Ravi Singh will join David Davidar’s start-up Aleph Books on September 1 as publishing director. His most recent position was as publisher and editor-in-chief of Penguin India. Singh “will develop his own list” at Aleph, reporting to Davidar. Michelle Bonanno has been promoted to senior publicist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Robert Podrasky has joined AudioGo as senior acquisitions editor. He was previously senior manager of domestic rights at St. Martin’s. Managing director of WH Smith Travel Retail Simon Marinker will retire at the end of the year after 34 years with the company. He will continue to remain involved with the business […]
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Dan Crissman has joined The Overlook Press as editor, focusing on nonfiction. He was most recently an assistant editor at Hill and Wang. At Red Wheel Weiser/Conari Press, Julian Segal has been named sales and marketing manager. He was formerly the sales director at Heyday Books. In addition, Pat Rose has been named publicity director, moving from UC Berkeley Extension, where she was media relations manager. James Salter, 86, is the newest honoree of the Rea Award for the Short Story. Given for lifetime achievement, judges praised him as “the most stylish and grave and exact of writers.” Calvin Crosby has re-joined […]
NY Magazine’s Fall Book Picks
In this year’s edition of their fall books preview New York Magazine lists their “most anticipated” books for the season: The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach Habibi, Craig Thompson Parallel Stories, Peter Nadas The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern Lives Other Than My Own, by Emmanuel Carrère Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius, by Sylvia Nasar Life Itself, by Roger Ebert The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, by Steven Pinker The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides Zone One, by Colson Whitehead 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami Blue Nights, by Joan Didion The Exegesis of Philip K. […]
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At the Hugo Awards this weekend, Connie Willis won Best Novel for BLACKOUT/ALL CLEAR (Ballantine Spectra). Full List of winners The winners of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize were: Fiction: Tatiana Soli, THE LOTUS EATERS Non-Fiction: Hilary Spurling, BURYING THE BONES: Pearl Buck in China Guardian President Obama‘s summer reading list was released by the White House late last week and included two books he purchased at Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Martha’s Vineyard and three books he brought with him: The Bayou Trilogy, by Daniel Woodrell Rodin’s Debutante, by Ward Just To the End of the Land, by […]
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In other personnel news, Jack Palmer has been promoted to publicity and marketing manager and Molly Cavanaugh has joined as publishing assistant at The Experiment. Previously Cavanaugh worked part-time at the University of Chicago Press until her graduation from the school this past June. Michelle Rafferty has joined Soho Press as publicist. Previously she was a publicist at Oxford University Press. The CWA announced its shortlists for a number of categories, including: CWA Gold Dagger: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin Snowdrops by AD Miller The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina The Lock Artist by Steve […]
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Brian Ulicky has been named publicity manager for Blue Rider Press, starting September 6. He was most recently at Simon & Schuster, also as a publicity manager. Simon & Schuster Children’s has announced a number of new hires and promotions. Ariel Colletti has moved to the Atheneum imprint, where she will remain an assistant editor, and editorial assistant Dani Young will also oversee the coordinating of all three imprints’ paperback conversions, repackages, as well as managing the back ad library. In addition, Amy Rosenbaum has joined as an editorial assistant, having recently completed the Columbia Publishing Course. Penguin rep Ann […]