The ALA presented their many Youth Media Awards this morning on the closing day of their winter meeting in Philadelphia. The Newbery medal went to Kate DiCamillo for FLORA AND ULYSSES (Candlewick), and the Caldecott went to Brian Floca for LOCOMOTIVE (S&S Children’s), which he wrote and illustrated. DiCamillo won the Newbery previously for her 2003 novel, THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (and her BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE was a Newbery Honor Book). Among other honorees, Marcus Sedgwick won the Michael L. Printz Award for MIDWINTER BLOOD (Roaring Brook Press) and Markus Zusak won the Margaret A. Edwards Award for “significant and lasting contribution […]
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At Crown Archetype, Mary Choteborsky has been promoted to senior editor. At Touchstone, Lauren Spiegel has been promoted to senior editor. At Holt, Allison Adler has been promoted to associate editor and Leslie Brandon has moved up to publicity manager. Elsewhere at Macmillan, Kelsey Albertson has been promoted to sales coordinator, and Hannah Braaten is now assistant editor. At The Lisa Ekus Group, Sally Ekus has been promoted to agency manager. Penguin Random House chairman John Makinson speaks to The Times of India about the merged company. Asked, “What does that scale allow you to do?,” he answers: “It puts us […]
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In the Random House Special Markets Group, Christine Dillon has been promoted to senior sales director, premium and proprietary sales. Cathy Serpico moves up to imprint sales manager, and Lauren Helman has been promoted to sales manager, specialty retail. At Transatlantic Literary Agency, Stephanie Sinclair and Amy Tompkins have been promoted to associate agent. The Oscar nominations were announced Thursday morning. Among the book-based films in contention for top honors, Philomena, 12 Years A Slave and The Wolf of Wall Street were all nominated for best picture, and Dirty Wars is nominated for best documentary. Also announced Thursday morning were […]
NBCC’s Debut Award to Marra, As Nominees Are Named
The National Book Critics Circle is giving their first-event John Leonard Prize for a debut work to Anthony Marra for A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. Katherine Powers is receiving their annual Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, and author and translator Rolando Hinojosa-Smith is honored with their Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award. Their nominations across five categories look a lot like our consensus Best of the Best of 2013 lists (which include critics picks): Fiction The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki Someone, Alice McDermott The Infatuations, Javier Marias Autobiography Wave, Sonali […]
Pierce Brown Tops February Library Reads List
The February Library Reads list top pick is RED RISING by Pierce Brown, with the rest of the list featuring: The Good Luck of Right Now, by Matthew Quick This Dark Road to Mercy, by Wiley Cash The Martian, by Andy Weir After I’m Gone, by Laura Lippman Ripper, by Isabel Allende The Ghost of the Mary Celeste, by Valerie Martin The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress, by Ariel Lawhon The Winter People, by Jennifer McMahon E.E. Cummings: A Life, by Susan Cheever
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At Harper Children’s, Erica Sussman has been promoted to editorial director. Editorial director of Book Business and Publishing Executive magazines Lynn Rosen‘s position was eliminated. Kate Atkinson’s LIFE AFTER LIFE won the best novel category Costa Book Award, while Nathan Filer’s THE SHOCK AND THE FALL was awarded the debut novel category prize. Those and other category winners will compete for the overall Costa, to be decided on January 28. Former managing director of Secker and Warburg in the UK Tom Rosenthal, 78, has died. Anova Books ceo Polly Powell has bought out the company from co-founders Robin Wood and […]