Book critic and editor Patricia Holt, 78, died on December 3 after a battle with cancer. Holt was the book review editor at the San Francisco Chronicle for nearly 17 years, beginning in 1982, and previously worked at Houghton Mifflin and Publishers Weekly. She served on the board of the National Book Critics Circle and as its vice-president, and on the board of The Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. She was also the author of The Bug in the Martini Olive. Philip Kogan, founder of UK business book publisher Kogan Page, died on December 24 at age 92. […]
Archives for January 2023
Silvers-Dudley Prizes
The Robert B. Silvers Foundation announced the winners of the $135,000 Silvers-Dudley Prizes. Literary Criticism Parul Sehgal Ryan Ruby Arts Writing T. J. Clark Tausif Noor Journalism Timothy Snyder Catilin Dickerson
UTA Acquires Fletcher & Company
UTA announced that it has acquired literary agency Fletcher & Company. Founder and ceo Christy Fletcher will co-lead the UTA Publishing division along with current head Byrd Leavell, with both reporting to UTA President David Kramer. (Fletcher and Leavell had been colleagues at Carlisle and Company many years ago.) The entire team at Fletcher & Company will join UTA, in the agency’s New York office, and the Fletcher name will be retired. The acquisition builds on UTA’s purchase of Curtis Brown UK in 2022, and continues to expand the scope of their publishing division. UTA president David Kramer says in […]
DA Tells Victims Bernardini Will Plead Guilty on Friday
After multiple adjournments as various offers from the defendant were considered by the government, accused manuscript thief Filippo Bernardini is expected to plead guilty on Friday to wire fraud. The NYT got the news from emails sent to victims from the US district attorney in the Southern District of New York. That’s a more serious disposition than the deferred prosecution request (an informal type of probation) that the government was asked to consider during the summer.
January Picks
The Today Show Read With Jenna Pick for the month is Sam, by Allegra Goodman.
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Kate Napolitano has joined Atria as an executive editor. She was previously at Dey Street.