At MacGregor Literary, Holly Lorincz has been promoted to agent. She will focus on representing contemporary and historical romance, political or conspiracy thrillers, women’s fiction, literary fiction, and both literary and classic westerns. Graphic Arts Books announced it recently acquired Companion Press, the Bozeman, MT-based photographic publisher, to expand its Graphic Arts Books and WestWinds Press imprints. Companion Press publisher Jane Freeburg, who founded the company in 1987, will stay on. “The Companion Press list gives us a well-established and respected presence in California as well as representative titles in the Southwest, Northwest, Alaska, and the Rockies.”said Graphic Arts Books publishing […]
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At William Morrow, Kate Nintzel has been promoted to executive editor. At Candlewick, Mary Lee Donovan has been promoted to editorial director. At becker&mayer!, Dana Youlin has been promoted to editorial manager, Delia Greve has been promoted to senior editor, and Nicole Burns Ascue is now associate editor. In the UK, Anna Valentine will re-join Orion in May as publishing director, non-fiction, reporting to Amanda Harris, newly promoted to deputy publisher. Valentine was most recently publishing director at HarperCollins UK. Mavis Gallant, 91, one of Canada’s most distinguished short story writers and literary figures, died Tuesday morning in Paris, where […]
Forthcoming: Rowling’s Next, As Galbraith, Set for Publication on June 24; New Murakami Novel Arriving August 12; and More
J.K. Rowling’s second crime novel written as Robert Galbraith, THE SILKWORM, will be published on June 24 by Little, Brown in the US and the UK. The book again features private detective Cormoran Strike and assistant Robin Ellacott as they investigate the murder of a novelist who has “just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows.” Rowling will also appear at the Harrogate Crime Festival on July 18 in conversation with Val McDermid (also published by Little, Brown UK) in her only scheduled appearance to promote THE SILKWORM. Separately, Little, Brown announced that it will publish […]
Briefs: Penguin India Defends Withdrawal; The Bookseller Drops Author Solutions Ads; and more
Penguin India issued a statement earlier today regarding its decision to pull Wendy Doniger’s THE HINDUS from sale in that country after a settlement that ended a four-year court battle. “Penguin Books India believes, and has always believed, in every individual’s right to freedom of thought and expression, a right explicitly codified in the Indian Constitution. This commitment informs Penguin’s approach to publishing in every territory of the world, and we have never been shy about testing that commitment in court when appropriate.” But, the company said, they have “the same obligation as any other organization to respect the laws […]
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At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Teresa Ronquillo has been promoted to marketing coordinator. Novelist and spoken-word artist Maggie Estep, 50, died Wednesday in Albany two days after suffering a heart attack in her Hudson, NY home. Estep was most recently the author of ALICE FANTASTIC (2009) and earlier, a trio of crime novels set in and around New York City published between 2003 and 2006, as well as two works of fiction based on her spoken-word poems. In the UK, Waterstones announced shortlists for their three children’s book prizes, to be awarded April 3 (honoring picture books; fiction for children 5 […]
Controversy Widens After Penguin India Pulls Doniger’s THE HINDUS
Penguin India’s recent decision to withdraw Wendy Doniger‘s HINDUS: An Alternative History nearly five years after its 2009 publication has naturally attracted attention and controversy. The publisher agreed to immediately withdraw and pulp Doniger’s book, ensuring it is fully removed from the market in India over the next six months, after reaching a legal settlement with an organization called Shiksha Bachao Andolan. The group found the book insulting to Hindus and had waged a three-year court battle in India with the publisher, bringing both civil and criminal actions. The settlement does not affect editions published outside of India, so the […]