Though presidential politics has dominated commercial frontlist publishing, the just-announced longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction follows a different course, though many of the books still deal with the political and social issues of the day. Norton has four titles in contention: Michelle Bowdler, Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto (Flatiron) Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans (One World) Jill Lepore, If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future (Liveright) Les Payne and Tamara Payne, The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (Liveright) Claudio Saunt, Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of […]
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National Books Awards Longlists: Translated Literature and Poetry
Announcements of the National Book Award longlists continued, first with the nominees for Translated Literature on Wednesday, and then with the poetry candidates on Thursday: Shokoofeh Azar, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree (Europa Editions) Translated, from the Persian, by Anonymous Linda Boström Knausgård, The Helios Disaster (World Editions) Translated, from the Swedish, by Rachel Willson-Broyles Anja Kampmann, High as the Waters Rise (Catapult) Translated, from the German, by Anne Posten Jonas Hassen Khemiri, The Family Clause (FSG) Translated, from the Swedish, by Alice Menzies Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season (New Directions) Translated, from the Spanish, by Sophie Hughes Yu Miri, […]
National Book Awards Longlists Begin With YA
The National Book Awards announced their 10-title longlist for young adult literature. All of the authors on the list this year are first time nominees. Finalists will be announced on October 6. Kacen Callender, King and the Dragonflies (Scholastic Press) Traci Chee, We Are Not Free (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s) Evette Dionne, Lifting as We Climb (Viking Children’s) Eric Gansworth, Apple (Skin to the Core) (Levine Querido) Candice Iloh, Every Body Looking (Dutton Children’s) Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed, When Stars Are Scattered (Dial) Marcella Pixley, Trowbridge Road (Candlewick Press) John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon (Crown Children’s) […]
Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Tops October Library Reads
V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is the top pick for the October Library Reads list. Also on the list is Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind, excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler. The rest of the picks: Black Sun, by Rebecca Roanhorse Confessions on the 7:45, by Lisa Unger Goodnight Beautiful, by Aimee Molloy The Once and Future Witches, by Alix E. Harrow Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth Ring Shout, by P. Djeli Clark Spoiler Alert, by Olivia Dade The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop, by Fannie Flagg
Booker Shortlist Features Four Debuts, Multiple Indies, and No Mantel
The Booker Prize announced its 2020 shortlist. The list includes US authors Brandon Taylor, Diane Cook, and Avni Doshi, and excludes two-time Booker winner Hilary Mantel. Four of the nominees are debuts, four of the authors are people of color, and most of the books are from independent publishers. The full list: Diane Cook, The New Wilderness (Harper/Oneworld) Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body (Graywolf/Faber & Faber) Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar (Overlook/Hamish Hamilton) Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King (Norton/Canongate) Brandon Taylor, Real Life (Riverhead/Daunt Publishing) Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain (Grove/Picador)
People, Etc.
LaToya Rose joined Macmillan in the new role of vp, diversity, equity, and inclusion in August. She also joined the trade management committee and the diversity and inclusion steering committee, and reports to global trade coo Andrew Weber. Most recently, she was svp, director of operations and employee engagement at Burson-Marsteller. Rose says, “I believe everyone deserves to be treated fairly. My intention is to always leave something or someone better than how I found them. I want to inspire our colleagues. I want them to be hopeful and dream without feeling limited in their careers, especially those who are […]