Broadleaf Title Uses Prepositions to Point to Jesus
Don Pape of Pape Commons sold world rights to Valerie Weaver-Zercher at Broadleaf Books for Varina Buntin Willse’s Throughout: Illuminating the Fullness of God with Fifteen Overlooked Words, which the publisher said invites readers to imagine the mysteries and proximity of God through the lens of the lowliest part of speech: the preposition. Willse is a writer of spiritual and narrative nonfiction and a freelance editor with degrees from the University of North Carolina and Oxford University. Publication is planned for fall 2026.
Four New Titles to IVP
Kelli Trujillo, trade editor at InterVarsity Press, has taken world rights to the tentatively titled Faithful Innkeeper in a deal with the unagented Rachel Lois Uthmann and International Association for Refugees (IAFR). Uthmann is director of training for IAFR, an international Christian nonprofit providing training for refugee ministries and global secular NGOs working with refugees. The book guides people from ministry leaders to volunteers to work confidently in this field. Release is scheduled for spring 2027.
Al Hsu, associate editorial director, contracted world rights with artist and Anglican deacon Benjamin Terry Lansing and Anglican priest Daniel John Marotta Sr. to follow up their award-winning Our Church Speaks: An Illustrated Devotional of Saints from Every Era and Place with a sequel. Tentatively titled Our Church Year: An Illustrated Devotional of the Liturgical Calendar, it is scheduled to release in fall 2026. The authors were represented by Don Gates of the Gates Group.
IVP Academic acquiring editor Rachel Hastings has signed a world rights deal with Matthew W. Bates (Why the Gospel?), a professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary and host of the OnScript podcast, for his tentatively titled ChristFormed: How Beholding Jesus Leads to Discipleship. The book, planned for summer 2008, is a 10-stage journey of transformative discipleship, based on Luke 10-19 that guides readers to the heart of Jesus, according to the publisher. Tips, questions, and suggested exercises accompany each chapter. Bates was unagented.
Acquisitions editor Nilwona Nowlin has signed a world rights contract with Nathan Walton for the fall 2026 release of the tentatively titled Multiethnicity Between Sundays: From Multiethnic Churches to Multiethnic Lives. The unagented Walton is co-lead pastor of East End Fellowship in Richmond, Vir., and the book draws from his decade of pastoral ministry in multiethnic churches, consulting with churches on the topic, and theological training. He encourages churches to commit to a multiethnic lifestyle “between Sundays” through 4 R’s: residence, recreation, resources, and religion.
Devotional Based on Paul’s Prayers to ODB
Mary DeMuth of Mary DeMuth Literary has negotiated a world rights deal with Dawn Anderson, executive editor of Our Daily Bread Publishing, for Chris Morris’s devotional Start Here: 40 Days to Praying Like Paul. Morris (Trekking Toward Tenacity) is an advocate for promoting mental health issues within the church. His devotional, releasing in spring 2028, highlights the prayers of the apostle Paul, their meaning in our lives, and how they apply to readers’ Christian walk.
WaterBrook Signs Book on Overcoming Fear
Karen Yates and Curtis Yates at Yates & Yates have brokered a two-book deal, via WaterBrook senior editor Will Anderson, with Luke Lefevre, named by Outreach Magazine as one of the top 20 Christian leaders today. The first, scheduled for spring 2027 release, is Dethrone Fear: Finding the Courage Not to Waste Your Life. He offers tools to understand the root of our fear, how to overcome it, and practical steps to fulfill the calling we were created for, said the publisher. The second book is TBD.
New Garber Essays to Paraclete
Lillian Miao, director at Paraclete Press, acquired world rights to Hints of Hope: Essays on Making Peace with the Proximate by Steven Garber, senior fellow for vocation and the common good for the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. Through eight reflective essays, Garber probes what it means to be human and shares his wisdom-based lessons on how to see what is true, right, and beautiful in the world where suffering is all around us, according to the publisher. Publication is set for January 20, 2026. The author represented himself.
Flatiron to Publish Biography of New Pope
Julianna Haubner at Flatiron Books has taken North American rights to American Pope, a biography of Robert Francis Prevost—the new Pope Leo XIV—by NPR senior editor of religion and spirituality Daniel Burke and host of NPR’s All Things Considered Scott Detrow. The book draws on new insider interviews and the authors’ decades of religion reporting to reveal how an Augustinian from Chicago became the leader of Catholics worldwide, according to the publisher. Flatiron said the book also reveals how the pope’s background positions him to address pressing global and spiritual challenges. Bridget Wagner Matzie at Aevitas Creative Management (NA) brokered the deal. The publication date is TBD.
