The Whiting Foundation announced a new initiative to support small nonprofit literary magazines through a program of awards, matching grants, and organizational help. Director of literary programs Courtney Hodell says in the announcement, “When literary magazines suffer, literature feels it, and when they thrive, so do writers and readers. We hope to bring more attention…
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Shannon Jamieson Vazquez has joined Crooked Lane as senior acquisition editor. She continues to run SJV Editorial, and was previously an editor at Berkley. At Random House Children’s, Nancee Adams has joined as copy editor. She was previously was a freelance copy editor and proofreader. Bess Schelper has joined as associate copy editor. She was…
Kirkus Prize Nominees, FT Shortlist
The Kirkus Prize announced their award candidates in fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature. The winners will be announced in a ceremony on November 2. In fiction, they nominate one Booker candidate (Hamid) and two NBA longlisted-authors (Machado and Ward). The only other point of overlap is children’s nominee Angie Thomas, also on the NBA longlist. The…
People, Etc.: Sheinkman to PFD, and More
Elizabeth Sheinkman will move to PFD as executive director of the books department and senior agent on October 5, and she will join the agency’s executive board. She has been at WME in London since 2012, moving over from Curtis Brown UK. Agency ceo Caroline Michel says in the announcement, “We are lucky to have…
Ward and Egan Lead National Book Award Fiction Longlist
The National Book Awards announced their final longlist on Friday morning, for the fiction award. (Asterisked titles have not been released yet.) Independent presses fared well, with 5 titles in contention: Elliot Ackerman, Dark at the Crossing (Knopf) Daniel Alarcón, The King Is Always Above the People: Stories* (Riverhead) Charmaine Craig, Miss Burma (Grove Press)…
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Susan Van Metre will join Candlewick Press as executive editorial director of the new Walker Books US imprint, set to launch in fall 2018. Van Metre has been with Abrams for the past 15 years, most recently as svp and publisher of the children’s division, and will remain based in New York. President and publisher of Candlewick Press…