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Ultimo acquires Ash’s Mantle

Photo of writer Romy Ash in blue shirt. Thursday, 30 October 2025
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to novelist Romy Ash’s new work, Mantle, in a deal brokered by Michaela McGuire of a4 Literary. Mantle is a literary eco-thriller set in...

Bakers Lane Books acquires McGuinness YA novel

A photograph of Bryony McGuinness standing front of a curtain. She has black hair and is smiling. Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to Violet Town, a young adult novel by Bryony McGuinness. Violet Town follows Cate Hawkins, a longstanding resident of Hickory’s Orphanage, as she...

A&U acquires Stroud’s “The Angry Wives Club”

Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to The Angry Wives Club, a novel by Gabbie Stroud. The Angry Wives Club follows three women “quietly planning a revolution”, said the...

Upswell acquires Curtin novel

Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to Six Days by Amanda Curtin. “Six Days creates a character in Daniel, an expat Australian who has lived in Paris for longer than anywhere...

HarperCollins acquires Crowe’s nonfiction work

A photo of Ben Crowe. He stands in front of a black brick wall. He wears glasses and a white jumper. Tuesday, 28 October 2025
HarperCollins has acquired Australian rights to Where the Light Gets In, a nonfiction book by Ben Crowe. Where the Light Gets In, a book about personal growth, “explains how 9...

Hardie Grant acquires Joyce memoir

A photo of Alan Joyce smiling. He is wearing a suit and glasses. Monday, 27 October 2025
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce’s memoir, in a deal brokered by Robert Joske at Robert Joske Management. Joyce “will take a reflective...

Flame Tree acquires new Bacon anthology

A portrait of Eugen Bacon, an African Australian woman wearing a red dress and standing between two trees Wednesday, 22 October 2025
UK-based publisher Flame Tree Publishing has acquired world rights to Sauuti Terrors, two speculative fiction anthologies co-edited by Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S Ntumy, in a deal brokered...

UQP acquires new Prosser novel

a portrait of Jordan Prosser Tuesday, 21 October 2025
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights for Blue Giant by writer and filmmaker Jordan Prosser. The novel centres on disillusioned Melburnian millennial Abby Horne. “Abby once believed...

Murdoch acquires King nonfiction

A portrait of Madonna King, a woman with long red hair wearing a fuchsia blouse. Monday, 20 October 2025
Murdoch Books has acquired world rights to Screen Wise by Madonna King. Screen Wise will address screen time and online safety, “the biggest issue facing parents today”, said the publisher....

Ventura Press acquires Fitzsimmons’s debut crime novel

An image of Whitney Fitzsimmons. Thursday, 16 October 2025
Ventura Press has acquired world rights to The Rising, a gripping police procedural crime novel by journalist Whitney Fitzsimmons. The Rising follows journalist Bec Carter, who finds the bones of...

A&U acquires Legge’s memoir

An image of Kate Legge. She sits at a table with her head leaning on her fist. Thursday, 16 October 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world English rights to Delicious, a memoir “celebrating food and friendship” by author and journalist Kate Legge. According to the publisher, Delicious: Stories of Cooking, Love...

‘17 Years Later’ to be adapted for TV 

the book cover of 17 years later, featuring an image of a large house behind tall gates Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Bruna Papandera and Made Up Stories have acquired television rights to JP Pomare’s novel 17 Years Later (Hachette, 2024). The adaptation will be directed and executive-produced by John Polson (Elementary),...

Transit Lounge acquires Hawthorn’s next novel

An image of Sarah Hawthorn. Sarah stands in front of a fence and greenery. Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to High Land, a novel by Sarah Hawthorn, via Sally Bird at Calidris Literary Agency. According to the publisher, High Land follows Annie, who...

Scribe acquires Woollett nonfiction debut

a portrait of Laura Elizabeth Wollett. She has long black hair and red lipstick Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Scribe has acquired world rights to Hell Days, Laura Elizabeth Woollett’s nonfiction debut. Blending memoir, true crime, medical research, interviews, and cultural analysis, Hell Days investigates premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a hormonal...

Riveted Press acquires Hargreaves’s middle-grade fantasy trilogy

A portrait of Cody Hargreaves. Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Riveted Press has acquired world rights to middle-grade fantasy trilogy The Sterling Brothers by debut author Cody Hargreaves. The first instalment, The Ostrich Dilemma, features estranged twin brothers who must overcome their lifelong...

PRH acquires Timms’s debut crime novel

A portrait of Nicolas Timms standing in front of a brick wall. Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to The Lineup, a crime fiction debut by Nicholas Timms. PRH commercial fiction publisher Beverley Cousins acquired the novel via Daniel...

Affirm acquires Lewis’s debut nonfiction

A portrait of Bron Lewis. She is a red-haired woman wearing a green sequined dress Monday, 13 October 2025
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to I’m Not Mad (Anymore), a debut piece of nonfiction from Bron Lewis, in a deal brokered by Bec Sutherland of Jubilee St Management....

Melbourne Books acquires Buckrich history

A portrait of Judith Buckrich. She is a blonde woman with pale skin and glasses Monday, 13 October 2025
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Fitzroy North: People, Place, Protest by Judith Buckrich. “[Beginning with] the local Aboriginal communities prior to European colonisation, Fitzroy North: People, Place and Protest reveals...

Bakers Lane Books acquires McLean’s nonfiction

A profile image of Robert McLean. Thursday, 9 October 2025
Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to The Town Like No Other by Robert McLean. The Town Like No Other tells the story of Broken Hill, a ‘world-class mining centre that...

A&U acquires Bailey’s sixth novel

Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Click, the sixth novel from Sarah Bailey, in a deal brokered by Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management. ‘Click is a taut...

HarperCollins acquires new Heyman fiction

A portrait of Kathryn Heyman. She is wearing a black shirt and smiling. Wednesday, 8 October 2025
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Circle of Wonders, a novel by Kathryn Heyman. The novel follows Roni over the course of a lunar month. ‘Roni has lived with breast...

Ventura acquires Simon debut novel

Monday, 6 October 2025
Ventura Press has acquired world rights to Susan Simon’s debut novel The Secrets of St Jude’s, a ‘private school noir and commercial thriller’. The Secrets of St Jude’s follows the story...

Magabala Books acquires Cusack new adult debut

Thursday, 2 October 2025
Magabala Books has acquired world rights to The Dangers of Just One Person, a ‘funny, queer, regional’ novel by Skye Cusack. The novel ‘follows the intertwined stories of two young,...

A&U acquires Bagwell’s memoir

A portrait of Sheryle Bagwell Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world English rights to Letter from Provence by Sheryle Bagwell, via Margaret Connolly and Associates. In the memoir, Bagwell recounts buying a stone house...

PRH acquires Wilson’s ‘I Eat the Stars’

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World by Sarah Wilson. I Eat the Stars is a guide...

Ventura acquires Carrick debut fiction

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Ventura Press has acquired world rights to Brigid Carrick’s debut commercial fiction, The Belfast Express. Set in Dublin during the 1970s, The Belfast Express is described by the publisher as...

 

 

 

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