iBooks has listed its March recommendations. The fiction picks feature: All Grown Up by Jamie Attenberg Exit West by Mohsin Hamid New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson One of the Boys by Daniel Magariel The Twelve lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti. In nonfiction, it’s: South and West, by Joan Didion Dear Ijeawele, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Rules Do Not Apply, by Ariel Levy Asteroid Hunters, by Carrie Nugent Blitzed, by Norman Ohler And for Young Adult: Wonderful Feels Like This, by Sarah Lovestam Shadow Run, by Michael Miller and Adrianne Strickland Survivors Club, by Michael Bornstein The Inexplicable […]
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Little, Brown Children’s announced a number of promotions: Jenny Choy has been promoted to associate director, school and library marketing, while Kristina Pisciotta moves up to publicity manager. Kheryn Callender is now assistant editor, Nicole Brown becomes junior designer, and Russ Busse has been promoted to associate editor, licensing, brand and media tie-ins. Timothy Cheng has been appointed to the new position of digital marketing manager, education at Penguin Random House. Previously, he was director of sales at Simon & Schuster. At Beacon Press, Rachael Marks and Will Myers have both been promoted to editor. Ursula Cary has joined Globe Pequot as executive editor of Falcon. Previously, […]
Shattuck Tops April Indie Next List
The April Indie Next List has named Jessica Shattuck’s novel The Women in the Castle their No. 1 pick. You can start reading an excerpt now in our March Buzz Books Monthly, along with selections from Kristy Cambron’s latest and debut YA authors Kayla Cagan, Elizabeth Briggs, and Ashley Poston. Download it via Amazon, iBooks, GooglePlay, and NetGalley. The full April Indie Next List features: The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, Hannah Tinti Spoils, Brian Van Reet The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Lisa See American War, Omar El Akkad The River of Kings, Taylor Brown Marlena, Julie Buntin The Idiot, Elif Batuman Mississippi Blood, Greg […]
People, Etc.: BN Discover Winners, and More
Barnes & Noble presented their annual Discover Great New Writers Awards to Abby Geni’s debut The Lightkeepers (Counterpoint Press) for fiction, and Matthew Desmond’s widely-acclaimed Evicted (Crown) for nonfiction. People Erin Somers has joined Publishers Lunch as a reporter. Previously she has worked for two trade publications, and her writing about books has appeared in Literary Hub, The Millions, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. Somers is also the recipient of a 2016 Center For Fiction Emerging Writer Fellowship. News editor Sarah Weinman is on a leave of absence to complete the manuscript for her forthcoming book AMONG THE WHOLESOME CHILDREN, the story of the real-life inspiration for […]
Awards: Windham-Campbell Prizes, American Academy of Arts & Letters
The Windham-Campbell Prizes announced this year’s winners, which each recipient to receive $165,000 at a ceremony held at Yale University during the weekend of September 13-15. The Prizes included awards in poetry for the first time. The full list features: Fiction: André Alexis (Canada) and Erna Brodber (Jamaica) Nonfiction: Maya Jasanoff (U.S.) and Ashleigh Young (New Zealand) Poetry: Ali Cobby Eckermann (Australia) and Carolyn Forché (US) Drama: Marina Carr (Ireland) and Ike Holter (US) The American Academy of Arts and Letters inducted its newest roster of members, including the writers Junot Diaz, Amy Hempel, Ursula K. LeGuin, Colum McCann, and Ann Patchett; poets Henri […]
People, Awards: LA Times Prize Announcements, and More
The Los Angeles Times announced book prize finalists in 11 categories — including a new award for autobiographical prose named in honor of Christopher Isherwood — with the winners to be named April 21. Thomas McGuane will receive the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. Among the nominees are: Fiction Garth Greenwell, What Belongs to You (FSG) Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone (Little, Brown) Lydia Millet, Sweet Lamb of Heaven (Norton) Zadie Smith, Swing Time (Penguin Press) Dana Spiotta, Innocents and Others (Scribner) First Fiction Sara Baume, Spill Simmer Falter Wither (HMH) Mark Beauregard, The Whale (Viking) Nathan Hill, The Nix (Knopf) Idra Novey, Ways […]