One Boat signs Birtwhistle’s Green Budget Guide to sustainable living

One Boat has acquired The Green Budget Guide by author and winner of "The Great British Bake Off", Nancy Birtwhistle.

Hockley Raven Sloane, senior commissioning editor at Bluebird and One Boat, acquired world rights from Anna Bruce at Yellow Poppy Media, for publication on 4th January 2024.

Following on from her last book, The Green Gardening Handbook, as well as prior titles Clean & Green and Green Living Made Easy (One Boat), the publisher says Birtwhistle’s new book will see her focus her sustainability expertise on helping readers with the cost of living crisis.

The synopsis states: “Born in post-war Hull in the 1950s, and formerly a single working mum to two kids, Nancy is no stranger to frugality. Building on her astonishing 12p laundry detergent and wildly popular recipe, ‘Pure Magic’, The Green Budget Guide will include yet more of the inspired, sustainable and budget friendly hacks that have made Nancy so loved by readers and her 400k strong social media following, as well as tips and tricks from a lifetime spent learning how to run a household efficiently by saving time and money.

“What do you do with your expired oils and spices? How can you make the best use of your microwave and keep meals healthy and tasty? How can you remove mould safely? These questions and more will be answered in The Green Budget Guide. This new book offers readers Nancy’s most thoughtful, cheap and time-saving tips and tricks on how to run a budget home – all while protecting the environment.”

Birtwhistle said: “Previous generations were very good at being ‘budget-friendly’ long before ‘eco-friendly’ became an everyday word, so by combining the two we can begin to meet these difficult challenges and actually feel empowered, resilient and resourceful. I for one know that I will not revert to some of those less price-conscious, throw-away habits that have been costly both to our limited budget and our planet.”

Sloane said: “Nancy continues to go from strength to strength and her visionary approach inspires us all to be a little more curious about how we care for our homes and the planet. Her books are earning their rightful place as go-to classics and The Green Budget Guide will be no exception. In her truly inimitable style, Nancy makes sustainable living easy and accessible for everyone.”