Longtime executive director of the National Book Foundation Harold Augenbraum will leave his position at the end of March 2016. The Foundation’s board of directors has formed a search committee and selected executive search firm Spencer Stuart to look for a new executive director. “I have very much enjoyed my time here at the Foundation,” Augenbraum said in the announcement, “but it’s time for me to seek new challenges in my professional life and for new leadership at the Foundation as it looks toward the future.” Perseus Books ceo and National Book Foundation board chair David Steinberger added: “We owe […]
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Stradal’s Kitchens of the Great Midwest Leads July Library Reads List
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal is the No. 1 pick for the JulyLibrary Reads list, an excerpt of which you can start reading right now in our Buzz Books 2015: Spring/Summer ebook. The rest of the list features: Paula McLain, Circling the Sun Susan Mallery, Kiss Me Jill Shalvis, Second Chance Summer Kathy Reichs, Speaking in Bones Chevy Stevens, Those Girls Taylor Jenkins Reid, Maybe in Another Life Lissa Evans, Crooked Heart Ellen Hopkins, Love Lies Beneath Leanne Brown, Good and Cheap
People, Etc.
Juan Felipe Herrera has been named Poet Laureate, the first Latino writer to receive the honor since its inception in 1936. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said in the announcement that Herrera’s poems “champion voices, traditions and histories, as well as a cultural perspective, which is a vital part of our larger American identity.” Herrera told the Washington Post: “I’m looking forward to a whole new world — and a new me. The times now seem to be evolving with voices of color. All voices are important, and yet it seems that people of color have a lot to […]
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BEA reported attendance data for the recent show in New York, and the numbers were consistent with the last couple of years. Professional attendance was down 1.2 percent, at 10,832 people (down by 133); with exhibitors included, overall attendance was up 5.2 percent, with 20,895 people. Will Heyward has joined Penguin Press as associate editor. Previously he was an assistant editor at Knopf. Michael Connole will join Quarto on September 1 as Chief Financial Officer. He is currently CFO of Global Radio Group. Stephanie Graham has joined Sourcebooks as marketing coordinator. Previously she was communications assistant at Marquette University’s Office of International Education. In addition, […]
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Hut Landon is retiring as executive director of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association at the end of the year after more than 15 years in the role. In a note to NCIBA members Landon said his decision was “fueled by nothing more than a desire to have a bit more time to enjoy life outside of work.” NCIBA has formed a search committee to find a new executive director and hopes to have someone in place before the end of October. Reynold Levy has joined the National Book Foundation‘s board of directors. Levy has written four books, including They Told Me […]
Buck’s Oregon Trail Leads July Indie Next List
The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck is the ABA’s No. 1 Indie Next pick for July. The rest of the list includes two books, The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler and The Hand That Feeds You by A.J. Rich, featured in our Spring/Summer Buzz Books 2015 ebook, and also includes the following: The Little Paris Bookshop, by Nina George The Truth and Other Lies, by Sascha Arango The Library at Mount Char, by Scott Hawkins Bull Mountain, by Brian Panowich Language Arts, by Stephanie Kallos My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, by Fredrik Backman Love May Fail, by […]