Mardle picks up Yorkshire vet Wright's animal encounters

Mardle Books has picked up The Tails and Tales of a Yorkshire Vet by Peter Wright.

Publisher Jo Sollis acquired world, all-language rights from Exclusive Press and Publicity, for publication in spring 2023 in hardback, e-book and audio.

The books sees Wright look back at the funniest, most absurd or heartbreaking animal encounters and situations he has been in over his long career.

He said: "My mentor and former boss Alf Wight said that the life of a vet is never dull—and how true he was. It is funny, looking back, that he found fame through his James Herriot books, and now his former surgery and myself have been taken to the nation’s heart once again through our show ‘The Yorkshire Vet’.

"It just shows what a nation of animal lovers we are and these past few years have been particularly challenging for all of us, with the coronavirus outbreak. But what it has shown me is the comfort and support our pets give us in times like these. All the same, it was this, along with recent changes to my working life, that gave me an opportunity to reflect, so I want to look back at some of my favourite cases and share them with you."

Sollis added: “We are chuffed to bits to be working with the country’s best vet—Peter is literally a national treasure.”