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Curtis Brown * rights catalogue
AUTUMN 2017
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INDEX See What I Have Done | Sarah Schmidt
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Quest of the Sunfish: The Castle in the Sea | Mardi McConnochie 40-41
The Fifth Letter | Nicola Moriarty
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'Vet Cadets' Series | Rebecca Johnson
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The Hidden Hours | Sara Foster
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'The Turners' Series | Mick Elliot
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The Scent of You | Maggie Alderson
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The Midsummer Garden | Kirsty Manning
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Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers: X Marks the Spot | Kate & Jol Temple & Jon Foye
Congo Dawn | Katherine Scholes
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The Barrier | Shankari Chandran
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Amber and Alice | Janette Paul
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Unmasked | Turia Pitt
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Beyond Veiled Cliches | Amal Awad
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They Cannot Take the Sky | Behind the Wire
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The Fabulous Flying Mrs Miller | Carol Baxter
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For a Girl | Mary-Rose MacColl
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Secrets of a Beauty Queen | Stephanie Darling
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Things that Helped | Jessica Friedmann
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Living on Hope Street | Demet Divaroren
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The Impossible Story of Olive in Love | Tonya Alexandra
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Fiction | 336pp | April 2017
SEE WHAT I HAVE DONE Sarah Schmidt
Publisher: Hachette Format:
On 4 August 1892 Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. During the inquest into the deaths, Lizzie Borden was arrested and charged with the murder of her father and her stepmother.
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Through the eyes of Lizzie's sister Emma, the housemaid Bridget, the enigmatic stranger Benjamin and the beguiling Lizzie herself, we return to what happened that day in Fall River.
Translation excl. Italian,
Lizzie Borden took an axe. Or did she?
Paperback
German Agent: Pippa Masson Contact:
Sarah Schmidt completed a Bachelor of Arts (Professional writing and editing), a Master of Arts (Creative Writing), and a Graduate Diploma of Information Management. Sarah currently works as a Reading & Literacy Coordinator (read: a fancy librarian) at a regional public library. She lives in Melbourne with her partner and daughter.
pippa@curtisbrown.com.au
'...deserves to be considered a Gothic classic.' - The Saturday Paper 'Haunting, evocative and psychologically taut...' Dominic Smith 4
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Fiction | 336pp | March 2017
THE FIFTH LETTER Nicola Moriarty
Publisher: HarperCollins Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, Translation excl. Dutch, German Agent: Pippa Masson Contact: pippa@curtisbrown.com.au
Joni, Deb, Eden and Trina try to catch up once a year for some days away together. Now in their thirties, commitments have pulled them in different directions, and the closeness they once enjoyed growing up seems increasingly elusive. This year, determined to revive their intimacy, they each share a secret in an anonymous letter to be read out during the holiday. But instead of bringing them closer, the revelations drive them apart. Then, a fifth letter is discovered, venting long-held grudges, and it seems that one of the women is in serious danger. But who was the author? And which of them should be worried? Nicola Moriarty lives in Sydney's northwest with her husband and two small (but remarkably strong-willed) daughters. In between various career changes, becoming a mum and studying at Macquarie University, she began to write. Now, she can't seem to stop.
'This is the kind of book I can't get enough of - relatable characters, a fast-moving plot and just the right amount of mystery. I was hooked!' - Rachel Johns, author of The Art of Keeping Secrets 6
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Non-Fiction | 432pp | April 2017
THE HIDDEN HOURS
Sara Foster Publisher: Simon & Schuster Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, US, UK, Translation Agent: Tara Wynne Contact: tara@curtisbrown.com.au 'Effortless suspense and dramatic power' - Sydney Morning Herald
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Arabella Lane, senior executive at a children’s publisher, is found dead in the Thames on a frosty winter’s morning after the office Christmas party. No one is sure whether she jumped or was pushed. The one person who may know the truth is the newest employee at Parker & Lane – the office temp, Eleanor. Eleanor has travelled to London to escape the repercussions of her traumatic childhood in outback Australia. To her horror, she has no memory of the crucial hours leading up to Arabella's death - memory that will either incrimminate or absolve her. As Eleanor desperately tries to remember her missing hours and uncover the events of that fateful night, her own extended family is dragged further into the dark, terrifying terrain of blame, suspicion and guilt. Caught in a crossfire of accusations, Eleanor fears she can’t even trust herself, let alone the people around her. And soon, she’ll find herself in a race against time to find out just what happened that night – and discover just how deadly some secrets can be. Sara Foster was born and raised in England, and moved to Australia in 2004. She has published four other novels: Come Back to Me, Beneath the Shadows, Shallow Breath and All That is Lost Between Us. She lives near Perth with her husband and two young daughters, and is currently a doctoral candidate with Curtin University.
