Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to the picture book Make Them Say Poo by Steve MinOn under the pen name Stephen, via literary agent Martin Shaw of Shaw Literacy....

Monday, 16 June 2025
Powerhouse has acquired ANZ rights for Gather Up Your World in One Long Breath, the debut memoir by S Shakthidharan, via Anthony Blair, Cameron’s Management. Gather Up Your World in...

Monday, 16 June 2025
Perentie Press has acquired world rights to The Curator, a YA graphic novel by author/illustrator Wendy Tyrer, the first YA graphic novel acquisition for the new press. The novel asks,...

Monday, 16 June 2025
Melbourne-based filmmaker Tim Sharp has acquired the film option to Wayne Marshall’s short story ‘A Night Out’ from Marshall’s debut collection Shirl (Affirm Press), via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. Sharp...

Thursday, 12 June 2025
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired ANZ rights to Not Quite White in the Head, a collection of essays and journalism by Melissa Lucashenko, via Alex Adsett of...

Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to The Phantom Surrealist by Geoffrey Gates. According to the publisher, the novel follows protagonist Christopher Tiffen as he ‘moves between Sydney, London, Paris, Barcelona,...

Thursday, 5 June 2025
Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand has acquired world rights for Good Things Come and Go by Josie Shapiro.  The novel follows Penny Whittaker and Adam Riggs after the death of...

Thursday, 5 June 2025
Summit Books has acquired ANZ rights to Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray, via Grace Heifetz at a4 Literary. Overseas, Chosen Family was also acquired by Lettice Franklin at Orion (UK), via...

Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Murdoch Books has acquired world rights to Guts by Melissa Leong, a ‘gripping, incisive, and darkly funny memoir’. ‘Guts is a powerful exploration of identity, resilience and finding the courage...

Monday, 2 June 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights to A Far-flung Life by ML Stedman. The novel will be published simultaneously with Doubleday in the UK. A Far-flung Life...

Thursday, 29 May 2025
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to Average at Best, a memoir by Pub Choir founder and director Astrid Jorgensen, via Alex Adsett Literary Agency. 'Average at...

Monday, 26 May 2025
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Australia, has acquired world rights to Luke Bateman’s debut fantasy series in a two-book deal, via Sean Anderson and Tim Wall at...

Monday, 26 May 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights for a new novel, When Sullivan Met Lola, and a new work of collected nonfiction from Monica McInerney, via Fiona Inglis...

Tuesday, 13 May 2025
Larrikin House has acquired Robo-teacher, a picture book written by Charlotte Barkla (All Bodies Are Good Bodies, Little Hare) and illustrated by Gabrielle Petruso. According to the publisher, Robo-teacher follows...

Tuesday, 13 May 2025
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights for Yeah the Boys, an adult fiction title from author Holden Sheppard, via Gaby Naher at The Naher Agency. According to the publisher, Yeah...