UQP acquires Tim Loveday’s “your father was a bastard”
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to your father was a bastard, the debut poetry collection by Naarm-based poet and academic Tim Loveday. According to the publisher,...
A&U acquires artist biography by Andrew Bailey
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this article contains the name of a deceased person. Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to the nonfiction title...
A&U acquires Split Enz history
Thursday, 4 June 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Split Enz: An Adventure in Music and Design, the official history of the band Split Enz by Noel Crombie and Michael...
S&S acquires Kieran Kennedy’s “This Explains Everything”
Wednesday, 3 June 2026
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired This Explains Everything: A Psychiatrist’s Guide to Navigating Adult ADHD by psychiatrist Kieran Kennedy. According to the publisher, the book draws on the...
“Gather Up Your World in One Long Breath” sells to France
Tuesday, 2 June 2026
French language rights for S Shakthidharan’s memoir, Gather Up Your World in One Long Breath (Powerhouse Publishing), have been sold to Le Bruit du Monde. Le Bruit du Monde CEO Marie-Pierre...
Allen & Unwin acquires Evonne Goolagong Cawley memoir
Tuesday, 2 June 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Only Ever Evonne by Evonne Goolagong Cawley. In the memoir, Goolagong Cawley shares memories of her childhood in Barellan, where she grew...
Allen & Unwin acquires Zoe Foster Blake’s “Group Chat”
Monday, 1 June 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Group Chat by Zoë Foster Blake, in a deal brokered by Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown. Described by the publisher as “part...
Pantera Press acquires “The Curator” by Jonathan Butler
Monday, 1 June 2026
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to “gripping true crime investigation” The Curator by Jonathan Butler. Part murder mystery, part queer history, and part portrait of Melbourne’s art world, the...
Simon & Schuster acquires Vasiliou’s “Better Man”
Thursday, 28 May 2026
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to Better Man by Ben Vasiliou, in a deal negotiated by Daniel Pilkington of The Pilkington Agency. The “practical guide to...
Pink Shorts Press acquires Ball’s “A Map and Other Parts”
Thursday, 28 May 2026
Pink Shorts Press has acquired world rights to Timmah Ball’s A Map and Other Parts. The publisher described the work as “a poetic interrogation of Australia’s relationship with the built...
Simon & Schuster acquires three Hammer novels
Thursday, 28 May 2026
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) imprint Summit Books has acquired ANZ rights to 3 novels by Chris Hammer from Grace Heifetz at a4 Literary, with UK rights sold to Rachel...
Allen & Unwin acquires Wills’s “Dopamining”
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
Allen and Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Dopamining by Samantha Wills, via Samuel Bernard at Zeitgeist Agency. Part memoir and part cultural commentary, Dopamining examines “how we became...
Riveted Press acquires Sandhu middle-grade fiction
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
Riveted Press has acquired world rights to Khet and the Medallion of Ra by Jo Sandhu, via a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Queensland pitch event. The...
Allen & Unwin acquires James’s “The Wreck”
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to crime novel The Wreck by Riley James in a deal brokered by Caitlan Cooper-Trent of Curtis Brown Australia. In 1998, researchers...
“Hoods Landing” sells to Pushkin Press
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Āporo Press has announced the sale of world all language rights (ex Aotearoa NZ in English and te reo Māori) to Hoods Landing by Laura Vincent to Pushkin Press, in...
RWAG acquires “The Weight of Witness”
Monday, 25 May 2026
Readers and Writers Against the Genocide (RWAG) has acquired the anthology The Weight of Witness: The experiences of Australian and New Zealand medics in Gaza. The collection of essays about...
Christmas Press acquires Brett’s “The Medusa Problem”
Thursday, 21 May 2026
Christmas Press has acquired world rights to The Medusa Problem, a middle-grade novel by Doris Brett, via Debbie Golvan of Golvan Arts Management. The Medusa Problem is a fantasy adventure...
Allen & Unwin acquires Knight nonfiction
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to The Most Interesting People You’ve Never Heard Of by Riley Knight, via Florence Dodd at WME Agency. According to A&U, the book “brings...
HarperCollins acquires third Ringland novel
Monday, 18 May 2026
HarperCollins Australia has acquired The World Beneath Her Feet, the third novel by Holly Ringland. The World Beneath Her Feet tells the story of Maggie Byrd, a woman in her...
Allen & Unwin acquires Ryan’s “Eleven”
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Eleven: We Burn Them in the Sun by Christian Ryan. The narrative nonfiction title about cricket is “a hugely creative work...
PRH acquires Leighton-Dore YA graphic novel
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired “delightful new coming-of-age graphic novel” Willy by Samuel Leighton-Dore, illustrated by Jack Grayson. The title will also be developed as an animated series...
Bakers Lane acquires Craig’s “Flying Hearts”
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to YA verse novel Flying Hearts by Rico Craig. Flying Hearts “celebrates teen friendship and love, as four teenagers – Telly, Karr, Ahmad...
UWA Publishing acquires Sniff Squad series
Monday, 11 May 2026
UWA Publishing has acquired world rights to the 4-book series Sniff Squad by Tasmanian author Nic Gill, via Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. Inspired by real-life working dogs, the series will...
Transit Lounge acquires Myles’s “Hereafter”
Thursday, 7 May 2026
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Sarah Myles’s third novel, Hereafter. Hereafter is “a remarkable novel that deftly explores themes of grief, trust, home and borders”, the publisher said....
Wakefield acquires Lenoir-Jourdan’s “Saltblood”
Wednesday, 6 May 2026
Wakefield Press has acquired ANZ rights to the debut YA novel Saltblood by Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan, via Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. Described by the publisher as “Puberty Blues meets Looking...
A&U acquires “Twelve Months to Financial Freedom”
Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Twelve Months to Financial Freedom: Take Control of Your Money One Month at a Time by Canna Campbell and Michael Thompson, via Catherine...
A&U acquires Knox’s “The Second Child”
Monday, 4 May 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Malcolm Knox’s The Second Child, in a deal brokered by Jane Novak of Jane Novak Literary Agency. Following on from Knox’s...
A&U acquires Barry’s “The Big Steal”
Thursday, 30 April 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to nonfiction title The Big Steal by journalist Paul Barry, direct from the author. The Big Steal recounts the story of Sanjeev...
ASA/HQ Fiction Prize 2026 shortlist announced
Thursday, 30 April 2026
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and HarperCollins publishing division HQ have announced the shortlist for the 2026 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted works, chosen from...
Affirm Press acquires Byrt’s “Dying Days”
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Simon & Schuster imprint Affirm Press has acquired world rights to spy novel Dying Days by Aotearoa New Zealand author Anthony Byrt, via Nadine Rubin Nathan at High Spot Literary. Dying...
