Andy Bird will take over as ceo of Pearson, starting October 19. At that point, current ceo John Fallon will continue in the position until then, when he will step down from the board and remain as an advisor through the end of the year. Bird had been chairman of Walt Disney International most recently, and joined Pearson’s board in May. Board chair Sidney Taurel said, “Andy brings a wealth of international consumer experience, as well as significant expertise in building brands, transformational change and driving digital innovation. He is an inspirational and dynamic leader with an excellent track record […]
Awards
Briefs
Picks Reese Witherspoon chose Leah Johnson‘s You Should See Me in a Crown as her first-ever YA title for the Hello Sunshine Book Club. Forthcoming AMERICAN CRISIS by Andrew Cuomo, “a revealing, behind-the-scenes account of his experience leading New York State through the COVID-19 epidemic,” will be published by Crown on October 13. Audio CD versions of Recorded Books‘ audiobooks will be manufactured-on-demand, sold and distributed in North America exclusively by Blackstone Audio beginning October 1. As part of the agreement, Blackstone will “serve all of Recorded Books’ CD audiobook production needs for libraries in the US and Canada. Over the coming months, […]
Cole’s When No One Is Watching Tops September Library Reads
Alyssa Cole’s When No One Is Watching is the top pick for September’s Library Reads list. Also on the list are Sue Miller’s Monogamy, and Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, both excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler, as well as Rosie Dana’s The Roommate, which is excerpted in our Buzz Books 2020 Romance sampler. The rest of the picks: Battle Ground, by Jim Butcher Piranesi, by Susanne Clarke A Rogue of One’s Own, by Evie Dunmore Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi Well Played, by Jen DeLuca The Writer’s Library, by Nancy Pearl and […]
Backman’s Anxious People Tops September Indie Next List
The ABA named Anxious People by Fredrik Backman as their Indie Next No. 1 pick for September. Also on the list is Sue Miller’s Monogamy, excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler. The rest of the picks: Homeland Elegies, by Ayad Akhtar Vesper Flights, by Helen MacDonald World of Wonders, by Aimee Nezhukumatathil When No One Is Watching, by Alyssa Cole The Lying Life of Adults, by Elena Ferrante The Big Door Prize, by M.O. Walsh Winter Counts, by David Heska Wanbli Weiden Betty, by Tiffany McDaniel One by One, by Ruth Ware Just Us, […]
People, Etc.: Oprah Picks Wilkerson’s Caste
Desiree Wilson has joined the Bent Agency as an agent. Wilson was a freelance literary consultant and previously worked as an editor at Oni Press. At Aevitas Creative Management, Karen Brailsford joins as consulting agent and Georgia Frances King as agent. Brailsford has been a writer and editor at People, among other publications. King was most recently ideas editor of Quartz. Morgan LaRocca has been promoted to publicity associate at Graywolf Press. Picks Isabel Wilkerson‘s Caste is the new Oprah’s Book Club selection. Winfrey writes, ““Of all the books I’ve chosen for book club over the decades, there isn’t another that is more essential […]
People, Etc.
Mensah Demary has been promoted to executive editor at the Catapult Book Group. Tori Sharp has been promoted to associate literary agent at the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. Eugenia Pakalik is joining McNally Jackson Books as general manager at the Prince Street store. Most recently she was director of trade sales at Chronicle Books. Previous manager Douglas Singleton has been promoted to director of McNally Jackson Books. At Yale University Press, Stephen Cebik has been promoted to assistant sales director, head of digital and art sales; Nick Geller is now art book distribution partner coordinator, and Kate Zanzucchi moves […]