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Fiction | 512pp | April 2017
THE SCENT OF YOU Maggie Alderson
Publisher: HarperCollins Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, Translation Agent: Fiona Inglis Contact: fiona@curtisbrown.com.au
Polly's life is great. Her children are away at uni, her glamorous mother - still modelling at eighty-five - is happily settled in a retirement village, and her perfume blog is taking off. Then her husband announces he needs some space and promptly vanishes. As Polly grapples with her bewildering situation, she clings to a few new friends to keep her going. And while she distracts herself with the heady world of luxury perfume, Polly knows she can't keep reality at bay forever. Eventually she is forced to confront some difficult truths: about her husband, herself and who she really wants to be. Maggie Alderson is the author of seven novels and four collections of her columns from Good Weekend. Her children's book Evangeline, The Wish Keeper's Helper was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award. Before becoming a full-time author she edited several magazines, including UK ELLE. She writes a column for the Sunday Age. She is married and has one daughter.
'A classic Alderson which mixes everything good in life; perfume, the internet, family and Very Good Looking men into one can't-put-down read.' - Vogue Australia 10
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Fiction | 400pp | April 2017
THE MIDSUMMER GARDEN Kirsty Manning Publisher: Allen & Unwin Format: Paperback Rights available: TV/Film, US, UK, Translation excl. Germany Agent: Clare Forster Contact: claref@curtisbrown.com.au
1487 Artemisia is young to be in charge of the kitchens at Chateau de Boschaud but, having been taught the herbalists' lore, her knowledge of how food can delight the senses is unsurpassed. After the celebrations are over, she dares to believe that her future lies outside the Chateau. But who will she trust? 2014 Pip Arnet is an expert in predicting threats to healthy ecosystems. Trouble is, she doesn't seem to recognise these signs in her own life. What Pip holds dearest right now is her potential to make a real difference in the marine biology of her beloved Tasmanian coastline. She'd thought that her fiance Jack understood this, believed that he knew she couldn't make any plans until her studies were complete. But lately, since she's finally moved in with him, Jack appears to have forgotten everything they'd discussed. When a gift of several dusty, beautiful old copper pots arrives in Pip's kitchen, the two stories come together in a rich and sensuous celebration of family and love, passion and sacrifice. Kirsty Manning grew up in northern New South Wales. She has degrees in literature and communications and worked as an editor and publishing manager in book publishing for over a decade. With husband Alex Wilcox, Kirsty is a partner in the award-winning Melbourne wine bar Bellota, and the Prince Wine Store in Sydney and Melbourne.
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Fiction | 608pp | April 2017
CONGO DAWN Katherine Scholes Publisher: Penguin Random House Format: Paperback Rights available: TV/Film, US, UK, Translation excl. French Agent: Fiona Inglis Contact: fiona@curtisbrown.com.au
Anna Emerson's life is turned upside down when a stranger hands her a plane ticket to the Congo. The newly independent country is in turmoil – but the invitation holds a clue to the whereabouts of her estranged father. Dan Miller signs up as a mercenary commando to fight the Communist uprising. He supports the cause, but that's not really why he's there. In the Congo, Dan's belief in the war begins to crumble, while Anna heads deeper into danger as she travels to an abandoned hotel on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, to a leprosy mission in the jungle and beyond. Their two paths collide through circumstances more extraordinary than fate. Katherine Scholes was born in Tanzania, the daughter of a missionary doctor and an artist. She is the author of international bestsellers including The Rain Queen, Make Me An Idol, The Stone Angel, The Hunter's Wife, The Lioness and The Perfect Wife. She has sold over two million books in Europe.
'This is, in the best sense, a big, lusty novel. But it exceeds most such novels in sensitivity and imagination, in potent narrative and artistic terms.' - Tom Keneally 14
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Fiction | 320pp | June 2017
THE BARRIER Shankari Chandran
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Format: Paperback Rights available: Audio, Film/TV, US, UK, Translation Agent: Tara Wynne Contact: tara@curtisbrown.com.au
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Twenty years ago an Ebola epidemic brought the world to the edge of oblivion. The West won the war, the East was isolated behind a wall, and a vaccine against Ebola was developed. Peace prevailed. Now Agent Noah Williams is being sent over the barrier to investigate a rogue scientist who risks releasing another plague. But why would a once-respected academic threaten the enforced vaccination program that ensures humans are no longer an endangered species? Hunting for answers amid shoot outs, espionage and murder, Noah will have to confront a fundamental question: In the fight for survival, can our humanity survive too? Shankari Chandran was raised in Canberra, Australia. She spent a decade in London, working as a lawyer in the social justice field. She eventually returned home to Australia, where she now lives with her husband, four children and their cavoodle puppy. The Barrier is her second novel. Her first novel, The Song of the Sun God explores the recent history of Sri Lanka. She is currently working on her third book, also set there.
