Latest acquisitions: Fiction and poetry

Among the new Australian fiction and poetry titles signed this year are books from familiar names, debut works, titles signed at competitive auctions, and a range of romcoms.

Fiction

Familiar names

Pan Macmillan Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Last One Out by Jane Harper. According to the publisher, Last One Out is a standalone mystery set in the dying town of Carralon Ridge, where Ro Crowley waits in vain for her son to return home on his 21st birthday. Pan Macmillan plans to release Last One Out in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand on 14 October. The novel will also be published internationally by Flatiron in the US and Pan Macmillan in the UK with their own publication dates.

Summit Books has acquired ANZ rights to Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray, via Grace Heifetz at a4 Literary. ‘Set in Sydney over 18 years, Chosen Family follows Nell and Eve as they grow into themselves, as they both love and destroy each other, from school, to university, to careers, to motherhood,’ said the publisher. Overseas, Chosen Family was also acquired by Lettice Franklin at Orion (UK), via John Ash at CAA, and by Caroline Zancan at Mariner Books (North America), via Dana Murphy at Trellis Literary Management, on behalf of Grace Heifetz. Summit Books plans to release Chosen Family on 28 October.

Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights to A Far-flung Life by ML Stedman. The novel will be published simultaneously with Doubleday in the UK. PRH fiction publisher Beverley Cousins said, ‘Ten years in the writing, A Far-flung Life offers a truly immersive experience, transporting the reader to a sprawling sheep property in Western Australia and into the lives of the MacBride family. As with her debut, The Light Between Oceans, Stedman has written an unforgettable epic novel that is destined to be a global bestseller and an Australian classic.’ PRH plans to release A Far-flung Life in 2026. (more…)

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