Amazon agrees that THE INVENTION OF WINGS by Sue Monk Kidd, already featured by Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 and the No. 1 Indie Next January pick, is the book of the month for January. The retailer’s full list of choices also features: The Kept, James Scott Andrew’s Brain, E. L. Doctorow Windfall, McKenzie Funk On Such a Full Sea, Chang-Rae Lee The Wind Is Not a River, Brian Payton Radiance of Tomorrow, Ishmael Beah Before I Burn, Gaute Heivol and Don Bartlett Ping-Pong Diplomacy, Nicholas Griffin Apple Tree Yard, Louise Doughty Hollow City, Ransom Riggs Separately, the Costco Pennie’s Pick for […]
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People, Etc.
At Start Publishing, Meghan Kilduff has been promoted to associate publisher for the Salvo Press, Night Shade Books, Start Classics and Start Science Fiction imprints. In addition, Natalie Pao has been named production associate for ebooks. Kate DiCamillo has been named the Library of Congress’ next National Ambassador to Young People’s Literature, succeeding Walter Dean Myers, who was appointed in 2012. DiCamillo will spend the next two years traveling (including required appearances at the National Book Festival and Children’s Book Week) and told the NYT: “It wasn’t until my fifth or sixth book where I realized I’m trying to do […]
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William Morris Endeavor has hired former Microsoft chief financial officer Peter Klein. He will oversee the global finance operation for IMG Worldwide once that acquisition closes, along with WME. (Approvals for the acquisition are expected to take a number of months). First published last August but only available online now, Esquire ran an extensive look at Proof of Heaven author Dr. Eben Alexander, depicting him as “a neurosurgeon with a troubled history,” including documenting accusations of malpractice and in one case a “purported cover-up” in which he changed his surgical notes to eliminate evidence of an error. Reporter Luke Dittrich quotes […]
The Latest of The Best of The Best of 2013
We’ve logged another dozen lists on our aggregated Best of the Best of 2013 lists — most recently the Wall Street Journal’s favorite fiction and nonfiction; and picks from Lucas Wittmann and the annual can’t-miss from our own very well read Sarah Weinman. In fiction, the favorites continue to pull away from the rest, but the competition remains very tight — with an unprecedented five titles all among the top selections of the year. (Usually by this time a particular book — Bring Up the Bodies, The Tiger’s Wife, or Freedom — has pulled away from the pack.) Best of the […]
The January Library Reads List
The new library initiative from 2013 announced the Library Reads list of recommended titles for January 2013: The Dead In their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley A Star for Mrs. Blake by April Smith Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World, by Rachel Cantor The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton Orfeo by Richard Powers The Kept by James Scott Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart The First True Lie by Marina Mander In other lists, Shelf Awareness posted their top books for […]
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The NEA announced 38 recipients of creative writing fellowships, providing awards of $25,000 to each of the writers (or $950,000 in all). Recipients include Percival Everett, Daniel Mason and Justin Torres. Margaret Wrinkle‘s WASH won the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. Scholastic announced a number of recent new hires and promotions. In the editorial department, Anamika Bhatnagar has been promoted to publishing director, Scholastic Press, while Amanda Maciel moves up to executive editor, Scholastic. Emily Seife has been promoted to editor, while Emellia Zamani and Becky Shapiro move up to associate editor. Additionally, Zack Clark and Marisa Polansky move up to assistant editor. […]