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 […]
Awards
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 & […]
People
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 […]
People, Etc.
Donald Winchester will join Watson, Little as a literary agent on October 1. Previously he was an agent at AP Watt, and his client list will move with him. Liz Egan notes on Twitter that she starts this week as books editor at Glamour Magazine. She was an editor at Amazon Publishing. Chairman of Constable & Robinson in the UK Nick Robinson, 58, died following a long illness. He started Robinson Publishing in 1983, and merged the company with Constable in 1999. There is a Facebook memorial page here. Hachette Book Group senior sales rep Conan Gorenstein, 64, died suddenly on September 1 at his […]
September “Best” Lists
As the big fall releases begin, Amazon and Barnes & Noble agree on 6 titles on their respective “best books of the month” lists: The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri (also Amazon’s Spotlight pick) Burial Rites, Hannah Kent (also Amazon’s Featured Debut, and one of our Fall/Winter Buzz Books) The Maid’s Version, Daniel Woodrell A House in the Sky, Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett The Woman Who Lost Her Soul, Bob Shacochis Doctor Sleep, Stephen King Amazon includes another of our Fall/Winter Buzz Books, ALEX, by Pierre Lemaitre and Frank Wynne, along with: Help for the Haunted, John Searles The Mushroom Hunters, Langdon […]