Radhika Jones has joined the New York Times as editorial director, books, reporting to Pamela Paul. Previously Jones was at Time Magazine, the last three years as deputy managing editor. In her new role, Jones will oversee all review coverage in The Times, both from The Times’s staff critics, and in the pages of the NYTBR. She will also be working on features, news and overall digital strategy in conjunction with Paul, who said in the announcement: “I’ve admired Radhika Jones for years for her intelligence, literary acumen, keen news sensibility and entrepreneurial approach to journalism. She is not only […]
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Katrin Hagerty has joined Insight Editions as foreign rights salesperson, and Alison Corn has joined the company as assistant design manager. Former managing director of Palgrave Macmillan in the UK Jaime Marshall is launching a literary agency, focused on upmarket nonfiction and popular economics, psychology, and business. Marshall will work in partnership with A M Heath. In his first public remarks on being named the Nobel laureate for literature, Bob Dylan told a reporter for the Telegraph he is “absolutely” planning on attending the Nobel ceremony in Sweden on December 10, “if it’s at all possible.” He says the honor is “amazing, incredible. […]
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Clare Alexander of Aitken Alexander announced the death of her business partner, literary agent Gillon Aitken “after a period of ill health.” She writes: “A towering figure in so many of our lives, publishing has lost a great agent from a brilliant generation. He was a wise counsel, a true intellectual and an irreplaceable friend.” She includes testimonials from a number of clients, including Sebastian Faulks: “Gillon was one of my closest friends. He was was one of my closest friends. He was also my literary agent for 30 years…. As an agent, he was creative, mischievous and drove a hard bargain; but he […]
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UK literary agent Carole Blake died Tuesday night, announced online by her agency Blake Friedmann: “It is with huge sadness that we must share the news that our beloved mentor, colleague and friend Carole Blake died last night. The loss of such an incredible woman so soon is not something any of us feel prepared for, but we are grateful that she lived so fully to the last, and that she died swiftly and painlessly, on being readmitted to hospital last night, with Julian by her side. We will keep friends posted regarding the family’s plans as soon as we […]
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At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Janine Perez has been promoted to digital marketing coordinator. At Random House Children’s Books, Lauren Adams has been promoted to marketing manager, while Colleen Nuccio moves up to marketing coordinator. Stephanie Adams has been named marketing manager at Stanford University Press. In addition, Kate Templar has joined as sales & exhibits manager, while Ryan Furtkamp has joined as publicist. In the UK, agent Lucy Luck will join Conville & Walsh on November 1, moving over from Aitken Alexander. Following yesterday’s report of Maria Pallante‘s resignation, her letter to Carla Hayden was posted, in which Pallante writes: “I hope that you will […]
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After being removed from her position as Register of Copyrights and appointed to a new senior advisor role, Maria Pallante has resigned instead, Politico reported. Her resignation was confirmed by an LOC spokesperson. In Pallante’s letter of resignation, she writes: “I hope that you will respect that I do not accept the reassignment to work on Library matters that was announced on Friday.” Confirming at least part of Billboard’s account of her dismissal, Pallante adds: “I would be grateful for your accommodation as I say goodbye to colleagues and collect personal items this week, and would appreciate the reinstatement of access to […]