Abigail Walters, Carlos Segarra, Emily Westcott, and Alex Rice have each been promoted to agent at CAA. All four are based in New York. At Aitken Alexander Associates, Emma Paterson joins the board of directors. Chris Wellbelove becomes head of the book department. At Westwood Creative Artists, Emmy Nordstrom Higdon has joined as literary agent. They were previously at…
Awards
Douglas Stuart Has A Chance for National Book Award and Booker, As Fiction Longlisted Features New Names
In their final longlist, the National Book Awards puts in contention for their fiction award three debuts and only one author — Lydia Millet — ever recognized in the past by the organization. (She was longlisted in 2016 for Sweet Lamb of Heaven.) Following a strong presence on the nonfiction list, Norton has two novels…
National Book Awards Longlist: Nonfiction
Though presidential politics has dominated commercial frontlist publishing, the just-announced longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction follows a different course, though many of the books still deal with the political and social issues of the day. Norton has four titles in contention: Michelle Bowdler, Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and…
National Books Awards Longlists: Translated Literature and Poetry
Announcements of the National Book Award longlists continued, first with the nominees for Translated Literature on Wednesday, and then with the poetry candidates on Thursday: Shokoofeh Azar, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree (Europa Editions) Translated, from the Persian, by Anonymous Linda Boström Knausgård, The Helios Disaster (World Editions) Translated, from the Swedish, by Rachel…
National Book Awards Longlists Begin With YA
The National Book Awards announced their 10-title longlist for young adult literature. All of the authors on the list this year are first time nominees. Finalists will be announced on October 6. Kacen Callender, King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Press) Traci Chee, We Are Not Free (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s) Evette Dionne, Lifting as We…
Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Tops October Library Reads
V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is the top pick for the October Library Reads list. Also on the list is Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind, excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler. The rest of the picks: Black Sun, by Rebecca Roanhorse Confessions on the…