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Fiction | 400pp | June 2017
AMBER AND ALICE Janette Paul
Publisher: Penguin Random House Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, Audio Agent: Clare Forster Contact: claref@curtisbrown.com.au
When Amber Jones wakes up in her sister Sage’s speeding car, with no idea how she got there (though the hangover is a clue), all she wants to do is go home. But Sage is convinced a road trip to Alice Springs will finally answer the burning question: who is Amber’s father? Because nine months before Amber’s birth, her late mother Goldie made the same trip... Armed with just a name and Goldie’s diaries, Amber agrees to search for a man she’s never met in one of the world’s biggest deserts. And that means spending two weeks in a convoy of fourwheel-driving tourists and camping in freezing desert nights. To make matters worse, her fellow travellers hate her and the handsome tour leader Tom thinks she’s an alcoholic. But slowly the desert starts to reveal its secrets – and Amber must decide which horizon to follow... Janette Paul is the author of romantic comedies including the bestselling Just Breathe. Before writing fiction, she was a news and sport journalist and worked in PR. When she is not writing rom com, she is penning thrillers as Jaye Ford, internationally published and awardwinning author of five crime novels. She writes fulltime from her home at Lake Macquarie in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.
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Memoir | 352pp | April 2017
UNMASKED
Turia Pitt & Bryce Corbett
Publisher: Penguin Random House Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, UK, US, Translation Agent: Pippa Masson Contact: pippa@curtisbrown.com.au
Most Australians know Turia Pitt. We know that she was badly burned in a grassfire in 2011; that her recovery was torturous. We've glimpsed the profound love of her fiance, Michael. But now, for the first time, those closest to Turia reveal how two fateful minutes in a Kimberley gorge irrevocably changed their lives, and reflect on the essence of this remarkable Australian. Against a backdrop of a series of unbelievable achievements, Unmasked reveals the woman behind the headlines, and uncovers the grace, humour and inner steel that gets Turia Pitt through every day - and leaves the rest of us watching in amazement. Turia Pitt was competing in an ultramarathon in Western Australia in 2011 when she was trapped in a freak fire and sustained full thickness burns to 64 per cent of her body. She is now a best selling author, a motivational speaker, humanitarian and athlete. Bryce Corbett began his 20-year career in journalism as The Daily Telegraph's original Page 13 columnist. During a decade-long stint in Europe, he worked as a journalist, was on the executive staff of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris and wrote two books.
'At its heart, my story is a love story... A love that no fire could tear apart.' - Turia Pitt 22
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Non-Fiction | 304pp | June 2017
BEYOND VEILED CLICHES Amal Awad Publisher: Penguin Random House Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, US, UK Audio Translation Agent: Tara Wynne Contact:
As someone who has a foot in both the Western and Arabic worlds, Amal set out to explore the lives of Arab women, in Australia and the Middle East, travelling to the region and interviewing more than sixty women about feminism, intimacy, love, sex and shame, trauma, war, religion and culture. Beyond Veiled Clichés explores the similarities and differences experienced by these women in their daily lives – work, relationships, home and family life, friendships, the communities they live in, and more. Arab-Australian women are at the intersection – between Western ideals and Arab tradition. It can get messy, but there is also great beauty in the layers. Amal Awad is a Sydney-based writer, journalist, author and public speaker. Amal is a regular contributor to SBS Life, and has written for ELLE, Frankie, Daily Life, Sheilas and Junkie. Amal is also a producer for ABC Radio National.
