The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded Thursday to British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. Ishiguro is best known for his novel The Remains of the Day, which won the 1989 Man Booker. He is also the author of Never Let Me Go, and most recently, The Buried Giant. The Swedish academy noted in a statement, “Ishiguro’s writings are marked by a carefully restrained mode of expression, independent of whatever events are taking place. At the same time, his more recent fiction contains fantastic features.” Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, added, “He is a little bit like a mix of Jane Austen, […]
Archives for October 2017
People, Etc.
Warren Bass, senior editor for the Wall Street Journal’s weekend review section, will join Penguin Press as executive editor on November 13. President Ann Godoff says, “His breadth of experience and intellectual depth make him a perfect match for our editorial direction.” Margo Lipschultz will join Putnam as executive editor on October 23. Most recently she was senior editor for Harlequin. At Touchstone, Matthew Benjamin has been promoted to executive editor and Lara Blackman has been promoted to assistant editor. Chris Russell has left Viking to join Axios as expert voices editor. At Albert Whitman, Sue Tarsky has been promoted to publishing […]
Acquisitions: PRH Buys Sasquatch, Octopus Buys Kyle Cathie
Penguin Random House acquired Seattle-based publisher Sasquatch Books, which it already distributes through Penguin Random House Publisher Services, last month, for undisclosed terms. Sasquatch will continue to be distributed through PRHPS will report to that unit’s president Jeff Abraham. No changes are planned for its location, management, or staff. Abraham says, “When it became known that the company was looking for new ownership to take Sasquatch to the next level, the prospect of PRHPS acquiring the company, while maintaining its independence in Seattle, was enormously appealing to both sides. We’ve accomplished so much with the incredible team at Sasquatch over the last few years. Now, […]
Ward, Machado, Gessen, Grann, and More Top National Book Award Shortlists
The National Book Awards announced their nominees on Wednesday morning, with the winners to be named on November 14. The fiction list gives 2011 winner Jesmyn Ward a chance for a second win, and includes two debuts, from Lisa Ko and Carmen Maria Machado. The full lists of finalists: Fiction Elliot Ackerman, Dark at the Crossing (Knopf) Lisa Ko, The Leavers (Algonquin) Min Jin Lee, Pachinko (Grand Central) Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Graywolf) Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing (Scribner) Nonfiction Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge (37 […]
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At Orbit, Brit Hvide has been promoted to senior editor and Nivia Evans has been promoted to associate editor. At Simon & Schuster, Julianna Haubner has been promoted to associate editor. Michelle Campbell joins Little, Brown Children’s as senior manager of school and library marketing. She was most recently manager of library and educational marketing for Scholastic. Deborah Druba has joined Anna Jarota Literary Agency as an agent. She was most recently editor of foreign literature at Editions Kero and before that editorial director at Fleuve Editions. Rebecca Weston, formerly associate editor at Random House Children’s, is launching an independent editorial services business, […]
Our November/December Buzz Books Monthly
We wrap up our first year of promotable, consumer-friendly Buzz Books Monthlies with a combined year-end November/December sampler, available now for download on Amazon, iBooks, and NetGalley. In this collection you’ll find excerpts of six titles due for publication in the last two months of the year, and also featured in our extensive Buzz Books 2017 Fall/Winter collection. We finish out 2017 with a line-up of mostly fiction, beginning with National Book Award-winner Louise Erdrich’s newest novel, the dystopian Future Home of the Living God. The sampler also includes bestselling author Donna Everhart’s The Road to Bittersweet, set in 1940s South Carolina. The rest of the fiction includes: The […]