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April 2, 2021
By Erin Somers

Imprints
Macmillan Children’s is launching Neon Squid, a new imprint “dedicated to publishing gift nonfiction books that make complex topics – from medicine to archaeology – accessible and exciting for children.” Joanne Clark, Fiona Macdonald, and Sam Priddy will serve as co-publishers, based in London and reporting to Sally Poulson, global operations director at Priddy Books. The first list will launch in winter 2021.

Audio
Serial Box has been renamed Realm and is expanding to release original audio shows for free as ad-supported podcasts, as well as adding a subscription option. Previously, its audio stories were available to purchase a la carte. Realm plans to continue producing audio originals and expanding its partnerships. Co-founder and ceo Molly Barton said the new branding “better communicates our focus on the content, that we deliver stories that are truly a portal to another world.”

Picks
Apple Books‘ announced their Best of April list:

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, by Dawnie Walton
The Five Wounds, by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Good Company, by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (Available to sample now in our Buzz Books 2021 Spring/Summer sampler)
Second First Impressions, by Sally Thorne
Philip Roth, by Blake Bailey
Life’s Too Short, by Abby Jimenez
The Bookstore on the Beach, by Brenda Novak
Hummingbird Salamander, by Jeff VanderMeer
Whereabouts, by Jhumpa Lahiri
A Year of Loving Kindness to Myself, by Brigid Lowry
The Good Sister, by Sally Hepworth
Make Your Art No Matter What, by Beth Pickens
The Haunting of Alma Fielding, by Kate Summerscale
The Third Pole, by Mark Synnott
Paradise, Nevada, by Dario Diofebi
Open Water, by Caleb Azemah Nelson
The Outdoor Scientist, by Temple Grandin
Zara Hossain Is Here, by Sabina Khan

Correction
Yesterday’s newsletter ran the wrong item from The Rights Factory: Newly joining the agency is Karmen Wells has as associate agent, film and TV. She was previously an editor at Harper Canada. (Emmy Nordstrom Higdon is at Westwood Creative Artists.)

Filed Under: Audio, Awards, Free, New Imprints

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