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Tinder Press acquires the second novel by Booker Prize-longlisted author Nathan Harris
Headline’s Tinder Press has acquired Amity, the second novel by Booker Prize-longlisted author Nathan Harris.
Amy Perkins bought UK and Commonwealth rights, when she was at Tinder Press, from Laura Mamelok at Little, Brown US, and Ellie Freedman will publish the book in the UK. Liese Mayer of Little, Brown and Company will publish in the US. The novel will be published on 4th September 2025 in hardback, trade paperback, e-book and audio.
Harris’s debut novel The Sweetness of Water (Tinder Press) was longlisted for the Booker Prize and was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize.
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The synopsis says: "New Orleans, 1866. The Civil War might be over, but formerly enslaved Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they’ve been promised. Two years ago, the siblings were separated when their old master, Mr Harper, took June away to Mexico, where he hoped to escape the new reality of the post-war South. Coleman stayed behind in Louisiana to serve the Harper family, clinging to the hope that one day June would return.
"When an unexpected letter from Mr Harper arrives, summoning Coleman to Mexico, Coleman thinks that finally his prayers have been answered. What Coleman cannot know is the tangled truth of June’s tribulations under Mr Harper out on the frontier. And when disaster strikes Coleman’s journey, he is forced on the run with Mr Harper’s daughter, Florence. Together, they venture into the Mexican desert to find June, all the while evading two crooked brothers who’ll stop at nothing to capture Coleman and Florence and collect the money they’re owed. As Coleman and June separately navigate a perilous, parched landscape, the siblings learn quickly that freedom isn’t always given – sometimes, it must be taken by force."
Harris said: "It fills me with joy knowing that readers will soon get to discover Amity. I’ve lived with this book for years, and I feel the utmost confidence leaving it in Ellie’s hands alongside the whole team at Tinder Press. They have my complete faith. I’m excited to see what the future holds."
Freedman added: "Amity is an astonishing tale of the aftermath of the Civil War and a vital contribution to the literature of emancipation. Like the best historical fiction, it feels timeless, its themes strikingly relevant to the present day."
