PRH acquires Seaborn debut in two-book deal
Monday, 15 August 2022
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to Jessica Seaborn’s debut ‘anti-romcom’ novel Perfect-ish, in a two-book deal via Caitlan Cooper-Trent at Curtis Brown. PRH described Perfect-ish as a...
Caro’s ‘The Mother’ optioned for film
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Film rights for Jane Caro’s first novel for adults, The Mother (A&U), have been optioned by New Town Films in a deal negotiated by Jacinta di Mase of Jacinta di...
UQP acquires Taylor debut ‘Flinch’
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
UQP has acquired world rights to debut novel Flinch by 2022 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize winner Saraid Taylor. A coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of elite sport and...
Ultimo acquires Kalagian Blunt thriller ‘Dark Mode’
Thursday, 4 August 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights for Ashley Kalagian Blunt’s thriller Dark Mode, in a deal brokered by Pippa Masson from Curtis Brown. Described by the publisher as ‘compulsive and...
‘Grimmish’ sells to UK, North America
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary, on behalf of Puncher & Wattmann, has sold UK and US rights at auction to Michael Winkler’s debut novel Grimmish, in a co-publishing deal between...
UQP acquires Wagan Watson short story collection
Friday, 29 July 2022
UQP has acquired world rights to poet Samuel Wagan Watson's first short story collection, New and Used Ghosts. The collection of ghost stories interrogates and celebrates myth, legend and secrets...
Transit Lounge acquires Shirm’s ‘The Crying Room’
Thursday, 28 July 2022
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Gretchen Shirm's second novel The Crying Room, via Jane Novak Literary Agency. ‘It is hard to think of a novel more deeply sensitive and...
Kenwood’s ‘Unnecessary Drama’ sells to US
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Text has sold North American rights to Nina Kenwood’s second YA novel Unnecessary Drama to Sarah Barley at Flatiron Books, in a deal brokered by David Forrer at Inkwell Management....
UQP acquires inaugural Kathryn Heyman Mentorship Award–winning novel
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
UQP has acquired world rights to the debut novel Roseghetto by Kirsty Jagger, inaugural recipient of the Kathryn Heyman Mentorship Award for a writer from a background of social and...
A&U acquires Lim middle-grade novel
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ, Oceania and non-exclusive Asia rights to a new middle-grade novel by Rebecca Lim, Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky, via the Annabel Barker...
Affirm acquires two Robinson novels
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to two new novels by Alice Robinson. The first title, Blueshifts, is a literary/speculative fiction novel set both 100 years into the future and...
HarperCollins acquires two crime novels by Lando
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to two novels by Veronica Lando, via Benjamin Paz at Curtis Brown. The first book, The Drowning Girls, is a ‘darkly absorbing’ mystery set in...
Ultimo acquires debut novel ‘Higher Education’
Friday, 15 July 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to debut novel Higher Education by Kira McPherson, in a deal brokered by Cara Lee Simpson from UK-based agency Peters Fraser + Dunlop. According...
Affirm acquires Barron debut novel ‘Golden Days’
Thursday, 14 July 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Golden Days, the debut novel by Aotearoa New Zealand author Caroline Barron, via Nadine Rubin Nathan of High Spot Literary. Described by the...
S&S acquires MAFS star Robinson’s memoir
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to the memoir of lifestyle personality, businesswoman and podcaster Jules Robinson. Robinson rose to fame following her appearance on Married at...
Hachette acquires Dunn debut novel
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to Dirt Poor Islanders, the debut novel by Winnie Dunn. Dirt Poor Islanders explores growing up in a blended Tongan family in Western Sydney...
HarperCollins acquires Mordue novel, second Cave biography
Friday, 1 July 2022
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to two books by Mark Mordue: a sequel to Boy on Fire, the first volume of Mordue's biography of Nick Cave, published by HarperCollins in...
Adsett acquires The Authors’ Agent
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Alex Adsett Literary will acquire The Authors’ Agent from Brian Cook, effective from 1 July. Cook, who will stay with the agency for a 12-month transition period before retiring, said...
THWUP, Giramondo acquire new Adam novel
Thursday, 23 June 2022
Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary has sold ANZ rights to Audition, the fourth novel from Ockham Award-winning New Zealand author Pip Adam. NZ rights went to Adam's longstanding publisher Te...
PRH acquires Madabushi debut ‘The Days Toppled Over’
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to The Days Toppled Over, the debut novel by Vidya Madabushi, in 'a competitive auction' managed by Rach Crawford at Wolf...
S&S acquires Alexander health titles in three-book deal
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has announced the acquisition of world rights to three health titles by health expert Preeya Alexander. Alexander is a practising GP based in Melbourne. Her...
New Craig novel ‘Wall’ sells to US
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary has sold US rights to Sydney author Jen Craig's third novel Wall to Zerogram Press. The narrator of Wall is a London-based Australian visual artist (with 'a...
Pantera acquires new Awad novel
Thursday, 9 June 2022
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to the novel Let Me Know When We Get There by Amal Awad, via Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown. Described by the publisher as...
Black Inc. announces ‘Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia’
Friday, 3 June 2022
Black Inc. has announced the latest addition to its ‘Growing Up’ nonfiction anthology series, Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia, to be edited by author and public servant Samantha Faulkner....
PRH to publish Rutledge debut novel
Thursday, 2 June 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to A Man and His Pride, a commercial fiction title by debut novelist Luke Rutledge, via Melanie Ostell Literary. PRH describes...
Black Inc. acquires Beeston memoir ‘Because I am Not Myself, You See’
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Black Inc. has acquired ANZ print, audio and ebook rights to the memoir Because I am Not Myself, You See by Ariane Beeston via Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. Described...
HarperCollins acquires Harrison’s ‘The Visitors’
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to the novel The Visitors by Jane Harrison, in 'a highly competitive auction' brokered by Danielle Binks of Jacinta di Mase Management Literary Agency....
Transit Lounge acquires Meehan historical novel ‘An Ungrateful Instrument’
Monday, 30 May 2022
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to the novel An Ungrateful Instrument by Michael Meehan, in a deal brokered by Jeanne Ryckmans at Cameron’s Management. An Ungrateful Instrument is Meehan’s...
Lui acquires first three books for Joan imprint
Wednesday, 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’
Tuesday, 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...
