Janine Barlow and Samantha Zukergood have both been promoted to assistant editor at Thomas Dunne Books. At Dutton, Jamie Knapp has been promoted to associate director of publicity, and Becky Odell moves up to associate publicist. James Hegberg has been promoted to senior online marketing manager at Sourcebooks. At Random House Children’s books, on the licensed & proprietary brands marketing team: Krister Engstrom has been promoted to assistant director, Tara Grieco moves up to associate marketing manager, and Jena Debois is now marketing coordinator. Sarah Gaydos will join Oni Press as editorial director of licensed publishing. She has been an editor at IDW Publishing. Rebecca Vnuk has joined LibraryReads […]
Archives for April 2018
Briefs
Initiatives The New York City Mayor’s Office of Entertainment and Media’s One Book, One New York program will return for a second year. In April, NYC residents will vote online to determine the title that will be read city-wide, with the winner to be announced in early May. The nominees this year each feature a different neighborhood in NYC: If Beale Street Could Talk, by James Baldwin Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan White Tears, by Hari Kunzru Behold the Dreamers, by Imbolo Mbue When I Was Puerto Rican, by Esmeralda Santiago This year’s program is a partnership with New York Magazine and Vulture (a change from last year, when […]
April Picks
The new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club “Now Read This” selection is Dan Egan’s The Death and Life of the Great Lakes. The April Pennie’s Pick at Costco is Anthony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders. Amazon‘s spotlight pick for April is Madeline Miller’s Circe, and their featured debut is Charles Soule’s The Oracle Year. Also on their top 10 for the month are: The Female Persuasion, by Meg Wolitzer You Think It, I’ll Say It, by Curtis Sittenfeld The Overstory, by Richard Powers Look Alive Out There, by Sloane Crosley The Only Story, Julian Barnes You All Grow Up and Leave Me, Piper Weiss Varina, by […]