BEA organizers have announced selections for an expanded three “buzz” book panels for this year’s convention, with one panel each day starting on Monday, May 23. This year’s adult panel is nearly all debut fiction, and the roster includes a middle grade group for the first time. Here are the lists: Editors BuzzTHE ART OF FIELDING by Chad Harbach, Little, Brown and CompanyPresented by Michael Pietsch THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday Presented by Alison Callahan THE UNDERSIDE OF JOY by Sere Prince Halverson, Dutton Presented by Denise Roy RUNNING THE RIFT by Naomi Benaron, Algonquin Presented by Kathy […]
Awards
ROOM and UNBROKEN Top Indie Choice Awards
Emma Donoghue’s ROOM has been selected by booksellers as the fiction winner of the ABA’s Indie Choice awards, with Laura Hillenbrand’s UNROKEN claiming the prize for nonfiction. Karl Malantes’ MATTERHORN was picked as adult debut book of the year, and Jennifer Donnelly’s REVOLUTION was the young adult winner. Tom Angleberger’s The Strange Case of Origami Yoda was the middle reader winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, and Peter Brown’s Children Make Terrible Pets won the same award in the picture book category. ABA member booksellers selected Laurie Halse Anderson as Most Engaging Author, “for her exceptional involvement and responsiveness […]
The May 2011 Indie Next List
Here are the ABA’s May selections: 1. The Story of Beautiful Girl, by Rachel Simon Doc: A Novel, by Mary Doria Russell The Snowman, by Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett (Trans.) The Year We Left Home: A Novel, by Jean Thompson Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II, by Mitchell Zuckoff The Coffins of Little Hope, by Timothy Schaffert You Believers, by Jane Bradley Caleb’s Crossing: A Novel, by Geraldine Brooks A Moment in the Sun, by John Sayles In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American […]
Finalist Le Carre Withdraws Name From Consideration of Man Booker International Prize
Philip Roth, Marilynne Robinson, Anne Tyler, and Philip Pullman are 13 authors shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize, announced yesterday evening. John Le Carre, who was also shortlisted for the prize, immediately asked for his name to be withdrawn from consideration. “I am enormously flattered to be named as a finalist of 2011 Man Booker International Prize,” he said in a statement. “However I do not compete for literary prizes and have therefore asked for my name to be withdrawn.” Prize chair Rick Gekoski said Le Carre’s name would remain on the list, adding that the prize committee “are disappointed that […]
People, Etc.
David Saracco has joined codeMantra as director of strategic accounts and business Development. Previously he was VP ePublishing and business development for Impelsys. Shaun Tan has won the Astrid Lindgren Prize, the largest children’s literature award. The Australian Crime novelist and critic HRF Keating, best known for his Inspector Ghote novels, died Sunday at the age of 84. Telegraph Obit Book Expo America announced the convention will have an increased digital presence on the show floor thanks to the IDPF-sponsored Digital Zone, which will feature 17 booths and 16 kioks over approximately 5000 square feet. The IDPF’s two day conference […]
People, Etc.
Abrams will launch Appleseed Books, a new imprint geared towards babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, in Spring 2012. The imprint will publish 8-10 titles annually, mixing board books, novelty books, and young picture books as originals, reprints or branded series. The winners of the Bancroft Prize for History are Eric Foner‘s The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery; Sara Dubow‘s Ourselves Unborn and Christopher Tomlins‘ Freedom Bound. Each author will receive $10,000. Managing a Dental Practice: The Genghis Khan Way by Michael R. Young won the Diagram Prize for the year’s oddest book title. BookNet Canada will launch its interactive […]