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Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Sales Fiction HarperCollins has sold Greek rights to The Secret Year of Zara Holt (Kimberley Freeman) to Dioptra, via Ersilia Literary Agency; and Hungarian rights to The Other Brother (Tierney Page)...

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the cover for The Calendar Mums Wednesday, 7 May 2025
Sales Fiction HarperCollins has sold world English (ex ANZ) rights to The Calendar Mums by Lauren K McKellar to Hodder Fiction, as well as Czech language rights to Alpress. Key People...

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Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Sales Fiction Scribe has sold Polish rights to Auē (Becky Manawatu) to Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Nonfiction Rockpool Publishing has sold German rights to Folklore Oracle (Hadas Knox, illus by Giada Rose). Scribe...

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Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Sales Fiction Bold Type Agency has sold Russian rights to Last Shot and Last Breath (Emma Pignatiello, Penguin); and Swedish rights to Love & Rome and Venetian Lessons in Love (Jenna Lo...

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the cover for White Tears Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Sales Fiction Jane Novak Literary Agency has sold French rights to Prima Facie (Suzie Miller, Picador) to L’Archipel, in conjunction with the Lora Fountain Agency. Nonfiction Wolf Literary and Alex...

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the book cover for Ash by Louise Wallace Wednesday, 9 April 2025
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold North American rights for Ash (Louise Wallace) to HarperCollins imprint Mariner Books; UK rights to Ash to Hutchinson Heinemann; and world English (ex...

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Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Sales Fiction Curtis Brown has sold UK rights to Arborescence (Rhett Davis) at auction, in a deal between Curtis Brown literary agent Alexandra Christie and Matilda Singer at Fleet. Hachette...

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the cover of Oceanforged Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Sales Fiction Pantera has sold Czech rights to The Medoran Chronicles book 2: Raelia (Lynette Noni) to Albatros, via Kristin Olson Literary Agency. Children’s/YA Affirm Press has sold UK rights...

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the cover for Sensitive Creatures Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold French rights to Sensitive Creatures (Mandy Ord). Gaby Naher of The Naher Agency has sold French rights to A Catalogue of Love (Erin...

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Cover of Etta and the Shadow Taboo Wednesday, 5 March 2025
Sales Nonfiction HarperCollins has sold Polish language rights to 10 Things Every Parent Needs to Know and Miss-Connection (Justin Coulson); and Korean rights and Indian Subcontinent English rights to Life Hacks from...

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Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Sales Fiction Zeitgeist Agency has sold North American rights to A Change of Pace (JA Stevens) and A Lady for a Duke (Alexis Hall) to Generous Press, in a deal...

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Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Sales Fiction Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has sold international rights to An Academic Affair (Jodi McAlister), into seven different territories: Atria, an imprint of S&S in the US; S&S...

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Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Sales Fiction HarperCollins Australia has sold Albanian language rights to The Girl in the Painting (Tea Cooper) to OMBRA GVG. Zeitgeist Agency has sold Japanese rights to Bird (Courtney Collins, Hachette) to Shogakukan...

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Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Sales Fiction Bold Type Agency has sold German rights to High Wire (Candice Fox, Penguin); Italian rights to Devil’s Kitchen (Candice Fox, Penguin) on behalf of Gaby Naher; Brazilian Portuguese...

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Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Sales Fiction HarperCollins has sold German rights to Crushing (Genevieve Novak) to Bastei Lübbe; and Ukrainian rights to The Chocolate Factory (Mary-Lou Stephens) to Knigolove. UQP has sold world English (ex ANZ)...

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Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold Turkish rights to The Shortest History of Turkey (Benjamin C Fortna) to Say Yayinlari. Rockpool has sold Japanese translation rights for Guardian Angel Oracle (Debbie...

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Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Sales Nonfiction Allen & Unwin has sold traditional Chinese rights for Good With Money (Emma Edwards) to Sun Color Culture. Black Inc. has sold Ukrainian rights to The Shortest History of...