The moving graphic novel by Nick Abadzis about the first dog in space (First Second) is being adapted for XR format by Asif Kapadia. Read the announcement here.
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We Have a New Client for France!
We are very pleased to announce that we are now representing the HarperAlley graphic novels list for France! Check out their new catalogue here.
Interview with Kate McCormack of UQP in Books+Publishing
In the run-up to Frankfurt, Kate McCormack, Rights and Contracts Manager at University of Queensland Press is interviewed for the Think Australian newsletter. You can read the interview and meet Kate here.
Our Clients Are Prizewinners!
Our clients walked away with a bunch of Eisner Awards at the 2020 Virtual San Diego ComicCon last weekend! The big winner was Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me (First Second) with “Best Publication for Teens”, as well as “Best Writer” going to Mariko Tamaki and “Best Penciller/Inker” to Rosemary Valero-O’Connell! …
Behrouz Boochani Granted Refugee Status in New Zealand!
Kurdish-Iranian journalist and author Behrouz Boochani, whose bestselling NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS shone a light on the atrocious conditions of refugees held by the Australian government in the offshore detention centres on Manus, Naru, and Christmas islands, has finally been granted refugee status by New Zealand. Writing via text messages on a smuggled-in mobile…
HITCH Wins Society of Authors Prize
HITCH by Kathryn Hind has won the 2020 Society of Authors Betty Trask Prize, which celebrates first novels written by authors under the age of 35 in a traditional or romantic, but not experimental, style. Past winners include Zadie Smith, Evie Wyld, Elliot Perlman, Chloe Hooper and Sophie Mackintosh. Previously, HITCH won the 2018…
Kinneret-Zmora Has Acquired Hebrew Rights to FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Angeline Boulley
Ziv Lewis Has acquired Hebrew rights for Kinneret-Zmora (Israel) to the fantastic FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Angeline Boulley (The Book Group – to be published in North America in Fall 2021 by Henry Holt BYR).
Entertainment Weekly publishes a preview of FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER, to come in Spring 2021
An exclusive excerpt of FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER (The Book Group) by Angeline Boulley is previewed on Entertainment Weekly.
GHOST BIRD by Lisa Fuller wins Australian Young Adult Book prize
Congratulations to Lisa Fuller, whose GHOST BIRD (University of Queensland Press) has won the Readings Young Adult Book Prize.
THE YIELD wins prestigious Miles Franklin Award, 2020
THE YIELD by Tara June Winch (Penguin Books Australia) has won Australia’s most prestigious literary award, the Miles Franklin Award. This is the second year in a row that one of our clients has won this prize!
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