Two-time Newbery Honor author for Lily’s Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff, 86, died on June 22.
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Yes, as noted briefly last week, this looks different. And with luck, better! After many months of development, we are pleased to introduce a fresh look and improved coding for our daily newsletters. The initial, and primary, goal was to make Lunch display better on mobile viewports and across the wide variety of common email […]
Imprints: Quarto and Bonnier UK’s New Lines
As previewed previously, Quarto will launch a new children’s imprint, Happy Yak, led by associate publisher Rhiannon Findlay. First titles will debut this summer, and the list will include board books, picture books, and more for children up to seven. The Bonnier Books UK music imprint led by Pete Selby will be called Nine Eight […]
People
Leis Pederson has returned to Berkley as editor at large acquiring romance and mysteries. Heather Kelly has been promoted to assistant art director, Appleseed and Abrams Childrens. Gabrielle Nugent has been promoted to associate publicist at Norton. At Harper Christian, Becky Monds has been promoted to associate publisher, Laura Wheeler to acquisitions editor, and Jodi […]
Initiatives
The ABA is bringing back its #BoxedOut campaign for Amazon Prime Day 2021, which will take place on June 20 and 21. Launched on last year’s prime day to build awareness for indie bookstores during COVID-19, the event featured social media initiatives, posters, and displays pushing back against Amazon. Penguin Random House has launched All Ways […]
Obituaries
Janet Malcolm, 86, New Yorker writer and author of The Journalist and the Murderer died Wednesday of lung cancer.