{"id":134729,"date":"2025-10-20T21:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/134729\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T21:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:28:09","slug":"uqp-acquires-new-prosser-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/134729\/","title":{"rendered":"UQP acquires new Prosser novel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\tTuesday, 21 October 2025 \u00a0 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing<\/a><\/p>\n

UQP has acquired world rights for Blue Giant by writer and filmmaker Jordan Prosser.<\/p>\n

The novel centres on disillusioned Melburnian millennial Abby Horne. \u201cAbby once believed she was destined for great things, but her attempts at becoming an industry-disrupting fashion designer, a celebrity yogi and\/or a renowned wildlife conservationist all went up in smoke,\u201d said the publisher. \u201cAfter a drunken bender, she wakes up one morning with an all-new, all-consuming purpose in life: to be the first person on Mars. As luck would have it, charismatic billionaire Tor Skovgaard is currently recruiting for a one-way mission to colonise the red planet through his mysterious new start-up, MarsNow. So begins Abby\u2019s final, ill-fated quest for purpose, fame and fortune. And if she can\u2019t be humanity\u2019s saviour \u2026 she\u2019ll settle for being its martyr.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prosser is an author and filmmaker living in Naarm\/Melbourne. His writing has appeared in Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, the Guardian, the Age and Australian Book Review, while his short films and screenplays have won multiple international accolades. His short story \u201cEleuterio Cabrera\u2019s Beautiful Game\u201d won the Peter Carey Short Story Award in 2022. His debut novel, Big Time, released in 2024, was shortlisted for the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year at the ABIA Awards, and the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlue Giant is a story very close to my heart; it\u2019s my attempt to paint a heightened, satirical picture of how it feels to be alive right now, at a time when the demands of runaway capitalism and hyper-individualism sit so at odds with the collectiveness required to secure our very future as a species. Beyond that, it\u2019s a story about one woman\u2019s search for meaning,\u201d said Prosser. \u201cMy hope is that, flawed though she may be, Abby\u2019s last-ditch attempt at reclaiming that purpose \u2013 by whatever means necessary \u2013 will resonate with readers.\u201d<\/p>\n

UQP publisher Aviva Tuffield said, \u201cA hilarious journey through the self-delusions of youthful idealism that come crashing down even as our protagonist is literally reaching for the stars. Jordan Prosser has a luminous imagination, with talent to burn. I can\u2019t wait for readers to encounter this giant of a book.\u201d<\/p>\n

UQP plans to publish\u00a0Blue Giant in August 2026.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: Sarah Walker<\/p>\n

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

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