Friday, 2 October 2020
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights to ‘feminist handbook’ So Let’s Unpack That by reality television star Abbie Chatfield, via her management, Stage Addiction. With the acronym ‘SLUT’, Chatfield’s book...

Thursday, 1 October 2020
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Indigenous academic, writer and media commentator Amy Thunig’s first book, Tell Me Again. UQP said the collection of essays...

Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Pan Macmillan has acquired ANZ rights to The Most Important Job in the World by journalist Gina Rushton. The book, a blend of reportage, memoir and essay exploring ‘the most pressing...

Thursday, 24 September 2020
NewSouth Publishing has acquired world rights to Sydney writer Eda Gunaydin’s debut nonfiction collection. Provisionally titled Root and Branch, the collection explores race, class, gender and violence and Turkish diaspora. The publisher...

Thursday, 17 September 2020
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to journalist Emma Alberici’s memoir Rewrite the Story. Interweaving her life as a first generation Australian and her career in journalism with an...

Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to The Nazis Knew My Name, Maya Lee's biography of her mother, Australian–Slovakian Auschwitz survivor Magda Hellinger. Lee's book is based on...

Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to 2020 Calibre Prize winner Yves Rees’ memoir via Jacinta di Mase, following a five-way auction. All About Yves: Notes from a...

Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights to Mel Hoffman’s memoir Full Credit to the Boys. Described by the publisher as 'a critical and often hilarious examination of gender in professional...

Thursday, 3 September 2020
UQP has acquired world rights to Black Witness: The power of Indigenous media, an updated collection of Darumbal and South Sea Islander journalist Amy McQuire's work. McQuire has been reporting...

Tuesday, 1 September 2020
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights No Apologies, a memoir by former elite netballer and current All-Australian AFLW player Sharni Layton. In 2016 Layton was named International Netball Player of...

Friday, 28 August 2020
UQP has acquired My Brother Ben, the second novel for children by Peter Carnavas. ‘Offering a rich narrative that centres on sibling relationships, the story follows brothers Luke and Ben...

Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Affirm Press has acquired Pip Williams' second novel The Bookbinder of Jericho, set in the same world as her bestselling debut The Dictionary of Lost Words. The Bookbinder of Jericho...

Monday, 24 August 2020
Small Spaces (Sarah Epstein, Walker Books) has been optioned for film by Triptych Pictures and US producer Rebecca Green via Alex Adsett. Triptych produced feature film The Babadook and TV...