The American Library Association presented their annual book awards at their mid-winter meeting in Seattle. On Monday morning, at the Youth Media Awards, the Newbery medal went to Meg Medina for Merci Suarez Changes Gears (Candlewick) and the Caldecott Medal to Sophie Blackall for Hello Lighthouse (Little, Brown). National Book Award winner The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperTeen) won the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature (it also won the Pura Belpre Award for Text). The William C. Morris debut award went to Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (Dial), while The Unwanted by Don Brown (HMH) won the Excellence in Nonfiction […]
Awards
Man Group to Stop Funding Booker Prize After 2019
On Saturday, the UK’s Booker Prize announced that hedge fund Man Group will end their sponsorship after the 2019 prizes are awarded. Man will contribute £1.6 million to the 2019 prizes, having spent £25 million since becoming the title sponsor in 2002. The Booker Foundation said in a release, “The Trustees are in discussion with a new sponsor and are confident that the new funding will be in place for 2020. In the meantime the two prizes will run as usual this year.” Helena Kennedy, chair of the Booker Prize Foundation, added, “We would like to put on record the Foundation’s […]
People, Etc.
Veronica Park has joined Fuse Literary as an associate agent. She was previously literary agent and marketing specialist at Corvisiero Literary Agency. Alexandra Franklin has been promoted to associate agent at the Vicky Bijur Literary Agency. Maya Baran has joined Viking Penguin as publicity manager, returning to publishing full-time. Most recently she has assisted Broadside PR and The Countryman Press. The ALA has named Melinda Gates the honorary chair of National Library Week, starting April 7. At Porter Square Books in Cambridge, MA, Leila Meglio has joined as events manager. Most recently, she was publicity associate at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Sarah Rettger becomes […]
People, Etc.
Another Crown employee gets a new assignment, as Donna Passannante moves to Penguin Random House Audio on February 4 as senior vice president, marketing & publicity, reporting to president & publisher, Amanda D’Acierno. She was vice president & executive director, marketing at at the Crown Publishing Group. Newly reporting to Passannante are Katie Punia, vice president, publicity, and Heather Dalton, vice president, marketing. At Chronicle Books, Madison Killen has been promoted to digital marketing manager, children’s; Jennifer Yim moves up to marketing and publicity coordinator, children’s; and Jenna Homen is now digital marketing manager, Adult. At Random House Children’s, Kelly McGauley has […]
People, Etc.
Random House continues its absorption of Crown personnel and publishing lines. The Hogarth imprint becomes part of “little Random House family of imprints.” Alexis Washam is promoted to editorial director of Hogarth, and will report to Susan Kamil. Parisa Ebrahimi moves up to senior editor for the line. Crown’s Julian Pavia and Hilary Teeman both move over to Ballantine Bantam Dell, as executive editors. Penguin Random House UK Children’s is restructuring its rights department into three units: new business, brands and reprints, and rights operations. As a result, head of rights Camilla Borthwick is leaving the company at the end […]
NBCC Finalists, With Honors for Orange, Corrigan, and Arte Publico Press
The National Book Critics Circle announced 31 finalists in six categories for its 2018 awards, along with three award winners. Arte Público Press wins the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award; Tommy Orange’s novel There There wins the John Leonard Prize recognizing an outstanding first book; and Maureen Corrigan receives the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. The rest of the winners will be announced in a ceremony in New York on March 14. The NBCC finalists typically diverge from the National Book Awards shortlist, and this year is no exception. There is no overlap in fiction finalists, though Anna Burns’ Milkman took […]