The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, nominated by public libraries worldwide, issued an unusual shortlist today: The Twin, by Gerbrand Bakker (Dutch) The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery In Zodiac Light, by Robert Edric (British) Settlement, by Christoph Hein (German)The Believers, by Zoe Heller (British)Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill (Irish) God’s Own Country, by Ross Raisin (British) Home, by Marilynne Robinson (American) As far as we can tell, Bakker’s book was published in the US by non-profit Archipelago Books; Erdric, published in the UK by Doubleday and Black Swan, never had a US edition.
Awards
Verghese and Grann Top Indies Choice Awards
The American Booksellers Association announced the winners of the 2010 Indies Choice Book Awards: FictionCutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese (Knopf) NonfictionThe Lost City of Z, by David Grann (Doubleday) DebutThe Help, by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam) Young AdultCatching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) Middle ReaderWhen You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books) Picture BookThe Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown) Full story
May Indie Next List
The Singer’s Gun by Emily St. John MandelThe Lonely Polygamist by Brady UdallThe Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline WinspearGirl In Translation by Jean KwokDiamond Ruby: A Novel by Joseph WallaceTomorrow River by Lesley KagenThe Invisible Bridge by Julie OrringerChef by Jaspreet SinghMy Name is Mary Sutter by Robin OliveiraThe Ark by Boyd MorrisonThe Map of True Places by Brunonia BarryBeatrice and Virgil by Yann MartelLean on Pete: A Novel by Willy VlautinThe Other Family by Joanna TrollopeThe Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’FarrellWanna Get Lucky? by Deborah CoontsThe Red Thread by Ann HoodThe Hypnotist (The Reincarnationist, […]
Awards, People and More
The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers has named its new class of fourteen fellows. The list includes fiction writers David Bezmozgis, Maile Chapman, Mary Gaitskill, and Wells Tower; poet Geoffrey Brock; New Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar; graphic novelist and artist David Sandlin; and Pulitzer-winning author Annette Gordon-Reed. Jo Ann Miller, former editorial director of Basic Books, has formed J.A. Miller Associates to provide ghost writing, editorial collaboration, developmental editing, and author coaching. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Maire Gorman has been promoted to the new position of vp of trade sales […]
People, Etc.
Check out former Villard editorial director Bruce Tracy‘s long essay in the NY Post on his transitional year from being laid off by Random House to finding his way to satisfying roster of freelance editing relationships.NYP The shortlist for the UK’s Arthur C Clarke award for best sci-fi novel of the year was announced.Guardian
HMH Realigns Sales & Marketing Department; Heilemann and Halperin's 2012 Presidential Campaign Book to Penguin Press; and Other Announcements
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has announced a realignment of the Trade and Reference Group’s sales & marketing division. Laurie Brown, previously SVP of Sales, has been named Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, reporting to Gary Gentel. SVP, Director of Marketing Bridget Marmion, who has been at HMH for eleven years, will be leaving after company.John Heilemann and Mark Halperin‘s 2012 presidential campaign book will be published the following year by Penguin Press, which Crain’s reports paid about $5 million (after HarperCollins, which published Game Change earlier this year, dropped out of the bidding earlier this week.)Crain’s New York Former Poet […]