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Allen & Unwin acquires Charlotte Guest’s debut “The Kookaburra”

Monday, 3 August 2026    Books+Publishing
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Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to The Kookaburra, a debut novel by Charlotte Guest, in a 5-way auction brokered by Rebecca Slater of a4 Literary. Rights for The Kookaburra have been pre-empted in the US by Simon & Schuster, Germany by Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch and The...

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