Nicole James has joined The Quarto Group as a senior acquisitions editor. Previously she was an agent and founder of The James Literary Agency.
Archives for April 2022
Big Boston Barnes & Noble Store to Close
Missing from the recent NYT version of Barnes & Noble’s trajectory was any mention of the large superstores that have been closing, sometimes swapped out for much smaller stores in the same area. Next on that list is the chain’s big 36,000-square-foot store in Boston’s Prudential Center, which will close June 19 after 20 years in that location. The store said it was unable to negotiate a lease renewal with the landlord, and the chain encourages area customers to drive outside of Boston to its locations in Hingham and Peabody. BN has been having particular trouble in the Boston area: […]
LA Times Book Prizes
Obituary: Jill Kneerim
Partner and co-founder of Boston-based agency Kneerim & Williams Jill Kneerim died on April 22 at age 83. She was an editor at Simon & Schuster and co-founder of Grossman Publishers, then in 1990 founded the agency with Ike Williams. Her authors included Pulitzer Prize winners Matthew Desmond, Caroline Elkins, and Stephen Greenblatt among others, including Brad Meltzer, who paid tribute to her online: “For 28 years now, she taught me to have faith in growth — and to have faith in myself. Especially these last five years as I pushed to be a better writer.” Her colleagues at Kneerim […]
Aspen Words Literary Prize
Dawnie Walton won the $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize for The Final Revival of Opal & Nev.
People 4/22
Jabari Asim will join Celadon as a literary acquisitions advisor on June 20.