There is still time to register here for our fourth virtual Buzz Books Editors Panel, tonight, Wednesday, January 26th at 7 PM Eastern. The American Booksellers Association joins us as co-presenter, with co-owner of Books Are Magic bookstore and bestselling novelist Emma Straub as the host. (Her latest novel, This Time Tomorrow, is out in May.) Tonight’s panel will feature these terrific authors and editors in conversation about their buzz-worthy forthcoming titles: BLOOD ORANGE NIGHT, by Melissa Bond (Gallery). Edited by Rebecca Strobel. A TINY UPWARD SHOVE, by Melissa Chadburn (Farrar, Straus). Edited by Jenna Johnson. BROTHER ALIVE, by Zain Khalid (Grove). […]
Archives for January 2022
Obituary: G.M. Ford
Mystery novelist G.M. Ford died on December 1, 2021 in San Diego. In 1995 he published his debut Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca?, featuring Seattle private investigator Leo Waterman, which was a finalist for the Anthony and Shamus awards and went on to be a 12-book series. He is also the author of the Frank Corso mysteries and a number of standalone novels.
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Whitney Frick has been promoted to vp and editor in chief of the Dial Press. Molly Turpin has been promoted to senior editor, Random House imprint. Kaeli Subberwal has been promoted to assistant editor, Random House imprint. Noa Shapiro has been promoted to assistant editor, Random House imprint.
New Books Publishing January 25
Titles by Isabel Allende and Tochi Onyebuchi lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes new work from Wajahat Ali and Michael Schur. Also out today are Donna Everhart’s The Saints of Swallow Hill, Eva Jurczyk’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and Mesha Maren’s Perpetual West, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2021: Fall/Winter sampler. 18 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-january-25 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_January_/221690 12 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-january-25 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_January_/221691 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 you want to […]
Tomorrow’s Discuss Guest: Book Consultant and Publisher Julie Trelstad
Don’t miss Discuss online at this Publishers Marketplace link tomorrow, Wednesday, January 26 at noon Eastern for an AMA with book publishing expert Julie Trelstad. In her second Discuss appearance, Julie will offer tips and tricks to getting published, so post your questions for a priceless consultation. To participate in Discuss, just sign in and use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments, and Julie will post back.
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Nonfiction Part 2
Our season overview from Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer concludes with nonfiction, part two, including history and crime, and biography and memoir. If you haven’t downloaded your copy yet, the “trade edition” is available now from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. Biography & Memoir Rafael Agustin, Illegally Yours: A Memoir (Grand Central, 7/12) Kendra Allen, Fruit Punch: A Memoir (Ecco, 4/5) Zain E. Asher, Where The Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable (Amistad, 4/26) Ken Auletta, Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence (Penguin Press, 7/12) Garcelle Beauvais, Finding My […]