By ELEANOR MANN, JUNIOR NEWS REPORTER

Published: 15:34 GMT, 27 December 2025 | Updated: 16:01 GMT, 27 December 2025

Television bosses held a fierce bidding war for the rights to an unpublished 'Tupperware erotica' novel - even though the book won't be on the shelves until 2027. 

Author Abigail Avis, 33, has written a hotly anticipated book about a bored housewife who uses Tupperware parties to secretly smuggle erotic stories she pens at night to her friends and neighbours. 

The novel, set in the 1960s, is not scheduled to be published until spring 2027, but insiders said an auction war between six major production companies who want to buy the TV rights to it was quickly underway. 

Those interested have dubbed it 'Tupperware erotica' and say the novel is part of a wider trend of female authors becoming increasingly popular among streamers and production companies wanting titles that can be sold globally. 

The battle of the TV bosses even follows the one publishers had for the book in the first place - with the publishing rights finally going to Hodder and Stoughton, owned by Hachette UK, for a six-figure sum, the Guardian reported. 

Set in 1960s London, the book charts the literary ambitions of Mitzy Barlow, a housewife and mother-of-two trapped in a loveless marriage bored of the monotony of her life. 

So the protagonist starts hosting 'Tupperware parties' - common in the 1950s and 60s to make extra income from selling the plastic containers - for women in her neighbourhood. 

But she quickly combines her role as hostess with a budding career as a writer of sexual fantasies, which she starts to write each night in a journal to help her cope with her lacklustre marriage. 

The in-demand author studied and taught English Literature before entering a fellowship with The Royal Literary Fund 

The 'Tupperware erotica' novel will not be on our shelves until 2027 - despite a fierce TV boss bid for the rights having already taken place 

She quickly becomes more and more popular, writing under the pseudonym Queen B, and before long the Tupperware parties are a mere cover for her to stash the erotic stories inside the containers to her customers. 

But as her author alter ego enjoys success, Mitzy is left with a dilemma over pursuing a different life, in which she could potentially be accused of indecency. 

The lucky winners of the TV bidding war were Kudos - part of Banijay UK - who are one of the world's biggest production companies. 

The company are behind a huge array of programmes, from Big Brother to the Peaky Blinders.