{"id":187554,"date":"2025-06-15T23:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T23:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/187554\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T23:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T23:39:15","slug":"perentie-press-acquires-first-ya-graphic-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/187554\/","title":{"rendered":"Perentie Press acquires first YA graphic novel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\tMonday, 16 June 2025 \u00a0 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing<\/a><\/p>\n

Perentie Press has acquired world rights to The Curator, a YA graphic novel by author\/illustrator Wendy Tyrer, the first YA graphic novel acquisition for the new press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The novel asks, \u2018what would you give up to become famous?\u2019 said the publisher. \u2018Artists are disappearing in Melbourne, but struggling art student Mimi isn\u2019t too concerned \u2013 she\u2019s not a \u201creal artist\u201d yet. When a peculiar curator and an equally strange cat turn up in the gallery she works in, Mimi is pulled into a mystery that will force her to make a life-changing choice.\u2019<\/p>\n

Tyrer is a designer, illustrator and animator who works in bayside Melbourne.<\/p>\n

Publisher Bethany Loveridge said, \u2018As soon as we saw the opening pages of this gripping adventure, we knew it was something special.\u2019<\/p>\n

Of her book, Tyrer said, \u2018With The Curator, I wanted to capture that magical, slightly surreal feeling I get when wandering through galleries and museums. I also wanted to write something with puzzles, secrets, and unexpected turns \u2013 where art isn\u2019t just beautiful, but powerful.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Curator is planned for release in mid-2026.<\/p>\n

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Category: Local\u00a0news<\/a> Rights\u00a0and\u00a0acquisitions<\/a> <\/p>\n

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