We checked our Reviews database at PM to see what kind of full-length reviews the National Book Award fiction and nominees have received so far. Patti Smith leads the pack with 14 reviews, and Peter Carey is the only who is close, though Nicole Krauss will surely garner more reviews soon. Just click to see all the reviews of a given title: FictionPeter Carey’s Parrot & Olivier In America (12)Nicole Krauss’s Great House (5, so far) Plus the Publishers Lunch First Look ReviewLionel Shriver’s So Much for That (13)Karen Tei Yamashita’s I Hotel (3) NonfictionBarbara Demick’s Nothing to Envy: Ordinary […]
People, Etc.: Janklow Hires NYT’s Julie Just, Phaidon’s New CEO, and More
Children’s book editor of the New York Times Book Review Julie Just will join Janklow & Nesbit as an agent in November. Mort Janklow says in the announcement, “It has been our intention for some time to expand the range of agency services we offer to include in a major way children’s and young adult literature.” Lynn Nesbit calls Just “the ideal person to spearhead this new effort.” Phaidon Press, which recently hired Amanda Ridout as managing director, has now appointed David Davies as chief executive officer, starting November 29 and based in London. He is currently managing director at […]
National Book Award Nominees Avoid the Predictable, Give Carey A Second Shot
The National Book Foundation announced their award nominees this morning, with novelist Peter Carey getting another chance at honors after coming up short last night in his quest for a third Booker win. Coffee House Press and McPherson claim two of the fiction nominations, likely to fuel rights and/or paperback interest. (Yamashita’s book is a paperback original; Gordon’s book has not been published yet.) Last year it was the bestselling books that won the two biggest categories, Colum McCann’s LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN for fiction and T. J. Stiles’ THE FIRST TYCOON: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt for […]
Plus, The Governor General Awards Nominees
Also just announced this morning was the shortlist for Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards. Booker-shortlisted Emma Donoghue is a repeat nominee, and Kathleen Winter is also nominated for Canada’s Giller Prize. (Grove/Atlantic has Winter’s Annabel scheduled for a January trade paperback release through Black Cat; the other three novels do not currently has US pub dates or deals listed.) In the biggest categories, the nominees are: FictionSandra Birdsell, Waiting for JoeEmma Donoghue, RoomDrew Hayden Taylor, Motorcycles and SweetgrassDianne Warren, Cool WaterKathleen Winter, Annabel Non-fictionElizabeth Abbot, A History of MarriageIan Brown, The Boy in the MoonAllan Casey, LakelandKaren Connelly, Burmese LessonsJohn […]
Proxy Fight, The Sequel: Barnes & Noble Sets November Vote on Poison Pill
Barnes & Noble filed papers with the SEC yesterday announcing a special shareholders meeting and vote on November 17. The agenda is to review and vote on the poison pill “rights agreement” first adopted by the board in February following the increase in stock purchases by Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa companies, and modified on June 23. The company writes to shareholders that “the rights agreement does not prevent change of control transactions, but, rather, encourages potential acquirors [stet] of control of the company to approach the board and enables the board to negotiate a transaction that is in the best interests […]
People, Etc.
Heidi Metcalfe will join It Books as an associate director of publicity next week. Most recently she was a senior publicity manager at Free Press, where she’s been since 2006. At the Random House Publishing Group, Debbie Aroff has been promoted to senior manager, brand marketing. Christina Mamangakis has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as publicity manager. She was previously a publicist at Scribner. The New York Journal of Books has launched an online-only site of original book reviews from a pool of over 100 experienced reviewers. It’s founded by Ted Sturtz, on “an extended break from a long career in […]