UK bettors’ favorite Jim Crace’s HARVEST is one of six titles shortlisted for the Booker prize, leading a conventional list drawn from big publishers. Statistically, the list features 4 women; one 3-time nominee (Toibin); 2 titles not yet published in the US (Lahiri’s book publishes September 24; Catton’s is scheduled for October 15); 2 Canadians (Catton and Ozeki); and 1 author under 30 (Catton). We Need New Names, Noviolet Bulawayo (Chatto/Little, Brown) The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton (Granta/Little, Brown) Harvest, Jim Crace (Picador/Nan A. Talese) The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri (Bloomsbury/Knopf) A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki (Canongate/Viking) The Testament […]
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At Liza Dawson Associates, Monica Odom has been promoted to associate agent, and also serves as manager of finance and social media development. The recipients of the 2013 Rona Jaffe Foundation Awards are Tiffany Briere (fiction/nonfiction), Ashlee Crews (fiction), Kristin Dombek (nonfiction), Margaree Little (poetry), Kirstin Valdez Quade (fiction), and Jill Sisson Quinn (nonfiction) The National Book Awards will announce their first-ever longlists exclusively on The Daily Beast over a four-day period beginning September 16 with the Young People’s Literature category (the Poetry longlist will be announced September 17, followed by Nonfiction on the 18th and Fiction on the 19th.) […]
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Don Sedgwick is stepping down as chairman, director, and shareholder in the Transatlantic Agency after fifteen years. He explains in a statement that “most of my days are now taken up as executive director of the new MFA in Creative Nonfiction at the University of King’s College (Halifax). I need to ensure that these MFA students are given independent and unbiased advice about how to get their work published.” Louise Fury is joining The Bent Agency as an agent in their New York office. She represents young adult, new adult,romance, commercial fiction, pop culture and select nonfiction. Fury was previously at […]
Simsion Tops October Indie Next List
Graeme Simsion’s THE ROSIE PROJECT is the No. 1 pick on the ABA’s October Indie Next List. You can start reading it right now in our free ebook Publishers Lunch Buzz Books 2013: Fall/Winter — and that makes 5 out of the last 7 months that one of our Buzz Books selections has topped the Indie Next list. (You’ll find substantial excerpts of 40 big forthcoming fall releases to enjoy there.) The full Indie Next List: The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion The Tilted World, by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahiri Quiet Dell, by […]
Briefs: Doctorow, Angelou Get Lifetime Achievement Awards; Fall Book Picks from USA TODAY, Daily Beast
The National Book Foundation has awarded its 2013 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to E. L. Doctorow and its 2013 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to Maya Angelou. Both will receive their honors at the National Book Awards on November 20. Both USA Today and the Daily Beast offer their fall book picks (30 and 21 books, respectively). Books making both lists include: BLEEDING EDGE, Thomas Pynchon THE LOWLAND, Jhumpa Lahiri ONE SUMMER: America 1927, Bill Bryson THE GOLDFINCH, Donna Tartt THE MOST OF NORA EPHRON, Nora Ephron DOUBLE DOWN, Mark Halperin & […]
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At Soho Press, Juliet Grames has been promoted to associate publisher, and Mark Doten moves up to senior editor. At Greenleaf Book Group, chief operating officer Tanya Hall will move up to ceo effective January 1, 2014, replacing founder Clint Greenleaf, who will continue at the company as chairman. “In her nine-plus years at Greenleaf, Tanya has proven her skills for driving profitable growth and building Greenleaf’s reputation for quality and service,” said Greenleaf in the announcement. He will “focus on strategic partnerships, business development, and author acquisitions in the chairman role.” Anthony LaSasso has joined CN Times Books as publicity […]