penguin Random House Australia’s Young Readers division has acquired 13-year-old slam poet Solli Raphael’s first book, a collection of slam poetry paired with inspirational writing techniques. Scheduled for publication on...
Text sells UK and US rights to Korean thriller
Thursday, 15 March 2018
Text Publishing has sold North American and UK English-language rights to forthcoming Korean thriller The Plotters by Un-su Kim. Text acquired world English rights to the book, and subsequently sold...
‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ to be adapted for TV
Thursday, 15 March 2018
Richard Flanagan’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Penguin) is to be adapted for television. TV rights to Flanagan’s 2013 novel have been secured by...
Picador to publish new Zusak novel
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Pan Macmillan Australia has announced it will publish a new novel by Australian author Markus Zusak in October—his first in 13 years. The new book, Bridge of Clay, comes 13...
‘The Jade Lily’ sold into North America
Tuesday, 6 March 2018
Australian author Kirsty Manning’s forthcoming historical-fiction novel, The Jade Lily (A&U), has sold in the US at auction to William Morrow in a two-book deal. The deal was negotiated by...
Text sells ‘The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted’ into North America
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Text Publishing has sold North American rights to Robert Hillman’s forthcoming novel The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted to Putnam and Penguin Canada ‘for a significant sum’. Hillman’s book, which...
Feminist fairytale collection lands small press its first North American deal
Friday, 23 February 2018
Australian publisher Serenity Press has sold US and Canadian rights to Kate Forsyth’s collection of feminist fairytale retellings, Vasilisa the Wise and Other Tales of Brave Young Women (illus by...
Debut ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ sells in 19 territories
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Australian author Holly Ringland’s forthcoming debut novel, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (HarperCollins), has sold into 19 territories. Ringland’s debut is a coming-of-age story about a young girl, Alice,...
Scribble to publish new Bell and Colpoys picture book
Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Scribble has acquired world rights to a new picture book collaboration by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys, the creators of The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade and Under the Love Umbrella. Bell and Colpoys’ All the Ways to...
Twelfth Planet Press launches novella series
Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Australian science-fiction and fantasy publisher Twelfth Planet Press is launching a novella series. The series will launch with Stephanie Gunn’s novella Icefall, a ‘gripping story of extreme sports in outer...
Hardie Grant to publish Hamilton’s controversial ‘Silent Invasion’
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to Clive Hamilton’s book on Chinese influence in Australia, Silent Invasion, with plans to publish the title in Australia in March 2018. Silent...
Scribble sells rights to ‘Rhyme Cordial’, ‘Grandma Z’
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Scribe’s children’s imprint, Scribble, has sold rights to two forthcoming children’s books. World rights (ex ANZ) to Antonia Pesenti’s board book Rhyme Cordial were sold to Phaidon ahead of its...
Hachette acquires new novel by Hannah Richell
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Hachette Australia has acquired Australian and New Zealand rights to Hannah Richell’s new novel, The Peacock Summer, in a joint deal with Orion UK. Hachette describes the novel as ‘an...
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