Diana Gill has launched a freelance editing and publishing consultant business called Diana Gill Editorial. She previously held positions at Penguin Random House, Macmillan, and HarperCollins.
Archives for January 2022
UK Tries TV Show Search for Cookbook Author
Starting January 31, the UK’s Channel 4 will air a seven-episode TV series called The Great Cook Book Challenge with Jamie Oliver. Following a series of cooking challenges among 18 chefs, one winner will get a cookbook publishing deal with Penguin Michael Joseph. The publisher’s managing director Louisa Moore is head judge on the show. She says: “I hope and believe that this show offers an opportunity to showcase one area of publishing to a wider audience in a positive and genuine way, that it can start to help demystify the publishing process, because it is essential and necessary now […]
Newsletter Touts Book Material for Development
Former THR books editor Andy Lewis is writing a weekly column for start-up The Ankler that touts some forthcoming releases still available for film/TV options. Called the Optionist, he writes, “Every Friday, I’ll present un-optioned material from books, magazines, news articles, podcasts, games and graphic novels that I think deserve a look. I will attempt to go beyond hot titles on current lists from your book scouts, and pick out the hidden gems.”
ALA Youth Media Awards
The American Library Association presented the 2022 Youth Media Awards at its virtual LibLearnX conference.
Carnegie Medals
The ALA’s Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence were given to The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin and A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib for nonfiction.
Two More Days Left Until Buzz Editors Panel
Thanks to our co-presenter the American Booksellers Association plus enthusiasm from the community, we are expecting a packed virtual room for our winter Buzz Books Editors Panel this Wednesday at 7 PM EST. Make sure you register now if you have not done so already, and join moderator Emma Straub, co-founder Books Are Magic and bestselling author, to hear six editor and their authors discuss some of the season’s potential breakout titles.