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Coronet scoops Delaney’s Wellmania for publication in tandem with Netflix release
Coronet has signed co-creator of the Netflix TV comedy “Wellmania” Brigid Delaney’s book of the same name, for publication in tandem with release of the Netflix series.
Publisher Hannah Black acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to Wellmania from Sophy Williams at Black Inc.
Coronet will publish in paperback and e-book in January 2023 to coincide with the Netflix series of the same name, which is adapted from the book and will star Celeste Barber.
The book’s synopsis reads: “When journalist and human tornado Brigid wakes up to yet another hangover, chronic anxiety and the reality that she is fast approaching 40, she is forced to rethink her ‘live fast die young’ attitude.
“Cold-pressed juices, hot yoga, veganism, paleo, mindfulness … if you embrace these things you will be happy, you will be well – just ask Instagram. But what does wellness even mean? Does any of this stuff actually work? Throwing herself body first into a wellness journey, Brigid decides to find out.
“Starting with a brutal 101-day fast, Brigid tests the things that are meant to make us well – detoxes, colonics, meditation, Balinese healing, silent retreats and group psychotherapy, and sorts through what works and what is just expensive hype. She asks: what does this obsession say about us? Is wellness possible, or even desirable? Where’s the fun in it all? And why do you smell so bad when you haven’t eaten in seven days? Trying everything from the benign to the bizarre in an attempt to reclaim her old life, Brigid discovers that perhaps if we could only look beyond ourselves we might just find the answer.”
Delaney, also the author of This Restless Life (Melbourne University Publishing), Wild Things (HarperCollins AU) and Reasons Not to Worry (Allen & Unwin), said: “I’m so delighted to be published by Hannah Black, publisher of Coronet. They have a venerable history of publishing books with a funny bone, including the legendary P G Wodehouse.”
Black commented: “We’re excited to be publishing Wellmania. Brigid writes about her experiences in a way that makes you gasp and laugh but that will resonate with so many. That quest for health and happiness is something we can all recognise, and Brigid shows how we may just be looking in the wrong places.”
