Becky Nesbitt has resigned from Howard Books, where she was vp, editor-in-chief, “to spend more time with her family as well as pursue opportunities as a freelance editor,” according to the publisher’s announcement. Nesbitt, who will stay with Howard Books through the end of the year as a search for her replacement begins, joined the company in 2009. Katherine Tiernan McCahill has joined Penguin Random House as senior director, digital development. In addition, James Johnston has been promoted to svp, worldwide and US financial reporting, planning, and accounting. Alexis Gargagliano has joined Regan Arts as executive editor, working on fiction and […]
Awards
Awards and More: Giller, Waterstones’ Candidates, Etc.
Sean Michaels‘ debut novel US CONDUCTORS won Canada’s Giller Prize Monday night, surpassing heavy favorite Miriam Toews and becoming only the second debut novelist to win the Giller. The book was by Random House Canada and in the US by Tin House Books. Michaels receives $100,000 (CA) as part of the expanded prize purse announced earlier this year. In the UK, Waterstones named their eight candidates for “book of the year”: Everyday Sexism, by Laura Bates The Miniaturist, by Jessie Burton The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan Persiana: Recipes from the Middle East & Beyond, by Sabrina Ghayour Once […]
People
Doubleday vp, executive director of publicity Alison Rich will take on the additional role of associate publisher, Nan A. Talese Books, continuing to report to Suzanne Herz. In her new role Rich will be responsible for providing additional marketing and publicity support and “building social media followings and digital promotion” for the imprint. At Random House Canada, Lynn Henry is moving from Doubleday Canada to the new role of publishing director at Knopf Canada, reporting to Anne Collins. Amy Black will become associate publisher at Doubleday Canada, reporting to Kristin Cochrane. (Nita Pronovost and Tim Rostron will report to Black). Martha […]
Nicholls Tops December Indie Next List
The preview version of the December Indie Next List has Us by David Nicholls as indie booksellers No. 1 selection for the month. The rest of the list features: The Boston Girl, by Anita Diamant The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil, by Stephen Collins Enter Pale Death: A Joe Sandilands Investigation, by Barbara Cleverly The Happiest People in the World, by Brock Clarke The Wild Truth, by Carine McCandless Moriarty, by Anthony Horowitz Alphabet, by Kathy Page The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man, by W. Bruce Cameron Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace, by Anne Lamott Irène: The Commandant Camille […]
People: William Morrow to Absorb Harlequin Nonfiction
The first tangible editorial change following HarperCollins’ acquisition of Harlequin has been announced, and Harlequin Nonfiction titles acquired for publication in August 2015 and beyond will become part of the William Morrow list. President and group publisher for the US and Canada Michael Morrison wrote in a memo: “Since the acquisition of Harlequin, we have been looking at ways we can work together in order to be most effective and provide the greatest benefit to our authors. As a result, the one area we have decided to align is nonfiction. We feel that our longstanding expertise and strength in nonfiction publishing will benefit […]
Awards: Writers Trust, Samuel Johnson, UK National Book Nominees
In Canada, Miriam Toews won the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for her novel All My Puny Sorrows, which is also nominated for the Giller Prize. Toews won the prize previously, in 2008, for The Flying Troutmans. Other Writers’ Trust winners included Joan Thomas, honored with the Engel/Findley Award for a mid-career writer in recognition of a “remarkable body of work.” went to Winnipeg’s Joan Thomas. Her latest novel, The Opening Sky, is in contention for Governor General’s Award. Helen MacDonald‘s H IS FOR HAWK (Jonathan Cape) won the UK’s Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction, the first memoir to win that honor. Grove/Atlantic has the US […]