Kathryn Deaton has been promoted to marketing coordinator at Macmillan Children’s. Miranda Paul has been promoted to agent at Erin Murphy Literary Agency. At Westwood Creative Artists, Bridgette Kam is moving from the rights department to become a literary associate, working with Jackie Kaiser and Hilary McMahon. Caroline Vassallo has been promoted to international rights associate and film/tv associate. Briar Jones has joined the company as office manager. Awards PEN America announced its 2021 award winners in a ceremony on Thursday evening. Ross Gay’s Be Holding won the $75,000 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award; Asako Serizawa‘s Inheritors was awarded the PEN […]
Awards
Shipstead’s Great Circle Tops May Indie Next List
The ABA named Maggie Shipstead’s marvelous sweeping third novel Great Circle as the No. 1 pick for the May Indie Next list. Also on the list, now expanded to 24 selections, are titles from Jean Hanff Korelitz and Eileen Garvin, both excerpted and available in our Buzz Books 2021 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of the picks: Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir People We Meet on Vacation, by Emily Henry Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave Secrets of Happiness, by Joan Silber Mary Jane, by Jessica Anya Blau The Woman […]
People, Etc.
Ann Marie Wong has joined Holt Children’s as editorial director. She was previously senior editorial director at Scholastic Book Clubs. Kendall Storey has been promoted to full-time editor at Catapult and Soft Skull Press, moving over from managing foreign rights and contracts for Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull Press. 2 Seas Agency will represent foreign rights sales for the publisher going forward. Elizabeth Worthy has been promoted to director, event management at Simon & Schuster. At Random House Children’s, Caite Arocho has joined as marketing coordinator. She was previously marketing and design lead at Outside the Lense. Natali Cavanagh has also […]
People, Etc.
Zola Mashariki has joined Audible as head of Audible Studios, overseeing the creation of original content, based in Los Angles and reporting to Rachel Ghiazza. Mashariki was most recently chief content officer for One Community (fka Good Films). Danny Vazquez has been promoted to editor at Astra House. Gracie Elliott has been promoted to associate editor, children’s at Workman. Shirley Ortiz has been promoted to executive director of customer service and fulfillment across all Workman Publishing imprints. At Amazon Publishing, Dennelle Catlett has been promoted to senior PR manager. Ashley Vanicek and Brittany Russell have each been promoted to publicity lead. […]
Briefs
Imprints Macmillan Children’s is launching Neon Squid, a new imprint “dedicated to publishing gift nonfiction books that make complex topics – from medicine to archaeology – accessible and exciting for children.” Joanne Clark, Fiona Macdonald, and Sam Priddy will serve as co-publishers, based in London and reporting to Sally Poulson, global operations director at Priddy Books. The first list will launch in winter 2021. Audio Serial Box has been renamed Realm and is expanding to release original audio shows for free as ad-supported podcasts, as well as adding a subscription option. Previously, its audio stories were available to purchase a […]
April Picks
Amazon‘s Spotlight pick for April is Jenny Lawson‘s Broken and their Featured Debut is Of Women and Salt by Gabriella Garcia. Along with the Garcia novel, they select three other Buzz Books titles excerpted and available to start reading in our Buzz Books 2021 Spring/Summer sampler: Caul Baby, by Morgan Jerkins; Gold Diggers, by Sanjena Sathian; and Good Company, by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney. The Good Sister, by Sally Hepworth The Last Bookshop in London, by Madeline Martin The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, by Dawnie Walton Mirrorland, by Carole Johnstone The Five Wounds, by Kirstin Valdez Quade Crying in […]