The Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon, with Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys winning the fiction prize. Whitehead becomes the fourth author to win the prize twice, along with Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and John Updike. The rest of the winners and finalists: Fiction The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) Finalists The Topeka School, by Ben Lerner (FSG) The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett (Harper) History Sweet Taste of Liberty, W. Caleb McDaniel (Oxford University Press) Finalists Race for Profit, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (University of North Carolina Press) The End of the Myth, by Greg Grandin (Metropolitan Books) Biography […]
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Joerg Pfuhl is stepping down as ceo of Holtzbrinck in Germany at the end of June. “After four intensive years, I would like to look for another challenge again and thank all of my colleagues for the good cooperation,” he said in a press release. Managing director for sales, marketing and digital Alexander Lorbeer, who joined Holtzbrinck in September 2018, will take over from Pfuhl. At Macmillan Audio, Emily Dyer was promoted to marketing manager; Kathryn Carroll to assistant manager, audio publishing; Abigail Starr to associate manager, design; and Hayden Biggs to design associate. Steve Wagner joined as producer. Chris Bucci has joined Aevitas […]
May Picks
Amazon‘s Spotlight Pick for May is Mikel Jollett’s Hollywood Park (you can sample an excerpt now in Buzz Books 2020 Spring/Summer) and its featured debut is Natalie Jenner’s The Jane Austen Society. The rest of the picks: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, by Suzanne Collins Almond, by Won-Pyung Sohn All Adults Here, by Emma Straub Dirt, by Bill Buford Boys of Alabama, by Genevieve Hudson The Hour of Fate, by Susan Berfield Fire In Paradise, by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano Take Me Apart, by Sara Sligar Good Morning America chose Anna Solomon‘s The Book of V. (also excerpted […]
Briefs: Edgar Awards and More
Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 2020 Edgar Awards. Winners include: Best Novel The Stranger Diaries, by Elly Griffiths (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Best First Novel By An American Author Miracle Creek, by Angie Kim (Sarah Crichton Books/FSG) Best Paperback Original The Hotel Neversink, by Adam O’Fallon Price (Tin House Books) Best Fact Crime The Less People Know About Us, by Axton Betz-Hamilton (Grand Central) Best Critical Biographical Hitchcock and the Censors, by John Billheimer (University Press of Kentucky) Separately, the Publishing Triangle Awards, honoring LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and trans literature were also presented. Ocean Vuong’s On Earth […]
Majumdar’s A Burning Tops June Indie Next List
The ABA named A Burning by Megha Majumdar as its No. 1 Indie Next Pick for June. Also on the list are Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half and Sam Lansky’s Broken People, both excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2020 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of the picks: The Jane Austen Society, by Natalie Jenner Beach Read, by Emily Henry The Second Home, by Christina Clancy Catherine House, by Elisabeth Thomas Super Host, by Kate Russo Pizza Girl, by Jean Kyoung Frazier Something to Talk About, by Meryl Wilsner Reproduction, by Ian Williams You Exist Too Much, by […]
Briefs: Vigliano Buys Back Agency, Sales News, Relief Efforts and More
David Vigliano has reacquired the publishing assets from Ron Burkle’s Y Entertainment Group, after selling them his literary agency in 2014. Having operated as AGI Vigliano since then, the agency returns to its original name of Vigliano Associates. Vigliano said in the announcement, “I’m excited to take what I’ve learned and put it to use as I return to operating independently.” Former chairman of Walt Disney International Andy Bird will join Pearson’s board as an independent non-executive director on May 1. Picks Goop recently launched a book club, picking C Pam Zhang‘s HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD. Sales […]