Awards The winners of the Kirkus Prize were announced Thursday night at a ceremony in Austin, TX. C.E. Morgan’s The Sport of Kings (FSG) prevailed in fiction, with Susan Faludi’s memoir In the Darkroom (Metropolitan) taking the nonfiction category. Finally, As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds won in Young Readers’ Literature. Separately, Poets & Writers announced today that their 2017 Writers for Writers Awards will be given to Francisco Goldman, Ann Patchett, and Richard Shelton. The Editor’s Award is going to Fiona McCrae and Jeff Shotts at Graywolf Press. Yasuko Thanh‘s Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains won the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. […]
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Chabon’s Moonglow Tops Indie Next List for December
Michael Chabon’s new novel Moonglow is the ABA’s No. 1 Indie Next pick for December. The rest of the list features: Swing Time, by Zadie Smith The Fate of the Tearling, by Erika Johansen To Capture What We Cannot Keep, by Beatrice Colin The Elephants in My Backyard, by Rajiv Surendra The Glass Universe, by Dava Sobel Scrappy Little Nobody, by Anna Kendrick Moranifesto, by Caitlin Moran Victoria: The Queen, by Julia Baird Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File, by John Edgar Wideman Absolutely on Music: Conversations, by Haruki Murakami and Seiji Ozawa Who Watcheth, by Helene […]
November Bookseller Picks, and More Best of 2016
As you know, many publishers ran away from November and the election for their big releases, but nothing stops the lists of monthly recommendations. At Amazon, Michael Chabon’s Moonglow is their spotlight pick for November with Donna Everhart’s already-published The Education of Dixie Dupree as the featured debut (indeed four of Amazon’s selections were published October 25). The rest of their list features: Swing Time, Zadie Smith The Sun Is Also a Star, Nicola Yoon You Will Not Have My Hate, Antoine Leiris Walk Through Walls, Marina Abramovic The Earth Is Weeping, Peter Cozzens Night School, Lee Child Bear: The Life and […]
American Paul Beatty’s The Sellout Wins the Booker Prize
Paul Beatty’s wickedly funny and thoughtful novel The Sellout — first published by FSG in the US in 2015, but issued in the UK by independent Oneworld in 2016 — won the Booker Prize. Oneworld also published last year’s winner, Marlon James’s A Brief History In Seven Killings. That makes the 54-year-old New Yorker the first American to ever win the prize, which opened to American contestants in 2014. An emotional Beatty told the crowd at the awards ceremony, “I wasn’t expecting this I have to say…. I can’t tell you guys how long the journey this has been for me.” He […]
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At HarperCollins Children’s Books, Olivia Russo has been promoted to publicity manager. Founder of art books publisher Unpiano Books, Jesse Pollock has joined Anthology Editions as senior project manager. In addition, Casey Whalen has joined as sales director. Whalen was previously a sales manager at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Rizzoli International Publications. Awards The UK’s Folio Prize, which originally distinguished itself by considering English-language books from all over, including the US, plans to return in 2017 after a suspension and will make works of nonfiction eligible as well. The Bookseller cites an email from prize director Minna Fry saying it […]
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Jeanne Mosure is leaving Disney Publishing Worldwide, where she has been svp and group publisher, Publishing Trends reports. Mosure has worked for Disney since 1998. For now that leaves Disney Book Group publisher Mary Ann Naples as the top book publishing executive at the company. Libby Burton will join Holt as senior editor on November 7. Previously she was editor at Twelve and Grand Central. At Crown Archetype, Jenni Zellner has been promoted to assistant editor. Emily Bamford has joined Random House Children’s Books as associate publicist. She was previously an associate publicist at Atria. Patricia Flynn has been appointed senior director, […]