UQP acquires Thunig’s ‘Tell Me Again’
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...
Exploring Eden Media acquires ‘Fire to Fork’ cookbook
Exploring Eden Media has acquired world rights Fire to Fork, a camping cookbook by Harry Fisher. Fisher, who has developed a strong following on Instagram and via his YouTube series...
PRH acquires Madden’s ‘Anything But Fine’
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to YA novel Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden. The novel’s teenage protagonist Luca Mason has been preparing to audition for...
S&S acquires biography ‘The Nazis Knew My Name’
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...
Affirm acquires Layton memoir ‘No Apologies’
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...
UQP acquires second novel for children by Carnavas
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...
UQP acquires two new books from Birch
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired a short story collection, Dark as Last Night, and a work of poetry, Whisper Songs, by Miles Franklin–shortlisted author Tony Birch. ‘Dark as...
PRH acquires Doyle’s ‘Echolalia’
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired Echolalia by Briohny Doyle in a two-book deal via Rach Crawford of Mackenzie Wolf. According to Doyle, the novel is ‘about grief, responsibility,...
A&U acquires Bowditch’s ‘The Day the Diet Died’
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to a new nonfiction title from musician Clare Bowditch, from Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown. The Day the Diet Died will explore...
S&S acquires Archie Roach memoir
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired world rights to a yet-to-be-titled memoir by singer-songwriter Archie Roach. Roach, who is part of the Stolen Generations, is also known as a campaigner...
PRH acquires ‘Fixed It’ book by Gilmore
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired rights to a nonfiction book by Melbourne-based writer, commentator and journalist Jane Gilmore. Titled Fixed It: One Woman's Movement Against the Real Fake...
Hachette acquires self-published children’s fantasy-adventure series
Hachette Australia has acquired a self-published children’s fantasy-adventure series from Brisbane brother and sister Nicholas and Alison Lochel.The four-book ‘Zarkora’ series ‘is the story of brothers Neleik and Ervine Fyrelit,...
Text acquires YA novel by Currie
Text Publishing has acquired world rights to a YA novel by Christopher Currie. The publisher described the book as ‘a YA novel of distinction, with a memorable young lesbian narrator’....
Picador to publish two Clive James poetry collections
In the UK, Picador has acquired a new collection of poetry from Clive James called Sentenced to Life to be released in April 2015, reports the Bookseller. The collection will...
Scribe acquires crime thrillers
Scribe has acquired world rights in two crime thrillers by Melbourne writer and librarian J M Green. Good Money was shortlisted in the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an...
Text acquires ‘Our Magic Hour’
Text Publishing has announced it has acquired Our Magic Hour by Melbourne writer Jennifer Down. Down’s manuscript was a runner-up for the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished...
Exisle to publish 12-year-old author
Exisle Publishing has announced it has acquired I Don’t Like Cheese by 12-year-old Hannah Chandler.Chandler’s book about a mouse that doesn’t like cheese was written in response to a challenge...
Fourth Estate acquires Australian debut
HarperCollins Australia has announced the acquisition of a debut novel by Australian writer Sandra Leigh Price.HarperCollins acquired ANZ rights to A Tabernacle for the Birds in a two-book deal with the...
Amazon buys Liquavista; colour Kindle rumoured
Amazon has purchased screen technology company Liquavista from Samsung, sparking rumours that the company is working on a colour version of its Kindle, reports the Digital Reader. Amazon confirmed the...
Newtone Press acquires BPA Print Group
Newtone Press has acquired BPA Print Group after the printer was placed into receivership in late March. According to Print21, Melbourne-based Newtone Press is taking on BPA Print Group’s operations...