Rights round-up

Sales

Fiction—Black Inc. has sold world audio rights to The Unexpected Education of Emily Dean (Mira Robertson) to Wavesound. Brow Books has sold world rights to The Town (Shaun Prescott) to Faber. (See news.)

Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold world English-language (ex ANZ) rights to Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World (Andrew Leigh) to Yale University Press; and world audio rights to Buddhism for the Unbelievably Busy (Meshel Laurie) to Audible.

Children’s—Hardie Grant Egmont has sold UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ and Canada) rights to Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds (Jeremy Lachlan) in a pre-empt to Egmont UK. (See news.) Scholastic has sold German rights to Ella Diaries: I Heart Pets and Ella Diaries: Dreams Come True (Meredith Costain & Danielle McDonald); English-language rights in Asia to Busting! (Aaron Blabey); Canadian rights to The Very Sleepy Bear (Nick Bland); Canadian rights to Feathers (Phil Cummings & Phil Lesnie); Brazilian Portuguese rights to The Very Noisy Bear and The Very Sleepy Bear (Nick Bland); US rights to We’re Going on a Santa Hunt (Laine Mitchell & Louis Shea); French Canadian rights to The Bad Guys: Episode 5 (Aaron Blabey); French Canadian rights to The Very Sleepy Bear (Nick Bland); and Brazilian Portuguese rights to The Bad Guys: Episode 3 (Aaron Blabey).

Acquisitions

Fiction—Echo has acquired world rights to The Way Things Should Be (Bridie Jabour) via Jeanne Ryckmans at The Cameron Creswell Agency. (See news.) MidnightSun has acquired world rights to Beneath the Mother Tree (D M Cameron, see news).

Nonfiction— Hardie Grant has acquired world rights to The Zero F*cks Cookbook: Best Food Least Effort (Yumi Stynes, see news). Scribe has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Go There: The Art of Talking about Hard Things (Anna Sale, see news). Spinifex has acquired world rights to Adani: Following the Dirty Footsteps (Lindsay Simpson) for publication in 2018.

Children’s—Allen & Unwin has acquired world rights to Our Little Inventor (Sher Rill Ng) via Danielle Binks at Jacinta di Mase Management. (See news.) Pan Macmillan has acquired ANZ rights to Maisie (Jenna Guillaume) in a two-book deal via Danielle Binks at Jacinta di Mase Management. (See news.)

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