Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield is top pick for January’s Library Reads. Also on the list is Sofia Lundberg’s The Red Address Book, which is excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter sampler. The rest of the list: An Anonymous Girl, by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen The Au Pair, by Emma Rous The Current, by Tim Johnston The Dreamers, by Karen Thompson Walker My Favorite Half-Night Stand, by Christina Lauren The Suspect, by Fiona Barton Unmarriageable, by Soniah Kamal Watching You, by Lisa Jewell The Golden Tresses of the Dead, by Alan Bradley In An Absent […]
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Marnie Cochran will move over to become executive editor at Harmony and Rodale, starting January 1. She has been at Ballantine for over 10 years. Kerri Kolen has joined Audible as executive editor on their originals team. Most recently she was executive editor at Putnam. Lucille Rettino has been promoted to the new position of vp, associate publisher, director of marketing and publicity for Tom Doherty Associates. In addition to her existing reports, Melissa Singer will report to Rettino in her scheduling/list management capacity while continuing to report to Patrick Nielsen Hayden for editorial work. Rachel Richardson is joining Watson, Little as their […]
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Former Weidenfeld & Nicolson publisher Kirsty Dunseath will become publishing director for Doubleday UK, starting March 25 and reporting to fiction publisher Sarah Adams. As of January 1, Nation Books will be renamed Bold Type Books, as the Nation Institute itself is changing its name to Type Media Center. Jon Krakauer has moved to Gersh for representation (while continuing to work with attorney Becky Hall). And correcting yesterday’s representation item on Rupi Kaur, she remains with Suzanne Brandreth at CookeMcDermid for literary representation; ICM will represent Kaur for film, television and theater. Forthcoming Robert Caro‘s next book is about himself rather than Lyndon Johnson, […]
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Sara Sargent moves to Random House Children’s as senior executive editor. (She was previously executive editor for Harper Children’s.) Also, Hanna Glidden has been promoted to associate director of pub ops business process and support. At Berkley, Kristine Swartz has been promoted to editor and Sarah Blumenstock has been promoted to associate editor. Julia Ringo has been promoted to associate editor at Farrar, Straus. Roisin Davis has joined Haymarket Books as director of foreign rights. She will also continue as associate agent at Roam Agency. In the UK, Jenny Lord has been promoted to nonfiction publisher for Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Alan Samson expands his role to […]
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Katie Ziga will move over from her position as svp, executive director, business operations at what was the Crown Publishing Group to serve as svp, strategy and finance at the Penguin Publishing Group, reporting to Allison Dobson, in January. VP, business management Tina McCormick and director, strategy and finance Liz Ichniowski will report to Ziga. She has worked for Random House since 1998. Fareeda Bullert has been promoted to senior marketing manager at Berkley. At Sourcebooks, Mallory Hyde has joined as marketing specialist for children’s books. Jaclyn Puccini has joined in the newly created role of social media specialist for Sourcebooks Fire. Liz […]
More Bests of 2018: Barnes & Noble, People Magazine, and More
Barnes & Noble posted their year end package, which includes an overall best of the year and lists in several categories. Michelle Obama’s Becoming and Tara Westover’s Educated make the overall list, as well as Tommy Orange’s There There, Tayari Jones’ An American Marriage, and Madeline Miller’s Circe. People Magazine also chose the Jones, the Miller, and the Obama for its ten best books of the year, as well as Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs, and others. The Wall Street Journal announced its picks as well, both in specific categories and overall. Their top 10 list tends to go its own direction, but […]