People Katherine Jacobs has joined Zonderkidz as senior acquisitions editor. She was most recently at Roaring Brook Press. Ruoxi Chen has been promoted to editor at Tom Doherty Associates. Best Of Barnes & Noble’s 2020 Book of the Year is Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s World of Wonders. Awards Raven Leilani‘s Luster won the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Camilla Townsend won the 2020 Cundill History Prize for Fifth Sun (Oxford University Press).
Awards
January’s Indie Next List
The ABA announced the Indie Next List for January 2021, with The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. as its No. 1 pick. The can sample it now, along with another pick, Ashley Audrain’s The Push, in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler. The full list: What Could Be Saved, by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz Outlawed, by Anna North The House on Vesper Sands, by Paraic O’Donnell The Push, by Ashley Audrain Better Luck Next Time, by Julia Claiborne Johnson The Fortunate Ones, by Ed Tarkington The Center of Everything, by Jamie Harrison The Wife Upstairs, by Rachel Hawkins The Inland Sea, […]
Briefs
Transatlantic Agency is launching an international rights adult literary division, headed by senior agent Carolyn Forde, who has been made partner. Also on the team are Evan Brown, Devon Halliday, and Laura Cameron. Pearson announced that Mike Howells will become its new Chief Strategy Officer, based in London and working with the executive team and board “to shape and execute the plan for the business.” Awards Sarah Frier‘s No Filter: The Inside Story of How Instagram Transformed Business, Celebrity and Our Culture, (Simon & Schuster) won the £30,000 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Best of New […]
December Picks
Good Morning America‘s book club pick for December is This Time Next Year, by Sophie Cousens. The Costco Pennie’s Pick is The Night Portrait by Laura Morelli. Amazon‘s Spotlight Pick is Long Time Coming by Michael Eric Dyson and its Featured Debut is Big Girl, Small Town. A Sky Beyond The Storm, by Sabaa Tahir Germania, by Harald Gilbers Dancing in the Mosque, by Homeira Qaderi The Last American Aristocrat, by David S. Brown The Last to See Her, by Courtney Evan Tate Perestroika in Paris, by Jane Smiley This One Wild and Precious Life, by Sarah Wilson Barnes & Noble‘s Monthly […]
People: Emily Bell Joins Zando, And More
Emily Bell will join Zando as head of editorial, starting January 4 and reporting to Molly Stern. She was previously executive editor at FSG and director of FSG originals. Bell acquire her own list, as well as hiring and leading Zando’s editorial team. Jack W. Perry has joined Astra Publishing House as director of sales & analytics. Perry will be responsible for the sales efforts of Boyds Mills & Kane; mineditionUS; and Astra House. Becky Yeager has been promoted to manager, AdPromo and marketing at Tom Doherty Associates. Imprints Welbeck Publishing Group is launching a new children’s fiction imprint, Welbeck […]
Briefs: Dalkey Archive Founder Dies and Company Is Acquired By Deep Vellum, and More
John O’Brien, 75, founder of the Review of Contemporary Fiction and Dalkey Archive Press, died on November 21. The publisher writes, “O’Brien was dedicated to producing, promoting, and keeping in print, experimental works of international literature.” An online memorial service to honor O’Brien’s life and work will be held on December 9, with details to be announced. In the wake of O’Brien’s death, the publisher has announced that it has been acquired by Deep Vellum Publishing, where it will continue to run as an independent imprint, acquiring new books and maintaining its backlist. Deep Vellum publisher and executive director Will Evans […]