Henning Mankell, 67, author of Kurt Wallander series of detective novels and over 40 works of fiction and theater, died Monday from complications of neck and lung cancer. Mankell’s crime novels sold more than 40 million copies around the world and were filmed as series for Swedish TV and the BBC (the latter starring Kenneth Branagh.) A spokeperson for his UK publishers Harvill Secker said in a statement: “Beloved by readers across the world, especially for his Kurt Wallander series, it was a privilege to have worked with a man of such talent and passion, and to have been his […]
Board of Directors Approves RCS Media Sale to Mondadori for 127.5 Million Euros
More than seven months after Mondadori first offered to buy RCS Media, the sale, for 127.5 million euros — less than Mondadori’s initial offer of 135 million euros– was approved by RCS’s board of directors over the weekend. The deal will still need approval from Italy’s antitrust body, which will take between 60 and 90 days. Should it go ahead the combined RCS Mondadori will account for roughly 35 percent of the Italian trade book publishing market. While Rizzoli, as well as the Bompiani, Marsilio, Fabbri, Bur, Sonzogno, ETAS imprints, will move to Mondadori ownership, as will the education unit, […]
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Ann Ralph will retire from Simon & Schuster on October 30 after more than 45 years with the company, most recently as director of paper purchasing and inventory management. She began her career in the accounts payable department at Macmillan (acquired by S&S in 1994) and rose to her current position in 1988. Succeeding Ralph is Christian Grzancic, currently senior manager of paper purchasing and inventory management, and reporting to Joe Bulger. Bulger said of Ralph’s retirement: “Highly regarded among her peers in the industry, Ann has built an impressive network of relationships including vendors, paper brokers and mill personnel […]
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Joy Bean has joined Little Bee Books as senior editor, licensed publishing. She was previously an editor at Marshall Cavendish and the associate children’s book editor at Publishers Weekly. Jen Loja has been promoted to svp, associate publisher at Penguin Children’s, reporting to Don Weisberg. He said in the announcement that Loja “is an essential contributor to and supporter of every department within our group. She works closely (but never intrusively), with our ten publishers in the curation of their lists, ensuring each of our titles is given the requisites and the opportunities to reach its widest potential readership. In […]
Awards: 5 Under 35; Kirkus Prize Shortlists; No Folio Prize in 2016; and More
1. The National Book Foundation announced its latest roster of 5 Under 35 honorees Wednesday morning on BuzzFeed, including Angela Flournoy, whose debut novel The Turner House (HMH) is also on the current National Book Awards fiction longlist. The other honorees are: Colin Barrett, Young Skins (Black Cat) Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, Fra Keeler (Dorothy Project) Tracy O’Neill, The Hopeful (Ig Publishing) Megan Kruse, Call Me Home (Hawthorne Books) 2. The Kirkus Prize announced shortlists in fiction, nonfiction, and various children’s book categories, with the winners to be announced at a ceremony in Austin, TX on October 15. In fiction, […]
People: Stein Resumes Editing for FSG; MacArthur Honorees; and More
Lorin Stein will once again edit books for Farrar, Straus, as editor-at-large — while continuing to work full-time as editor of the Paris Review, which he joined in 2010 after 12 years at FSG. The plan is for Stein to edit four to eight books, by such authors as Ben Lerner, Richard Price, Lydia Davis, and Donald Antrim. “I’m delighted to have a foot in the book business and to work on longer projects with writers and colleagues I admire so much,” Stein said in the announcement. “My commitment to The Paris Review, and for scouting out what is best and most […]