Madeline Miller’s novel Circe tops April’s Library Reads list. Also on the list is Peter Swanson’s All the Beautiful Lies, available to sample now in Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer. The rest of the picks: Other People’s Houses, by Abbi Waxman How to be Safe, by Tom McAllister Then She Was Gone, by Lisa Jewell Unbury Carol, by Josh Malerman The Female Persuasion, by Meg Wolitzer You Think It, I’ll Say It, by Curtis Sittenfeld My Lady’s Choosing, by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris The Girl Who Smiled Beads, by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil
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People, Etc.
At Touchstone, Kelsey Manning has been promoted to assistant director of marketing and Isabel DaSilva is now marketing coordinator. Sarah Murphy Mannheimer joins lecture agency The Tuesday Agency as a senior agent, in charge of overseeing corporate accounts, recruiting authors, and managing events. She was previously at the Leigh Bureau. At Hachette Book Group USA, Matt Hooban has been promoted to associate director of communications and Becky Llewellyn to communications associate. IDW Publishing chief creative officer and editor-in-chief Chris Ryall told staff he was leaving the company. Scott Gast joined the University of Chicago Press this week as editor for the life sciences. He […]
Awards: Windham-Campbell Prizes, PEN/Faulkner Finalists, And More
The Windham-Campbell Prizes announced this year’s winners, who will each receive $165,000 at a ceremony held at Yale University on September 12. The full list features: Fiction: John Keene (US) and Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Uganda/UK) Nonfiction: Sarah Bakewell (UK) and Olivia Laing (UK) Poetry: Lorna Goodison (Canada/Jamaica) and Cathy Park Hong (US) Drama: Suzan-Lori Parks (US) and Lucas Hnath (US) The finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award were announced, with the winner to be named on April 4: Sing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn Ward In The Distance, by Hernan Diaz The Dark Dark, by Samantha Hunt The Tower of the Antilles, by Achy Obejas Improvement, by Joan Silber The Lambda […]
Bookselling: Barnes & Noble Tries A Book Club, Amazon Books for Colorado
Barnes & Noble is trying again with a program to put some selection and promotional muscle around a particular title (remember Barnes & Noble Recommends?). The new initiative adopts the moniker of the moment, the Barnes & Noble Book Club, and the first selection is Meg Wolitzer‘s highly-touted THE FEMALE PERSUASION, publishing April 3. BN’s exclusive edition will include an essay by the author and a reading group guide. The first of their “seasonal” in-store book club nights is scheduled for May 2, at 6 PM local time at stores nationwide. Attendees will receive “one free regular, tall, hot or iced […]
March Bookseller Picks
Amazon named Shobha Rao’s Girls Burn Brighter as their spotlight pick for March, and Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi as their featured debut. Also on their list is Mario Giordano’s novel Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer, available to sample now. The rest of Amazon’s top picks: Barbed Wire Heart, by Tess Sharpe I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, by Michelle McNamara Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker Broad Band, by Claire L. Evans Crimson Lake, by Candice Fox Gun Love, by Jennifer Clement The Italian Teacher, by Tom […]
People, Etc.
Shawn Foster has been promoted to executive director of children’s sales for Hachette Book Group. At Orbit, Ellen Wright has been promoted to associate publicity director. Sarah Stanton has joined Shambhala Publications as editor. Previously she was executive editor at Rowman & Littlefield. Noted Bertelsmann’s Offset Paperback Manufacturing facility in Wilkes-Barre, PA was evacuated Tuesday morning, “when employees fell ill from the release of a chemical commonly used in the printing industry.” Eleven employees went to the hospital with reportedly minor symptoms “in an abundance of caution.” The building was cleared for reopening later that day. Harper Lee‘s will was […]