In their traditional look ahead at top summer books, the WSJ recommends these titles: NonfictionThe Food of a Younger Land, by Mark KurlanskyAmerican Heroes, by Edmund MorganYoung Woman and the Sea, by Glenn StoutThe Snakehead, by Patrick Radden KeefeThe Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, by J. Randy Taraborrelli FictionThe Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg LarssonSouth of Broad, by Pat ConroyThe Secret Speech, by Tom Rob SmithThe Angel’s Game, by Carlos Ruiz ZafonMy Father’s Tears, by John UpdikeRavens, by George Dawes GreenLet the Great World Spin, by Colum McCannDo No Deny Me, by Jean ThompsonA Happy Marriage, by Rafael […]
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Former svp and executive director of publicity and public relations at the Bantam Dell Publishing Group Barb Burg has launched a new company, barb burg ink, offering publicity, public relations, media training, media placement, publishing strategy and brand management services. Endeavor agents Kirby Kim and Rebecca Oliver and subrights manager Laura Bonner will join the merged WME Entertainment, according to the Observer. Australian author Christos Tsiolkas won the overall Commonwealth Writers’ Award for best book for THE SLAP, “about middle-class suburban Australia and its notions of child-rearing and acceptable behavior.” Pakistani author Mohammed Hanif won the best first book award […]
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Ten Speed Press acting publisher Aaron Wehner now formally has the publisher’s job, reporting to Crown Publishing Group president Jenny Frost. Wehner joined Ten Speed in 1997, and Frost notes he “has been instrument in establishing Ten Speed as one of leading cookbook publishers in the country, and the cookbooks he has edited have received a remarkable 20 James Beard and IACP nominations, garnering 11 wins.” Jane Mayer‘s THE DARK SIDE: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals won 2009 New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism […]
June Indie Next Picks
Here are next month’s picks from the ABA: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane: A Novel by Katherine HoweLast Night in Montreal: A Novel by Emily St. John MandelThe Strain by Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck HoganCrazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival by Norman OllestadFar Bright Star: A Novel by Robert OlmsteadThe Dark Horse: A Walt Longmire Mystery by Craig JohnsonThe Signal: A Novel by Ron CarlsonThe Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari StrachanInto the Beautiful North: A Novel by Luis Alberto UrreaIn the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir by Neil WhiteShanghai Girls: A Novel by Lisa SeeThe […]
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Sheila Keenan joins Abrams tomorrow as senior editor, working on the Abrams ComicArts list, reporting to executive editor Charles Kochman. Most recently she was at Scholastic, where she helped launch their Graphix comics imprint. At the Penguin Group, Allison McLean has been promoted to associate director of publicity for Portfolio and Sentinel. She joined Portfolio in 2002, before the line formally launched. At Little, Brown Children’s, Lauren Hodge has been promoted to assistant editor. Bertelsmann has put Christa Gomez on the company’s supervisory board as employee representative. Aside from two women from the controlling Mohn family, Gomez is the only […]
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Publishing veterans Gretchen Koss and Meghan Walker recently formed themarketing and publicity firm Tandem Literary. They had been colleaguesat Random House until last December at Spiegel & Grau, where Koss wasdirector of publicity and Walker was director of marketing. The newcompany “will work collaboratively to tailor a campaign that complementsthe publisher’s plans and enhances a book’s visibility across a wide variety of platforms.” Author of THE WOMEN’S ROOM Marilyn French, 79, died Saturday of heart failure.NYT obit Cambridge University Press has reduced their plan to cut approximately165 jobs in the UK down to 58 layoffs. Another 25 people have left […]