tara@curtisbrown.com.au
'Magnificent. Surprising. Illuminating. Australia needs this book.' - Nikki Gemmell 24
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Non-Fiction | 336pp | March 2017
THEY CANNOT TAKE THE SKY Behind the Wire
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, Translation Agent: Grace Heifetz Contact: grace@curtisbrown.com.au
For more than two decades, Australia has locked up people who arrive here fleeing persecution - sometimes briefly, sometimes for years. In They Cannot Take the Sky those people tell their stories, in their own words. Speaking from inside immigration detention on Manus Island and Nauru, or from within the Australian community after their release, the narrators reveal not only their extraordinary journeys and their daily struggles but also their meditations on love, death, hope and injustice. Their candid testimonies are at times shocking and hilarious, surprising and devastating. They are witnesses from the edge of human experience. Behind the Wire is an award-winning oral history organisation. It works with men, women and children who have sought asylum in our community and who have experienced mandatory immigration detention in Australia, Papua New Guinea or Nauru. Its projects include a book, audio book, podcast, museum exhibition, listening parties, and photographic portraits. For more information see: www.behindthewire.org.au.
'These are the stories you will read and never forget. All Australians must read this book.' - Alexis Wright 'We have waited too long for an anthology like this.' Maxine Beneba Clarke 26
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Non-Fiction | 432pp | April 2017
THE FABULOUS FLYING MRS MILLER Carol Baxter Publisher: Allen & Unwin Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, US, UK, Audio ,Translation Agent: Tara Wynne Contact: tara@curtisbrown.com.au
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Petite, glamorous and beguiling, Jessie 'Chubbie' Miller was one remarkable woman ... flyer, thrill seeker, heartbreaker. No adventure was too wild for her, no danger too extreme. And all over the world men adored her. When the young Jessie left suburban Melbourne and her newspaperman husband in 1927, little did she know that she'd become the first woman to complete an England to Australia flight (with a black silk gown thrown into her small flight bag, just in case), or fly the first air race for women with Amelia Earhart, or that she would disappear over the Florida Straits feared lost forever only to charm her way into a rescue. Nor could she have predicted that five years later she'd find herself at the centre of one of the most notorious and controversial murder trials in United States history. And this all began with something as ridiculously mundane as a pat of butter. Carol Baxter is the author of many highly acclaimed books about fascinating people including An Irresistible Temptation, Captain Thunderbolt and His Lady, Black Widow and The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable, published in the United Kingdom and around the world. She lives in Sydney and is a fellow of the Society of Genealogists.
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Memoir | 280pp | May 2017
FOR A GIRL Mary-Rose MacColl
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, Audio Agent: Fiona Inglis Contact: fiona@curtisbrown.com.au
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Emerging from an unconventional, boisterously happy childhood, Mary-Rose MacColl was a rebellious teenager. And when, at the age of fifteen, her high-school teacher and her husband started inviting Mary-Rose to spend time with them, her parents were pleased that she now had the guidance she needed to take her safely into young adulthood. It wasn't too long, though, before the teacher and her husband changed the nature of the relationship with overwhelming consequences for Mary-Rose. Consequences that kept her silent and ashamed through much of her adult life. Many years later, safe within a loving relationship, all of the long-hidden secrets and betrayals crashed down upon her and she came close to losing everything. Mary-Rose MacColl's first novel, No Safe Place, was runner-up in the 1995 The Australian/Vogel's Literary award and her first non-fiction book, The Birth Wars, was a finalist in the 2009 Walkley Awards. Her international bestselling In Falling Snow was published to great acclaim in 2012. Her fifth novel, Swimming Home, won The Courier-Mail 2016 People's Choice Queensland book of the Year Award. Mary-Rose lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and son.
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Memoir | 256pp | April 2017
SECRETS OF A BEAUTY QUEEN Stephanie Darling Publisher: Penguin Random House Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, Translation Agent: Grace Heifetz Contact:
From landing her dream job at Vogue, to the axing of Madison and why she finally decided to get that nose job, Stephanie reveals all in this insider’s look at the beauty industry. Featuring skin care and makeup for all ages, expert beauty tips from the best in the business and Stephanie’s ultimate list of must-haves, Secrets of a Beauty Queen is a behindthe-scenes peek at the exotic – and sometimes outlandish – world of beauty and luxury magazines. Stephanie Darling has had a long and impressive career in beauty journalism with some of the most prestigious magazines in the country. She started out at Vogue and since then has been Beauty Director of Vogue Australia, Harper's BAZAAR and Madison. Stephanie is a regular contributor to The Good Weekend, and is currently the Beauty Director of Daily Life and Sunday Life.
grace@curtisbrown.com.au
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Essays | 288pp | April 2017
THINGS THAT HELPED Jessica Friedmann
Publisher: Scribe Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, Audio Agent: Grace Heifetz Contact: grace@curtisbrown.com.au
In this stunning collection, Jessica Friedmann navigates her journey through postpartum depression after the birth of her son. Drawing on critical theory, popular culture, and personal experience, her wide-ranging essays touch on class, race, gender, and sexuality, as well as motherhood, creativity, and mental illness. Occasionally confronting, but always powerfully moving and beautifully observed, Things That Helped charts Jessica’s return into the world: a slow and complex process of reassembling what depression fractured, and sometimes broke. Jessica Friedmann is a writer and editor currently living in Canberra with her husband and young son. After graduating with an Honours Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne in 2010, she spent time at independent titles Going Down Swinging and Dumbo Feather, while continuing to publish fiction and feature writing.
