In the UK, Muna Reyal will join Chelsea Green’s UK team as head of editorial and production. Before leaving publishing for graduate school she was a food and lifestyle publisher and editorial director at Headline Home. Awards The New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards for 2020 have been cancelled for the first time in 68 years, “due to issues related to the ongoing pandemic.” Pamela Paul and Jennifer Krauss at the NYT noted that the judging is usually conducted at the newspaper’s offices, “under staff supervision.” Those premises remained closed to all nonessential employees, and “the judging […]
Archives for July 2020
Briefs
Relief The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has provided a $3.5 million grant to provide emergency support to literary arts organizations affected by Covid-19. The Academy of American Poets, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, and the National Book Foundation will jointly administer this Literary Arts Fund. Literary organizations and publishers may apply for one-time emergency relief grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 through August 7. Grants will be distributed by September 15. Work From Home Sourcebooks announced that it has extended the option of remote work for all employees in its four US offices through the end of the year. […]
Briefs: Opening Trump Sales, Eason’s Layoffs and More
Simon & Schuster announced that Mary Trump‘s Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man sold more than 950,000 units in the US in its first day on sale, July 14. That sets “a company record.” (The previous record-holder was Bob Woodward’s FEAR, which the company had said sold 900,000 units on opening day in November 2018, and over 1.1 million units in its first week on sale.) A fourteenth hardcover printing on order will bring them to more than 1.15 million copies in print. Irish bookseller Eason’s will close all seven of their […]
People, Etc.
Analieze Cervantes and Jennifer Herrington have joined Harvey Klinger as associate agents, where they will focus on YA and adult fiction. They were previously at Corvisiero Literary. Karey Circosta has been promoted to publisher and chief executive officer of Ave Maria Press, starting August 31, the first woman to serve as publisher of the press in its 155-year history. She succeeds Tom Grady, who is retiring after 15 years at the publisher. Megan Dobson will join Zondervan on July 27 as vp, publisher for Zonderkidz, reporting to Laura Minchew. She was publisher for ChristianAudio, prior to which she spent 9 […]
NBCC Elects New Board Members, Seeks Advice on Removing Romano
The National Book Critics Circle appointed 15 new board members as planned at a special meeting on July 14, and also received legal advice about facilitating a special membership meeting to remove board member Carlin Romano. Five of the elected board members are former board members who resigned their positions last month and were willing to rejoin given planned changes. “The end result,” writes the NBCC in a press release, “Is the most diverse board in NBCC history and one of the most experienced.” The newly elected board members are: Diego Baez, Stephanie Burt, Rod Davis, Charles Finch, Rigoberto Gonzalez, […]
Daria’s You Had Me at Hola Tops August Library Reads
Alexis Daria’s You Had Me at Hola is the top pick on the August Library Reads list. Also on the list: Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson The Exiles, by Christina Baker Kline Harrow the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir The Night Swim, by Megan Goldin No Offense, by Meg Cabot The Silent Wife, by Karin Slaughter Squeeze Me, by Carl Hiaassen The Switch, by Beth O’Leary Vaness Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop, by Roselle Lim