HarperCollins UK and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will release JRR Tolkien‘s translation of BEOWULF on May 22. The manuscript, long available in the archives of the Bodleian Library but never published, was first finished in 1926 “before he became professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford” according to his son Christopher, who edited the 2,000-page work for publication. “[JRR Tolkien] returned to it only for hasty and cursory correction in later years, yet much light would be shed on this translation in his University lectures that were expressly devoted to the text, and from them a commentary has been devised for this book,” […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
Forthcoming: Books from Rice, Nicholls, and Maybe Lohan
Anne Rice said on a podcast co-hosted by her son Christopher that her new novel, PRINCE LESTAT: The Vampire Chronicles, will be published October 28. Reportedly, the title will be available for pre-order March 16. Author of ONE DAY David Nicholls will release a new novel, US, on “the bond of marriage and the demands of parenthood,” on September 30 in the UK, again from Hodder & Stoughton. It’s his first novel since the breakout ONE DAY (the success of which was spurred by the Random House Films movie version). In turn, producer of the ONE DAY movie Nina Jacobson […]
Hilary Clinton to Keynote AAP Meeting
With former secretary of state Hillary Clinton‘s new memoir set for publication on June 1, she will appear at the Association of American Publishers’ annual meeting on March 19 in New York. AAP ceo Tom Allen says, “Hillary Clinton’s unprecedented public service has been marked by tireless commitment to improving learning, quality of life and opportunities for people worldwide. These are priorities shared by our member publishers and reflected in the high-quality works they produce. We are proud to have her address our community at our signature annual event.”
Yes, Geithner’s Book Really Is STRESS TEST
Last August Crown inadvertently fed catalog data to Edelweiss indicating that former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s forthcoming book would be titled STRESS TEST, and was set for May 6, 2014 publication. Crown quickly indicated that was an error, calling the information “an internal working title and placeholder publication date.” So today they made the same title official: STRESS TEST: Reflections on Financial Crises, by Timothy F. Geithner will go on sale May 13. The jacket is viewable at a new web site, along with a five-paragraph statement from the author on the home page: “Two administrations—one Republican, one Democratic, with […]
Forthcoming: A Real Banker, and A Funny One
Former Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke announced to the AP that he wants to write a book about the financial crisis of 2008 and the recession that followed it: “I want people to understand what we knew, when we knew it, how we made decisions and how we dealt with the enormous economic uncertainty.” Bernanke “expects to begin meeting with publishers within the next several weeks.” As you prepare, you can review Princeton University Press’s collection of a lecture series by Bernanke on the same topic, published a year ago. Separately, a page-one 1,300-word investigation by the NYT reveals that […]
People, Etc.: Ali Gunn Dies
Literary agent Ali Gunn of Gunn Media died in Switzerland of a brain hemorrhage, the Bookseller reports. They say she was found dead Thursday morning. One of her former colleagues at Curtis Brown UK Jonny Geller tells the magazine, “My colleagues are devastated because she was such a life force. She always had a glass of wine and a smile. She was full of color and devoted to her authors. The idea that this has happened so suddenly is really shocking.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will expand their Best American Series with a science fiction and fantasy anthology, starting in October […]