Cecelia Cancellaro, founder of Word Creative Literary Services, will join Cambridge University Press in early December as senior editor in US and Latin American history, based in New York. Awards In the UK, the Costa Book Awards announced its shortlists in five categories. Sara Collins’ The Confessions of Frannie Langton, a finalist for the first novel prize, is excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019 Fall/Winter sampler. Other nominees include: Novel Middle England, by Jonathan Coe (Knopf/Viking) Confession with Blue Horses, by Sophie Hardach (Head of Zeus) Starling Days, by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (Sceptre) Shadowplay, by Joseph O’Connor (Harvill Secker) […]
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At Trident Media Group, Martha Wydysh and Sulamita Garbuz have both been promoted to associate agents. Nora Rawn joins as foreign rights agent. She was most recently senior editor for Lonely Planet. The late Monika Schoeller, longtime publisher of S. Fischer Verlag and daughter of publisher Georg von Holtzbrinck, was remembered at a service in Germany on Monday. Best Of The New York Times Book Review released its list of 100 Notable Books of 2019. That joins the list of top 100 books from the Washington Post, and the big best books of the year package from the NY Public […]
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Ailah Ahmed has been promoted to publishing director at Little Brown UK. Picks Way to go, GMA! After announcing their first two Cover to Cover Book Club picks in the middle of the month, the program is on it for December — with an early announcement that Tomi Adeyemi‘s Children of Virtue and Vengeance is their December Book Club selection. Bookselling As Barnes & Noble faces a lawsuit from a veteran former California bookseller alleging age discrimination and claiming that the chain’s real strategy is “we’re no longer hiring book people. going forward, we’re only hiring sales people,'” ceo James […]
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Christine Edwards will join Harper Collins in the newly created role of svp, sales on December 30, reporting to Josh Marwell. She is currently vp, group sales director for Crown Publishing Group as well as vp, group sales director for Penguin Random House Audio. At Harlequin Trade, Jennifer Choi has joined as manager, subsidiary rights; she was previously at Penguin Publishing Group. Cat Clyne has joined as editor for HQN/Graydon House; she was at Sourcebooks. Samantha McVeigh has joined as publicist; she was at Kensington. In the UK, Doyel Maitra will join Hachette UK as group communications director in March […]
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Maggie Richards has been promoted to svp associate publisher at Holt. Serena Jones, promoted to editor-in-chief earlier this year, has stepped back from that position and is executive editor “to devote more time to her books and authors,” as new president and publisher Amy Einhorn looks for a new editor-in-chief. Claire Harris has been promoted to foreign rights director at Foundry Literary + Media. Luke McCord has joined Random House Children’s Books as a Production Associate. He was previously a Production Editor at Peter Lang Publishing. The American Booksellers Association’s inaugural Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards have gone to Billie Bloebaum at Third […]
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Mike Nardullo will join Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency as agent and rights director. He was previously foreign rights director and agent at Foundry Literary + Media. He succeeds Elizabeth Fisher who has been with LGR for over 15 years and is leaving the industry to pursue other interests. Noah Schwartzberg has joined Portfolio as senior editor. He was previously senior editor at McGraw-Hill. At Random House Children’s, Megan Williams has been promoted to managing editor, operations; Elena Meuse becomes associate, publicity & corporate communications; and Kelly McGauley moves up to director, trade marketing. Alexis Banyon has joined Sourcebooks as […]