Callie Garnett has been promoted to senior editor at Bloomsbury.
At First Second, Molly Johanson has been promoted to designer, and Sunny Lee has been promoted to senior designer.
Fellowships
Zibby Owens, host of the Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books podcast, has launched a fellowship for debut women memoir writers to complete their first, book-length manuscript. The Moms Don’t Have Time To Fellowship is a 12-month program, pairing 2-4 authors a year with editor mentors “to encourage a diversity of perspectives, and to give new writers outside the literary establishment the tools, skills, and knowledge they’ll need to launch a professional writing career.” The 2021 authors receiving the fellowship are Cristina Alesci, Mireya D’Angelo, Meghan Riordan Jarvis, and Lydia Sohn, and the editors are Carolyn Murnick and Leigh Newman.
Zibby Owens, host of the Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books podcast, has launched a fellowship for debut women memoir writers to complete their first, book-length manuscript. The Moms Don’t Have Time To Fellowship is a 12-month program, pairing 2-4 authors a year with editor mentors “to encourage a diversity of perspectives, and to give new writers outside the literary establishment the tools, skills, and knowledge they’ll need to launch a professional writing career.” The 2021 authors receiving the fellowship are Cristina Alesci, Mireya D’Angelo, Meghan Riordan Jarvis, and Lydia Sohn, and the editors are Carolyn Murnick and Leigh Newman.
Awards
The 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award finalists are:
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw
Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear, by Matthew Salesses
The Knockout Queen, by Rufi Thorpe
Mother Daughter Widow Wife, by Robin Wasserman
Scattered Lights, by Steve Wiegenstein
Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear, by Matthew Salesses
The Knockout Queen, by Rufi Thorpe
Mother Daughter Widow Wife, by Robin Wasserman
Scattered Lights, by Steve Wiegenstein
Bookselling
The Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland is launching the Covid Recovery Project, a £150,000 initiative offering grants and mentorships to bookstores ahead of April reopening. Grants will range from £500 to £4,000 and stores at risk of closing will be prioritized.
The Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland is launching the Covid Recovery Project, a £150,000 initiative offering grants and mentorships to bookstores ahead of April reopening. Grants will range from £500 to £4,000 and stores at risk of closing will be prioritized.