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Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Sales Fiction Zeitgeist Agency has sold Dutch-language rights to Below Deck (Sophie Hardcastle) to Uitgeverij Prometheus, and German-language rights to Kein & Aber. Hachette has sold German-language rights to The...

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Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Sales Fiction Jenny Darling & Associates has sold UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to The Weekend (Charlotte Wood, A&U, October) to Weidenfeld & Nicolson, and North American rights to Riverhead...

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Thursday, 14 March 2019
Sales Fiction Alex Adsett Literary Agency has sold the film option to three books in the ‘Daughters of the Outback’ trilogy (Dear Banjo, True Blue and Love Song, all Sasha...

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Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Sales Fiction Spinifex Press has sold Italian-language rights to The Screaming of the Innocent (Unity Dow) to Edizioni le Assassine, and Japanese-language rights to Eji Press. Natasha Solomun of The Rights...

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Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Sales Fiction HarperCollins has sold Japanese-language rights to White Tiger (Kylie Chan) to Babel Press; and German-language ebook rights to The Innocent Mage, Innocence Lost, Empress of Mijak, The Riven...

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Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Sales Fiction Giramondo has sold North American rights to Saudade (Suneeta Peres da Costa) to Adam Levy at Transit Books; simplified Chinese rights to The Swan Book (Alexis Wright) and Border Districts...

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Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Sales Fiction Brio Books has sold the film option to Rubik (Elizabeth Tan) to Photoplay (see news). Brian Cook at the Authors’ Agent has sold world rights to Trust Me, I’m...

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Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Sales Fiction Spinifex has sold Turkish-language rights to Feminist Fables (Suniti Namjoshi) to Güldünya Yayınları. Transit Lounge has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Soon (Lois Murphy) in a two-book deal to...

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Thursday, 31 January 2019
Sales Fiction Giramondo has sold Danish rights to Border Districts (Gerald Murnane) to Forlaget THP. Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold Arabic rights in Saudi Arabia to The Motivation Hoax: A Smart Person's...

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Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Sales Fiction Fiona Inglis of Curtis Brown Australia sold ANZ rights to Angel Mage and The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Garth Nix) to Allen & Unwin; Jill Grinberg of Jill...

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Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold North American rights to The Spotted Dog (Kerry Greenwood) to Poisoned Pen Press. Echo Publishing has sold North American rights to Fled (Meg Keneally) to...

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Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold multiple translation rights to The Nowhere Child (Christian White) via Kaplan/Defiore: Greek-language rights to Pedio Publishing, Turkish-language rights to April Publishing, Norwegian-language rights to...

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Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Sales Fiction Pantera Press has sold French-language rights to The Crossing (B Michael Radburn). Nonfiction Big Sky Publishing has sold UK rights to Frederick Whirlpool VC (Alan Leek) to Pen...

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Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Sales Fiction Echo Publishing has sold German- and French-language rights to And Fire Came Down and Resurrection Bay (both Emma Viskic). HarperCollins has sold North American and Canadian English language...

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Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold UK rights to The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose) to Weidenfeld & Nicolson (see news); and English-language rights in the UK, Europe...

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Thursday, 8 November 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold UK rights to The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose) to Weidenfeld & Nicolson (see news). Jane Cockram has sold rights to her...

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Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Sales Fiction Amanda Urban at ICM Partners sold North American and Canadian rights to The Book of Science and Antiquities (Thomas Keneally) to Atria Books. Nonfiction Lucia Osborne-Crowley has sold...

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Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Sales Nonfiction Monash University Publishing has sold Greek-language rights for Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955-1964 (Paul Genoni & Tanya Dalziell) to Potamos Publishers. Children’s...

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Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Sales Fiction Zeitgeist Media Group Agency has sold screen rights to The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Holly Ringland) to Made Up Stories. (See news.) Nonfiction MUP has sold Spanish...

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Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Sales Fiction Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold world rights to The Students (Sarah Hopkins) to Text. Natasha Solomun of Jacinta di Mase Management has sold US &...

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Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Sales Fiction Melanie Ostell Literary has sold world rights to The Whistler Calls (Greg Woodland) to Text. Penguin Random House (PRH) has sold North American and Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights...

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Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Sales Fiction Black Inc. has sold UK and Commonwealth (excluding ANZ) rights to The Weight of a Human Heart (Ryan O’Neill) to Lightning Books. (See news.) Bonnier Books UK has...

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Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Sales Fiction Caroline Dawnay at United Agents sold UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada and ANZ) rights to The Beat of the Pendulum (Catherine Chidgey) to Lightning Books (see news). Children’s...

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Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Sales Fiction Curtis Brown Australia has sold ANZ rights to The Van Apfel Girls are Gone (Felicity McLean) to HarperCollins; North American rights to Algonquin; UK (ex ANZ) rights to...

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Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Sales Fiction Jeanne Ryckmans at the Cameron Creswell Agency has sold the television/film option to five novels in the ‘Birth of the Plantagenets’ series (Blanche d’Alpuget, Ventura) to Ironbark Media....

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Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Sales Fiction Text has sold Italian rights to The Helpline (Katherine Collette) to Garzanti. Acquisitions Fiction UQP has acquired world rights to The Trespassers (Meg Mundell, see news). Nonfiction Allen...

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Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold German rights to The Yellow House (Emily O’Grady), and the film option to producers Lucy Hayes and John Tummino (see news); and Dutch...

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Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Sales Fiction Black Inc. has sold UK/Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to The Weight of a Human Heart (Ryan O’Neill) to Eye Books. Echo Publishing (Bonnier Zaffre) has sold Polish rights...

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Wednesday, 8 August 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold UK, Europe and Commonwealth (excluding ANZ) rights to The Choke (Sofie Laguna) to Gallic Books. (See news.) Echo Publishing (Bonnier Zaffre) has sold...

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Wednesday, 1 August 2018
Sales Fiction Fiona Inglis of Curtis Brown Australia has sold film and television rights to Nine Perfect Strangers (Liane Moriarty) to production companies Blossom Films and Made Up Stories. (See...