At St. Martin’s, Marc Resnick has been promoted to executive editor, after over thirteen years with the house. Peggy Hageman has joined the Overlook Press as an associate editor. She was previously at HarperCollins. Mark Levine has joined BookMasters Distribution Services as publisher relations manager, joining newly appointed vp of business development Tony Proe. Most recently Levine as an acquisitions editor for Barnes & Noble Publishing. powerHouse will use Random House Publisher Services for sales and distribution to the book and specialty trades. Gail Hareven‘s The Confessions of Noa Weber, translated from the Hebrew by Dalya Bilu won the Best […]
Awards
Asian Prize Changes Focus
For 2010, the Man Asian Literary Prize is “restructuring.” Once focused on works that had not yet been published in English, the new strategy is the inverse: the award will go to “a novel written by a citizen of an Asian country and first published in English in 2010. Translations into English of works originally in another language are also eligible, provided they are first published in English in 2010.” The cash award for the author has been raised to $30,000, and the translator (if any) will receive $5,000 separately.Prize site
The April 2010 Indie Next Picks
I Thought You Were Dead by Peter NelsonThe Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo GiordanoMatterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl MarlantesThe Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy WebbBite Me: A Love Story by Christopher MooreSecret Daughter: A Novel by Shilpi Somaya GowdaA Murderous Procession by Ariana FranklinSolar by Ian McEwanThe Creation of Eve by Lynn CullenThe Spellmans Strike Again: A Novel by Lisa Lutz31 Bond Street: A Novel by Ellen HoranNowhere to Run by C.J. BoxThe Bride Collector by Ted DekkerWhiter Than Snow by Sandra DallasAnthill by E. O. WilsonEaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New […]
People, Etc.
At Atlantic Books, Margaret Stead will join the company in late April as editorial director. She was previously editorial director of The Harvill Press. Current editorial director Caroline Knight has resigned, by will continue to work for the company after relocating to Kent. Barnes & Noble announced the winners of the 2009 Discover Great New Writers awards: Playwright Victor Lodato‘s debut novel MATHILDA SAVITCH (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), and Dave Cullen‘s COLUMBINE (Twelve). Daniyal Mueenuddin won The Story Prize for his collection In Other Rooms, Other Wonders. Chicago’s citywide reading program is still going strong, naming Colm Tobin‘s BROOKLYN as […]
People, Etc.
Alex Littlefield has joined Basic Books as associate editor. He was assistant editor at Grove/Atlantic. Anna Termine has been promoted to senior licensing manager at Sage Publications and Corwin Press. She has been at the company for six years. According to SF Weekly, former San Francisco Chronicle books editor Oscar Villalon has “abruptly exited” his position as publisher at McSweeney’s after joining the company last September. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus author John Gray will publish his next book himself on May 1 through his Mind Publishing, Inc. Called VENUS ON FIRE, MARS ON ICE: Hormonal Balance […]
Indies Choice Award Finalists
The ABA announced the nominees for their annual book awards. Member booksellers can vote during most of the month of March, with the winners to be named in April. Adult FictionBorder Songs, by Jim Lynch (Knopf)Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin (Scribner)The Children’s Book, by A.S. Byatt (Knopf)Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese (Knopf)Generosity: An Enhancement, by Richard Powers (FSG)Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel (Holt) Adult NonfictionAnimals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)Lit: A Memoir, by Mary Karr (HarperCollins)The Lost City of Z, by David Grann (Doubleday)Stitches: A Memoir, by David Small (W.W. Norton)Strength in What Remains, by Tracy […]