The National Book Awards announced their 10-title longlist for young adult literature. All of the authors on the list this year are first time nominees. Finalists will be announced on October 6. Kacen Callender, King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Press) Traci Chee, We Are Not Free (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s) Evette Dionne, Lifting as We Climb (Viking Children’s) Eric Gansworth, Apple (Skin to the Core) (Levine Querido) Candice Iloh, Every Body Looking (Dutton Children’s) Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed, When Stars Are Scattered (Dial) Marcella Pixley, Trowbridge Road (Candlewick Press) John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon (Crown Children’s) […]
Archives for September 2020
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Gisselda Nuñez will join HarperCollins in the new role of vp, diversity, equity, and inclusion on September 21. Nuñez will “lead and advise the company on DE&I initiatives, creating a strategy/vision that aligns with HarperCollins’s values and culture.” She was previously executive director, head of diversity strategy at Morgan Stanley. Amanda Armstrong-Frank has been promoted to the new role of director of workplace culture and diversity initiatives at Simon & Schuster. Armstrong-Frank will “advise, advocate, and act to improve workplace culture, including diverse representation at all levels,” reporting to both Jonathan Karp and the ViacomCBS office of global inclusion under […]
Atlas Group Is the Winning Bidder to Purchase LSC’s Assets
LSC Communications announced the results of their bankruptcy auction today, a purchase agreement for “substantially all the company’s assets” with an affiliate of private equity investor Atlas Holdings for $63.4 million in cash and the assumption of “certain specified liabilities,” including the company pension plan. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, pending approval by the bankruptcy court. There is a sale hearing scheduled for tomorrow. Atlas owns 21 manufacturing and distribution businesses, including paper producers Finch and Twin Rivers. Atlas had been the “stalking horse” bidder. LSC ceo Thomas J. Quinlan III says in the announcement, […]
Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Tops October Library Reads
V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is the top pick for the October Library Reads list. Also on the list is Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind, excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler. The rest of the picks: Black Sun, by Rebecca Roanhorse Confessions on the 7:45, by Lisa Unger Goodnight Beautiful, by Aimee Molloy The Once and Future Witches, by Alix E. Harrow Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth Ring Shout, by P. Djeli Clark Spoiler Alert, by Olivia Dade The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop, by Fannie Flagg
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At St. Martin’s Publishing Group, Monique Patterson has been promoted to the new position of vp, editorial director, acquisition outreach, reporting to Jen Enderlin. In addition to acquiring, Patterson “will now oversee initiatives to aid St. Martin’s Publishing Group in our commitment to increasing the diversity of our list, and in publishing more authors from underrepresented communities.” Cecilia Lyra has been promoted to associate agent at The Rights Factory. Gabrielle Bellot has been promoted to head instructor of classes and staff contributing editor for the magazine at Catapult. The 2020 Rona Jaffe Award winners are: Hannah Bae (nonfiction), Mari Christmas (fiction), […]
New Books Publishing September 15
Apparently Bob Woodward has a new book out today, part of a big wave of notable nonfiction, with fiction from Ayad Akhtar, Susanna Clarke, Ken Follett, Christopher Paolini and NBF medalist Walter Mosley. As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of books publishing today in need of attention and support, featuring: 10 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-15 19 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-15 More new children’s and YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-september We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if […]