NewSouth acquires Hausheer’s nonfiction

NewSouth Publishing has acquired world rights to The Vanishing Wild: Australian Wildlife and the Fight Against Extinction by science writer Justine E Hausheer, via literary agent Martin Shaw.

The Vanishing Wild delves into the threat to Australia’s biodiversity under federal legislation. ‘Australia accounts for just five per cent of the world’s landmass, yet an astonishing 85 per cent of its plants, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians are found nowhere else on Earth,’ said the publisher.

Based on the Sunshine Coast, Hausheer is a science writer for conservation NGO the Nature Conservancy. She is also the managing editor of Cool Green Science. Her work has won awards from the Outdoor Writers Association of America and has been featured in the Best Australian Science Writing anthology.

NewSouth publisher Harriet McInerney said, ‘This book has a shocking story to tell us about our wildlife under threat. But Justine Hausheer has written a book that is filled with life, as she perfectly captures these incredible native animals and the ingenuity and care of the scientists who dedicate their lives to them.’

NewSouth plans to publish The Vanishing Wild in May 2026.

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