Archives for June 2021
People
Danielle Dieterich and Gabriella Mongelli have each been promoted to editor at Putnam. At Random House Children’s, Sarah Hokanson has been promoted to art director, and Nicole Gastonguay has been promoted to assistant art director. Taline Boghosian has joined as designer. She was previously a designer at Starry Forest Books. Miriam Vance has been promoted to contracts & rights associate at Catapult, Counterpoint, Soft Skull Press. Latoya Smith at LCS Literary and Felice Laverne at Art + Deco have launched a new agency, ArtHouse Literary Agency, which will “acquire talent across genres in the adult and young adult markets while proudly standing […]
More on Frankfurt
The European Union has finally agreed to recommend that member states lift travel restrictions on visitors from the US, though individual countries will still be able to set their own requirements. But at least the possibility of visiting Europe for a trade show has become easier, if that’s on your agenda. For the record, the Frankfurt Book Fair has asked us to point to their statement (our italics added) that, “Visitors must provide a report of their current health status on the day of entry (more details will be provided when you purchase a ticket). Depending on the regulations in […]
Bolton Gets to Keep the Money
Memorialized in a brief filing with the Federal Court of Wednesday, the Biden administration’s Department of Justice dropped the Trump administration’s witch hunt against former National Security Advisor John Bolton. They dismissed the civil lawsuit looking to recover Bolton’s earnings from publishing THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED without formal, written clearance from the government. And according to Bolton’s lawyer, the government also dropped a grand jury investigation over the book’s publication. Previously, US District Judge Royce C. Lamberth had indicated a strong inclination to support the government’s case, though full evidence had not yet been presented. Earlier this year, Lamberth […]
Forthcoming: Wolff’s Next Trump Book
Michael Wolff’s new book, LANDSLIDE: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency, will be published by Holt on July 27. Though the book is embargoed, a first serial will be featured on the cover of New York Magazine’s July 5 issue. The book promises continuing “extraordinary access to White House aides and to the former President himself, yielding a wealth of new information and insights.” Little Brown UK will publish simultaneously again, this time through the Bridge Street Press imprint.
Good Changes
We are quietly at work on site changes and new initiatives all the time and it has been a particularly busy stretch recently. Sometimes those changes are subtle and occasionally they are unavoidable. Some time very soon — perhaps as soon as next week — you’re going to open your Lunch and it will look different. And better. So don’t be too surprised!