Weir, Henderson launch Bold Type Agency
Former Penguin Random House (PRH) senior rights manager Nerrilee Weir and former Simon & Schuster (S&S) publishing director Fiona Henderson have announced the creation of a new rights agency. Bold...
Magabala sells Janson’s ‘Benevolence’ to HarperVia
Magabala Books has sold US and UK rights in Benevolence by Julie Janson to HarperCollins imprint HarperVia, in a deal negotiated by Natasha Solomun at The Rights Hive. ‘Benevolence is...
Scribner acquires Hooper’s ‘Bedtime Story’
Simon & Schuster Australia’s Scribner imprint has acquired ANZ rights to Bedtime Story, a new work of nonfiction by Chloe Hooper, from Andrew Wylie at The Wylie Agency. When her...
Rights round-up
Sales Fiction Jacinta di Mase at Jacinta di Mase Management has sold UK & Europe English-language rights to The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart (Viking) to Joffe Books. Rights were...
Byrne to adapt ‘The Geography of Friendship’ for TV
Sally Piper's 2018 novel The Geography of Friendship (UQP) will be adapted for television as a six-part series. Dollhouse Pictures, a creative collective and independent production company founded by actress...
Black Inc. sells world rights to ‘Return to Uluru’
Black Inc. has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to Return to Uluru by Mark McKenna to Stephen Morrow at Dutton, Penguin USA. McKenna’s history–true crime hybrid addresses the actions...
Oswald, McGahan, St John TV adaptations receive funding
Television adaptations of novels The Family Doctor (Debra Oswald, A&U), The Rich Man's House (Andrew McGahan, A&U) and The Ladies in Black (Madeleine St John, Text) are among 21 projects sharing...
Scribner acquires Cave’s ‘Into the Rip’
Simon & Schuster Australia’s Scribner imprint has acquired ANZ rights to Into the Rip: How the Australian way of risk made my family braver, happier … and less American by...
Wakefield acquires Roff debut short fiction collection
Wakefield Press has acquired world rights to the debut short fiction collection, provisionally titled Third Heaven, by Adelaide writer Andrew Roff, via Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. ‘Roff’s daring, irreverent...
UQP acquires Atkins picture book
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Egg, the first picture book by YA author Clare Atkins. A ‘multi-layered picture book with thought-provoking metaphors around environment, generational...
Rights round-up
Sales Children’s Hardie Grant has sold Taiwanese rights to Wolfred (Nick Bland); Russian rights to Explore Your World: Deep dive into deep dea (Tim Flannery & Sam Caldwell); Ukrainian rights...
Scribner acquires Haigh Evatt history
Under its Scribner imprint Simon & Schuster Australia has acquired world rights to The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the great Australian dissent, a new work of history by Gideon...
S&S acquires historical fiction debut
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired world rights to The Understudy, a historical fiction debut by Julie Bennett. ‘The Understudy is set in 1973, the year the Opera House opened....
HarperCollins acquires Cowell novel ‘Plum’
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Plum, a new novel by writer, actor and director Brendan Cowell. Plum tells the story of Peter ‘The Plum’ Lum, a 48-year-old ex-NRL...
Ultimo acquires Coleman nonfiction title ‘Lies, Damned Lies’
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to Lies, Damned Lies, a new nonfiction book by Noongar writer Claire G Coleman. Lies, Damned Lies is described by the publisher as a...
A&U acquires Agnew science debut
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to a debut nonfiction book by Bachelor star Matt Agnew. Agnew, an astrophysicist, will explore the search for life in the solar...
Hachette acquires Williams autobiography
Hachette Australia has acquired the autobiography of All Blacks star Sonny Bill Williams via Nick Fordham of The Fordham Company, as part of a worldwide deal that will also see...
Echo to publish new Morris novel
Echo Publishing has acquired Heather Morris's third novel Three Sisters, which concludes The Tattooist of Auschwitz trilogy. Three Sisters tells the true story of Cibi, Magda and Livia, who were...
PRH acquires Hickey crime debut ‘Cutters End’
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to debut novel Cutters End by author and playwright Margaret Hickey. In a statement, PRH said Cutters End was a captivating...
Rights round-up
Sales Fiction HarperCollins has sold the following rights to Sorrow and Bliss (Meg Mason, Fourth Estate): UK English-language rights to Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Czech translation rights to Argo; Danish translation...