Hachette acquires two crime novels from Papathanasiou
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
MacLehose Press, an imprint of Hachette imprint Quercus, has acquired world rights to two new crime novels by Peter Papathanasiou in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary....
Summit Books acquires new Lee fiction
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Simon & Schuster (S&S) imprint Summit Books has acquired ANZ rights to Bri Lee’s second novel, Seed, from agent Grace Heifetz at a4 Literary. The novel introduces Mitchell and Frances,...
Atlantic acquires Stephens debut
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Atlantic Books Australia, a division of Allen & Unwin (A&U), has acquired ANZ rights to Clare Stephens’s debut novel The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done, in a deal brokered by...
Keeperton to publish five TL Swan books
Monday, 17 February 2025
Arndell, an imprint of Keeperton, has announced it will publish worldwide print editions of The Miles High Club series by author and Keeperton founder TL Swan. The series consists of...
A&U acquires new historical fiction from Rose
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to A Great Act of Love by Heather Rose, via Gaby Naher of the Naher Agency. US rights have sold to Judy Clain...
Affirm acquires Johnson debut ‘King Tide’
Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Affirm has acquired ANZ rights to the debut crime novel King Tide by Luke Johnson, via literary agent Daniel Pilkington. Described by the publisher as a ‘beautiful, exhilarating and exquisitely...
S&S acquires Morgan’s fiction debut
Thursday, 6 February 2025
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to Rachael Morgan’s commercial women’s fiction debut, in a deal between S&S commercial fiction publisher Cassandra Di Bello and Anjanette Fennell...
Pink Shorts Press acquires works by De Zilva, Cothren
Wednesday, 5 February 2025
New publishing venture Pink Shorts Press has announced its first acquisitions of new titles. The press, which plans to release books twice a year (March and August), previously announced it...
Hardie Grant Books acquires Nat Thaipun cookbook
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world print and ebook rights to Thai: Anywhere and Everywhere, the debut cookbook from MasterChef Australia 2024 winner Nat Thaipun, through Ben Liebmann of Understory....
UQP sells rights to ‘Edenglassie’ to Oneworld
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold world English (ex ANZ) and audio rights to Melissa Lucashenko’s Edenglassie to Oneworld Publications. The deal was struck between UQP rights and contacts...
Ulverscroft acquires Astley’s 1962 Miles Franklin winner
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Ulverscroft has acquired world rights to Thea Astley’s 1962 novel The Well Dressed Explorer and will publish large-print and audiobook editions in 2025 to mark the centenary of the author’s...
HarperVia acquires two Tsao novels
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Alexa Frank at HarperVia has acquired world English rights to two novels by 2023 PEN Translation Prize winner Tiffany Tsao, in a pre-empt deal from Daniel Lazar at Writers House...
Riveted Press acquires middle-grade fantasy trilogy
Friday, 10 January 2025
Riveted Press has acquired worldwide rights to the middle-grade fantasy series Farwood by Jayne McIntyre, in a three-book deal via Debbie Golvan at Golvan Arts Management. The first book in...
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