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End of 2022 wrap up
GAZE IN WONDER at this stunning monument to a year in books! THIRTY SIX (36!!!) books by Alex Adsett Literary and The Authors’ Agency authors were published in 2022! Each one of these amazing books is a testament to so much love and dedication and sweat and tears! I’m...
Alex Adsett acquires The Authors’ Agent from Brian Cook
Alex Adsett Literary is excited to announce that the agency has acquired The Author’s Agent from Brian Cook, effective 1 July 2022. Cook will be staying with the agency for a 12-month transition period, through to June 2023, after which he plans on retiring from the...
2022 First Quarter Releases
The first four months of 2022 has been an exciting time at Alex Adsett Literary as our authors’ new releases have been launched into the world to find new homes on the shelves of readers.
Welcoming JASMIN MCGAUGHEY to the Agency
Here at Alex Adsett Literary we are proud to announce the newest addition to our agency, Jasmin McGaughey! Jasmin is a Kulkalgal First Nations writer and editor who has previously completed her Masters in Writing, Editing and Publishing at the University of...
A Warm Welcome to MELANIE SAWARD
We are very excited to announce that Melanie Saward has joined Alex Adsett Literary! Melanie is a Bigambul and Wakka Wakka writer, editor, and publisher. She is currently an associate lecturer in the School of Creative Practice at QUT and a PhD candidate. She is also...
Wakefield Press acquires Jodi McAlister’s LIBBY LAWRENCE IS GOOD AT PRETENDING
Alex Adsett Literary is beyond excited to announce that Wakefield Press has acquired world rights to Jodi McAlister’s YA rom-com LIBBY LAWRENCE IS GOOD AT PRETENDING. Wakefield Press says: This sparkling, archly witty campus...
Kathleen Jennings’ FLYAWAY Wins British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer
We are absolutely thrilled to share that Kathleen Jennings has won Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award) in the 2021 British Fantasy Awards for FLYAWAY. The phenomenal FLYAWAY is Jennings’ debut novel. In its pages, Jennings assures you that gothic delights,...
THE GIANT AND THE SEA Wins Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2021
We are so excited to share that our author Trent Jamieson (and illustrator Rovina Cai) have won the Picture Fiction category of the Wilderness Society’s Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2021. The Giant and the Sea is gorgeous picture book about climate...
New agent Rochelle Fernandez
In our biggest piece of news yet, we can at last reveal Rochelle Fernandez is joining Alex Adsett Literary as a new Australian literary agent. Rochelle is a former publisher at HarperCollins and has almost twenty years experience in Australian publishing. As an...
Introducing new Assistant Lin Li Wan
Alex Adsett Literary is growing! I am so excited to introduce my incredible new assistant Lin Li Wan! Lin has just graduated Arts/Law from UQ, and is studying her Masters in Publishing. She is the unicorn of a young publisher – she adores reading, is incredibly...