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 Queensland, and is currently completing her Masters in Philosophy. She is a black&write! junior editor at the State library of Queensland and received the Next Chapter Fellowship in 2019 at the Wheeler’s Centre.
It has also been announced that Jasmin will be teaming up with world renowned tennis player Ash Barty to co-write the six-book children’s series ‘Little Ash’! The pair will work alongside illustrator Jade Goodwin and the series is to be published by HarperCollins this coming August.
We could not be more thrilled to have Jasmin joining us, so be sure to listen out for more exciting news about Jasmin and this new series!
Toolkit Towards Publication
Toolkit Towards Publication is an exclusive new publishing course being delivered directly by literary agent Alex Adsett for the first time ever. It builds on workshops previously run for Writers Centres (so we know it works!) with extra material and special guests...
Team AAL Strategic Retreat
In mid March, the three new recruits to Alex Adsett Literary flew up to a very rainy Gold Coast, to join Alex for three days of brainstorming strategy, direction, values, and what more we could be doing for our authors! It was the most inspiring way to cement this new...
Consultancy sessions
I talk a lot about the different hats people wear in the publishing industry – and here at Alex Adsett Literary, I have two hats in particular I swap between – literary agent, and publishing consultant. As a consultant, I can help authors negotiate their publishing...
Lisa Fuller joins AAL as new literary agent
Alex Adsett Literary is thrilled to welcome the incredible Lisa Fuller to the team as an emerging literary agent. Thanks to the support of Creative Australia, Lisa will be spending a year being mentored by senior agent Alex Adsett on the ins and outs of working as a...
End of year wrap up
Twenty twenty three has been another huge year of growth at Alex Adsett Literary, and in the final wrap up it turns out we’ve published THIRTY THREE amazing books from our incredible authors and illustrators!!! (!!!!). We also welcomed on board new agent Abigail Nathan, celebrated first sales by both Rochelle Fernandez and Abigail, and farewelled Brian Cook to his well deserved retirement. With one working week of 2023 to go, I’m one very proud and very tired agent, and no, I don’t have a good reason for the festive dinosaur. Scroll through for more on this year’s brilliant book haul – we’ve got junior fic, literary fiction bestselling superstars, crime, middle grade, YA, commercial fiction & rom com, and so many picture books! Thank you to everyone – publishers, authors, readers – for supporting another big year!
HarperCollins acquires debut novel Thoroughly Disenchanted
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to Alexandra Almond’s debut fantasy novel Thoroughly Disenchanted. HarperCollins fiction publisher Anna Valdinger acquired the book from Abigail Nathan at Alex Adsett Literary. The cosy fantasy follows Genevieve and Oliver, former...
Groundbreaking new novel from Lucashenko launched to sell out crowds
With a sold out crowd of more than 200 people, tonight we launched Edenglassie, the extraordinary new novel by the legendary Melissa Lucashenko with the superstar team of Avid Reader Bookshop and publishers University of Queensland Press. This book is a tour de force...
Affirm acquires King debut novel
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Rhianna King's debut novel, Birds of a Feather via Rochelle Fernandez of Alex Adsett Literary. A gorgeously written, funny story about family and love and finding your place in the world, Birds of a Feather follows Beth Dwyer...
A new agent joins the team
Alex and Rochelle are very excited to announce that Abigail Nathan is joining Alex Adsett Literary as "Agent At Large". We decided on Agent at Large because Abigail comes to us with a wealth of experience from her career as an editor, and will continue to run her...
Congratulations to Trent Jamieson
The Best Horror Novel prize at the Aurealis Awards was awarded to Trent Jamieson for his novel The Stone Road (Brio Books and Erewhon), which is a haunting, bittersweet fantasy where the dead speak beneath your feet and twisted monsters hunger for their lost humanity....