'Things That Helped is a beautiful book - heartfelt, fiercely intelligent, and urgent.' - Fiona Wright
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Young Adult | 256pp | June 2017
LIVING ON HOPE STREET Demet Divaroren
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, Audio, Translation Agent: Clare Forster Contact: claref@curtisbrown.com.au
We all love someone. We all fear something. Sometimes they live right next door - or even closer. Kane will do everything he can to save his mother and his little brother Sam from the violence of his father, even if it means becoming a monster himself. Mrs Aslan will protect the boys no matter what - even though her own family is in pieces. Ada wants a family she can count on, while she faces new questions about herself. Mr Bailey is afraid of the refugees next door, but his worst fear will take another form. And Gugulethu is just trying to make a life away from terror. On this street, everyone comes from different places, but to find peace they will have to discover what unites them. Demet Divaroren is the co-editor of the CBCA shortlisted Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia. Demet was born in Adana, Turkey, and migrated to Australia with her family when she was six months old. She teaches creative writing at TAFE and writes fiction and nonfiction exploring life, love and the complexities of human emotions.
'Divaroren is a ferociously good storyteller and every character breathes life, every character convinces. This book is an absolute joy to read.' - Christos Tsiolkas 38
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Young Adult | 304pp | April 2017
THE IMPOSSIBLE STORY OF OLIVE IN LOVE
Tonya Alexandra Publisher: Harlequin Format: Paperback Rights available: Audio, Film/TV, US, UK, Translation Agent: Tara Wynne Contact: tara@curtisbrown.com.au
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Plagued by a gypsy curse that she’ll be invisible to all but her true love, seventeen-year-old Olive is understandably bitter. Her mother is dead; her father has taken off. Her sister, Rose, is insufferably perfect. Her one friend, Felix, is blind and thinks she’s making it all up for attention. Olive spends her days writing articles for her gossip column and stalking her childhood friend, Jordan, whom she had to abandon when she was ten because Jordan’s parents would no longer tolerate an ‘imaginary friend’. Nobody has seen her — until she meets Tom: the poster boy for normal and the absolute opposite of Olive. But how do you date a boy who doesn’t know you’re invisible? Worse still, what happens when Mr Right feels wrong? Has destiny screwed up? In typical Olive fashion, the course is set for destruction. And because we’re talking Olive here, the ride is funny, passionate and way, way, way, way dramatic. Tonya Alexandra has worked in marketing, travel and publishing for just under twenty years, writing for print, TV and online. She lives near Manly in Sydney with her husband, three sons and puppy Lola. She is on the committee of the CBCA northern suburbs branch, and believes in promoting reading and writing for mental health.
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Middle Grade | ~ 330pp | Various
'QUEST OF THE SUNFISH' SERIES
Mardi McConnochie Publisher: Allen & Unwin Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV, Translation, Audio
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Agent: Fiona Inglis Contact: fiona@curtisbrown.com.au
Once more, Annalie, Will, Essie and Pod set out on the Sunfish to look for Spinner - their only clue a coded list Spinner left behind. When a terrible storm separates the crew and almost wrecks the boat, Will and Essie must use all their courage and ingenuity. Meanwhile, Pod and Annalie, travelling in the crippled Sunfish, are captured by pirates, who agree to fix the Sunfish - at a price. Worse still, their old nemesis Beckett is still on their trail. Can they follow the clues, track down the scientists, and find Spinner before Beckett does? Mardi McConnochi is the author of four previous adult novels: Coldwater, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writer's Prize First Novel Award (Pacific region), The Snow Queen, Fivestar and The Voyagers. She has also written two novels for younger readers, Melissa, Queen of Evil, winner of an Aurealis Award, and Dangerous Games. She lives in Sydney with her partner, James Bradley, and their two daughters.
