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 […]
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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 […]
Stuart’s Shuggie Bain Wins Booker Prize
Douglas Stuart’s novel Shuggie Bain (Grove/Picador) was awarded the £50,000 Booker Prize, in a virtual ceremony on Thursday afternoon. Chair of judges Margaret Busby said in part: ‘Shuggie Bain is destined to be a classic — a moving, immersive and nuanced portrait of a tight-knit social world, its people and its values…. The poetry in Douglas Stuart’s descriptions and the precision of his observations stand out: nothing is wasted.” Stuart said in his acceptance speech, “I know I’m only the second Scottish book in fifty years to have won, and that means I think a lot for regional voices, for working […]
Best of 2020: Washington Post, Amazon, and Indigo
The Washington Post released its year end books package on Thursday, including its top 10 Best Books of the 2020 list: Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker Memorial Drive, by Natasha Trethewey Unworthy Republic, by Claudio Saunt Vesper Flights, by Helen Macdonald The Cold Millions, by Jess Walter Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell Homeland Elegies, by Ayad Akhtar Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi Writers & Lovers, by Lily King The paper also published its traditional lists of 50 notable fiction and nonfiction books. Amazon also released their best books of 2020 package on Thursday, with Brittany K. […]