A&U acquires new novel from US-based Australian author Archive
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Allen & Unwin has acquired Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) and UK/Commonwealth rights to Australian author Dominic Smith’s new novel At the Edge of a Wood.The US-based author’s previous novels...
Bertelsmann to acquire Relias Learning Archive
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Multinational media company Bertelsmann will acquire US elearning provider Relias Learning, reports the Bookseller. Bertelsmann said in a statement that it will spend ‘in the mid-hundreds of millions’ of US...
A&U acquires ‘Cliff Hardy’ backlist Archive
Monday, 13 October 2014
Allen & Unwin has bought the rights to 16 out-of-print titles from Peter Corris’ ‘Cliff Hardy’ series, and will publish the titles in December.A spokesperson for Allen & Unwin told...
Picador acquires debut by award-winning screenwriter Archive
Thursday, 2 October 2014
Pan Macmillan imprint Picador has announced it has acquired local rights to a debut novel by award-winning Australian screenwriter Shirley Barrett.Barrett’s scripts include Love Serenade and South Solitary. She has...
Bloomsbury Spark acquires first Australian novel Archive
Monday, 29 September 2014
Bloomsbury Australia has acquired the first novel by an Australian to be published under its ebook-only Bloomsbury Spark imprint. Vanessa Barnevald’s young adult novel This is Your Afterlife is the...
HarperCollins acquires 24-year-old author’s debut in three-book deal Archive
Monday, 22 September 2014
HarperCollins has acquired a debut novel by Eliza Henry-Jones as part of a three-book deal.In the Quiet, acquired via the Calidris Literary Agency, is ‘a heart-breaking, tender and life-affirming novel...
Text acquires YA novel by Currie Archive
Monday, 8 September 2014
Text Publishing has acquired world rights to a YA novel by Christopher Currie. The publisher described the book as ‘a YA novel of distinction, with a memorable young lesbian narrator’....
Scribe acquires crime thrillers Archive
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Scribe has acquired world rights in two crime thrillers by Melbourne writer and librarian J M Green. Good Money was shortlisted in the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an...
Madman acquires film rights to ‘Quota’ Archive
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Film rights to Quota by Jock Serong (Text) have been optioned by Madman. ‘We are delighted that Madman has optioned Jock Serong’s acclaimed debut Quota, and look forward to working closely...
Penguin acquires debut novel from Hayes Archive
Thursday, 21 August 2014
Penguin Random House has acquired ANZ rights to Antonia Hayes’ debut novel Relativity at auction.The publisher described the novel as ‘an irresistible story about science, love, unbreakable bonds and irreversible...
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