Suzette Mayr won the 2022 Giller Prize for her novel The Sleeping Car Porter.
Archives for November 2022
New Books Publishing November 8
This week’s fiction releases include novels by Michael Connelly and Lynn Steger Strong, while nonfiction includes work by Haruki Murakami and Kerri K. Greenidge. Also out this week is new fiction by Kevin Wilson, S. E. Boyd, and Catherine Newman, all excerpted in our Buzz Books 2022: Fall/Winter anthology. 20 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-8 8 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-8 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 make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can use this […]
People 11/8
Barry Harbaugh joined Spiegel & Grau as an executive editor, and Joey McGarvey joined as senior editor. Both report to co-ceos Cindy Spiegel & Julie Grau.
Judge Pan Finds “Compelling Case” to Block Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster Merger
As Judge Florence Pan makes painfully clear in her now-issued full “memorandum opinion” blocking Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster, in her view it was never a close case: She finds in favor of all of the government’s key arguments and building blocks, and positively scoffs at many of the defendants’ “medley of other arguments.” Along the way, she provides multiple burns — of PRH in particular and the Big Five in general, including the contention the merger would have no effect on advances (“incredible”); PRH’s bidding pledges (“the Court gives no weight to this unenforceable promise”); PRH’s […]
People 11/7
SVP, communications & events Erin Coffey is leaving Macmillan on December 1.
PRH Acquires Remaining Stake in PRH Grupo Editorial Portugal
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial announced Friday it has agreed to purchase the remaining minority stake of 15.6% of PRH Grupo Editorial Portugal from Manuel de Freitas and his family. De Freitas had retained that share when selling the 20|20 Editora group to PRH in 2021. With that transaction, de Freitas leaves the company, where he served as general director. Editorial continues to be run by Clara Capitão, with Pedro Veiga Ferreira, as director of financial, logistics and systems director, both reporting to Patxi Beascoa.