{"id":370864,"date":"2025-08-24T23:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/370864\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T23:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:02:11","slug":"atlantic-books-acquires-greys-next-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/370864\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Books acquires Grey\u2019s next novel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\tMonday, 25 August 2025 \u00a0 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing<\/a><\/p>\n

Atlantic Books Australia, a division of Allen & Unwin, has acquired UK\/ANZ rights to Start at the End\u00a0by Emma Grey, in a two-book deal brokered by Anjanette Fennell at Key People Literary Management.<\/p>\n

Start at the End centres themes of love, loss, grief and hope and follows the couple Audrey and Fraser who have \u2018an epic, unbreakable love story \u2013 until one tragic moment upends everything,\u2019 said the publisher.<\/p>\n

Based in Canberra, Grey is the author of six novels including The Last Love Note<\/a> (Michael Joseph), Pictures of You<\/a> (Penguin) and Tilly Maguire and the Royal Wedding Mess<\/a> (HarperCollins). Pictures of You won the gold medal in the American Independent Publisher Book Awards and was shortlisted in the ACT Literary Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She said, \u2018Ever since tragedy struck my own life nine years ago, I\u2019ve been drawn to the \u201cwhat ifs\u201d and the idea that one small choice can fling your story onto an unfathomable new path. This was a deliciously thought-provoking, hopeful and romantic novel to write. A reminder that it\u2019s never too late to start again and that, even after great loss, we can scoop up our dreams and carry them down unexpected new avenues.\u2019<\/p>\n

Publisher Cate Paterson said, \u2018Emma Grey\u2019s writing is totally immersive. At a time when we are easily side-tracked by the slightest distraction,\u00a0Start at the End\u00a0is written so beautifully, so sensitively, that the outside world was silenced once I started reading and I was in the romantic trenches with Audrey and Fraser and didn\u2019t want their story to end. But as Emma so perfectly illustrates, one story\u2019s ending is the opportunity for a new beginning.\u2019<\/p>\n

Atlantic Books plans to publish\u00a0Start at the End\u00a0in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in April 2026, with simultaneous publication in North America through Zibby Books and the UK through Corvus, an imprint of Atlantic Books.<\/p>\n

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

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