Allen & Unwin acquires Tanya Scott’s “Stillwater” follow-up “The Family Business”
Thursday, 6 August 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to The Family Business by Tanya Scott from Tom Gilliatt at a4 Literary. Beginning “some months after the conclusion of her debut...
Allen & Unwin acquires “Into the Valley” by Alex Miller
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to “emotionally masterful novel” Into the Valley by Alex Miller from the author. Into the Valley follows Andy, who moves to the...
Magabala acquires “Children of Crows” by Sharleigh Crittenden
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Magabala has acquired world rights to “powerful literary fiction novella” Children of Crows by Wiradjuri writer Sharleigh Crittenden, in a deal brokered by Rebecca Slater at a4 Literary. Magabala said...
Penguin Random House acquires children’s bird book by David Pocock and Jess Ward-Jones
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired world rights to a children’s book by Australian senator and former professional rugby union player David Pocock, written with ecologist Jess Ward-Jones. Currently...
Allen & Unwin acquires Charlotte Guest’s debut “The Kookaburra”
Monday, 3 August 2026
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...
Allen & Unwin acquires “The Vatican Files”
Thursday, 30 July 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to the nonfiction title The Vatican Files: Dark Money, Power and the Battle with America’s Right by Paola Totaro and Maria Antonietta...
Bundyi acquires first bilingual book: “ngurrumirgang ngarru” by Dhani Gilbert
Thursday, 30 July 2026
Simon & Schuster (S&S) imprint Bundyi Publishing has acquired world rights to the imprint’s first bilingual work, the children’s picture book ngurrumirgang ngarru, written and illustrated by Kalari Wiradyuri woman...
HQ acquires “The Confession” by E Brodie
Thursday, 30 July 2026
HQ has acquired world rights to The Confession by E Brodie, agented by Chloe Berry of The Berry Agency. A “gripping suspense novel set in 1980s small-town Australia”, The Confession...
UWA Publishing acquires Georgie Harriss autofiction “Perpetual Stew”
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
UWA Publishing has acquired world rights to Georgie Harriss’s literary novel Perpetual Stew, which was shortlisted for the Dorothy Hewett Award. UWA Publishing described the novel as “a grotty yet...
Wombat Books acquires Jess Horn’s “The Dandelion Wish Factory”
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
Wombat Books has acquired world rights to junior fiction novel The Dandelion Wish Factory by Jess Horn, to be illustrated by Lara Porter. The books takes readers “inside the wondrous...
Allen & Unwin acquires Joan Fleming’s debut novel “The Fig Book”
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Joan Fleming’s debut novel, The Fig Book, in a deal brokered by Alexandra Christie of Curtis Brown Australia. Christie also sold...
Allen & Unwin acquires “Bullyproof” by Matt Purcell
Thursday, 23 July 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Bullyproof by Matt Purcell. According to the publisher, Australia ranks as the second-worst country in the world for bullying, and Bullyproof...
Bakers Lane Books acquires “Alice Comes Home” by Helen M Jones
Thursday, 23 July 2026
Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to the novel Alice Comes Home by Helen M Jones. Told in a dual timeline, the novel follows 39-year-old artist Alice in the...
Wombat Books acquires debut picture book by AL Tait
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
Wombat Books has acquired world rights to Barnaby Percival Does Not Dress Up, the debut picture book by middle-grade author AL Tait, illustrated by Anke Noack. The book follows a...
Allen & Unwin acquires Sue Williams historical novel “Macarthur’s Daughters”
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired English language rights to the historical novel Macarthur’s Daughters by Sue Williams from Fiona Inglis at Curtis Brown. The novel takes as its subjects...
Allen & Unwin acquires debut romantasy trilogy by Claire Benson
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to the debut romantasy trilogy Sigils of Starlight by Claire Benson, via Daniel Pilkington at The Pilkington Agency. In Pillar of Ink,...
A&U acquires Mark Tedeschi’s “The Gentleman Bushranger”
Thursday, 9 July 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to the nonfiction title The Gentleman Bushranger: The True Story of Edward Davis, Australia’s Colonial Robin Hood by Mark Tedeschi. The Gentleman...
Hachette to publish CFMEU exposé by Nick McKenzie and Ben Schneiders
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to Building Bad, a work of investigative nonfiction by Nick McKenzie and Ben Schneiders. Building Bad focuses on the scandal surrounding the Construction, Forestry...
UQP acquires Dan Dixon debut
Thursday, 2 July 2026
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to The Department, the debut novel by writer and academic Dan Dixon. According to the publisher, The Department follows a narrator...
Transit Lounge acquires Jenny Ackland’s “NORA”
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to NORA, the fourth novel by author and podcaster Jenny Ackland, via the Jane Novak Literary Agency. Ackland, who lived and worked in Osaka...
Allen & Unwin acquires Lamble brothers’ “One More Step”
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Allen & Unwin has acquired ANZ rights to One More Step: The Art of Never Giving Up by Lachlan and Stefan Lamble, known collectively as the “Lambros”, from Chris Giannopoulos...
Upswell acquires Declan Fry’s “Fantasy Ransom”
Monday, 29 June 2026
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to Fantasy Ransom, the debut novel by Declan Fry, via Jenny Darling at Jenny Darling & Associates. Set against a backdrop of political unrest...
Upswell acquires Emily Ballou’s “Wait Here”
Thursday, 25 June 2026
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to Wait Here, a new volume of poems by Emily Ballou. A writer of poetry, fiction and screenplays, Ballou is the author of the...
Ultimo Press acquires SK Lynch crime novel
Thursday, 25 June 2026
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to SK Lynch’s novel Something He Did, via Alex Christie of Curtis Brown. Something He Did follows the story of Detective Claudia Russo, who...
Pink Shorts Press acquires Arantza Garcia Ferrand’s “Cotton-filled”
Thursday, 25 June 2026
Pink Shorts Press has acquired world rights to Cotton-filled, a memoir by Arantza Garcia Ferrand. The publisher describes the work as “an intimate coming-of-age memoir in images and words, inverting the colonial...
Allen & Unwin acquires Gyton Grantley’s “Il Dolce Fiasco”
Thursday, 25 June 2026
Allen & Unwin has acquired world rights to Il Dolce Fiasco by Gyton Grantley from Henrie Stride Management. La Dolce Fiasco tells “the inspiring and very funny story” of Grantley’s...
Pink Shorts Press acquires Lara Day’s “Abakada”
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Pink Shorts Press has acquired ANZ rights to Abakada, a memoir by Adelaide author Lara Day. The publisher describes Abakada as “an alphabetical memoir of country hopping and linguistic longing”....
Summit Books acquires Jonathan Biggins’s “Ocean’s 55+”
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Simon & Schuster imprint Summit Books Australia has acquired world rights to Ocean’s 55+, a cosy crime novel by actor, writer and comedian Jonathan Biggins. Described by the publisher as...
Holden Sheppard’s “Yeah the Boys” to be adapted for TV
Monday, 22 June 2026
Deadset Pictures has acquired the screen rights to Holden Sheppard’s novel Yeah the Boys in a deal brokered by Gaby Naher at the Naher Agency. The novel is a sequel to...
Upswell Publishing acquires Meera Atkinson poetry collection
Monday, 22 June 2026
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to the poetry collection Some Letters Take a Lifetime by Sydney-based writer Meera Atkinson. Meera Atkinson is the author of Map of Skin (Pink...