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Young Adult | 192pp | Various
'VET CADETS' Series Rebecca Johnson
Publisher: Penguin Random House Format: Paperback Rights available: Film/TV Agent: Clare Forster Contact: claref@curtisbrown.com.au
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Abbey, Hannah and Talika are new recruits at Willowvale boarding school's Vet Cadets program. They are excited to learn all about caring for farm animals and the work that country vets do. Riding horses, shearing sheep and treasure-hunting for parasites are all just part of their normal school day. But when something starts attacking the school's sheep, the three vet cadets must use their scientific skills, animal knowledge and teamwork to try and catch the culprit before it's too late. Rebecca Johnson is an award-winning Australian author, part-time primary school science teacher and mother of two. In 2015 she received the Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools. In 2010 Rebecca received the Peter Doherty Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. Her 'Juliet' series is highly acclaimed and will be published in Norwegian, Czech, Slovak and Portuguese.
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Middle Grade | ~ 256pp | Various
'THE TURNERS' SERIES Mick Elliott
Publisher:
A trilogy from the funniest new Australian kids' author in years.
Hachette
Leo Lennox has an epic problem: it's his 13th birthday and he has just grown a tail. You'd think that growing a tail in the middle of the school library would be the worst thing that could happen to you, but Leo is about to discover that things can always get worse - and a whole lot weirder.
Format: Paperback Rights available: TV/Film, US, UK, Translation Agent: Fiona Inglis Contact: fiona@curtisbrown.com.au
Now, as he discovers an unthinkable family secret, Leo must team up with his infuriating older sister to escape snake-skinned henchmen, ancient shape-shifters and a whispering villain determined to feed him to a pack of genetically engineered killer pigs - all while trying to control his new shape-shifting powers. Mick Elliott is a children's television producer, scriptwriter and animator. Since 2001 he has worked at Nickelodeon Australia, overseeing award-winning series for kids of all ages. His work at Nickelodeon has won more than twenty international awards, while his animated short films have screened at over sixty festivals worldwide.
'A rollicking ride into a fantastic world of weirdness.' Read Plus
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Middle Grade | 160pp | April 2017
JIMMY COOK DISCOVERS: X MARKS THE SPOT
Kate & Jol Temple & Jon Foye Publisher: Allen & Unwin Format: Paperback Rights available: Audio, Film/TV, US, UK, Translation Agent: Tara Wynne Contact: tara@curtisbrown.com.au
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Jimmy has to keep the amazing discovery a big secret because he found it behind a toilet block (that's totally out-of-bounds). But that's not going to stop Jimmy and his crew! Once he digs up the dinosaur bone, he's going to be the most famous Captain James Cook in history and not even Ms Fennel will be mad with him. But even the greatest explorers have problems. Jimmy's are these: 1) Everyone in the school now wants to help in The Dig, so it's just a matter of time before Ms Fennel puts a stop to the greatest discovery of all time and 2) a large smelly cat is sitting in his hole. But luck is on his side. Jimmy's found a map of the school with a large X on it. And everyone knows what that means -- Treasure! Treasure! Treasure! Kate and Jol Temple and Jon Foye have five children's books to their names including Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers Third Grade and their picture books Parrot Carrot, Mike I Don't Like and I Got This Hat which was selected for National Simultaneous Storytime in 2016. These books have managed to find themselves on short lists and NSW Premier's Reading Lists. They have also created two digital adaptations of their picture books for which they have received international awards for creativity.
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Children's | 32pp | June 2017
DO NOT LICK THIS BOOK
Idan Ben-Barak & Julian Frost
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Format: Hardback Rights available: Film/TV, Audio Agent: Clare Forster Contact: claref@curtisbrown.com.au
Min is a microbe. She is small. Very small. In fact so small that you'd need to look through a microscope to see her. Or you can simply open this book and take Min on an adventure to amazing places she's never seen before like the icy glaciers of your tooth or the twisted, tangled jungle that is your shirt. Idan Ben-Barak holds a BSc in medical science, an MSc in microbiology, and a PhD in the history and philosophy of science. His first book, Small Wonders: How Microbes Rule Our World has been published around the world and won the 2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books. Idan lives in Melbourne with his wife and two children. Julian Frost is an illustrator, designer and animator. Julian received worldwide acclaim for his animation 'Dumb Ways to Die' which has had close to 150 million views since it was uploaded on YouTube in 2012. With his illustration work for kids, Julian loves using likeable silliness in the service of communicating serious information. He lives in Melbourne.
'The only thing wrong with this book is that it doesn’t go for longer.' - Bookseller + Publisher 50
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