The new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club “Now Read This” selection is Dan Egan’s The Death and Life of the Great Lakes. The April Pennie’s Pick at Costco is Anthony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders. Amazon‘s spotlight pick for April is Madeline Miller’s Circe, and their featured debut is Charles Soule’s The Oracle Year. Also on their top 10 for the month are: The Female Persuasion, by Meg Wolitzer You Think It, I’ll Say It, by Curtis Sittenfeld The Overstory, by Richard Powers Look Alive Out There, by Sloane Crosley The Only Story, Julian Barnes You All Grow Up and Leave Me, Piper Weiss Varina, by […]
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Awards: Wang Wins PEN/Hemingway; Indies Choice Finalists; and More
Weike Wang has won the PEN/Hemingway Award for her debut novel Chemistry. She will receive $25,000 at an awards ceremony in Boston on April 8. Lisa Ko’s The Leavers and Adelia Saunders’ Indelible were the runners-up, while The Graybar Hotel by Curtis Dawkins and Live from Cairo by Ian Bassingthwaighte received honorable mentions. In other awards news, the James Tait Black Prizes announced their nominees in fiction and nonfiction, with the winners to be named on August 18. The American Booksellers Association announced the finalists for the 2018 Indies Choice Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, with the winners to be announced May 2. The nominees […]
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Annette Pollert-Morgan has been promoted to editorial director of Sourcebooks Fire. Dave Horvath, senior marketing manager for Rowman & Littlefield, is retiring on March 30 after 41 years in publishing. Chris Artis has joined Shreve Williams Public Relations as affiliated publicist. Previously he was head of editorial communications at Reuters. Correcting yesterday’s item, the new vice president of sales and marketing at Rowman & Littlefield is Karen Allman. Meredith Vieira will host PBS’s The Great American Read series, which launches May 22. Audio Macmillan Audio will start publishing the audiobooks of Nora Roberts and her pseudonym J. D. Robb in the winter of 2019. St. Martin’s has […]
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Seth Russo, vice president and director of international sales at Simon & Schuster will retire on April 20, after 35 years in international sales. Executive director, global digital and international sales Colin Shields will take on the direct, day-to-day responsibility for the international sales channel. Newly reporting to him will be Rema Badwan and Danielle Cumbo, and Christina “Chrissy” Festa will add audio sales to her portfolio as director, audio, digital and online sales. The New York Times Book Review is adding a new monthly column about graphic novels and comics. The columnists will be Hillary Chute, author of Why Comics? From […]
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Marie-Claire Wastiaux will retire as secretary general and chief financial officer of Hachette Livre on July 1. She will be succeeded by Fabrice Bakhouche, who has been promoted to deputy secretary general and deputy chief financial officer. Hachette Livre ceo Arnaud Nourry said in the announcement: “Marie-Claire Wastiaux’s exactness, skill and enthusiasm have contributed to the growth of our company since 2003. I have hugely appreciated her expertise, work output and dedication and will miss her sorely.” Diana Calice will retire as IPG’s managing director, Spanish distribution program after more than 10 years. Spanish sales manager Kelsey Wayne will succeed […]
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Sourcebooks has appointed Moxie & Company as their brand licensing agency. More changes to UK-based website Pottermore have resulted in some layoffs. BuzzFeed had suggested there were “significant” reductions, citing only a “well-placed source.” A company spokesperson told the site, “As a result of a reorganization at Pottermore, there have been a small number of job losses. These reflect the evolution of the business and are being handled as sensitively as possible.” Pottermore tells the Bookseller the job cuts are related to an “exciting new strategy” they will unveil soon. According to their annual filings with Companies House, the workforce […]