Beginning January 1, Soaring Kite Books will be distributed exclusively by Lerner Publisher Services.
New Books Publishing August 24
Peter Heller, Louise Penny, and William Kent Kreuger lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes Thomas Wright and Colin Kahl. Also new this week are Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ just-announced Oprah’s Book Club pick and Kat Chow’s memoir, both excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer sampler. 11 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-24 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_August_/219757 5 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-24 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_August_/219758 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 […]
People 8/23
Novelist and literary director of the Sun Valley Writers Conference John Burnham Schwartz will join Penguin Press as editor at large.
Obituaries
Playwright, journalist, and book critic Gregg Barrios, 80, died of a heart attack on August 17. He served on the board of the National Book Critics Circle, and the San Antonio Express-News reports, “He served in Vietnam, taught school in tiny Texas towns, founded an influential film society at the University of Texas at Austin and spent time in the Factory, Andy Warhol’s famed studio in New York.” George Cisneros, co-founder of Texas arts group Urban-15, told the paper: “Gregg was the gregarious interrupter of the status quo who would not leave well enough alone. He never accepted a culture […]
People 8/20
PRH CEO Madeline McIntosh was named to Forbes' 2021 50 Over 50 - Vision list.
People 8/19
Zandra Magariño will join Harper Collins on August 30 as svp of human resources, reporting to Brian Murray. She will oversee all of the company's HR functions around the world, and will join the global executive committee. She was previously at ThinkFoodGroup.