Andrew Nurnberg Associates announced a number of moves: Jenny Savill will become managing director of ANA and Doug Wallace will become managing director of Andrew Nurnberg Associates International. Founder Andrew Nurnberg has stepped down as managing director, and will continue to represent his own clients and serve as chair of the board. Sarah Nundy will step back as deputy managing director but remains executive director, overseeing the transition. In the London office, Savill will lead a new management committee, comprising Wallace, senior agents Sabine Pfannenstiel, Barbara Barbieri, Marei Pittner, and Michael Dean, and head of finance Siobhan Kelly.
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Rebecca Atkinson has joined Sourcebooks as senior marketing and publicity associate.
Transatlantic Agency Adds Film and TV Division
The Transatlantic Agency has formed a Media & TV Film division. The agency is “developing a boutique client list of screenwriters,” including many of their current authors, some of whom are adapting their own books. Agent Laura Cameron will now “co-agent book-to-TV/film and select screenwriting properties with other Transatlantic agents.” Other agents can also work directly with producers and out-of-house co-agents.
February Indie Next List
The ABA named Kim Fay's Love & Saffron as their No. 1 pick for February.
Edgar Award Nominees
The Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2022 Edgar Awards, which will be presented in an in-person and virtual ceremony on April 28.
Pearson Sales Up 8 Percent for 2021; WH Smith End-of-Year Meets Expectations
Pearson announced their year-end trading report featuring sales highlights for 2021 (the full year-end report will be available on February 25), with results “ahead of expectations.” Group sales rose 8 percent overall, led by everything that isn’t actual education publishing: Assessment & Qualifications (18 percent), English Language Learning (17 percent), Virtual Learning (11 percent) and Workforce Skills (6 percent), due to Covid recovery and growth in virtual learning enrollment in the 2020-21 school year. The Higher Education segment remained weak, down (5) percent, attributed to a decline in US courseware. That line fell 12 percent in both 2020 and 2019. […]