Rights round-up
Sales
Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold the following rights to The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose): Hebrew rights to Modan Publishing House; Korean rights to Hankyoreh; and Greek rights to Psichogios Publications.
Nonfiction—Black Inc. has sold Polish rights to It’s Alive: Artificial Intelligence from the Logic Piano to Killer Robots (Toby Walsh) to Polskie Wydawnicto Naukowe via Graal Agency. Pantera Press has sold world audio rights to Warren Mundine in Black and White (Nyunggai Warren Mundine) to Audible.
Children’s—Black Inc. has sold UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to Laurinda (Alice Pung) to Legend Press. Hardie Grant Egmont has sold simplified Chinese rights to Why I Love Australia, Colours of Australia, Patterns of Australia, Shapes of Australia, The Amazing A to Z Thing, Kangaroo and Crocodile, and Possum and Wattle (all Bronwyn Bancroft); simplified Chinese rights to The Feather (Margaret Wild & Freya Blackwood); Estonian rights to Where is Bear? and Is Bear Here? (both Jonathan Bentley); Slovenian rights to Ginger Green Playdate Queen: The Fancy Friend and Ginger Green Playdate Queen: The Only Friend (both Kim Kane & Jon Davis); Slovenian rights to Hey Jack: The Bravest Kid and Hey Jack: The Worst Sleepover (both Sally Rippin); Slovenian rights to Go Girl: Flower Girl (Chrissie Perry) and Go Girl: Sleepover (Rowan McAuley); and audio rights to 10 titles in the ‘Billie B Brown’ classic series, all six titles in the ‘Billie Mystery’ series and all 20 titles in the ‘Hey Jack’ series. Scholastic has sold Spanish rights in Spain and Latin America to The Bad Guys: Episode One and The Bad Guys: Episode Two (both Aaron Blabey); Spanish rights in Spain and Latin America to The Octopuppy (Martin McKenna); simplified Chinese rights to Dear Dad (Ed Allen & Simon Williams); simplified Chinese rights to Dear Mum, I Love You (Ed Allen & Simon Williams); simplified Chinese rights to The Other Brother (Stephanie Thatcher); US and Canadian rights to Ducks Away (Mem Fox & Judy Horacek); and Canadian rights to Countdown to Danger: Deadly Heist (Jack Heath).
Acquisitions
Fiction—Wavesound has acquired UK and Commonwealth audio rights to Seven Types of Ambiguity (Elliot Perlman) from the Wylie Agency; ANZ audio rights to Decay Theory (Christian White) from Affirm Press; world audio rights to Stella & Margie (Glenna Thomson) from the Drummond Agency; world audio rights to How Bright Are All Things Here (Susan Green) from the Drummond Agency; world audio rights to If Wishes Were Horses and Six Ways to Sunset (both Karly Lane) from the Cameron Cresswell Agency; world audio rights to Between a Wolf and A Dog (Georgia Blain) from Curtis Brown; and ANZ audio rights to To Become a Whale (Ben Hobson) from the Naher Agency.
Nonfiction—Wavesound has acquired world audio rights to Thirsty: Confessions of a Fame Whore (Joel Creasey) from Simon & Schuster; ANZ audio rights to Aussie Aussie Aussie (Ben Pobjie) from Affirm Press; world audio rights to The Attachment (Ailsa Piper and Tony Doherty) from James Laurie Management; world audio rights to Sinning Across Spain (Ailsa Piper) from MUP; and world audio rights to Miller & Max: George Miller and the Making of a Film Legend (Luke Buckmaster) from Hardie Grant.
Category: Rights round-up