Blake Bailey’s 912-page Philip Roth biography, along with memoirs from Hunter Biden, Jenny Lawson, and Brandi Carlile, all publish today. Fiction releases include a new thriller from Jeff VanderMeer and short stories from Haruki Murakami. Also out, Flynn Berry’s Northern Spy, Erin French’s Finding Freedom, and five other titles excerpted in our Buzz Books sampler. 24 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-6 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_April_/219246 10 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-6 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_April_/219247 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
New Books Publishing March 30
Sharon Stone’s memoir is grabbing headlines, but this week’s nonfiction is a spectacular of extraordinary women: Eleanor Roosevelt; Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret (in Andrew Morton’s latest); the abolitionist agitators Harriet Tubman, Martha Wright, and Frances Seward; and the record-breaking mountain climber Vanessa O’Brien. In fiction, Libertie, by Kaitlyn Greenidge, and Of Women and Salt, by Gabriela Garcia — both excerpted in our free Buzz Books sampler and both featured in our Winter Buzz Books Editors’ Panel — are among this week’s rich new works. 7 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-30 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_March_/219203 13 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-30 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_March_/219204 […]
People, Etc.
Christine Palomino has been promoted to director, specialty retail field & category sales, Penguin Random House. At St. Martin’s Publishing Group: Danielle Fiorella has been promoted to art director; Young Lim to senior associate art director; and Jonathan Bush to senior associate art director. A memorial service for literary agent Frances Goldin will be held on Saturday, May 15, 2:00 PM at St. Mark’s Church in New York City (131 E 10th St.) with indoor and outdoor seating planned. The event will also be livestreamed. Anyone wishing to share a testimonial for Frances can submit a video of under two […]
People, Awards, Etc.
LaSharah S. Bunting will join the Simon & Schuster imprint as vice president and executive editor, starting May 3, and acquiring nonfiction and fiction. She was most recently director/journalism at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation At Gallery Books, Molly Gregory, Max Meltzer, and Maggie Loughran have each been promoted to associate editor. Awards Carmen Maria Machado‘s In the Dream House won the 2021 Rathbone’s Folio Prize. Australia’s Stella Prize announced its 2021 shortlist, with the winner to be named April 22: Fathoms, by Rebecca Giggs Revenge, by S.L. Lim The Animals In That Country, by Laura Jean Mckay Witness, […]
Book Excerpt: The Story Behind Ingram’s Abandoned Sale to Barnes & Noble
Ingram Content Group celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year and is commemorating the occasion with the publication of THE FAMILY BUSINESS: How Ingram Transformed the World of Books on April 20. Author Keel Hunt conducted extensive interviews with many of the key participants in building ICG over the years. Former Simon & Schuster ceo Jack Romanos says in the book, “If you look at the last fifty years of trade publishing in America, Ingram’s evolution is as important as anything that’s happened…. I wouldn’t have wanted to have to run a great publishing company without Ingram’s help and support.” But […]
New Books Published March 23
Big chills this week, with new thrillers from Camilla Sten, Heather Graham, and Janet Evanovich and Steve Hamilton, as well as novels including Andrea Lee’s Red Island House and Andrew J. Graff’s Raft of Stars. Nonfiction brings wisdom and perspective from a delightful breadth of sources–Finnish educators, Francis Bacon, Cleopatra, and Nipsey Hussle, to name just a few. 7 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-23 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_March_/219177 7 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-23 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_March_/219178 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make […]