Mary Francis will take over as director of Penn Press at the University of Pennsylvania on September 23. She has been editorial director of University of Michigan Press since 2015 and spent more than 16 years at University of California Press. At Chronicle Books, Rebecca Hunt has been promoted to editorial director, entertainment. Christina Amini has been promoted to executive publishing director, adult trade. Arcadia’s director of national sales and marketing Kate Everingham will leave the company on December 31 after over 20 years there, after which she will assist on special projects in a consulting role. She will transition […]
Awards
Woodson’s Red at the Bone Tops September Library Reads
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson is the top pick for September’s Library Reads. Also on the list is Evie Dunmore’s Bringing Down the Duke, excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019: Romance sampler. The rest of the picks: Don’t You Forget About Me, by Mhairi McFarlane The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett The Long Call, by Ann Cleeves No Judgments, by Meg Cabot The Secrets We Kept, by Lara Prescott This Tender Land, by William Kent Krueger The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates Well Met, by Jen DeLuca
People, Etc.
At Flatiron, Bryn Clark has been promoted to editor and Sarah Murphy to executive editor. Agnes Ahlander Turner has been promoted to executive vice president at Maria B. Campbell Associates, and Beniamino Ambrosi and Johanna Gustavsson both been named vice president. In the UK, Noel Murphy will join Granta Books and Granta Magazine as commercial director starting September 23. He was previously sales and marketing director at Yale University Press. Imprints Orion will launch Dash, a digital fiction imprint, this fall, run by commissioning editor Victoria Oundjian. Bookselling April Newton (£8.37 an hour), Kimi Wright (£8.71 an hour), Stefan Pace […]
Krueger’s This Tender Land Tops September Indie Next List
The ABA named This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger as its No. 1 Indie Next pick for September. Also on the list are David Koepp’s Cold Storage, Soren Sveistrup’s The Chestnut Man, Meg Waite Clayton’s The Last Train to London, and Alex North’s The Whisper Man, all excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019 samplers. The rest of the picks: Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir The Long Call, by Ann Cleeves The Dearly Beloved, by Cara Wall The Beekeeper of Aleppo, by Christy Lefteri The Secrets We Kept, by Lara Prescott Axiomatic, by Maria Tumarkin […]
People, Etc.
At Penguin Publishing Group, Lauren Monaco has been promoted to senior vice president, group sales director, for Penguin Random House sales. Carrie Swetonic moves up to the newly created position of senior executive director, nonfiction backlist. Caroline Payne has been promoted to marketing coordinator at Dutton. Vijay Seshadri has been named poetry editor of the Paris Review. He won 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for 3 Sections and a 2015 Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Giulia Rizzo joined HarperCollins Italia as children’s editor, reporting to editorial director Sabrina Annoni. She was previously with Terre di mezzo Editore and […]
August Picks: Apple Books, and More
The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda is Reese Witherspoon‘s Hello Sunshine book club pick for the month. Apple Books‘ picks for August are: Chances Are…, by Richard Russo True Believer, by Jack Carr Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?, by Brock Clarke The Outlaw Ocean, by Ian Urbina See Jane Win, by Caitlin Moscatello Trick Mirror, by Jia Tolentino The Right Swipe, by Alisha Rai The Escape Room, by Megan Goldin Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy, by Caitlin Crews The Merciful Crow, by Margaret Owen A Dangerous Man, by Robert Crais Lost You, by Haylen Beck The Warehouse, by Rob Hart […]