The Next Chapter Begins: "Every Year After" Renewed for a Second Season Inspired by Carley Fortune's 'One Golden Summer'

Prime Video has renewed Every Year After for a second season, bringing the next story from the Barry's Bay universe to the screen

Culver City, CA - June 27, 2026 - Today, Prime Video announced a second-season pickup for Every Year After, the television series based on Carley Fortune's Barry's Bay universe. Following the first season's adaptation of Fortune's bestselling novel Every Summer After, the second season will expand the universe into her second novel, One Golden Summer, while continuing to explore the fan favorite stories and characters from the first season. Amy B. Harris will continue to serve as showrunner with Fortune continuing to serve as an executive producer.

"The response to Every Year After has been truly extraordinary, underscoring the universal appeal of Carley Fortune's storytelling and the deep connection audiences have formed with the world of Barry's Bay," said Peter Friedlander, Head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios. "We're incredibly grateful to Carley, Amy B. Harris, our exceptional cast and creative team, and the passionate fans who have embraced this series around the globe. We're excited to return to Barry's Bay and bring audiences another deeply emotional and unforgettable chapter."

The first season is based on the best-selling novel by Carley Fortune, Every Summer After - which spent 22 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, has sold 1.7M+ copies to date, gaining popularity through BookTok with the book hashtag receiving over 81.4M views on TikTok. One Golden Summer spent 20 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list and has sold nearly 1M copies to date.

Every Year After stars Michael Bradway (Chicago Fire, Marked Men), Sadie Soverall (Saltburn), Matt Cornett (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Summer of 69), Aurora Perrineau (KAOS, Westworld), Abigail Cowen (Fate: The Winx Saga), and Joseph Chiu (Fear Street: Prom Queen, Motorheads).

Amy B. Harris will serve as showrunner and executive producer alongside Fortune, Lindsey Liberatore, Amy Rardin, John Stephens and Grace Gilroy as executive producers.

About Carley Fortune

Carley Fortune is the #1 New York Times and #1 Globe and Mail bestselling author of One Golden Summer, This Summer Will Be Different, Meet Me at the Lake and Every Summer After. Her latest novel Our Perfect Storm was just released in May 2026 to acclaim. To date, her books have sold 5.4 million copies in 35 languages. Before becoming a novelist, Carley was an award-winning journalist and worked as an editor at some of Canada's top publications, including The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Toronto Life, and Refinery29 Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Carley spent her young life in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia, and in Barry's Bay, a tiny lakeside town in rural Ontario and the setting for Every Summer After. She lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons and is currently working on her sixth book.

About Amy B. Harris

Amy B. Harris, who was the executive producer and showrunner for the Prime Video series The Wilds and has an overall deal at Amazon MGM Studios where she develops and supervises new projects across all genres, adapted and will showrun. Harris also developed and executive produced The Carrie Diaries, the prequel to Sex and the City. She previously served as a writer and producer for the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning series Sex and the City. Her credits also include The Comeback, Gossip Girl, and Designated Survivor.

About Prime Video

Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. On Prime Video, customers can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports - including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies Red One, Road House, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Fallout, Reacher, The Boys, Cross, and The Idea of You; licensed fan favorites; Prime member exclusive access to coverage of live sports including Thursday Night Football, WNBA, and NWSL, and acclaimed sports documentaries including Bye Bye Barry and Kelce; and programming from Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+ via Prime Video add-on subscriptions, as well as more than 500 free ad-supported (FAST) Channels. Prime members in the U.S. can share a variety of benefits, including Prime Video, by using Amazon Household. Prime Video is one benefit among many that provides savings, convenience, and entertainment as part of the Prime membership. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads. Customers can also go behind the scenes of their favorite movies and series with exclusive X-Ray access. For more info visit www.amazon.com/primevideo.

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