Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette WallsHer Fearful Symmetry: A Novel by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Children’s Book: A Novel by A.S. ByattGoing Away Shoes: Stories by Jill McCorkleJuliet, Naked: A Novel by Nick HornbyThe Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover BartlettStardust: A Novel by Joseph KanonAmerican on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig FergusonStitches: A Memoir by David SmallThe Brutal Telling: An Armand Gamache Novel by Louise PennyA Quiet Belief in Angels: A Novel by R.J. ElloryGenerosity: An […]
Awards
People: Munro Leaves Giller to Others
Recent Man Booker International Prize winner and two-time Giller winner Alice Munro, 78, has withdrawn her just-released story collection TOO MUCH HAPPINESS from consideration for the 2009 Giller prize. Publisher Douglas Gibson says: “Her reason is that she has won twice and would like to leave the field to younger writers. In my role as greedy publisher I pointed out that the Giller Prize produces so much publicity, that even to be nominated for it is tremendous publicity. But her mind is made up on this. Alice preferred to withdraw from the competition.”Globe and Mail
People and Awards
Over the weekend Phoenix Books announced the death of company president Michael Viner, 64, on Saturday, following a battle with cancer. They note Viner was “widely credited with revolutionizing and reinventing the audiobook industry as the co-founder of Dove Audio.” At the Hugo Awards presented this weekend, Neil Gaiman won the prize for best novel for The Graveyard Book. Borders Group has named three vice presidents to lead their store operations: Mike Steele is zone vice president for the West Coast; John Melnick is zone vice president for the Northeast; Dave Marsico is zone vice president for the Midwest. The […]
The September 2009 Indie Next List
Day After Night: A Novel, by Anita DiamantA Duty to the Dead: A Bess Crawford Mystery, by Charles ToddBaking Cakes in Kigali: A Novel, by Gaile ParkinWaiting for Columbus, by Thomas TrofimukSpooner, by Pete DexterStrength in What Remains, by Tracy KidderAwait Your Reply: A Novel, by Dan ChaonBenny and Shrimp, by Katarina MazettiFear the Worst: A Novel, by Linwood BarclayThe Lieutenant, by Kate GrenvilleThe Day the Falls Stood Still: A Novel, by Cathy Marie BuchananRed to Black, by Alex DrydenThe Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder: A Novel, by Rebecca WellsShakedown, by Andie RyanThe Meaning of Matthew: My Son’s Murder […]
People and Announcements
The Bookseller reports that Anthony Cheetham will join Atlantic UK, where his son Nicolas set up the crime/thriller imprint Corvus earlier this year, starting in September. They say he intends to start an “entirely new activity” for the publisher. Cheetham did not provide additional details.Bookseller Borders promoted Joanna Goldstein to the new position of vp, marketing revenue, responsible for “developing and managing cooperative marketing promotions and sales-driving initiatives with publishers as well as other vendors and third-party marketing partners.” She was merchandising director, newsstand, calendars, games and trend gifts. The Today show picked Ingrid Law’s Newbery Honor winner SAVVY as […]
People, Booker Longlist and More
Jill Santopolo will join Penguin Children’s Philomel as executive editor in mid-August, reporting to Philomel president and publisher Michael Green. She was formerly senior editor at Balzer & Bray imprint. The Booker Prize Longlist was announced this morning, and Sarah Hall’s How to Paint a Dead Man is the only hope for independent publishers (with Random UK taking 5 slots). Coetzee is a two-time Booker winner; Byatt has won once. The Children’s Book, AS Byatt (Chatto and Windus)Summertime, JM Coetzee (Harvill Secker)The Quickening Maze, Adam Foulds (Jonathan Cape)How to paint a dead man, Sarah Hall (Faber)The Wilderness, Samantha Harvey (Jonathan […]