The family of the late novelist Stella Gibbons is ready to share two unpublished (and previously unknown to the public) manuscripts with publishers. Best known as the author of Cold Comfort Farm, Gibbons finshed the two works late in life, prior to her death in 1989. One manuscript, AN ALPHA, is about a young woman from the East who moves to Britain and becomes a successful writer. The other, THE YELLOW HOUSES, “is a bit of a ghost story,” her daughter Laura Richardson tells the Camden New Journal. Gibbons’ grandson Ben Richardson indicates to the paper that with “the renewed […]
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Hachette svp publishing operations and strategic planning Craig Bauer is leaving, to join Macmillan Science and Education as svp of global publishing operations. Macmillan Publisher Services has appointed Guy Browning as vp, fulfillment, reporting to global trade coo Andrew Weber. Browning, who starts his new position on January 27, moves over from Macmillan UK, where he was most recently distribution director for their center in Swansea, Wales. Richard Nash has joined Byliner as vp, partnerships. Previously he was vp, community and content at Small Demons. At Henry Holt, Allison Adler and Caroline Zancan are both being promoted to associate editor. […]
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At Scholastic, Durya Aziz has been promoted to svp, international education publisher in the international division. At St. Martin’s Press, Yaniv Soha and Sara Goodman have both been promoted to editor. In the UK, Hodder & Stoughton has promoted Kate Howard to associate publisher. Former poet laureate of New Jersey, author of numerous books of prose, poetry, and criticism, and political activist Amiri Baraka, 79, died Thursday in Newark. He had been hospitalized in December because of an undisclosed illness but a spokesman for his son’s mayoral campaign told the Star-Ledger late last month his condition was improving.
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At Harper Children’s, Erica Sussman has been promoted to editorial director. Editorial director of Book Business and Publishing Executive magazines Lynn Rosen‘s position was eliminated. Kate Atkinson’s LIFE AFTER LIFE won the best novel category Costa Book Award, while Nathan Filer’s THE SHOCK AND THE FALL was awarded the debut novel category prize. Those and other category winners will compete for the overall Costa, to be decided on January 28. Former managing director of Secker and Warburg in the UK Tom Rosenthal, 78, has died. Anova Books ceo Polly Powell has bought out the company from co-founders Robin Wood and […]
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At Start Publishing, Meghan Kilduff has been promoted to associate publisher for the Salvo Press, Night Shade Books, Start Classics and Start Science Fiction imprints. In addition, Natalie Pao has been named production associate for ebooks. Kate DiCamillo has been named the Library of Congress’ next National Ambassador to Young People’s Literature, succeeding Walter Dean Myers, who was appointed in 2012. DiCamillo will spend the next two years traveling (including required appearances at the National Book Festival and Children’s Book Week) and told the NYT: “It wasn’t until my fifth or sixth book where I realized I’m trying to do […]
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William Morris Endeavor has hired former Microsoft chief financial officer Peter Klein. He will oversee the global finance operation for IMG Worldwide once that acquisition closes, along with WME. (Approvals for the acquisition are expected to take a number of months). First published last August but only available online now, Esquire ran an extensive look at Proof of Heaven author Dr. Eben Alexander, depicting him as “a neurosurgeon with a troubled history,” including documenting accusations of malpractice and in one case a “purported cover-up” in which he changed his surgical notes to eliminate evidence of an error. Reporter Luke Dittrich quotes […]