National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow will be the speaker at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 27, 2019. He said in the release, “The White House Correspondents’ Association has asked me to make the case for the First Amendment and I am happy to oblige. Freedom of the press is always a timely subject and this seems like the perfect moment to go back to basics. My major worry these days is that we Americans will forget who we are as a people and historians should serve as our chief custodians in preserving that rich storehouse […]
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A Leading Agent Takes Center Stage with Hello Sunshine + Together Live
William Morris Endeavor’s head of Worldwide Literary, Lectures, and Conferences, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, has another lesser-known, yet in some respects, higher-profile, role. She is the co-founder, along with client and author Glennon Doyle, of Together Live, an annual big-venue touring storytelling event/would-be movement that recently began its third year. Walsh is also its chief curator, moderator and MC, inaugural podcast host, and force majeure. “When we are brave enough to tell our own stories, and present enough to really listen to others as they share theirs,” Walsh wrote on Instagram on the eve of the first stop, in Boston, “real […]
Briefs
Once again, you can view a live webcast of tonight’s National Book Awards starting at 7:20 PM. The Washington Post started rolling out its best books of the year package, including their lists of 50 notable fiction and nonfiction titles. Which means their top 10 should drop soon, too. Caroline Abbey has been promoted to editorial director at Random House Children’s. Chicago Distribution Center will distribute eight new publishers, all moving over from University Press of New England which is closing at the end of the year. The publishers are: Autumn House Press, Brandeis University Press, Carnegie Mellon University Press, Dartmouth College Press, […]
People, Etc.
At Workman, Laura Marciniak has been promoted to digital production associate for the Workman. Erin Kibby has been promoted to marketing coordinator. Margaret Kelly has joined Sourcebooks as customer service manager. Bonnier Books UK group commercial director Julian Shaw is leaving to pursue other opportunities. He has been with the company since 2014. Carlo Carabba will join Harper Italia as executive editor, Italian fiction starting November 19 and reporting to editorial director Sabrina Annoni. He was most recently editor-in-chief of the Italian fiction department at Mondadori. Pearson has hired Deirdre Latour as chief corporate affairs officer, reporting to ceo John Fallon, starting January 1. She […]
Briefs: PRH to Launch Local Line In Singapore, and More
Penguin Random House South East Asia will launch in Singapore in 2019, to “discover and publish local and international voices across English-language adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction formats for Singapore and Malaysia, as well as from Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brunei, and Myanmar.” Gaurav Shrinagesh, ceo of Penguin Random House India and South East Asia, will oversee the company, with Nora Nazerene Abu Bakar joining as executive editor in November and reporting to Shrinagesh. Most recently Bakar was acquisitions manager at Marshall Cavendish Education. The company will do business as Penguin Books Singapore for now, with a formal […]
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Ebury deputy publisher Joel Rickett will take over as managing director on January 1, and Andrew Goodfellow will move up to publisher. Mary Gannon will become executive director of the Community of Literary Presses and Magazines on November 5. Gannon has been the associate director and director of content for the Academy of American Poets since 2013. Erin Galloway has been promoted to deputy publicity director for Berkley, and Tara O’Connor has moved up to associate publicist. Harassment Files Garrison Keillor‘s scheduled appearance at the Burlington Book Festival in Vermont has caused a controversy, with critics online calling his inclusion “tone deaf.” […]