Book deal for Instagram comedian Celeste Barber
Challenge Accepted! to be published this month
Australian comedian Celeste Barber has secured a UK publisher for her book Challenge Accepted!
The stand-up has become an Instagram sensation for her photographs aping the social media posts of the rich and famous, amassing 4.6million followers on the photo-sharing service.
Challenge Accepted! is described as 'part-memoir, part-comedy routine, part-advice manual calling out our ridiculous obsession with celebrity Instagram culture'.
Harper NonFiction has acquired the rights for the UK and will publish it on September 27 – Click here to order.
The publisher's editorial director, Katya Shipster, said:: 'I've been a huge fan of Celeste's for ages, so it's thrilling to publish her fantastically funny memoir in the UK. Celeste is truly one of a kind, and her writing in this energetic book is as hilarious, insightful and universally relatable as she is online.'
Published: 3 Sep 2018
