{"id":152188,"date":"2025-09-22T01:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T01:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/152188\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T01:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T01:27:08","slug":"hachette-acquires-carmodys-dystopian-romantasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/152188\/","title":{"rendered":"Hachette acquires Carmody\u2019s dystopian romantasy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\tMonday, 22 September 2025 \u00a0 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing<\/a><\/p>\n

Hachette Australia has acquired The Shadows that Listen, a debut dystopian romantasy by Louisa Carmody, in a deal brokered between Hachette head of fiction Rebecca Saunders and C&W Agency, after a world all languages exclusive pre-empt by the UK\u2019s Little, Brown Book Group and Little, Brown in the US.<\/p>\n

The Shadows that Listen follows human warrior Amara whose boyfriend goes missing. She reluctantly accepts archangel Nathaniel\u2019s help to find him.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in Sydney and now based in Melbourne, Carmody first wrote The Shadows that Listen at 19 years old and rewrote it at 26 years old before self-publishing it.<\/p>\n

She said, \u2018It is an honour to have the opportunity to bring The Shadows that Listen to readers with such dedicated and accomplished publishers.\u2019<\/p>\n

Saunders said, \u2018This dazzling romantasy blends dystopian, urban and paranormal fantasy in an action-packed, enemies-to-lovers, sexy angels adventure. Louisa has already built a remarkable readership, and we are excited to build on that with a coordinated global campaign alongside our colleagues in the UK and US.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Shadows that Listen is slated for publication in eBook format in September 2025, with the print and audiobook formats to follow in August 2026.<\/p>\n

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