Blake Crouch’s newest thriller Dark Matter is the No. 1 pick for the July LibraryReads list. You can start reading an excerpt of another novel on the list, All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker, right now at Buzz Books 2016: Spring/Summer. The rest of the list features: The Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth Ware The Last One, by Alexandra Oliva Among the Wicked, by Linda Castillo The Unseen World, by Liz Moore Truly Madly Guilty, by Liane Moriarty The Hopefuls, by Jennifer Close Siracusa, by Delia Ephron Nine Women, One Dress, by Jane L. Rosen
Appeals Court Orders New Trial in Ventura’s Defamation Case Against Kyle Estate
The 8th Circuit Appeals Court has ordered a new trial in Jesse Ventura’s defamation suit against the estate of Chris Kyle for comments in Kyle’s bestseller American Sniper and subsequent remarks about that passage. The defamation award of $500,000 was vacated, and an additional award of $1.3 million for “unjust enrichment” was thrown out entirely, with that finding reversed. The opinion from the three-judge appellate court comes seven months after the court said it would consider ordering a new trial in the wake of Ventura’s defense team making comments about HarperCollins’ insurance being “on the hook” if the jury found Ventura […]
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At Beacon Press, Gayatri Patnaik has been promoted to editorial director. Lauren Hill has joined Bloomsbury USA’s adult trade department as publicist. Previously she was assistant marketing manager at Oxford University Press. Melissa Valentine has joined Sounds True as full-time acquisitions editor. Previously she was an editor at New Harbinger Publications. In addition, Caroline Pincus has been named freelance editor-at-large,. She formerly associate publisher at Red Wheel Weiser. Kobo ceo Michael Tamblyn presented at The Economist’s Canada Summit on how the ebookseller’s Canadianness helped the company forge a path to success. “It turns out that being Canadian has helped us in […]
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Erica Rand Silverman will join Stimola Literary Studio as a senior agent on July 1 after eight years at Sterling Lord Literistic. She will continue to represent children’s literature, picture books through YA, and the occasional adult nonfiction in the areas of parenting, humor and wellness. Patrick Walsh is leaving Conville & Walsh (now owned by Curtis Brown UK) to start PEW Literary Agency. Conville and Walsh will continue to represent foreign rights to Walsh’s authors, and Curtis Brown UK will continue to sell film/tv rights for the new agency. Walsh says: “I have loved working with the team at Curtis […]
Honors: Women’s Prize, International Dublin Prize Winners; Pat Conroy Literary Center
Awards Lisa McInerney‘s debut The Glorious Heresies has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, with the committee praising the novel’s “freshness and vibrancy,” describing it as “a superbly original, compassionate novel that delivers insights into the very darkest of lives through humour and skilful storytelling.” Tim Duggan Books will publish the novel in the US on August 9. Akhil Sharma‘s novel Family Life has won the International Dublin Literary Prize. He will receive €100,000. Nonprofits Following the death of novelist Pat Conroy in March, friends and admirers have created the Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort, SC. Led by his […]
People, Etc.: Enderlin Named Publisher at SMP; Cohen Gets Holt Imprint
Svp, publisher for St. Martin’s Griffin and St. Martin’s Paperbacks Jennifer Enderlin has been promoted to evp and publisher of St. Martin’s Press, effective immediately, with editorial, marketing/publicity and art reporting to her. Enderlin, who has been at SMP for 23 years, will continue her role as an editor as well, and continues to report to president and publisher Sally Richardson (and subrights will still report to Richarson, too). Richardson writes to staff: “One of the most important responsibilities I have at SMP is to ensure the company’s continued growth and line up the right people to keep it moving forward. And now […]