Rights round-up
Sales
Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold German-language rights to Girl in Between (Anna Daniels) to Heyne Verlag. Hachette has sold UK & Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ and Canada) to Nineteen Letters (Jodi Perry) to Sphere and translation rights in Germany. HarperCollins has sold Dutch rights to Levi’s War (Julie Thomas) to VBK Media.
Nonfiction—Allen & Unwin has sold German-language and Dutch-language rights to Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis (George Jelinek) to Narayana Verlag and Dutch OMS Forum, respectively. Black Inc. has sold simplified Chinese-language rights to Mental: Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know about Mental Health (Steve Ellen & Catherine Deveny) to China Renmin University Press in a pre-empt. (See news.) HarperCollins has sold complex Chinese-language rights to Complete Self-Help for Your Nerves (Claire Weekes) to Longstone Publishing Co. Ltd.; simplified Chinese-language rights to Complete Self-Help for Your Nerves, Peace from Nerves and Suffering and Self-Help for Your Nerves (all Claire Weekes) to Sunshine Media; simplified Chinese-language rights to Ghost Empire (Richard Fidler) to Yeeyan, W.E. Time DigiTech Ltd.; world audio rights to Rev Head (Shane Jacobson) to Bolinda; and ANZ audio rights to Saga Land (Richard Fidler) to Bolinda. Peggy Boulos Smith at Writers House has sold Commonwealth rights (ex-ANZ) First, We Make the Beast Beautiful (Sarah Wilson) to Transworld UK. (See news.)
Children’s—HarperCollins has sold Spanish rights to Diary of a Wombat (Jackie French & Bruce Whatley) to Ediciones Castillo S.A. de C.V; non-dramatic (straight) reading rights to Millie Loves Ants (Jackie French & Sue deGennaro) to ABC Enterprises; world audio rights to books one to eight in the ‘Truly Tan’ series (Jen Storer) to Bolinda; and non-dramatic (straight) reading rights to Goodnight, Mice! (Frances Watts & Judy Watson) to ABC Enterprises. Scholastic has sold French Canadian rights to the following titles: books one to three in the ‘Countdown to Danger’ series (Jack Heath); books one to three in the ‘Pixel Raiders’ series (Bajo + Hex, illus by Chris Kennett); books one to three in ‘The Seven Signs’ series (Michael Adams); Twinkle (Nick Bland); Pig the Elf (Aaron Blabey); The Bad Guys: Episode 3 and The Bad Guys: Episode 4 (both Aaron Blabey); and The Fabulous Friend Machine (Nick Bland). Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary Management has sold US rights to The Boundless Sublime (Lili Wilkinson) to Switch Press. (See news.)
Acquisitions
Fiction—Hachette has acquired ANZ rights to A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising (Raymond A Villareal); and world rights to two new titles in the ‘Heart of the City’ series (C J Duggan). Fox Searchlight has acquired the film option to Two Steps Forward (Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist, see news).
Nonfiction—Hachette has acquired world rights to Best of the Best (Nikon / Surfing Australia); world rights to The Essence of You and Me (Kate and Barney Miller); world rights to The Complete Desserts Cookbook (Adriano Zumbo); world rights to Totally Buf: Your 6 Week Guide to Becoming Beautiful, Unstoppable and Fearless (Libby Babet & the BUF Girls); ANZ rights to You’re Not That Great (But Neither is Anyone Else) (Elan Gale); and world rights to The Keto Diet (Scott Gooding).
Children’s—Hachette has acquired world rights to The Patchwork Sky (Maxine Beneba Clarke & Van T Rudd); world rights to Inga Simpson’s first picture book The Peach King; and world rights to Amazing Australian Women (Pamela Freeman). Little Pink Dog Books has acquired world rights to See Monkey (Sophie Masson, illus by Kathy Creamer).
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