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S&S acquires three titles by Heiss 

Author photograph of Anita Heiss Thursday, 14 March 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to three new books by Anita Heiss, via Tara Wynne of Curtis Brown Australia. The first book, which has the working...

Sort Of Books acquires UK rights to De Kretser novel 

Tuesday, 12 March 2024
UK independent publisher Sort Of Books has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to Michelle de Kretser’s forthcoming novel Theory & Practice, via Sarah Lutyens at Lutyens & Rubenstein....

Affirm acquires Hardy’s ‘Unbury the Dead’ 

Thursday, 7 March 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world English rights to Unbury the Dead, a debut adult crime novel from Fiona Hardy, via Jacinta di Mase and Danielle Binks at Jacinta di Mase...

Ultimo acquires Khurana’s ‘The Passenger Seat’ 

An author photograph of Vijay Khurana Tuesday, 5 March 2024
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Vijay Khurana’s debut novel, The Passenger Seat, in a three-way acquisition deal via Philip Gwyn Jones at Greyhound Literary. Described by the agent...

S&S acquires Rogers novel in three-book deal 

Thursday, 29 February 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to Matt Rogers’ novel The Forsaken in a three-book deal via Daniel Pilkington. The publisher said The Forsaken is the first...

HarperCollins acquires Gorman’s ‘Lost Pleasure’ 

Photograph of Alyx Gorman Thursday, 29 February 2024
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Lost Pleasure: Searching for the sex straight women are missing by Alyx Gorman. Gorman is the lifestyle editor of Guardian Australia and has been writing...

S&S acquires Garside memoir ‘The Good Fight’ 

An image of boxer Harry Garside applying a hand wrap Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to The Good Fight, a memoir by boxer Harry Garside. Garside rose to prominence following his bronze medal win at the...

Pantera acquires Lenton debut ‘Spite Pie’ 

Author photograph of Patrick Lenton with a greyhound dog Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to the debut novel Spite Pie by journalist and writer Patrick Lenton in a two-book deal brokered by Lou Johnson at Key People Literary...

Affirm Press sells screen rights to Funny Ethnics 

Funny Ethnics book cover, featuring an ibis holding a bubble tea drink while standing on top of a bin Thursday, 22 February 2024
Flying Bark Productions has optioned the screen rights to Shirley Le’s Funny Ethnics (Affirm), in a deal negotiated by Bold Type Agency on behalf of Affirm Press. The 2022 novel ‘catapults...

The Heart Is a Star screen option sold to Aquarius Films 

Thursday, 22 February 2024
The Heart Is a Star (Megan Rogers, HarperCollins) has been optioned by Aquarius Films, in a television deal negotiated by Zeitgeist Agency. The novel—Rogers’ debut—is ‘set predominantly in rugged Tasmania’,...

HarperCollins acquires Gardiner, Kumar cosy crime 

An image of authors Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar. Wednesday, 21 February 2024
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, a forthcoming cosy crime novel from Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar, via Danielle Binks and Jacinta di Mase of...

UQP acquires Behrendt novel 

An author photograph of Larissa Behrendt. Tuesday, 20 February 2024
UQP has acquired world rights to Alchemy, a new novel from Larissa Behrendt. Alchemy is described by UQP as ‘an intertwining story about the blurred lines between science and supernatural, the...

A&U acquires Beer middle-grade novel 

Photograph of Sophie Beer Monday, 19 February 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Thunderhead, a debut illustrated middle-grade novel by picture book author and illustrator Sophie Beer, via Annabel Barker at Annabel Barker Agency....

Ultimo acquires Holmes debut 

Thursday, 15 February 2024
Ultimo has acquired Commonwealth rights (ex Canada) to a debut novel from Gail Holmes, titled In the Margins. Calling Holmes ‘a remarkable new voice in historical fiction’, the publisher described...

Bundyi acquires Stan Grant memoir 

An author photograph of Stan Grant, pictured in front of a bookshelf Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) imprint Bundyi has announced that it has acquired world rights to A Song of Time, a memoir by author, media commentator and public intellectual Stan Grant....

Affirm acquires Micallef anthology 

Monday, 12 February 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Slivers, Shards and Skerricks, a comedy anthology from television personality and author Shaun Micallef. The publisher described Micallef’s forthcoming anthology as ‘a spectrum...

Larrikin acquires Betoota Advocate series 

Wednesday, 7 February 2024
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to an as-yet-untitled nonfiction series from satire publication the Betoota Advocate. The publisher said the series, which is for readers aged 8 to 12,...

Upswell sells Ekhō to Soft Skull Press 

Tuesday, 6 February 2024
Upswell Publishing has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Ekhō (Roslyn Orlando) to Soft Skull Press. The deal was brokered between Sophy Williams, publisher and international director at Black Inc....

A&U acquires Scolyer memoir 

Photograph of Richard Scolyer Monday, 29 January 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has announced it has acquired world rights to a memoir from Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer. Scolyer and Georgina Long, co–medical directors of the Sydney-based...

Ultimo acquires debut Evans novel 

An author photograph of Liz Evans Thursday, 25 January 2024
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Liz Evans’ debut novel, Catherine Wheel, via Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown in a two-book deal. The publisher described the book as 'a...

Hachette acquires Hampton, Daniher picture books 

A photograph of Taylor Hampton and Jacinta Daniher and their family in an outdoor environment Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Hachette has acquired world rights to two picture books celebrating First Nations culture by Taylor Hampton and Jacinta Daniher via Rochelle Fernandez at Alex Adsett Literary. According to the publisher,...

S&S acquires Aston’s ‘The Chairman’s Lounge’ 

An author photograph of Joe Aston Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to The Chairman’s Lounge, an ‘explosive work of narrative nonfiction’ with 'fresh interviews and revelations' about Qantas’s handling of the Covid-19...

HarperCollins acquires Dalgarno novel 

Photograph of Paul Dalgarno in front of a wooden fence Wednesday, 17 January 2024
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to The Travelling Library by Paul Dalgarno, in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. The Travelling Library is 'a tender coming-of-age story...

 

 

 

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