This week’s notable releases include new novels from Jessica George, C.J. Tudor, and Annalee Newitz, as well as nonfiction by Pamela Anderson and Daniel Black. 11 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-january-31 6 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-january-31 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 form to submit brief details as well: publun.ch/submitNotable. Please submit your notable titles at least 3 months prior to pub date.
February Book Club Picks
The Today Show Read With Jenna Pick for February is Maame, by Jessica George. GMA Book Club chose River Sing Me Home, by Eleanor Shearer.
Forthcoming: Jesmyn Ward’s Let Us Descend
Scribner will publish two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward’s next novel, LET US DESCEND, on October 3. In an announcement, the publisher described the book as, “the astonishing story of Annis, an enslaved teenage girl who is sold by her white father after being separated from her mother. Annis is walked from a rice plantation in the Carolinas to a slave market in New Orleans, and ultimately to a sugar plantation in Louisiana.” “I wanted to look at this hard truth from our past, to explore what it would have been like for my character, Annis, to have little to […]
Luqman-Dawson Wins Newbery, Salati Wins Caldecott
The American Library Association presented the 2023 Youth Media Awards at the LibLearnX conference in New Orleans.
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Emily Krump and Jessica Williams have each been promoted to vp/editorial director, William Morrow Fiction. Mauro DiPreta has been promoted to svp/editorial director, William Morrow Nonfiction.
Harper Collins and Union to Begin Mediation
Harper Collins and the employee union, which has been on strike for 56 working days, “have agreed to jointly engage an independent mediator in the hope of clearing a path forward,” the company said in a statement. They added: “We are hopeful that a mutually agreed upon mediator can help find the solutions that have eluded us so far. HarperCollins has had a union for 80 years, with a long history of successful and fair contract negotiations. The company has the exact same goal now, and is actively working to achieve it.” The company still also says that, “We entered […]