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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People: Young Named Canongate Chairman, and More
Former ceo of Orion (and before that ceo of Hachette Book Group USA) David Young will become chairman of Canongate Books in January. He takes over from Christopher Bland, who is retiring after 22 years in the position. CEO Jamie Byng says in the announcement, “David Young is someone who I have admired and respected for almost as long as I have been in publishing. To have David succeeding Christopher makes me and the rest of the Canongate board both reassured and excited.” At Dystel & Goderich, Michael Bourret has been made a partner and the agency is changing its […]
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At Chronicle Books, Melissa Manlove and Naomi Kristen have both been promoted to senior editor, children’s. Scholarly publisher Emerald has hired Philippa Grand, PhD as editorial director, social science books and publisher, sociology, criminology & social policy. Pete Baker runs their scholarly and professional business, finance and economics books division, Jenny McCall has joined as a publisher, and Amy Potter is their new head of books marketing. Author of the National Book Award winner The Women of Brewster Place, Gloria Naylor, 66, died last Wednesday of heart failure. Awards In Canada, the shortlists were announced for the Governor General’s Literary Awards. The fiction list includes […]
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At Putnam, Ashley Hewlett has been promoted to publicity manager, while Elena Hershey moves up to senior publicist. Melissa Ceraso has been named editor in mathematics and the natural sciences, and Jason Simon has been hired as senior web developer for Choice, the reviews publication from the Association of College and Research Libraries. At Glitterati Incorporated, Conor Romack has been promoted to sales & projects manager. In the UK, Simon Thorogood will move to Canongate from Headline as editorial director at the end of August, and Hannah Knowles will join the publisher as senior commissioning editor in November (she is currently at Octopus). Weston Woods Studios founder Morton […]
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Emma Dries has joined Ecco as an assistant editor. She was an editorial assistant at Knopf Doubleday. At Pegasus Books, Katie McGuire has been promoted to assistant editor. Kristin Dulaney has joined Macmillan Children’s as executive director of subsidiary rights. She was at Little Brown Children’s. Michelle Yandre joined BlueBottleBiz recently as PR manager. Longtime Ten Speed Press editor Veronica “Fuzzy” Randall, 61, died August 12 from cancer. Randall joined Ten Speed Press in 1990 and was senior editor upon her retirement in 2009. Publisher Aaron Wehner notes, “She had a great sense of humor, an infectious laugh, and a remarkable way with words. Fuzzy […]
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Pocket senior editor Abby Zidle will move over to Gallery Books Group marketing team as associate director of marketing. Shelby Howick has been promoted to associate publicist in the Grand Central publicity group. In obituaries, novelist and son of John Steinbeck, Thomas Steinbeck died last Thursday, at age 72. And founder of Hugo Books bookstore in Newburyport, MA Robert “Bob” W. Hugo, also 72, died on July 27. Awards James Shapiro‘s 1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear and Benjamin Markovits‘s novel You Don’t Have to Live Like This won the UK’s two James Tait Black prizes. Kindle Unlimited Amazon’s retrospective payout allocation for […]