Literary agent Neil Blair has launched High Line Publishing Studio, “a new international publishing studio for independent voices and original thinking” that will feature Jewish and Israeli writers. Blair is a literary agent at The Blair Partnership, where he represents JK Rowling. UK publishing veteran Oliver Malcolm is ceo. The house will have two imprints at first, Odessa Editions, which will publish fiction and nonfiction, and Antidote Books, which will publish nonfiction only. Jacky Klein will serve as executive publisher of Odessa. Joel Simons will lead Antidote; he was previously publisher at Harper UK. Lindsay Gordon becomes senior vice president. […]
