Ginee Seo has joined Ten Speed in the newly created position of vp, editorial director of children’s publishing, reporting to publisher Aaron Wehner. She was most recently at Chronicle.
NBA Nominee Bilal Explains Plans to Speak Out at National Book Awards Ceremony
Finalist for the NBA fiction award for TEMPLE FOLK Aaliyah Bilal indicated to the NYT in their story that followed ours “that a number of finalists planned to take the stage at the end of the [awards] ceremony” on Wednesday night “as one person reads the statement. In framing the call for a cease-fire, she said, she and other writers wanted to demonstrate their sensitivity to losses on all sides and intend to specifically denounce antisemitism.” Bilal says: “It was very important, as we were constructing it, that we were clear that we are sensitive to all of the antisemitism going […]
Shelley to Become CEO of Hachette Book Group, As Pietsch Retires and Becomes Chair and Mangan Retires
Michael Pietsch will retire from his role as CEO of Hachette Book Group and take on a new role as chairman, effective January 1, it was announced Tuesday. Pietsch will hold that new role for one year. Hachette UK CEO David Shelley becomes CEO for both Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK, part of a “new English language management structure” for HBG “to develop the longstanding excellent collaboration” between the US and UK companies. Richard Kitson will take the role of Deputy CEO of both HBG and HUK. Shelley will report to Hachette Livre’s Deputy CEO Stéphanie Ferran and chair […]
National Book Awards Prepare For Protest As Zibby Media Withdraws Sponsorship
At least one sponsor of tomorrow’s National Book Awards ceremony recently withdrew their support of the event. CEO of Zibby Media Zibby Owens provided PL with a lengthy statement and posted it Tuesday morning. Owens had written to NBF executive director Ruth Dickey earlier this week after hearing a report that nominees might be planning collective action at the ceremony. Owens reports she wrote in an email, “I am deeply troubled to learn that all the nominees of the National Book Awards this year have decided to collectively band together to use their speeches to promote a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli agenda. […]
Best Of: Time, Vulture’s Best So Far
New Books Publishing November 14
Michael Cunningham, Mitch Albom, and Val McDermid publish new novels this week, while nonfiction includes new work by Jonathan Karl and Raquel Willis. Also out this week is Rosie Danan’s DO YOUR WORST, available in our Buzz Books 2023: Romance collection. 17 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-14 18 works of nonfiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-14 From Buzz Books https://buzz.publishersmarketplace.com/ We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out November‘s 70 fiction releases; 54 works of nonfiction; and 29 notable […]