Sally van Haitsma has formed her own agency, van Haitsma Literary, after six years at the Castiglia Literary Agency and, before that, the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. She represents commercial and literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, current affairs, pop culture and business. The PEN American Center reelected its officers to new one-year terms, including the reappointment of president Kwame Anthony Appiah. Bookforum editor Chris Lehmann has joined the new Yahoo News team, the Observer reports. Further to yesterday’s story on Grove/Atlantic’s upcoming release of the anticipated novel MATTERHORN, the publisher says that El Leon Arts never published their edition last April. […]
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At Grand Central, Ben Greenberg has been promoted to senior editor. He currently has two books on the New York Times bestseller list: I AM OZZY, and ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER. Editor of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and many other titles Jennifer Besser will join Putnam’s Children’s on April 12 as vp and publisher, reporting to Penguin Children’s president Don Weisberg. She was most recently Executive Editor at Disney Book Group. At Dutton, Jamie McDonald has been promoted to senior publicist. Unbridled jumped the ABA’s announcement of May’s Indie Next picks, celebrating the selection of Emily […]
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At St. Martin’s, Marc Resnick has been promoted to executive editor, after over thirteen years with the house. Peggy Hageman has joined the Overlook Press as an associate editor. She was previously at HarperCollins. Mark Levine has joined BookMasters Distribution Services as publisher relations manager, joining newly appointed vp of business development Tony Proe. Most recently Levine as an acquisitions editor for Barnes & Noble Publishing. powerHouse will use Random House Publisher Services for sales and distribution to the book and specialty trades. Gail Hareven‘s The Confessions of Noa Weber, translated from the Hebrew by Dalya Bilu won the Best […]
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The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin has acquired the archive of the late David Foster Wallace. The collection will include materials for his forthcoming, posthumous work The Pale King upon the book’s publication, scheduled for April 2011. Little, Brown is donating their own DFW correspondence and internal memos to the archive, too. The center has already posted a few samples from the collection online.Release Macmillan Audio has hired Liz Edelstein as digital content & marketing manager. She was a senior program manager at America Online/Netscape Communications and is the author of twelve romance/science fiction novels.
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Agent Jud Laghi has formed the Jud Laghi Agency. He will continue to be affiliated with LJK Literary Management, where he was a senior agent, and will share office space and collaborate on projects with Kirshbaum and his colleagues. Laghi says, “I’ll continue to represent primarily non-fiction projects, especially narrative, popular culture and business, along with literary fiction and thrillers. And I’m excited to both see, and partake in, what new opportunities will arise for authors in our rapidly evolving industry.” Barnes & Noble.com has hired Jonathan Shar as general manager, digital newsstand and emerging content, responsible for “creating and […]
FSG's Lorin Stein New Paris Review Editor
Lorin Stein, 37, will take over as editor of the Paris Review in April when Philip Gourevitch steps down. He has been an editor at Farrar, Straus since 1998. He says: “The Paris Review is an institution like nothing else in American letters. It stands for the newest, the best, the most daring in writing and art, and that’s been the case now for more than fifty years. To be entrusted with that tradition is a true honor.” Publisher Antonio Weiss notes “Lorin has an uncommon literary sensibility and eye for new talent.”