Lui acquires first three books for Joan imprint
25 May 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has announced the first three titles to be published under its new Nakkiah Lui-curated Joan imprint, acquiring ANZ rights to debuts by Brooke Boney, Sarah Firth...
A&U acquires Gray debut novel ‘Green Dot’
24 May 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to the novel Green Dot by Madeleine Gray, in a pre-empt deal brokered by Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary. UK rights...
Affirm Press acquires Swindell fiction debut
20 May 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to comedian Carolyn Swindell's debut novel We Only Want What’s Best, via Sandy Wagner Creative Agents. Described by the publisher as 'a tense examination...
‘In the Clearing’ to become Disney+ drama series
18 May 2022
A series adaptation of In the Clearing by J P Pomare (Hachette) has been acquired by Disney for its streaming service Disney+. Pomare's 2019 novel is a fictionalised account of...
UQP acquires Saleh debut poetry collection
18 May 2022
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to the debut poetry collection The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazel el-Banat by Arab-Australian writer and activist Sara M Saleh. Described...
McTiernan’s ‘The Murder Rule’ optioned for screen
12 May 2022
Dervla McTiernan's fourth crime novel The Murder Rule (HarperCollins) has been optioned for screen by Disney's FX, in a deal brokered by Shane Salerno of The Story Factory. The Murder...
Black Inc. sells ‘The Successor’ to North America
6 May 2022
Black Inc. has sold North American rights to The Successor: The high-stakes life of Lachlan Murdoch by Paddy Manning to Canadian nonfiction publisher Sutherland House after a two-way auction. Described...
Hachette acquires Rolfe YA graphic novel
5 May 2022
Hachette Australia has acquired Get Your Story Straight, the debut YA graphic novel by Melbourne-based author and illustrator Briar Rolfe. The deal was brokered by Hachette head of children’s publishing Jeanmarie...
Pantera acquires Madigan book on stalking
4 May 2022
Pantera Press has acquired world rights for Obsession: The psychology of stalking by journalist Nicole Madigan, from Jeanne Ryckmans at Cameron's Management. In Obsession, Madigan tells the story of how...
UQP acquires van Neerven nonfiction book on sport
21 April 2022
UQP has acquired world rights to Personal Score, the first work of nonfiction by writer and poet Ellen van Neerven. Described by the publisher as a ‘groundbreaking look at sport...
‘Nevermoor’ to be adapted as musical film
19 April 2022
Jessica Townsend's 2017 middle-grade novel Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Lothian) has been acquired by Paramount Pictures to be adapated as a film musical, reports Deadline. The musical adaptation...
Walker aquires Foster, Gordon middle-grade novel
13 April 2022
Walker Books Australia has acquired world rights to Small Acts, a middle-grade novel by neurodiverse authors Kate Foster and Kate Gordon. Described by the publisher as 'a gentle tale that...
HarperCollins announces Barty publishing program
12 April 2022
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to two children’s series and a memoir by Australian tennis player Ash Barty, in a deal brokered by Barty’s management team, HarperCollins head of nonfiction...
HarperCollins acquires Dalgarno novel
7 April 2022
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to Paul Dalgarno's second novel A Country of Eternal Light, in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. Described by the publisher as...
Storytorch acquires Pierlot nonfiction picture book
5 April 2022
Storytorch Press has acquired world rights to nonfiction picture book What Will You Make Today? by Canberra-based author and playwright Maura Pierlot. To be illustrated by Triandhika Anjani, What Will...
HarperCollins acquires debut novel after ‘heated’ auction
1 April 2022
HarperCollins Publishers Australia has acquired ANZ rights to the novel The Heart is a Star by Megan Rogers after a 'heated' auction, in a deal brokered by Benython Oldfield of...
Pung’s ‘Laurinda’ optioned for TV
31 March 2022
Development and production rights to Alice Pung’s YA novel Laurinda have been acquired by production company EQ Media, in a deal negotiated by Sophy Williams at Black Inc. EQ Media...
Hardie Grant acquires Firebrace’s ‘Come Together’
31 March 2022
Hardie Grant has acquired world print and ebook rights to children’s picture book Come Together: Things every Aussie kid should know about the First Peoples by musician and Yorta Yorta,...
A&U acquires Yong debut YA novel
30 March 2022
Allen & Unwin has acquired ANZ rights to Sydney author Leanne Yong’s debut young adult novel Two Can Play that Game, in a deal brokered by Andrea Cascardi of Transatlantic...
Puncher & Wattmann acquires ‘Grimmish’
24 March 2022
Puncher & Wattmann has acquired world rights to Michael Winkler's previously self-published book Grimmish in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. Described by Shaw as a 'cult...
Storytorch acquires Godwin environmental picture book
22 March 2022
Storytorch Press has acquired world rights to Nicole Godwin's picture book Bower Bob, which explores the harm plastic has on native birdlife. Godwin is a children’s author known for her...
UQP acquires Sakr poetry collection
21 March 2022
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired Non-Essential Work, the third poetry collection by Sydney-based Arab Australian poet Omar Sakr. UQP says Sakr's 'much-anticipated' follow-up to his 2019 collection The...
Walker Books acquires four titles from Sewankambo
16 March 2022
Walker Books Australia has acquired world rights to the picture book First There Was Me, Then There Was You by Yvonne Sewankambo, in a four-book deal via Sarah McKenzie at...
HarperCollins acquires Blurton memoir
15 March 2022
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to The Bachelorette star Brooke Blurton's memoir Big Love, in a publishing deal across all editions including audio. Blurton is also collaborating with Bigambul and Wakka...
MacLehose Press acquires two new Papathanasiou novels
10 March 2022
MacLehose Press, an imprint of Hachette-owned UK publisher Quercus, has acquired world rights to two new novels by Peter Papathanasiou in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary....
A&U acquires trans and gender diverse anthology
9 March 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to the anthology Nothing to Hide: Voices of trans and gender diverse Australia. Edited by Sam Elkin, Alex Gallagher, Yves Rees and...
A&U acquires Kostakis YA novel
9 March 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to a new novel by YA author Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something. The queer contemporary YA novel is, according to the publisher,...
Black Inc. acquires second Blaine book
8 March 2022
Black Inc. has acquired ANZ rights to Australian Gospel, the second work of nonfiction by Lech Blaine, via Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. In 1983, a three-year-old boy named Elijah is...
HarperCollins acquires Cheers illustrated nonfiction guide
4 March 2022
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to The New Rulebook, a work of illustrated nonfiction by psychologist and educator Chris Cheers. Cheers gained thousands of Instagram followers during the rolling Melbourne...
UQP acquires two more books from Thompson
2 March 2022
UQP has acquired world rights to two new books by Aboriginal (pakana) author Adam Thompson. The first book, a novel set in Launceston and focused on pakana man Rusty, ‘a...
