HarperCollins acquires de Sousa cookbooks
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
HarperCollins Australia has acquired world rights to two cookbooks by Steph de Sousa. The deal was brokered by HarperCollins fiction and nonfiction publisher Roberta Ivers and TalentINK Group’s Brooke Taylor...
UQP acquires O’Keeffe’s third novel
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Angela O’Keeffe’s third novel, Phanton Days, via Martin Shaw Literary. In this forthcoming novel, the story is narrated from...
Pink Shorts Press acquires Crisp’s first nonfiction title
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Pink Shorts Press has acquired Pearls, a collection of essays by Tracy Crisp. According to the publisher, Pearls is a collection of ‘coming-of-middle-age’ memoir essays, ‘drawn from a series of...
Hachette acquires Carmody’s dystopian romantasy
Monday, 22 September 2025
Hachette Australia has acquired The Shadows that Listen, a debut dystopian romantasy by Louisa Carmody, in a deal brokered between Hachette head of fiction Rebecca Saunders and C&W Agency, after...
Pink Shorts Press acquires ‘Scared Angry Laughing’ by Merrilees
Monday, 22 September 2025
Pink Shorts Press has acquired Scared Angry Laughing, a nonfiction title by Margaret Merrilees. Scared Angry Laughing is a creative memoir essay collection, said the publisher. ‘These pieces speak to...
A&U acquires Buttifant, Farr tough nonfiction
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Life's Tough—Be Tougher by David Buttifant and Nick Farr. ‘Life's Tough—Be Tougher is a straight-talking guide to building resilience and thriving when hard...
Transit Lounge acquires new Cameron novel
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Bloomfield, the third novel by Donna M Cameron, in a deal brokered by Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Literary Management. ‘When the eccentric...
Melbourne Books acquires Pellegrino’s ‘Melbourne Coffee Roasters’
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Melbourne Coffee Roasters, a nonfiction title by Dominic Pellegrino. Melbourne Coffee Roasters focuses on the history of Melbourne-founder coffee roasters and houses, including Vittoria, Pellegrini's...
Monash acquires Altman essay collection
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Monash University Publishing has acquired world rights to Righting My World: Essays from the Past Half-Century by Dennis Altman. ‘From the inauguration of Richard Nixon to Trump’s America, from Gay Liberation...
Larrikin acquires Vee picture book
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to My Spinning Anxious Brain, a picture book by Dani Vee, illustrated by Ruth-Mary Smith. ‘Empathetic, gentle and fun’, My Spinning Anxious Brain ‘explains exactly...
PRH acquires Madden’s first adult novel
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to debut adult novel Quite the Pair from author Tobias Madden, via a deal brokered by Claire Friedman at InkWell Management...
HarperCollins acquires Richell memoir
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to An Ocean and a Day, a memoir from Hannah Richell, via Sarah Lutyens at Lutyens & Rubinstein Literary Agency. An Ocean and a Day...
NewSouth acquires Hausheer’s nonfiction
Thursday, 11 September 2025
NewSouth Publishing has acquired world rights to The Vanishing Wild: Australian Wildlife and the Fight Against Extinction by science writer Justine E Hausheer, via literary agent Martin Shaw. The Vanishing...
Bundyi acquires Lawrie’s picture book
Thursday, 11 September 2025
Bundyi Publishing has acquired world rights to Bella’s Journey, a Swan Lake picture book retelling by Rowena Lawrie. ‘With themes of duality, identity, and transformation through the lens of a...
HarperCollins acquires Orgias’ debut crime novel
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
HarperCollins Publishers Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Teeth Kicker, the debut crime novel by Glenn Orgias, in a deal brokered by Jeanne Ryckmans of Key People Literary Management. ‘Set on...
A&U acquires Cullen memoir
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to The Desert Swimmer, a memoir by Brendan Cullen. The Desert Swimmer follows Cullen as he begins swimming ‘as part of his recovery from...
Hill’s ‘The Desert Knows Her Name’ to be adapted for film
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Playwright, filmmaker and Wotjobaluk and Ngarrindjeri woman Tracey Rigney has acquired film rights to The Desert Knows Her Name (Affirm, 2024) by Lia Hills. Rigney acquired the rights through her...
A&U acquires Milligan’s second novel
Monday, 1 September 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Shellybanks by Louise Milligan, via Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Literary Management. Returning to the world of Milligan’s debut Pheasants Nest, Shellybanks centres...
A&U acquires New Blue Ribbon Cookbook
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world English rights to The New Blue Ribbon Cookbook by Liz Harfull, in a deal brokered by Fiona Inglis at Curtis Brown. ‘Every year thousands...
UWAP acquires ‘Mother Salad’ by Pantsis
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Mother Salad, a collection of short stories by Helena Pantsis. ‘Mother Salad is a series of small fictions that explore the plights...
Atlantic Books acquires Grey’s next novel
Monday, 25 August 2025
Atlantic Books Australia, a division of Allen & Unwin, has acquired UK/ANZ rights to Start at the End by Emma Grey, in a two-book deal brokered by Anjanette Fennell at Key...
S&S acquires Kitching’s next thriller
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to thriller novel The Secrets of Strangers by Jess Kitching, in a deal brokered by Daniel Pilkington at the Pilkington Agency....
Keeperton acquires Belan’s debut
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Keeperton has acquired world rights to debut novel The Line by Jeremy Belan, in a two-book deal. The Line is a coming-of-age story following Eddie, who is caught between two...
HQ acquires Inoon’s second novel
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Harlequin Australia (HQ), a division of HarperCollins, has acquired world rights to The Sisters of Serendib by Ayesha Inoon, via Rochelle Fernandez at Alex Adsett Literary. ‘In 1990, a boat...
HarperCollins acquires debut novel from White
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to Billie King, Outlaw, the debut novel by Shannon Kelly White, in a two-book deal via Anjanette Fennell at Key People Literary Management. Billie King,...
Wombat Books acquires Loveridge & Goodwin middle-grade novel
Monday, 18 August 2025
Wombat Books has acquired world rights to Josie Mack and the MEGA Division (Josie Mack #1), written by Bethany Loveridge and illustrated by Jade Goodwin. The first in a trilogy,...
Larrikin acquires Harry’s ‘The Fast Lane’
Monday, 18 August 2025
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to The Fast Lane, a picture book written by Pip Harry and illustrated by Katrin Dreiling. According to the publisher, The Fast Lane is ‘charming, funny...
A&U acquires Katz’s memoir
Monday, 18 August 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world English rights to My Cursed Vagina, a memoir by Lally Katz, via Wendy Howell and Lucy White from Creative Representation. The memoir follows...
UQP acquires Rocca’s middle-grade novel
Thursday, 14 August 2025
UQP has acquired world rights to the debut middle-grade novel Joey and the Junjardy written by Allison Rocca and illustrated by Brenton E McKenna, in a deal brokered by Danielle...
Christmas Press acquires Kelleher middle-grade
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Christmas Press imprint Eagle Books has acquired world rights to Only the Wild, an upper middle-grade/YA novel by Victor Kelleher, via Margaret Connolly of Margaret Connolly and Associates. Christmas Press...
